No diesels, no apparent reason

madkiwi · 07-17-11, 02:44 PM

I was chasing down a convoy in my type IIa (second mission of the war) when I had to turn away from the convoy as a destroyer started heading my way. I also dropped the speed to ahead standard. After the destroyer turned back towards the convoy I came back on course and gave the command for ahead flank.

Nothing happened. The engines shut down, and soon I was adrift. I tried submerging, the electric motors started and I tooled along for a while, then surfaced. No diesels again.

The engine room crew was fine. Fatigue was not a factor. The commands were acknowledged, but nothing happened, not even a "Unable to comply" message.

I tried adding more crew and an officer to the engine room, nothing worked. Then after trying everything else I clicked on the "Return to course" button. The helm answered, and the engines start working again! I was then able to manually deviate from the plotted course and continue chasing the convoy.

Has anyone seen this behavior before? I am running GWX Gold.

07-17-11, 02:44 PM	#1
madkiwi Seaman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Florence, MT Posts: 31 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	No diesels, no apparent reason I was chasing down a convoy in my type IIa (second mission of the war) when I had to turn away from the convoy as a destroyer started heading my way. I also dropped the speed to ahead standard. After the destroyer turned back towards the convoy I came back on course and gave the command for ahead flank. Nothing happened. The engines shut down, and soon I was adrift. I tried submerging, the electric motors started and I tooled along for a while, then surfaced. No diesels again. The engine room crew was fine. Fatigue was not a factor. The commands were acknowledged, but nothing happened, not even a "Unable to comply" message. I tried adding more crew and an officer to the engine room, nothing worked. Then after trying everything else I clicked on the "Return to course" button. The helm answered, and the engines start working again! I was then able to manually deviate from the plotted course and continue chasing the convoy. Has anyone seen this behavior before? I am running GWX Gold.