Mommy ! I want my mommy !

SteamWake · 09-10-08, 09:18 PM

Take a look and you can say... yea... your screwed

10 points to the first poster that tells me why.

Will-Rommel · 09-10-08, 09:45 PM

Thats what happens to the US submariners thinking they can match the german hard nuts! They don't have the expert mechanician! :rotfl:

Now all you have left are your tied up underwears and wind propulsion...!

SteamWake · 09-10-08, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Will-Rommel

Thats what happens to the US submariners thinking they can match the german hard nuts! They don't have the expert mechanician! :rotfl:

Now all you have left are your tied up underwears and wind propulsion...!

Mmmmm very close... but i'm afraid you have the wrong nation.

AlphaSvn · 09-10-08, 09:52 PM

Look at the bright side.........at least you stopped the flooding.

cgjimeneza · 09-10-08, 10:03 PM

On the plus side, you have half your power plant an rudders...

on the down side, you lost HALF your power plant

better make a big sail and hpe your periscope shears can take the strain...

its a long and slow way home buddy

seaniam81 · 09-10-08, 10:21 PM

Ship sighted and you cant dive

peabody · 09-11-08, 12:38 AM

The ice cream machine is empty? Did I win? I really need the points.

I would rather get sunk than lose the engines or the rudder.

Peabody

elanaiba · 09-11-08, 03:04 AM

You lost the engines that matter

SteamWake · 09-11-08, 07:57 AM

Good answers I espically liked the empty ice cream maker... :rotfl: :rotfl:

Yes all manners of propulsion gone, done, toasted, beyond repair. Carrer over.

A DD did this to me in shallow water when we stuiply 'investigated' a port with only one picket

Played cat and mouse for a couple of hours, he even ran me over once with horiible shreaking and groaning. Only damage there was the batteries ?!

But I digress.

Later he got lucky and wrecked my boat. Then the dummy crossed our stern at 600 yards, perfect range for a snap shot.... Kabooom he split in two. I cheered ordered surface and ahead full.

Well we surfaced allright, and just sat there. I went to the damage screen for a damage report. Thats when our hearts sank.

Seminole · 09-11-08, 08:43 AM

Too late to help you my friend but I think I may have discovered the "secret" ....if there truly is one..to doing ports.

The last 3 recon missions I got I didn't actually go directly into port. That is either suicide or at least a couple of hours of drudgery,slipping and sliding along the shallows.

I've found that you can take your boat in very close to a port by easing up to it from outside , submerged, and parallel to the land mass. Most times while staying at least in the light blue shaded sea areas which are usually a couple of hundred feet deep..and avoid the white shaded shallows.

Anyway it has worked for me 3 times in a row. I got excellent views of the harbors each time and the ships at anchor...and avoided any hostile vessels...it was like peacetime steaming.

But it does go without saying that this way kills all the suspense of harbor misisons or just crusing and looking....and maybe that is what one wants after all...but if you want to play it safe...

Rockin Robbins · 09-11-08, 08:44 AM

Sounds like you can swim to shore.

SteamWake · 09-11-08, 08:50 AM

I dunno slipping into an enemy port while surfaced just seems wrong.

In this case I was on one of those "sink 10 tons" missions and had been sailing up and down the coast looking for merchant shipping. We had found one small tanker but were reaching bingo fuel quickly and decided that raiding this harbor would be an 'easy' way to up the tonnage.

Cant remember the port but its completly surrounded by shallow water with no deep approaches whatsoever.

With only one picket out there it dident seem to risky :rotfl:

Quote:

Sounds like you can swim to shore.

Swim... pfffft we could practially walk to shore.

Maybe we can steal some of the life rafts the DD left floating around !

bookworm_020 · 09-11-08, 09:19 PM

Well I guess the engine crew get first shift rowing you home!

Zero Niner · 09-11-08, 09:44 PM

I don't understand. The damage screen shows 2 engines and electric motors each damaged (or is it destroyed?). You still have 2 more of each.

