Lifeboats...

WarlordATF · 05-23-10, 04:38 AM

Does anyone know what determines if a lifeboat will have japs aboard when you sink a ship? I have noticed that sometimes they are in the lifeboat and sometimes its just an empty lifeboat.

At first i thought it was determined by how fast the ship sunk, but i just sank a tanker and it took several minutes to sink, but the lifeboats were empty. Its no big deal, just something i have been wondering about for awhile.

Harmsway! · 05-23-10, 05:35 AM

It seems to me that early in the war I would always see lifeboats with japs in them. Lately though one ship after another is sunk and no lifeboats at all. So I've been wondering about this too.

If I venture to guess the survivors would be some percentage of the crew compliment dependent on the cargo hazard. Tankers have a small crew with a high hazard cargo.

Diopos · 05-23-10, 06:04 AM

Harakiri ....

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rein1705 · 05-23-10, 02:16 PM

Maybe it has to do with ship class and damage models. I have no idea into what im speaking as im not a modder lol but anyway some times there's debris sometimes there's lifeboats sometimes there's nether...

Armistead · 05-23-10, 11:26 PM

Yea, sort of strange. I've sunk the Yamato and had a few lifeboats and once saw over 50 lifeboats... seems ramdom. Usually when you get the sunk message and life boats spawn, if the ship then later blows most life boats will blow. You may still see them floating, but the men are gone.
I don't think they sink, just vanish.

05-23-10, 04:38 AM	#1
WarlordATF Frogman Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SW Florida Posts: 288 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Lifeboats... Does anyone know what determines if a lifeboat will have japs aboard when you sink a ship? I have noticed that sometimes they are in the lifeboat and sometimes its just an empty lifeboat. At first i thought it was determined by how fast the ship sunk, but i just sank a tanker and it took several minutes to sink, but the lifeboats were empty. Its no big deal, just something i have been wondering about for awhile. __________________

05-23-10, 06:04 AM	#3
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Harakiri .... . __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

05-23-10, 02:16 PM	#4
rein1705 Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: somewhere in the Past. Posts: 582 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 0	Maybe it has to do with ship class and damage models. I have no idea into what im speaking as im not a modder lol but anyway some times there's debris sometimes there's lifeboats sometimes there's nether... __________________ "Diesel Pig" Not so long ago...

05-23-10, 05:35 AM	#2
Harmsway! XO Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 400 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	It seems to me that early in the war I would always see lifeboats with japs in them. Lately though one ship after another is sunk and no lifeboats at all. So I've been wondering about this too. If I venture to guess the survivors would be some percentage of the crew compliment dependent on the cargo hazard. Tankers have a small crew with a high hazard cargo.

05-23-10, 11:26 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Yea, sort of strange. I've sunk the Yamato and had a few lifeboats and once saw over 50 lifeboats... seems ramdom. Usually when you get the sunk message and life boats spawn, if the ship then later blows most life boats will blow. You may still see them floating, but the men are gone. I don't think they sink, just vanish.