This is what happens when you don't pay attention

ShipperS7 · 07-25-05, 02:53 AM

Prologue: Ok, well, I was playing the naval academy convoy attack. (Yes I was bored.)

So after torpedoing and sinking a C2 and a small tanker it said I did all I had to do, but I wanted more.

The destroyer gave chase and depth charged me.

I rigged for silent running, submerged, shut off my engines, and set TC at 32 to wait it out. Ok, so it was like 10 seconds before I switched to freecam mode to take some screenshots, and I realized I was sinking.

BLOW BALAST!

Epilogue: This is what happens when you are not paying attention. For this you have been warned. (I ended up dying.)

...You have been warned...

Stealth Elephant · 07-25-05, 06:11 AM

Ummmmmm why were you sinking, exactly?

Letum · 07-25-05, 07:22 AM

his engines where shut off so the boat couldnt keep depth

Nightowl · 07-25-05, 07:36 AM

I shut my engines off many times, and I never experience sinking. -Nightowl

Stealth Elephant · 07-25-05, 08:01 AM

Yeah, I always shut my engines off while using the hydrophone, and the neutral buoyancy created by my well-kept ballast tanks keep me hovering at a set depth.

The only times I've found myself sinking without noticing it are instances where I've sustained severe hull damage and, consequently, heavy flooding in compartments. By then it's usually too late to correct the problem, of course.

Letum · 07-25-05, 08:10 AM

i oftern sink with my engines off and hull at 100% and speed at 0

Shadow9216 · 07-25-05, 08:20 AM

Were you running silent? Silent running shuts off the pumps needed to keep the boat trimmed...don't know if that's modelled, but it wouldn't surprise me- the devs have shown astonishing attention to detail in some of the strangest places.

Strikor · 07-25-05, 08:35 AM

I had it happen once during a storm (luckily it was only 125m there) but never during normal weather.

Of course, I don't sit with engines off a lot.

joea · 07-25-05, 09:55 AM

Wonder if your crew's experience counts here?

RevRaz · 07-25-05, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow9216

Were you running silent? Silent running shuts off the pumps needed to keep the boat trimmed...don't know if that's modelled, but it wouldn't surprise me- the devs have shown astonishing attention to detail in some of the strangest places.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShipperS7

I rigged for silent running, submerged, shut off my engines, and set TC at 32 to wait it out

Nopileo · 07-25-05, 10:17 AM

Wonder why you didn't get the depth read-outs while sinking? Are you using the latest patch?

Egan · 07-25-05, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadow9216

Were you running silent? Silent running shuts off the pumps needed to keep the boat trimmed...don't know if that's modelled, but it wouldn't surprise me- the devs have shown astonishing attention to detail in some of the strangest places...

...And a complete lack of it in others!

As far as I am aware, You will sink if you are deep and going slowly. This is as it should be.

I'm sure some of the old hands can share memories about AOTD here. You really had to limit how ling you could be at silent running for as you did indeed sink quite a bit.....

ShipperS7 · 07-28-05, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealth Elephant

Ummmmmm why were you sinking, exactly?

heheh... I wasn't specific enough. It turns out that the depth chrages had damaged me, and the damage control crew I assigned to fix the damage weren't doing anything for 5 minutes because of silent running. At that point the sinking was unrecoverable.

I hadn't played the game in a while, so I forgot that silent running also keep damage control from doing its job.

Spaxspore · 07-28-05, 11:06 PM

thats some crazy stuff

Damo1977 · 07-29-05, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Egan

As far as I am aware, You will sink if you are deep and going slowly. This is as it should be.

I'm sure some of the old hands can share memories about AOTD here. You really had to limit how ling you could be at silent running for as you did indeed sink quite a bit.....

Yep I remember AOD and sinking with the engines running silent. You had to stop running silent every couple of hrs (if I remember rightly :hmm: ) and if the escorts were still hanging around.... well you know the rest

07-25-05, 02:53 AM	#1
ShipperS7 Watch Join Date: May 2005 Location: California, USA Posts: 30 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is what happens when you don't pay attention Prologue: Ok, well, I was playing the naval academy convoy attack. (Yes I was bored.) So after torpedoing and sinking a C2 and a small tanker it said I did all I had to do, but I wanted more. The destroyer gave chase and depth charged me. I rigged for silent running, submerged, shut off my engines, and set TC at 32 to wait it out. Ok, so it was like 10 seconds before I switched to freecam mode to take some screenshots, and I realized I was sinking. BLOW BALAST! Epilogue: This is what happens when you are not paying attention. For this you have been warned. (I ended up dying.) ...You have been warned...

07-25-05, 07:22 AM	#3
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	his engines where shut off so the boat couldnt keep depth __________________

07-25-05, 07:36 AM	#4
Nightowl Mate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bushnell, FL Posts: 60 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Uboat sinking I shut my engines off many times, and I never experience sinking. -Nightowl

07-25-05, 08:10 AM	#6
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	i oftern sink with my engines off and hull at 100% and speed at 0 __________________

07-28-05, 11:06 PM	#14
Spaxspore Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 399 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	thats some crazy stuff __________________ Behold, the Glory of the Sh4 engine..... Morning strole off Tokyo Bay...

07-25-05, 06:11 AM	#2
Stealth Elephant Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Leesburg, Virginia Posts: 33 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ummmmmm why were you sinking, exactly?

07-25-05, 08:01 AM	#5
Stealth Elephant Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Leesburg, Virginia Posts: 33 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I always shut my engines off while using the hydrophone, and the neutral buoyancy created by my well-kept ballast tanks keep me hovering at a set depth. The only times I've found myself sinking without noticing it are instances where I've sustained severe hull damage and, consequently, heavy flooding in compartments. By then it's usually too late to correct the problem, of course.

07-25-05, 08:20 AM	#7
Shadow9216 Frogman Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 296 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	Were you running silent? Silent running shuts off the pumps needed to keep the boat trimmed...don't know if that's modelled, but it wouldn't surprise me- the devs have shown astonishing attention to detail in some of the strangest places.

07-25-05, 08:35 AM	#8
Strikor Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 60 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I had it happen once during a storm (luckily it was only 125m there) but never during normal weather. Of course, I don't sit with engines off a lot.

07-25-05, 09:55 AM	#9
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Wonder if your crew's experience counts here?

07-25-05, 10:17 AM	#11
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Wonder why you didn't get the depth read-outs while sinking? Are you using the latest patch?