Why is all of my crew asleep?

Jab_Bauer · 04-08-07, 02:46 PM

So my first mission was to patrol off of Honshu Island, Right now Im about half way between Pearl Harbor and Midway and the entire crew is sleeping. The ship is just sitting in the middle of the ocean at 0 kts. I've been playing using time compression very sparingly. I've just left my computer on overnight, hoping to play it realtime. Anyways, the first shift is up right now and they are all sleeping. Their fatigue is around 92/100. The second and third shifts are sleeping as well with fatigue levels of 38.

Anyways, why are they all asleep? They rotate in shifts. Why didnt they get sleep then? Is there a way to switch which shift is working?

Well.. funny thing. Everyone is asleep, but I still see them on the Bridge and Command room. They look awake to me.

Percopius · 04-08-07, 02:50 PM

Did you put your men at battlestations, then forget, then timecompress? They won't leave their stations unless you cancel Battlestations.

Perc

Jab_Bauer · 04-08-07, 03:01 PM

No, I have not put them at battlestations at all. I have not seen any enemy ships, so it was not needed. Secondly, I have not used time compression much at all. Yeah.. im running on 1x mode. It's still running too. They are slowly sleeping off their fatigue.

JFL1 · 04-08-07, 03:03 PM

Happened to me three times already, every time with a "Patrol off Honshu Island" career mission...

I never used Man the battlestations option, never used more than 128x TC, never saved prior to my crew going to sleep...

You are exactly right. You just sit there, surfaced, with "Unable to comply" answers to all your orders. Pretty annoying and a major hurdle if you want to enjoy this game in career mode...

Iron Budokan · 04-08-07, 04:10 PM

Wow, that is porked. I've never had this happen. Bummer!

ATR-42 · 04-08-07, 04:19 PM

This happend to me...in the middle of duking it out on a surface battle with a destroyer.

ran out of torpedos, had the nads to surface and use the deck gun, needed ahead flank to avoid the destoryer that was going to tbone me... push the lever..."cannot comply" check the crew status, ALL SLEEPING! son-of-a...

get rammed by the destroyer, which then sank, waited 'overnight' and steamed off when they woke up

if you send them to battlestations it should wake everyone up (i didnt know at the time)

JFL1 · 04-08-07, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATR-42

if you send them to battlestations it should wake everyone up (i didnt know at the time)

Thanks for the workaround!
However, it remains a workaround. This thing should not happen in the first place...

Hartmann · 04-08-07, 05:36 PM

"The sleeping of the death" bug

Jab_Bauer · 04-08-07, 06:32 PM

There should be a way to force them to sleep. My crew does not like sleeping.

Currently my first shift is sleeping off their 90 something fatigue, and 2nd shift is up. Now if I could only get 3rd shift to SLEEP! they got about 26 fatigue. They should sleep till 5 or so.

If only this game was a kindergardener run submaring simulator. Then I could setup naptime.

AVGWarhawk · 04-08-07, 06:39 PM

Around the island of Honshu is the same area that Godzilla can be found sleeping for hundreds of years until awakened to terrorize downtown Tokyo. Something in the water.....

J/K. I have no clue as to why

skullman86 · 04-08-07, 06:42 PM

I have not seen this bug yet

.My crew sleeps but its never the full crew; either I, II, or III but not all of them at once.I would've loved to have seen ATR-42's encounter:rotfl:, I have had run ins with suicidal destroyers but that one takes the cake :p.

GoldenRivet · 04-08-07, 06:49 PM

you forgot to re-stock coffee when you returned from the last patrol.

Just go to "Java" and stop in at the nearest starbucks. :rotfl:

Jab_Bauer · 04-08-07, 08:42 PM

I think the problem may be with saving and loading the game. I have not done it too frequently, but saving while they are asleep will not save their sleep state but will save their fatigue. Anyways, when you load the game most of them will be awake unless they have a fatigue over 50. Anyways, I just loaded by game and all of first watch does nott want to go back to sleep. The all have fatigue levels of about 44. Oh wait, just used TC at 32x and they finally went to sleep in about 5 min (real minutes). Still that is alot of sleep lost I guess.

codmander · 04-08-07, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATR-42

This happend to me...in the middle of duking it out on a surface battle with a destroyer.

ran out of torpedos, had the nads to surface and use the deck gun, needed ahead flank to avoid the destoryer that was going to tbone me... push the lever..."cannot comply" check the crew status, ALL SLEEPING! son-of-a...

get rammed by the destroyer, which then sank, waited 'overnight' and steamed off when they woke up

if you send them to battlestations it should wake everyone up (i didnt know at the time)

hmm great sim

wovik · 04-08-07, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jab_Bauer

There should be a way to force them to sleep. My crew does not like sleeping.

