Malfunction?

Captain Fail · 09-11-12, 09:20 PM

I have just started playing SH3 with GWX and something went badly wrong on my 1st patrol.

I was returning to Wilhelmshaven and when I was about 20km(?) away suddenly there was huge damage and my boat flooded and sank.

Was this likely to be a malfuntion or is there minefields I was unaware of?

HW3 · 09-12-12, 12:28 AM

There are minefields and sub nets guarding the entrance to Wilhelmshaven. There is a pulldown chart on the map page that shows the position of the minefields and nets for all the friendly harbors. Be careful, there are Allied minefields around Helgoland also.

Captain Fail · 09-12-12, 08:42 AM

Ok that is good to know.

Thanks.

Jimbuna · 09-12-12, 09:09 AM

Stryck_9 · 09-12-12, 06:36 PM

this just struck me hard possibly the best reply ever

Herr-Berbunch · 09-12-12, 06:39 PM

It's been done once or twice before.

Red Heat · 09-12-12, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Stryck_9

this just struck me hard possibly the best reply ever

Jimbuna and Steve are the worst replays ever in the good sense of course!

Sailor Steve · 09-12-12, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Heat

Jimbuna and Steve are the worst replays ever in the good sense of course!

Why would say a thing like that?

What did I ever do to you? Well, besides that? And that other thing? That wasn't my fault. Well, it was, but I didn't really mean it. And you can't blame me for the...oh, never mind. Some days I just can't win.

Red Heat · 09-13-12, 05:24 AM

I love a good laugh...

Jimbuna · 09-13-12, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Stryck_9

this just struck me hard possibly the best reply ever

Captain Fail · 09-13-12, 12:42 PM

I played the stock game about a year or two ago but not for very long. It was only recently I reinstalled it with GWX and SH commander and I am impressed at how good it is. Anyway I have since lost another boat on the 1st patrol. There wasn't much happening so I decided it might be a good idea to have drill. I ordered the boat to dive and the boat ended up getting damaged very quickly and then destroyed before I could react. Is it normal for the boat to be crushed at such a shallow depth? It can't have been much more than 40m.

HW3 · 09-13-12, 01:30 PM

That depends on if the boat had received damage before or not. Were you in shallow water, in a mine field, near a sub net, bombed by an unseen enemy bomber, shelled from a shore installation. As you can see, it could have been any number of things that caused it. It is rare but, it can happen.

Jimbuna · 09-13-12, 03:46 PM

Did you order a crash dive in shallow water?

Gargamel · 09-13-12, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Did you order a crash dive in shallow water?

This

Captain Fail · 09-13-12, 09:45 PM

Yes, some of those are indeed possible. I am sure it was my error as opposed to a defect in the boat.

I would very much appreciate if someone could clarify which ships I am not allowed to attack because I found all the messages that came through confusing when the war began.

I headed north through the Irish sea and managed to sink a couple of warships and a small coastal cargo vessel. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to attack the cargo ship but decided to sink it anyway.

So can I attack all British shipping other than passenger ships?

thanks.

09-11-12, 09:20 PM	#1
Captain Fail Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Malfunction? I have just started playing SH3 with GWX and something went badly wrong on my 1st patrol. I was returning to Wilhelmshaven and when I was about 20km(?) away suddenly there was huge damage and my boat flooded and sank. Was this likely to be a malfuntion or is there minefields I was unaware of?

09-12-12, 12:28 AM	#2
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,576 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	There are minefields and sub nets guarding the entrance to Wilhelmshaven. There is a pulldown chart on the map page that shows the position of the minefields and nets for all the friendly harbors. Be careful, there are Allied minefields around Helgoland also. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

09-12-12, 09:09 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,621 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-12-12, 06:36 PM	#5
Stryck_9 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 14 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	this just struck me hard possibly the best reply ever __________________

09-12-12, 06:39 PM	#6
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	It's been done once or twice before. __________________

09-12-12, 08:42 AM	#3
Captain Fail Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Ok that is good to know. Thanks.

09-13-12, 05:24 AM	#9
Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	I love a good laugh... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

09-13-12, 12:42 PM	#11
Captain Fail Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I played the stock game about a year or two ago but not for very long. It was only recently I reinstalled it with GWX and SH commander and I am impressed at how good it is. Anyway I have since lost another boat on the 1st patrol. There wasn't much happening so I decided it might be a good idea to have drill. I ordered the boat to dive and the boat ended up getting damaged very quickly and then destroyed before I could react. Is it normal for the boat to be crushed at such a shallow depth? It can't have been much more than 40m.

09-13-12, 01:30 PM	#12
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,576 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	That depends on if the boat had received damage before or not. Were you in shallow water, in a mine field, near a sub net, bombed by an unseen enemy bomber, shelled from a shore installation. As you can see, it could have been any number of things that caused it. It is rare but, it can happen. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

09-13-12, 03:46 PM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,621 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Did you order a crash dive in shallow water? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-13-12, 09:45 PM	#15
Captain Fail Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Yes, some of those are indeed possible. I am sure it was my error as opposed to a defect in the boat. I would very much appreciate if someone could clarify which ships I am not allowed to attack because I found all the messages that came through confusing when the war began. I headed north through the Irish sea and managed to sink a couple of warships and a small coastal cargo vessel. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to attack the cargo ship but decided to sink it anyway. So can I attack all British shipping other than passenger ships? thanks.