"Cannot comply" from CE

alp300 · 08-31-06, 09:37 PM

I am on my first mission in 1939 in a Type IIA. I reached my patrol zone, and suddenly my CE is responding to my power commands with "Cannot comply".

My boat is dead in the water, cant go anywhere. I can dive and surface, but thats it. The weather is overcast and my watch crew is in foul weather gear, but I should still be able to move around shouldnt I???

I have moved my engine crew between compartments, etc. Nothing seems to work. I even set my time compression high and reeled off a day or so, and still nothing. My realism is set to 0%.

bigboywooly · 08-31-06, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by alp300

I am on my first mission in 1939 in a Type IIA. I reached my patrol zone, and suddenly my CE is responding to my power commands with "Cannot comply".

My boat is dead in the water, cant go anywhere. I can dive and surface, but thats it. The weather is overcast and my watch crew is in foul weather gear, but I should still be able to move around shouldnt I???

I have moved my engine crew between compartments, etc. Nothing seems to work. I even set my time compression high and reeled off a day or so, and still nothing. My realism is set to 0%.

Hi and welcome to Subsim

Sounds like your crew are tired
High T\C wont refresh them - needs to be under 256 IIRC
Put them all in the rest bays for a bit and let them recharge
Crew fatigue can be a nightmare
I use SH3commander and set my fatigue to none
That way I dont have to babysit the crew

Hope that helps

Shahed · 08-31-06, 10:44 PM

Wooly, I've seen a couple of people with that sig and I absoluetly love it.

Do you mind if I use that sig as well ? it is shareware right ? How do I make it clickable ?
I want to promote my favorite mod

bigboywooly · 08-31-06, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Shahed

Wooly, I've seen a couple of people with that sig and I absoluetly love it.

Do you mind if I use that sig as well ? it is shareware right ? How do I make it clickable ?
I want to promote my favorite mod

Unfortunately it belongs to members of the dev team only

Jmack · 08-31-06, 11:41 PM

i get that cannot comply when i start a campaing with the XXI ...

crew is rested , it wont moove from harbor ... nothing, i put them to rest go to TC and spend intire days in that , and still nothing happens

svenks · 09-01-06, 02:44 AM

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High T\C wont refresh them - needs to be under 256 IIRC

Wrong. You need to be under TC=64 for the fatigue/recover thing to work.
So if your crew is too tired to move the ship, get them into the bunks and set TC to 32. And don't forget the officers - they also need rest. In fact, I'l bet that your CE is way to tired to even order: "All ahead slow"!

In the future, you need to swap crew and officers around BEFORE they get to tired - or- do a search for "fatigue" and "vitamins". That will show you how to mod the game, so your crew won't get tired, or at least, not so fast!

HTH
Sven

U-104 · 09-01-06, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Jmack

i get that cannot comply when i start a campaing with the XXI ...

crew is rested , it wont moove from harbor ... nothing, i put them to rest go to TC and spend intire days in that , and still nothing happens

Try back slow then ahead slow.

Jmack · 09-01-06, 08:41 AM

doenst work mate ... the boat just wont moove. even reloading the game ...

Shahed · 09-01-06, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shahed

Wooly, I've seen a couple of people with that sig and I absoluetly love it.

Do you mind if I use that sig as well ? it is shareware right ? How do I make it clickable ?
I want to promote my favorite mod

Unfortunately it belongs to members of the dev team only

Ok Cool. Are there any other GW sigs which are shareware ?

alp300 · 09-01-06, 08:54 AM

I have already modified the basic.cfg and set each crewmember type to a maximum fatigue of 20 (from .5 or .6 original value). None of the crew have a exclamation point over them. I will try resting them, but none of them are showing signs of fatigue.

planecrazydale · 09-01-06, 11:05 AM

same thing was happening to me. it turned out that i didn't have the correct crew members in the engine room.

with my situation, i had to have an officer and 2 machinists (the guys with the little gear symbol) plus the rest of the spots filled.

(and they all had to be rested)

as soon as i got those gearheads in the room my props started up again and all was well.

hope that helps,

dj

_Seth_ · 09-02-06, 10:18 AM

Hmpfff........ they are all rested, all clear to leave port.... BUT NO MACHINES!!!

What could be wrong? tried to search here, but couldnt find anything....

alp300 · 09-03-06, 08:47 PM

Well, turns out my problem was fatigue.

How can I turn fatigue off completely?

Kingcobra24 · 09-03-06, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by alp300

Well, turns out my problem was fatigue.

How can I turn fatigue off completely?

You could try downloading & installing SH3 Commander. Among other things, it has the option of selecting "no fatigue". I would go with either version 2.4 or 2.5, because I've had a few problems with 2.6 working properly. I've heard that others have also had similar problems with 2.6, but the earlier versions worked fine.:hmm:

svenks · 09-04-06, 03:02 AM

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Hmpfff........ they are all rested, all clear to leave port.... BUT NO MACHINES!!!

Hi Seth,
Looking at your screen, I can see 1 strange thing: With a full engine room, including both machinists and a qualified officer, your 'bar' should read full green!
Since it doesn't do that, I can only think that the problem is: No drudges! I think you need some enlisted men there - I guess the petty officers won't do the gread n' oil stuff

HTH
Sven

08-31-06, 09:37 PM	#1
alp300 Nub Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"Cannot comply" from CE I am on my first mission in 1939 in a Type IIA. I reached my patrol zone, and suddenly my CE is responding to my power commands with "Cannot comply". My boat is dead in the water, cant go anywhere. I can dive and surface, but thats it. The weather is overcast and my watch crew is in foul weather gear, but I should still be able to move around shouldnt I??? I have moved my engine crew between compartments, etc. Nothing seems to work. I even set my time compression high and reeled off a day or so, and still nothing. My realism is set to 0%.

09-02-06, 10:18 AM	#12
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Crew in Diesels..??????? Hmpfff........ they are all rested, all clear to leave port.... BUT NO MACHINES!!! What could be wrong? tried to search here, but couldnt find anything.... __________________

08-31-06, 10:44 PM	#3
Shahed Planesman Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 189 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Wooly, I've seen a couple of people with that sig and I absoluetly love it. Do you mind if I use that sig as well ? it is shareware right ? How do I make it clickable ? I want to promote my favorite mod

08-31-06, 11:41 PM	#5
Jmack Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 669 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i get that cannot comply when i start a campaing with the XXI ... crew is rested , it wont moove from harbor ... nothing, i put them to rest go to TC and spend intire days in that , and still nothing happens

09-01-06, 08:41 AM	#8
Jmack Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 669 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	doenst work mate ... the boat just wont moove. even reloading the game ...

09-01-06, 08:54 AM	#10
alp300 Nub Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have already modified the basic.cfg and set each crewmember type to a maximum fatigue of 20 (from .5 or .6 original value). None of the crew have a exclamation point over them. I will try resting them, but none of them are showing signs of fatigue.

09-01-06, 11:05 AM	#11
planecrazydale Gunner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada Posts: 99 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	same thing was happening to me. it turned out that i didn't have the correct crew members in the engine room. with my situation, i had to have an officer and 2 machinists (the guys with the little gear symbol) plus the rest of the spots filled. (and they all had to be rested) as soon as i got those gearheads in the room my props started up again and all was well. hope that helps, dj

09-03-06, 08:47 PM	#13
alp300 Nub Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, turns out my problem was fatigue. How can I turn fatigue off completely?