Heya @ll! Newb question :-)

TrooperCooper · 04-19-08, 12:51 PM

'ello yall Kaleuns!

Its the time again that I digged out my old SH3 CD again to sink some british freighters.

Havent played it for a while. Back then I used to play GWX1 - now I got GWX2.0 installed and of course I have to say THX to the modders for this great mod!

I do have aquestion though. Maybe some of you more experienced players can help with this one. I'd appreaciate it.

It often happens to me, that I am unable to keep my depth below 140 meters if I do silent running. I have been reading around here that people dive down to like 240 meters. I been down there, too - but usually my U-boat slowly goes further down if I go 100 RPMs. That forces me to speed up to get back to a safer depth.
The escort ships of course can hear that and send some bombs after me. Till now I was able to evade them - got back up to like 120 meters and did silent running again. Usually they loose me then. But my career is at December 1940 now and I guess in the long run I will have to stay deeper. Is the problem I am encountering a bug? Or is it intended to be that way?

Sailor Steve · 04-19-08, 01:00 PM

Sounds like reality to me. Changing depth affects the trim of the boat, and the only way to fix that is to run the pumps, which makes a lot of noise. The slower the boat goes, the harder it becomes to maintain balance and depth. In Aces Of the Deep after silent running for awhile you would get a message "Cannot maintain depth without running the pumps."

I have not encountered that problem yet, but it sounds good to me.

Brag · 04-19-08, 01:21 PM

Welcome aboard TrooperCooper. I haven't noticed that problem but in GWX have never been hounded for more than an hour. Maybe been lucky.

Hanomag · 04-19-08, 04:37 PM

Welcome Aboard Herr Kaluen!!

von hally · 04-20-08, 05:45 AM

lo troopercooper

im sure gwx removed the positive bouancy we used to get for realism sake

there is a mod to replace it mate

do a search

papa_smurf · 04-20-08, 06:27 AM

Welcome aboard

TrooperCooper · 04-21-08, 11:38 AM

Thank you all!

EDIT for correction: its actually a hard coded crash dive bug. See this thread for detailed infomation if you are having similar problems: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=92883

In short: dont abort crash dives. Let the boat dive to its crash dive depth and level off before you do any depth changes if you did an emergency ALARM - or you are bugged. :p

04-19-08, 12:51 PM	#1
TrooperCooper Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hamburg / Germany Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Heya @ll! Newb question :-) 'ello yall Kaleuns! Its the time again that I digged out my old SH3 CD again to sink some british freighters. Havent played it for a while. Back then I used to play GWX1 - now I got GWX2.0 installed and of course I have to say THX to the modders for this great mod! I do have aquestion though. Maybe some of you more experienced players can help with this one. I'd appreaciate it. It often happens to me, that I am unable to keep my depth below 140 meters if I do silent running. I have been reading around here that people dive down to like 240 meters. I been down there, too - but usually my U-boat slowly goes further down if I go 100 RPMs. That forces me to speed up to get back to a safer depth. The escort ships of course can hear that and send some bombs after me. Till now I was able to evade them - got back up to like 120 meters and did silent running again. Usually they loose me then. But my career is at December 1940 now and I guess in the long run I will have to stay deeper. Is the problem I am encountering a bug? Or is it intended to be that way?

04-19-08, 01:00 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sounds like reality to me. Changing depth affects the trim of the boat, and the only way to fix that is to run the pumps, which makes a lot of noise. The slower the boat goes, the harder it becomes to maintain balance and depth. In Aces Of the Deep after silent running for awhile you would get a message "Cannot maintain depth without running the pumps." I have not encountered that problem yet, but it sounds good to me. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-19-08, 01:21 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard TrooperCooper. I haven't noticed that problem but in GWX have never been hounded for more than an hour. Maybe been lucky. __________________ 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/

04-19-08, 04:37 PM	#4
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Welcome Aboard Herr Kaluen!! __________________ "Only if I can save first..."

04-20-08, 05:45 AM	#5
von hally Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 634 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	lo troopercooper im sure gwx removed the positive bouancy we used to get for realism sake there is a mod to replace it mate do a search __________________ May God Have Mercy Upon My Enemies ..... Because I Wont.

04-20-08, 06:27 AM	#6
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard __________________

04-21-08, 11:38 AM	#7
TrooperCooper Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hamburg / Germany Posts: 8 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Thank you all! EDIT for correction: its actually a hard coded crash dive bug. See this thread for detailed infomation if you are having similar problems: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=92883 In short: dont abort crash dives. Let the boat dive to its crash dive depth and level off before you do any depth changes if you did an emergency ALARM - or you are bugged. :p Last edited by TrooperCooper; 04-21-08 at 02:45 PM.