Sub not venting CO2

tylerav8r · 03-02-09, 02:36 PM

Hey.. ran into a strange bug today. Wondering if anyone can lend a hand before my crew suffocate. My CO2 levels are continuing to raise even after my sub is surfaced. It seems locked into all my saves on this patrol. Anyone seen this or have any ideas how it can be fixed?
Much appreciated

Fish40 · 03-02-09, 03:08 PM

Some guys will tell you that reloading the game will fix the problem. It may very well do so, but what you need to do is click on the little CO2 icon which appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen. This will surface your boat, and ventilate it. I always surface in this manner (provided the icon is there) and have never had a problem.

Kaleun · 03-02-09, 03:13 PM

Hi,

It's because you've alt-tabbed out of the game - it's known bug. reload a save and all will be well. if you need to get to your desktop whilst playing use the windows key on your keyboard or save first.

Kaleun

Rockin Robbins · 03-02-09, 09:17 PM

Some people say it's because you alt-tabbed out of the game. I don't believe it, as I have alt-tabbed out of the game hundreds of times without incident. And I have had the CO2 problem without alt-tabbing out of the game.

Occasionally, clicking the CO2 icon will not solve the problem The last time I had it, for the first time, clicking on the icon didn't fix it. I had to save the game and reload it. Restarting SH4 was not necessary, just saving and reloading the game.

So we're left with a very strange, annoying, but not serious problem. Look at the bright side. We could be playing SH3 and the game could be forgetting about our career save after we have a month invested and people could be saying "of course you dummy, you saved too close to land, with contacts around, submerged, while not chanting incantations, pick one or all. You should know better than that." Now THAT is a serious problem. This is merely annoying.

gimpy117 · 03-02-09, 10:21 PM

did you take damage and is your boat sitting low in the water??

this happened to me once I could run the diesels but it wasn't "surfaced" yet so air got in.

03-02-09, 02:36 PM	#1
tylerav8r Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Sub not venting CO2 Hey.. ran into a strange bug today. Wondering if anyone can lend a hand before my crew suffocate. My CO2 levels are continuing to raise even after my sub is surfaced. It seems locked into all my saves on this patrol. Anyone seen this or have any ideas how it can be fixed? Much appreciated

03-02-09, 09:17 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Some people say it's because you alt-tabbed out of the game. I don't believe it, as I have alt-tabbed out of the game hundreds of times without incident. And I have had the CO2 problem without alt-tabbing out of the game. Occasionally, clicking the CO2 icon will not solve the problem The last time I had it, for the first time, clicking on the icon didn't fix it. I had to save the game and reload it. Restarting SH4 was not necessary, just saving and reloading the game. So we're left with a very strange, annoying, but not serious problem. Look at the bright side. We could be playing SH3 and the game could be forgetting about our career save after we have a month invested and people could be saying "of course you dummy, you saved too close to land, with contacts around, submerged, while not chanting incantations, pick one or all. You should know better than that." Now THAT is a serious problem. This is merely annoying. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 03-02-09 at 09:40 PM.

03-02-09, 10:21 PM	#5
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	did you take damage and is your boat sitting low in the water?? this happened to me once I could run the diesels but it wasn't "surfaced" yet so air got in. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

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03-02-09, 03:08 PM	#2
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Some guys will tell you that reloading the game will fix the problem. It may very well do so, but what you need to do is click on the little CO2 icon which appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen. This will surface your boat, and ventilate it. I always surface in this manner (provided the icon is there) and have never had a problem.

03-02-09, 03:13 PM	#3
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 Uploads: 0	Hi, It's because you've alt-tabbed out of the game - it's known bug. reload a save and all will be well. if you need to get to your desktop whilst playing use the windows key on your keyboard or save first. Kaleun