Currently my first shift is sleeping off their 90 something fatigue, and 2nd shift is up. Now if I could only get 3rd shift to SLEEP! they got about 26 fatigue. They should sleep till 5 or so.

If only this game was a kindergardener run submaring simulator. Then I could setup naptime.

There is a way. If you have an empty crew slot (damage control, or guns etc.) you can move the one you want to go to sleep there then imediately move it back to its original slot. It will go to sleep. This works with the off duty crew.

I also started a saved game with Honshu as the patrol area and had every one asleep when it booted up. Had to boot their butts and get em back to work! (used Battlestations breifly ).
These recruits are young these days! Need their naps!

04-08-07, 02:46 PM	#1
Jab_Bauer Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why is all of my crew asleep? So my first mission was to patrol off of Honshu Island, Right now Im about half way between Pearl Harbor and Midway and the entire crew is sleeping. The ship is just sitting in the middle of the ocean at 0 kts. I've been playing using time compression very sparingly. I've just left my computer on overnight, hoping to play it realtime. Anyways, the first shift is up right now and they are all sleeping. Their fatigue is around 92/100. The second and third shifts are sleeping as well with fatigue levels of 38. Anyways, why are they all asleep? They rotate in shifts. Why didnt they get sleep then? Is there a way to switch which shift is working? Well.. funny thing. Everyone is asleep, but I still see them on the Bridge and Command room. They look awake to me.

04-08-07, 04:10 PM	#5
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Wow, that is porked. I've never had this happen. Bummer! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

04-08-07, 04:19 PM	#6
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	This happend to me...in the middle of duking it out on a surface battle with a destroyer. ran out of torpedos, had the nads to surface and use the deck gun, needed ahead flank to avoid the destoryer that was going to tbone me... push the lever..."cannot comply" check the crew status, ALL SLEEPING! son-of-a... get rammed by the destroyer, which then sank, waited 'overnight' and steamed off when they woke up if you send them to battlestations it should wake everyone up (i didnt know at the time) __________________

04-08-07, 05:36 PM	#8
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	"The sleeping of the death" bug __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

04-08-07, 06:39 PM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Around the island of Honshu is the same area that Godzilla can be found sleeping for hundreds of years until awakened to terrorize downtown Tokyo. Something in the water..... J/K. I have no clue as to why __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-08-07, 02:50 PM	#2
Percopius Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: L.A. Posts: 1 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Did you put your men at battlestations, then forget, then timecompress? They won't leave their stations unless you cancel Battlestations. Perc

04-08-07, 03:01 PM	#3
Jab_Bauer Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No, I have not put them at battlestations at all. I have not seen any enemy ships, so it was not needed. Secondly, I have not used time compression much at all. Yeah.. im running on 1x mode. It's still running too. They are slowly sleeping off their fatigue.

04-08-07, 03:03 PM	#4
JFL1 Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Montreal (Quebec) Posts: 44 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Happened to me three times already, every time with a "Patrol off Honshu Island" career mission... I never used Man the battlestations option, never used more than 128x TC, never saved prior to my crew going to sleep... You are exactly right. You just sit there, surfaced, with "Unable to comply" answers to all your orders. Pretty annoying and a major hurdle if you want to enjoy this game in career mode...

04-08-07, 06:32 PM	#9
Jab_Bauer Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There should be a way to force them to sleep. My crew does not like sleeping. Currently my first shift is sleeping off their 90 something fatigue, and 2nd shift is up. Now if I could only get 3rd shift to SLEEP! they got about 26 fatigue. They should sleep till 5 or so. If only this game was a kindergardener run submaring simulator. Then I could setup naptime.

04-08-07, 06:42 PM	#11
skullman86 Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ...Let me get back to you on that Posts: 52 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I have not seen this bug yet .My crew sleeps but its never the full crew; either I, II, or III but not all of them at once.I would've loved to have seen ATR-42's encounter:rotfl:, I have had run ins with suicidal destroyers but that one takes the cake :p. __________________ Silent Hunter-Napalm.86

04-08-07, 06:49 PM	#12
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	you forgot to re-stock coffee when you returned from the last patrol. Just go to "Java" and stop in at the nearest starbucks. :rotfl:

04-08-07, 08:42 PM	#13
Jab_Bauer Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think the problem may be with saving and loading the game. I have not done it too frequently, but saving while they are asleep will not save their sleep state but will save their fatigue. Anyways, when you load the game most of them will be awake unless they have a fatigue over 50. Anyways, I just loaded by game and all of first watch does nott want to go back to sleep. The all have fatigue levels of about 44. Oh wait, just used TC at 32x and they finally went to sleep in about 5 min (real minutes). Still that is alot of sleep lost I guess.