SteamWake · 09-11-08, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero Niner

I don't understand. The damage screen shows 2 engines and electric motors each damaged (or is it destroyed?). You still have 2 more of each.

Just one of the goofy things in this game.

Even though you have 4 engines, the game engine considers them as two.

Get two of em... any two... wiped out its game over.

The full red bars illustrate they are beyond repair.

09-10-08, 09:18 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mommy ! I want my mommy ! Take a look and you can say... yea... your screwed 10 points to the first poster that tells me why. Last edited by SteamWake; 09-10-08 at 09:29 PM.

09-10-08, 09:45 PM	#2
Will-Rommel Chief Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 320 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Thats what happens to the US submariners thinking they can match the german hard nuts! They don't have the expert mechanician! :rotfl: Now all you have left are your tied up underwears and wind propulsion...! __________________ -Fighting is a lifestyle-

09-10-08, 10:03 PM	#5
cgjimeneza Captain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Costa Rica Posts: 527 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	break out the oars On the plus side, you have half your power plant an rudders... on the down side, you lost HALF your power plant better make a big sail and hpe your periscope shears can take the strain... its a long and slow way home buddy __________________ Pacific Thunder Campaing VIII-Retired www.subsowespac.org "Left on their own, engineers can be dangerous"

09-10-08, 10:21 PM	#6
seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Ship sighted and you cant dive __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

09-11-08, 12:38 AM	#7
peabody Admiral Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New York State, USA Posts: 2,390 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 7	The ice cream machine is empty? Did I win? I really need the points. I would rather get sunk than lose the engines or the rudder. Peabody __________________ System Spec: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, PentiumD Dual Core Presler 945 3.4Ghz, Gigabyte Geforce 7600GS, 2-1GB Corsair XMS2 800Mhz in Dual Channel, 2-WD 250 SATA 3Gb/s, Onboard Realtek HD 7.1 Audio, DVD ROM, DVD burner, Hiper 580 Watt Power supply, WinXP SP2.

09-10-08, 09:52 PM	#4
AlphaSvn Nub Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Look at the bright side.........at least you stopped the flooding.

09-11-08, 03:04 AM	#8
elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	You lost the engines that matter __________________ With strength I burn...

09-11-08, 07:57 AM	#9
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Good answers I espically liked the empty ice cream maker... :rotfl: :rotfl: Yes all manners of propulsion gone, done, toasted, beyond repair. Carrer over. A DD did this to me in shallow water when we stuiply 'investigated' a port with only one picket Played cat and mouse for a couple of hours, he even ran me over once with horiible shreaking and groaning. Only damage there was the batteries ?! But I digress. Later he got lucky and wrecked my boat. Then the dummy crossed our stern at 600 yards, perfect range for a snap shot.... Kabooom he split in two. I cheered ordered surface and ahead full. Well we surfaced allright, and just sat there. I went to the damage screen for a damage report. Thats when our hearts sank.

09-11-08, 08:43 AM	#10
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Too late to help you my friend but I think I may have discovered the "secret" ....if there truly is one..to doing ports. The last 3 recon missions I got I didn't actually go directly into port. That is either suicide or at least a couple of hours of drudgery,slipping and sliding along the shallows. I've found that you can take your boat in very close to a port by easing up to it from outside , submerged, and parallel to the land mass. Most times while staying at least in the light blue shaded sea areas which are usually a couple of hundred feet deep..and avoid the white shaded shallows. Anyway it has worked for me 3 times in a row. I got excellent views of the harbors each time and the ships at anchor...and avoided any hostile vessels...it was like peacetime steaming. But it does go without saying that this way kills all the suspense of harbor misisons or just crusing and looking....and maybe that is what one wants after all...but if you want to play it safe... __________________

09-11-08, 08:44 AM	#11
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Sounds like you can swim to shore. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

09-11-08, 09:19 PM	#13
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Well I guess the engine crew get first shift rowing you home! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

09-11-08, 09:44 PM	#14
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I don't understand. The damage screen shows 2 engines and electric motors each damaged (or is it destroyed?). You still have 2 more of each.