Fuel usage help

Danger · 12-04-08, 05:40 PM

could someone please tell me why there is never enough fuel to complete a mission.

i have tried......
running on 1/3 diesel only to recharge battery's
running on standard
running submerged at day and surfaced at night
running on stop to recharge batteries.

i have tried so many combination's but find nothing that works. i always run out of diesel before i can get back to a port to resupply.
i have even left pearl, stopped at midway resumed but still run out. i am at my whits end with this.
i like to run realistic so use trigger maru 1.4 on realistic setting.

Schani · 12-04-08, 06:01 PM

Heading out on a patrol along the way are refuelling stops (depending on the year), such as Midway and Johnston atoll. An Icon will show up at the upper right hand corner of the screen (an anchor symbol) when you get close to the refuelling stop. Move in close. Come to a complete stop. Then click on the icon. Then click on refit and you should good to go. They're marked on the map just like ports. 1/3 speed should be just fine. By the time you get to the refuelling stop you most likely have used about 9% of your fuel.

Good luck!

Schani · 12-04-08, 06:06 PM

BTW: You may remain on the surface on your way to top off your tanks. Your crew will also be refreshed while refuelling. If needed you may return to the refuelling stop to also replenish any expended torpedoes and get more fuel. I think, but not sure that some damage may be repaired while replenishing. Though one time at Johnston my aft torpedo tubes became damaged. I guess an accident while refitting.

That is all.

SteamWake · 12-04-08, 06:15 PM

Try running at 9.5 knots while surfaced. If you click on the telegraph button (below the telegraph) it will change to speed settings.

Running submerged will not get you any further because you burn more fuel rechaging the batteries. Do most of your cruising on the surface. Only submerge when needed for attacks and avoiding aircraft.

Running at full ahead gobbles fuel, flank swigs it in huge gulps.

Good luck to you.

Danger · 12-05-08, 03:40 PM

thanks , i will try that, i thought that expending batteries then surfacing to recharge would use less fuel.
also. i have not seen any refueling stops, just ports, so i leave pearl and head to midway, refit , then go on my way. other than the ports, i have never seen any refueling stops.

i will try what has been suggested and see what happens.

thanks again.
S-!

Sailor Steve · 12-05-08, 04:01 PM

No, when you are recharging the engines doing that work run at flank speed. Even if they didn't, energy can't be created, only exchanged, and the engines eat just as much during recharging as they do any other time, plus the energy always lost in such a transfer.

SH3 let you get away with that; SH4 is much better that way - or worse, depending on your point of view.

hyperion2206 · 12-04-08, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danger

could someone please tell me why there is never enough fuel to complete a mission.

i have tried......
running on 1/3 diesel only to recharge battery's
running on standard
running submerged at day and surfaced at night
running on stop to recharge batteries.

i have tried so many combination's but find nothing that works. i always run out of diesel before i can get back to a port to resupply.
i have even left pearl, stopped at midway resumed but still run out. i am at my whits end with this.
i like to run realistic so use trigger maru 1.4 on realistic setting.

Which sub type are you using? Some of them have more fuel on board then others.

12-04-08, 05:40 PM	#1
Danger Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Fuel usage help could someone please tell me why there is never enough fuel to complete a mission. i have tried...... running on 1/3 diesel only to recharge battery's running on standard running submerged at day and surfaced at night running on stop to recharge batteries. i have tried so many combination's but find nothing that works. i always run out of diesel before i can get back to a port to resupply. i have even left pearl, stopped at midway resumed but still run out. i am at my whits end with this. i like to run realistic so use trigger maru 1.4 on realistic setting.

12-04-08, 06:01 PM	#2
Schani Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Refuelling Stops Heading out on a patrol along the way are refuelling stops (depending on the year), such as Midway and Johnston atoll. An Icon will show up at the upper right hand corner of the screen (an anchor symbol) when you get close to the refuelling stop. Move in close. Come to a complete stop. Then click on the icon. Then click on refit and you should good to go. They're marked on the map just like ports. 1/3 speed should be just fine. By the time you get to the refuelling stop you most likely have used about 9% of your fuel. Good luck!

12-04-08, 06:06 PM	#3
Schani Electrician's Mate Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 137 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Stay surfaced BTW: You may remain on the surface on your way to top off your tanks. Your crew will also be refreshed while refuelling. If needed you may return to the refuelling stop to also replenish any expended torpedoes and get more fuel. I think, but not sure that some damage may be repaired while replenishing. Though one time at Johnston my aft torpedo tubes became damaged. I guess an accident while refitting. That is all.

12-05-08, 04:01 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	No, when you are recharging the engines doing that work run at flank speed. Even if they didn't, energy can't be created, only exchanged, and the engines eat just as much during recharging as they do any other time, plus the energy always lost in such a transfer. SH3 let you get away with that; SH4 is much better that way - or worse, depending on your point of view. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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12-04-08, 06:15 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Try running at 9.5 knots while surfaced. If you click on the telegraph button (below the telegraph) it will change to speed settings. Running submerged will not get you any further because you burn more fuel rechaging the batteries. Do most of your cruising on the surface. Only submerge when needed for attacks and avoiding aircraft. Running at full ahead gobbles fuel, flank swigs it in huge gulps. Good luck to you.

12-05-08, 03:40 PM	#5
Danger Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 10 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	thanks , i will try that, i thought that expending batteries then surfacing to recharge would use less fuel. also. i have not seen any refueling stops, just ports, so i leave pearl and head to midway, refit , then go on my way. other than the ports, i have never seen any refueling stops. i will try what has been suggested and see what happens. thanks again. S-!