TMO and missing helmsman

tomoose · 04-21-08, 07:43 AM

Not sure if it's related to TMO but since enabling the mod and starting a fresh career I've noticed that the helmsman (i.e. the sailor who steers the boat and adjusts the engine telegraphs) is missing!

I'm still running SH4 (1.4) (can't find 1.5 but not interested in pacific U-boats anyway). Everything works fine it's just my missing crewman (he was there before I tried PE2 and TMO, I've since removed PE2). He's on the roster and I didn't hear any "man overboard" alarms!!!

Anyone else experience this?

Quillan · 04-21-08, 08:07 AM

He moved. The helmsman is now in the conning tower.

tomoose · 04-21-08, 11:11 AM

OK, thanks for that info. Guess I shoulda read the 'readme' more closely

, I'll check that next time I crank it up.
Is that position more realistic historically? I'm so used to seeing the helmsman in the control room.
cheers,
Tomoose

Ducimus · 04-21-08, 11:55 AM

He's on shore leave at the Royal Hawaiian.

tomoose · 04-21-08, 12:09 PM

now that I think about it, if the helmsman's normal duty station is the conning tower, when is he at the station in the control room? Perhaps TMO addresses this and moves the helmsman?(I haven't played with TMO much as yet).

If the helmsman does move duty stations (i.e. he works in the control room during dives), can this be modded so that he shows up there when the dive command is given and returns to the conning tower when the 'surface' command is given.

If this has in fact been done with this mod (and I just haven't seen it yet) then forgive the dopey question.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 04-21-08, 12:33 PM

Ducimus threw him overboard.

Munchausen · 04-21-08, 01:01 PM

Ducimus put him where he belonged ... and he probably stayed there unless the conning tower was damaged.

04-21-08, 07:43 AM	#1
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	TMO and missing helmsman Not sure if it's related to TMO but since enabling the mod and starting a fresh career I've noticed that the helmsman (i.e. the sailor who steers the boat and adjusts the engine telegraphs) is missing! I'm still running SH4 (1.4) (can't find 1.5 but not interested in pacific U-boats anyway). Everything works fine it's just my missing crewman (he was there before I tried PE2 and TMO, I've since removed PE2). He's on the roster and I didn't hear any "man overboard" alarms!!! Anyone else experience this?

04-21-08, 08:07 AM	#2
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	He moved. The helmsman is now in the conning tower. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-21-08, 11:11 AM	#3
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I'll have to check that OK, thanks for that info. Guess I shoulda read the 'readme' more closely , I'll check that next time I crank it up. Is that position more realistic historically? I'm so used to seeing the helmsman in the control room. cheers, Tomoose

04-21-08, 12:09 PM	#5
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Further to my last... now that I think about it, if the helmsman's normal duty station is the conning tower, when is he at the station in the control room? Perhaps TMO addresses this and moves the helmsman?(I haven't played with TMO much as yet). If the helmsman does move duty stations (i.e. he works in the control room during dives), can this be modded so that he shows up there when the dive command is given and returns to the conning tower when the 'surface' command is given. If this has in fact been done with this mod (and I just haven't seen it yet) then forgive the dopey question.

04-21-08, 12:33 PM	#6
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Ducimus threw him overboard. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

04-21-08, 11:55 AM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	He's on shore leave at the Royal Hawaiian.

04-21-08, 01:01 PM	#7
Munchausen Commodore Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 608 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 1	Ducimus put him where he belonged ... and he probably stayed there unless the conning tower was damaged.