Why don't refits take time?

vindex · 05-07-07, 04:14 AM

Why are refits instantaneous in game time? Shouldn't refueling and rearming take a couple of hours, or even a day? Am I the only one who finds this hokey?

I'm such a nerd I actually dock at Midway, and at Pearl on my return ... I just feel like I'm cheating if I hit the magic refit option 30 miles (or whatever) from port.

Grothesj2 · 05-07-07, 04:39 AM

There may a file you can modify to change the turn around time. Maybe the modders can help.

Chock · 05-07-07, 05:51 AM

I guess in the grand scheme of things - i.e. most people whizzing across the Pacific on accelerated time and compressing it to a few minutes - the few hours that a refit would take (or more correctly re-arm and refuel) doesn't really matter that much.

Unless you could simulate half a day's liberty for your crew and give em some fun and a morale boost

Come to think of it, you could do that, just pause the sim at the port, go out, get hammered on Jack Daniels, oh, and make sure a cab driver overcharges you for the trip to the bar, then go and pick up a dose of the clap. You could also simulate trying to sneak some booze onto your sub by buying something ridiculously expensive (say the latest graphics card, or a nitrous kit for your car etc) and trying to sneak it in the house past your wife/girlfriend. If she catches you, it will further add to the realism, as you will probably be forced to paint or repair something around the house as a punishment.

ReallyDedPoet · 05-07-07, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Chock

I guess in the grand scheme of things - i.e. most people whizzing across the Pacific on accelerated time and compressing it to a few minutes - the few hours that a refit would take (or more correctly re-arm and refuel) doesn't really matter that much.

Unless you could simulate half a day's liberty for your crew and give em some fun and a morale boost

Come to think of it, you could do that, just pause the sim at the port, go out, get hammered on Jack Daniels, oh, and make sure a cab driver overcharges you for the trip to the bar, then go and pick up a dose of the clap. You could also simulate trying to sneak some booze onto your sub by buying something ridiculously expensive (say the latest graphics card, or a nitrous kit for your car etc) and trying to sneak it in the house past your wife/girlfriend. If she catches you, it will further add to the realism, as you will probably be forced to paint or repair something around the house as a punishment.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Egan · 05-07-07, 07:06 AM

I asked this and the dev answer was they wanted to legnthen the time it took but it wasn't possible at the time - I don't know what the problem was, though. IIRC, all the settings for that, time in port etc are hardcoded this time. Maybe they will externalise them in a patch like they did with radio messages in Sh3.

Vindex: I always 'dock' during a refit too,

, and let the TC do it's thing. 6 - 18 hours for a quick layover up to several days if I think the situation warrants it.

7Enigma · 05-07-07, 07:23 AM

I always require at least a couple hours since most refits are a full restocking of torps. Since the refit button only refills your spare slots, I refit, sit in the harbor as my crew loads the tubes, and then refit again so I'm fully stocked. I've never kept a close eye on it, but I'm sure its a couple hours works on heavy TC?

05-07-07, 04:14 AM	#1
vindex Planesman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 192 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Why don't refits take time? Why are refits instantaneous in game time? Shouldn't refueling and rearming take a couple of hours, or even a day? Am I the only one who finds this hokey? I'm such a nerd I actually dock at Midway, and at Pearl on my return ... I just feel like I'm cheating if I hit the magic refit option 30 miles (or whatever) from port.

05-07-07, 04:39 AM	#2
Grothesj2 Medic Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 167 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There may a file you can modify to change the turn around time. Maybe the modders can help.

05-07-07, 05:51 AM	#3
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I guess in the grand scheme of things - i.e. most people whizzing across the Pacific on accelerated time and compressing it to a few minutes - the few hours that a refit would take (or more correctly re-arm and refuel) doesn't really matter that much. Unless you could simulate half a day's liberty for your crew and give em some fun and a morale boost Come to think of it, you could do that, just pause the sim at the port, go out, get hammered on Jack Daniels, oh, and make sure a cab driver overcharges you for the trip to the bar, then go and pick up a dose of the clap. You could also simulate trying to sneak some booze onto your sub by buying something ridiculously expensive (say the latest graphics card, or a nitrous kit for your car etc) and trying to sneak it in the house past your wife/girlfriend. If she catches you, it will further add to the realism, as you will probably be forced to paint or repair something around the house as a punishment.

05-07-07, 07:06 AM	#5
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I asked this and the dev answer was they wanted to legnthen the time it took but it wasn't possible at the time - I don't know what the problem was, though. IIRC, all the settings for that, time in port etc are hardcoded this time. Maybe they will externalise them in a patch like they did with radio messages in Sh3. Vindex: I always 'dock' during a refit too, , and let the TC do it's thing. 6 - 18 hours for a quick layover up to several days if I think the situation warrants it.

05-07-07, 07:23 AM	#6
7Enigma Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 103 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I always require at least a couple hours since most refits are a full restocking of torps. Since the refit button only refills your spare slots, I refit, sit in the harbor as my crew loads the tubes, and then refit again so I'm fully stocked. I've never kept a close eye on it, but I'm sure its a couple hours works on heavy TC?