Engine Room Unable to Comply

[l02turner]

I was recently running a career mission in the south China Sea in the model of boat that came after the Gato, a Tambor perhaps? It was late 1944, around midnight and the night was really dark, I was running decks awash at about 28-29' and the closest enemy was about 12 miles out. I had sunk a Small Old Split Freighter and a modern Large Freighter running alone, without escort several hours earlier.

I requested all ahead slow and rec'd a message saying "Cannot Compl y", I tried all the speed settings, forward and reverse, and rec'd the same message. I checked the props using the outside camera and sure enough they weren't turning and were not damaged or obstructed.

I was a long ways from home, with no help for 1000's of milesl Lucky for me, I could bail out, but my crew is still there in a saved file. Any idea how to survive or recover from this? Does it happen often?

Thanks -

[razark]

I've seen this happen when the crew is fatigued, for example, leaving them at battle stations for a long time. The only way I know to fix it is to make sure battle stations is off, and wait for them to get some rest.


It might be a bug. Have you tried reloading the save yet?

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by l02turner

I was recently running a career mission in the south China Sea in the model of boat that came after the Gato, a Tambor perhaps? It was late 1944, around midnight and the night was really dark, I was running decks awash at about 28-29' and the closest enemy was about 12 miles out. I had sunk a Small Old Split Freighter and a modern Large Freighter running alone, without escort several hours earlier.

I requested all ahead slow and rec'd a message saying "Cannot Compl y", I tried all the speed settings, forward and reverse, and rec'd the same message. I checked the props using the outside camera and sure enough they weren't turning and were not damaged or obstructed.

I was a long ways from home, with no help for 1000's of milesl Lucky for me, I could bail out, but my crew is still there in a saved file. Any idea how to survive or recover from this? Does it happen often?

Thanks -

+1 on what razark posted.

also

if you shelled out to Windows during your game play, you may experience the same effect.
never.....shell out to windows during your mission. all sorts of things can and do happen...and all of them are bad.

[jimmbbo]

Yep... a fatigued crew simply stops working, usually because the Kaleun forgot to rescind the battle stations order.

[l02turner]

Thanks to all for answers! I will check for Fatigued crew. I think I have the scenario saved. Thx again -