Is this sim even fixable?

Freiwillige · 02-15-09, 03:01 PM

Every time I think Ive gotten this sim to play right something else goes terribly wrong. This time while out on patrol I sink a merchant vessal. Just as she slips below the waves my guys start screaming out damage reports! Just about everything on my boat was destroyed within seconds and by what you ask, the small explosions of the ship I just sunk 500 yards off my port bow!

These bugs are getting old quick.

Last time I uninstalled and reinstalled it was because as soon as I started my mission my guy said periscope damaged followed by periscope repaired on and on and on throughout the whole mission!

(SHIV Gold 1.5 W\RSRD for 1.5 V400, Smaller rocks and plants mod, Websters sub draft fix mod.)

AVGWarhawk · 02-15-09, 03:07 PM

I believe you were to close to the exploding vessel. There is a blast area around exploding vessels that will damage your sub.

Freiwillige · 02-15-09, 03:19 PM

You know that was my initial thought but I was not that close.

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Doolittle81 · 02-15-09, 03:44 PM

The only time I've had that happened, I was too close. If you were firing dead ahead, or nearly so, and your sub was also moving in that direction, and you fired at 500 Meters, you'd very likely have been too close by the time of impact/explosion...Maybe even if you turned port or starboard immediately after firing you'd still have been within the target's explosion envelope. If you were paralleling the target, firing 90 degrees off the bow, then yes it would seem that 500 Meters should have been a safe distance.....

I would think that the explosion radius would vary depending on type of target ship and/or cargo.

Will be interested to hear what you discover if you do some tests on this matter.

Torplexed · 02-15-09, 03:47 PM

Out of curiosity were you submerged or surfaced when this incident happened?

Soundman · 02-15-09, 04:25 PM

Yep, it's happened to me too. It is logical and realistic, that if you are too close to an exploding ship, you could be within the damage radius.

02-15-09, 03:01 PM	#1
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Is this sim even fixable? Every time I think Ive gotten this sim to play right something else goes terribly wrong. This time while out on patrol I sink a merchant vessal. Just as she slips below the waves my guys start screaming out damage reports! Just about everything on my boat was destroyed within seconds and by what you ask, the small explosions of the ship I just sunk 500 yards off my port bow! These bugs are getting old quick. Last time I uninstalled and reinstalled it was because as soon as I started my mission my guy said periscope damaged followed by periscope repaired on and on and on throughout the whole mission! (SHIV Gold 1.5 W\RSRD for 1.5 V400, Smaller rocks and plants mod, Websters sub draft fix mod.)

02-15-09, 03:07 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I believe you were to close to the exploding vessel. There is a blast area around exploding vessels that will damage your sub. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-15-09, 03:44 PM	#4
Doolittle81 Commodore Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 624 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	The only time I've had that happened, I was too close. If you were firing dead ahead, or nearly so, and your sub was also moving in that direction, and you fired at 500 Meters, you'd very likely have been too close by the time of impact/explosion...Maybe even if you turned port or starboard immediately after firing you'd still have been within the target's explosion envelope. If you were paralleling the target, firing 90 degrees off the bow, then yes it would seem that 500 Meters should have been a safe distance..... I would think that the explosion radius would vary depending on type of target ship and/or cargo. Will be interested to hear what you discover if you do some tests on this matter. __________________ Flight Sim Movies .............................................. .........................View "Faith, Hope, and Charity" movie

02-15-09, 04:25 PM	#6
Soundman Commodore Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 617 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Yep, it's happened to me too. It is logical and realistic, that if you are too close to an exploding ship, you could be within the damage radius. __________________ RVAH-9 RA-5C Vigilante at NAS Sanford, Fl 1966 The coolest plane few have heard of!

02-15-09, 03:19 PM	#3
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	You know that was my initial thought but I was not that close. +============+ = Him ++=+ +============+ ME---> +========+

02-15-09, 03:47 PM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Out of curiosity were you submerged or surfaced when this incident happened?