Freak Accident...

torpcatcher · 07-31-06, 07:37 AM

Last night while I was stalking a convoy I made a save when submerged on periscope depth. I had multiple ship contacts on the sonar and I was waiting for the first victim to reveal itself from under the cover of the fog.

I got hungry so I saved again and went to grab some BK. Well than it happened I came back and loaded up the game….

Disaster… the second the game loaded up my boat took a dive to 503 meters at speed of 123 knots. I did not get crushed by the water pressure or the boat was damaged by slaming in to the ocean floor. I lost control over the u-boat and was unable to surface. The ship got stuck to the bottom of the ocean floor. Well my brave lookouts were still stationed on the deck so I went to check how they doing at 500m below (for a second I felt like Jaque Custoe).

So I tried to load up the previous save just before I sunk a small convoy of two ships(about day and half before gettin in to attack positoin for the big convoy).
Well guess what happen? The same exact thing, but I was able to return to port by exiting the patrol. What was interesting enough was that I got the 12000 tonnage score for the ships that I did not sink yet(the small convoy)… The save games got corrupt and screw every thing around, but I was able to save 8 months of my career. I started new patrol in a new grid and every thing worked out just fine.

Did any of you sea dogs encounter such a situation?

07-31-06, 07:37 AM	#1
torpcatcher Mate Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 52 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Freak Accident... Last night while I was stalking a convoy I made a save when submerged on periscope depth. I had multiple ship contacts on the sonar and I was waiting for the first victim to reveal itself from under the cover of the fog. I got hungry so I saved again and went to grab some BK. Well than it happened I came back and loaded up the game…. Disaster… the second the game loaded up my boat took a dive to 503 meters at speed of 123 knots. I did not get crushed by the water pressure or the boat was damaged by slaming in to the ocean floor. I lost control over the u-boat and was unable to surface. The ship got stuck to the bottom of the ocean floor. Well my brave lookouts were still stationed on the deck so I went to check how they doing at 500m below (for a second I felt like Jaque Custoe). So I tried to load up the previous save just before I sunk a small convoy of two ships(about day and half before gettin in to attack positoin for the big convoy). Well guess what happen? The same exact thing, but I was able to return to port by exiting the patrol. What was interesting enough was that I got the 12000 tonnage score for the ships that I did not sink yet(the small convoy)… The save games got corrupt and screw every thing around, but I was able to save 8 months of my career. I started new patrol in a new grid and every thing worked out just fine. Did any of you sea dogs encounter such a situation? __________________ Last edited by torpcatcher; 07-31-06 at 07:42 AM.