Hit by shell, destroyed by secondary explosion?

Keelbuster · 04-01-07, 01:39 PM

I was somewhere in the Carribean when I spotted a medium tanker. It was moving fast, and it going to be hard to flank it and get into firing position without being seen. Since it was a clear day, I decided to chase it down and destroy it with my deck gun. As I approached, the tanker opened up on me with a rear gun. As usual, the shots were all over the place and I wasn't worried. But he was moving fast, and I was gaining slowly, so he got a _lot_ of shots in. Finally, one hit. With a terrible surprise, there was a BAM, fire on my screen and the sound of men screaming in pain. A shell had hit the conning tower. As the fire left my screen I had that sinking feeling - when you've taken a foolish risk and been burned. I switched to F7 to check the damage. Watch tower crew was dead. Wait - what's that - suddenly the control room team is dead. A second later, the crew in the radio room and crew quarters are dead. My boat is lost! I don't know exactly what happened, but I suspect that the shell hit the tower, killed those crew, then caused a secondary explosion much like you often see when you shell enemy ships. The secondary explosion killed the control room crew, and then spread through the boat to each end like a rolling fireball. Burn. I didn't know that enemy shells could cause your boat to brew up like that. In the future I'm going to be _way_ more careful around enemy guns.

Kaleu_Mihoo · 04-01-07, 01:52 PM

no, this is a known bug.
When your conning tower is destroyed and the watch crew is dead, SHIII tries to man it automatically, just how it is done when U surface the boat. And because there is no conning tower, they all die by an automatic try to man it

hope it helps
regards

Corsair · 04-01-07, 02:02 PM

Don't mess around with armed merchants, it's not a glorious way to loose your sub..

Brag · 04-01-07, 02:23 PM

When surprise is gone, a U-Boat loses all its advantages

STEED · 04-01-07, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

When surprise is gone, a U-Boat loses all its advantages

Time to

your pants.

Keelbuster · 04-01-07, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaleu_Mihoo

no, this is a known bug.
When your conning tower is destroyed and the watch crew is dead, SHIII tries to man it automatically, just how it is done when U surface the boat. And because there is no conning tower, they all die by an automatic try to man it

hope it helps
regards

ARg - a bug. I had this image of fire belching down the conning tower and into the control room...igniting fuel stores and blasting down the compartments. It was a hideous and glorious image. From the surface, a little flash, then a burst of flame cracking the boat in half and then it surges down into a pool of fire. I've now replaced that with the image of men running up the conning tower and suddenly dying..one after another...until there are no more. I hate to admit it, but I think you're right - i remember now that my death message was 'not enough crew to man the boat'. Arg.

GoldenRivet · 04-01-07, 03:22 PM

you could always pretend it was the first version

I suppose if you dont have anyone in any crew compartments when you decide to run down an armed tanker ie - they are all assigned to repair detail or in engine/ torpedo rooms they wont go clammering upthe ladder to auto death.

04-01-07, 01:39 PM	#1
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Hit by shell, destroyed by secondary explosion? I was somewhere in the Carribean when I spotted a medium tanker. It was moving fast, and it going to be hard to flank it and get into firing position without being seen. Since it was a clear day, I decided to chase it down and destroy it with my deck gun. As I approached, the tanker opened up on me with a rear gun. As usual, the shots were all over the place and I wasn't worried. But he was moving fast, and I was gaining slowly, so he got a _lot_ of shots in. Finally, one hit. With a terrible surprise, there was a BAM, fire on my screen and the sound of men screaming in pain. A shell had hit the conning tower. As the fire left my screen I had that sinking feeling - when you've taken a foolish risk and been burned. I switched to F7 to check the damage. Watch tower crew was dead. Wait - what's that - suddenly the control room team is dead. A second later, the crew in the radio room and crew quarters are dead. My boat is lost! I don't know exactly what happened, but I suspect that the shell hit the tower, killed those crew, then caused a secondary explosion much like you often see when you shell enemy ships. The secondary explosion killed the control room crew, and then spread through the boat to each end like a rolling fireball. Burn. I didn't know that enemy shells could cause your boat to brew up like that. In the future I'm going to be _way_ more careful around enemy guns. __________________

04-01-07, 01:52 PM	#2
Kaleu_Mihoo Medic Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Poland/Germany Posts: 159 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	no, this is a known bug. When your conning tower is destroyed and the watch crew is dead, SHIII tries to man it automatically, just how it is done when U surface the boat. And because there is no conning tower, they all die by an automatic try to man it hope it helps regards __________________ Beide Maschinen AK voraus, hart backbord, auf 107 Grad gehen! Anlauf beginnt!...NYGM 3.0

04-01-07, 02:02 PM	#3
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Don't mess around with armed merchants, it's not a glorious way to loose your sub.. __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

04-01-07, 02:23 PM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	When surprise is gone, a U-Boat loses all its advantages __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

04-01-07, 03:22 PM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	you could always pretend it was the first version I suppose if you dont have anyone in any crew compartments when you decide to run down an armed tanker ie - they are all assigned to repair detail or in engine/ torpedo rooms they wont go clammering upthe ladder to auto death.