Uboat lost, what happened`

Robfox · 11-29-09, 07:33 AM

Hi guys, i recently started playing with the GWX 3.0 mod. I was sailing outside Scapa flow with full time acc. 1024x. Suddenly i heard a boom and water flowing, looked at my damage screen and saw that every compartment getting flooded, 3 min later i lost the boat.

What really happened here, no ships or enemy anywhere.

/Rob

HanSolo78 · 11-29-09, 07:52 AM

Probably you hit a mine, I think.

Robfox · 11-29-09, 08:24 AM

Mines!!?? there are mines??? hahha, that explains it.

11-29-09, 09:05 AM

Yep, definately a mine. Happend to me twice in my whole SH3 career. Annoying, but realistic.

I love it.

Damo · 11-29-09, 09:32 AM

I remember I was doing a patrol off the east coast of England in a type II pretty soon after I installed GWX. I had event camera on and when I launched a torp at a unsuspecting merchant the screen came up and I watched my torp go streaking past a mine tethered about 10 feet below the surface just in front of my sub.

I was like WTF!!????!! ARRRGGGHHH, rudder hard to port, but I didn't hit it, I just headed away from the coast and have never ventured that far into the shallows since. I don't use gods eye view so that glimpse from the event camera was my only sighting of a mine. That's GWX though, always something to surprise ya.

Lt.Fillipidis · 11-29-09, 10:55 AM

In my SH3 Vanilla, GWX2.1, GWX3.0Gold + SH3Commander
i have never and i mean never hit a mine! I do use external view but i never had to manoeuver to avoid a mine. Even in an IX class boat.

Im almost pleasantly surprised when i happen to see a mine nearby my boat.

Jimbuna · 11-29-09, 11:38 AM

Mine....check the Campaign_SCR in mission editor for minefield locations.

Oneshot/Onekill · 11-30-09, 07:14 AM

It was a mine I tell ya...A big blooming, freakin, mine!

SeaWolf U-57 · 11-30-09, 07:28 AM

Well if it was not a Mine then it must have been that Curry the Cook made out of them left-over meat bits.

11-30-09, 07:33 AM

Once I lost a boat to (supposedly) mines near Heligoland... There was a loud booom, and then about 4 seconds later the death screen (I didn't get to the damage control screen in time)

SeaWolf U-57 · 11-30-09, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iliaarpad

Once I lost a boat to (supposedly) mines near Heligoland... There was a loud booom, and then about 4 seconds later the death screen (I didn't get to the damage control screen in time)

I have ended two cereers there due to mines and as you say Boom and the end

Oneshot/Onekill · 11-30-09, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iliaarpad

Once I lost a boat to (supposedly) mines near Heligoland... There was a loud booom, and then about 4 seconds later the death screen (I didn't get to the damage control screen in time)

No supposedly about it my friend. You hit a mine. There are mines off the coast of Heligoland.

11-30-09, 07:42 AM

I realize that now. But I got so spooked by the sudden explosion, I almost jumped off my chair.
And I did throw away the mouse

Oneshot/Onekill · 11-30-09, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iliaarpad

I realize that now. But I got so spooked by the sudden explosion, I almost jumped off my chair.
And I did throw away the mouse

Good deal.

Whenever something suddnely bad happens to me when on patrol, I just blame my wife or kids for distracting me.

I'm not quite sure why I havn't learned my lesson yet and tried something else

........Must be that steel plate in my head. LOL.

Lt.Fillipidis · 11-30-09, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SeaWolf U-57

I have ended two cereers there due to mines and as you say Boom and the end

Thomsen's No Instant Death Screen mod can fix that.
Well, it will only extend the time between the boom and the end but at least you'll have time to see what happen.
Yep. Thats the price. A slower, painfull death in exchange for the answers you want. Muhahaha!

11-29-09, 07:33 AM	#1
Robfox Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 6 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Uboat lost, what happened` Hi guys, i recently started playing with the GWX 3.0 mod. I was sailing outside Scapa flow with full time acc. 1024x. Suddenly i heard a boom and water flowing, looked at my damage screen and saw that every compartment getting flooded, 3 min later i lost the boat. What really happened here, no ships or enemy anywhere. /Rob __________________ old fart Last edited by Robfox; 11-29-09 at 10:35 AM.

11-29-09, 07:52 AM	#2
HanSolo78 Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Austria Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 3	Probably you hit a mine, I think. __________________

11-29-09, 08:24 AM	#3
Robfox Swabbie Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 6 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Mines!!?? there are mines??? hahha, that explains it. __________________ old fart

11-29-09, 09:32 AM	#5
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	I remember I was doing a patrol off the east coast of England in a type II pretty soon after I installed GWX. I had event camera on and when I launched a torp at a unsuspecting merchant the screen came up and I watched my torp go streaking past a mine tethered about 10 feet below the surface just in front of my sub. I was like WTF!!????!! ARRRGGGHHH, rudder hard to port, but I didn't hit it, I just headed away from the coast and have never ventured that far into the shallows since. I don't use gods eye view so that glimpse from the event camera was my only sighting of a mine. That's GWX though, always something to surprise ya. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

11-29-09, 11:38 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Mine....check the Campaign_SCR in mission editor for minefield locations. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-29-09, 09:05 AM	#4
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Yep, definately a mine. Happend to me twice in my whole SH3 career. Annoying, but realistic. I love it.

11-29-09, 10:55 AM	#6
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	In my SH3 Vanilla, GWX2.1, GWX3.0Gold + SH3Commander i have never and i mean never hit a mine! I do use external view but i never had to manoeuver to avoid a mine. Even in an IX class boat. Im almost pleasantly surprised when i happen to see a mine nearby my boat.

11-30-09, 07:28 AM	#9
SeaWolf U-57 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,231 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Well if it was not a Mine then it must have been that Curry the Cook made out of them left-over meat bits.

11-30-09, 07:33 AM	#10
iliaarpad Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Once I lost a boat to (supposedly) mines near Heligoland... There was a loud booom, and then about 4 seconds later the death screen (I didn't get to the damage control screen in time)

11-30-09, 07:42 AM	#13
iliaarpad Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I realize that now. But I got so spooked by the sudden explosion, I almost jumped off my chair. And I did throw away the mouse