503m, no electric engines, and emegancy surface aint working

Pumbaa · 12-04-06, 09:23 AM

Happened to me last night. I got caught by a pair of destroyers and they DC'ed me pretty good, sunk me to the bottom (503m) and knocked out my electric engines. Took my hull integrity down to 2%. I got all the leaks patched and tried to emergancy surface (again) and no luck. I just couldnt get off the bottom

Any ideas? I ended that career since I figured they were just dead but next time if I can save it I would like to try

Dowly · 12-04-06, 09:26 AM

How the hell you even got the boat to 503m without crushing it!? :rotfl:

peterloo · 12-04-06, 09:29 AM

That is unrealistic to get a sub to 503m, since the hull would have crushed when you are under 350m (just a appoximation) (for the best U-boat in WWII, Type XXI only. The figure for other boats such as Type VII is lower)

But you're lucky

"Life's like a box of chocolate"

Anyway, to surface the boat, you need to use compressed air to push out the water in ballast tanks. In deep sea, its hard to do so since water pressure is too high and prevents water from being displaced. That's why you cannot surface again

Don't be sad since you are luckier than 3/4 of sailors

in Battle of Atlantic

Sulikate · 12-04-06, 10:46 AM

OMG 503m is a lot of water over your head...

AVGWarhawk · 12-04-06, 10:49 AM

Yea, I walk through the valley of death........

Kiss your mates goodbye. The games over. Do yourself and crewmates a service and start the detonators for scuttling the boat. No need to suffer until death....

danlisa · 12-04-06, 11:02 AM

This is a Das Boot moment. Stuck on the bottom, serious flooding etc.....

I am surprised that your boat made that depth and is stable at 2% hull intergrity.

Maybe, you've found a SH3 dev easter egg:hmm::rotfl:

VON_CAPO · 12-04-06, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Pumbaa

Happened to me last night. I got caught by a pair of destroyers and they DC'ed me pretty good, sunk me to the bottom (503m) and knocked out my electric engines. Took my hull integrity down to 2%. I got all the leaks patched and tried to emergancy surface (again) and no luck. I just couldnt get off the bottom

Any ideas? I ended that career since I figured they were just dead but next time if I can save it I would like to try

:hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm: Do you have any screenshot showing such deep??? :hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm:

Ole · 12-04-06, 12:25 PM

just becaue of interest,
do they blow out the water with the compressed air or do they squeeze it out mechanical, like in a pump, letting the air pass behind the spool?

AVGWarhawk · 12-04-06, 12:34 PM

The pressure from the air blows out the water. Problem is at greater depth the crushing power of the water does not allow the compressed air to blow out the water. Same thing with the toilets.

Pumbaa · 12-04-06, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by VON_CAPO

:hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm: Do you have any screenshot showing such deep??? :hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm::hmm:

Now that you mention it I wish I would have taken one. I think it was a bug because like was mentioned above 503m is just too freeking deep. I was taking hull damage the entire time then it just stopped at 2% and I sat there . . . out of compressed air and no eletric engines

btw playing TGW 1.1a

AVGWarhawk · 12-04-06, 01:08 PM

Sounds like an out of body experience after virtual death too me!!!!!

DanBiddle · 12-04-06, 03:30 PM

Send Bernard to rope a couple of sea turtles to pull you to safety

Pumbaa · 12-04-06, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DanBiddle

Send Bernard to rope a couple of sea turtles to pull you to safety

LOL We tried to lure him into tube 1 with some struessel but his butt got stuck

Morts · 12-04-06, 04:10 PM

use some grease and you should be fine

that should get hes huge butt moving into the tube and slide out easily

AVGWarhawk · 12-04-06, 04:35 PM

I don't know should butt, grease and men be used in the same sentence

12-04-06, 09:23 AM	#1
Pumbaa Watch Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 24 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	503m, no electric engines, and emegancy surface aint working Happened to me last night. I got caught by a pair of destroyers and they DC'ed me pretty good, sunk me to the bottom (503m) and knocked out my electric engines. Took my hull integrity down to 2%. I got all the leaks patched and tried to emergancy surface (again) and no luck. I just couldnt get off the bottom Any ideas? I ended that career since I figured they were just dead but next time if I can save it I would like to try

12-04-06, 10:46 AM	#4
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	OMG 503m is a lot of water over your head... __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

12-04-06, 10:49 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yea, I walk through the valley of death........ Kiss your mates goodbye. The games over. Do yourself and crewmates a service and start the detonators for scuttling the boat. No need to suffer until death.... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-04-06, 11:02 AM	#6
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	This is a Das Boot moment. Stuck on the bottom, serious flooding etc..... I am surprised that your boat made that depth and is stable at 2% hull intergrity. Maybe, you've found a SH3 dev easter egg:hmm::rotfl: __________________

12-04-06, 12:34 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The pressure from the air blows out the water. Problem is at greater depth the crushing power of the water does not allow the compressed air to blow out the water. Same thing with the toilets. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-04-06, 09:26 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	How the hell you even got the boat to 503m without crushing it!? :rotfl:

12-04-06, 09:29 AM	#3
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	That is unrealistic to get a sub to 503m, since the hull would have crushed when you are under 350m (just a appoximation) (for the best U-boat in WWII, Type XXI only. The figure for other boats such as Type VII is lower) But you're lucky "Life's like a box of chocolate" Anyway, to surface the boat, you need to use compressed air to push out the water in ballast tanks. In deep sea, its hard to do so since water pressure is too high and prevents water from being displaced. That's why you cannot surface again Don't be sad since you are luckier than 3/4 of sailors in Battle of Atlantic

12-04-06, 12:25 PM	#8
Ole Loader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 88 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	just becaue of interest, do they blow out the water with the compressed air or do they squeeze it out mechanical, like in a pump, letting the air pass behind the spool?

12-04-06, 01:08 PM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Sounds like an out of body experience after virtual death too me!!!!! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-04-06, 03:30 PM	#12
DanBiddle Torpedoman Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 117 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Send Bernard to rope a couple of sea turtles to pull you to safety __________________

12-04-06, 04:10 PM	#14
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	use some grease and you should be fine that should get hes huge butt moving into the tube and slide out easily

12-04-06, 04:35 PM	#15
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I don't know should butt, grease and men be used in the same sentence __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road