Stranded About 4-500 Nautical Miles from The Emperor

[I'm goin' down]

you cannot fix the damage if your damage control team doesn't repair it. Game over.

[Hitman]

I'm stuck in a straight line headed for Tokyo! I'm doomed...or am I?

Go in reverse to Midway

[Armistead]

Sounds like you're playing stock, unrealisic damage zones.



Use a save or start over. You can holler at US ships if they come near, but you'll hear them laughing.

[ShadowWolf Kell]

Originally Posted by Armistead

You can holler at US ships if they come near, but you'll hear them laughing.

That's exactly what a US task force with 3 carriers near the Solomon Islands did to me when I surfaced on their port side after realizing they were friendlies.

The sad part is, two of the Fletcher escorts were actually moving to intercept me!

[Jack Cutter]

Originally Posted by ShadowWolf Kell

That's exactly what a US task force with 3 carriers near the Solomon Islands did to me when I surfaced on their port side after realizing they were friendlies.

The sad part is, two of the Fletcher escorts were actually moving to intercept me!

Wow, good thing you surfaced when you did!

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Hitman

Go in reverse to Midway

Never say die

[Jack Cutter]

LOL. Damn. That's just a spirit breaker.

Thanks for the information guys.

[corsair15]

I think it's pretty safe to say that your crew would have either made a makeshift rudder or called an escort vessel to get you moving again.

I'd just go into the Submarine's data file and remove all of the damage. You'll have to search and search for it, but you should (theoretically) be able to fix it in there.

C:My Documents\SH4\(I can't remember the next file)

Anyway there's a file in there that has all of your submarine's immediate data saved in it. The entire crew's morale, skill points, medals, submarine damage, even your submarine's name can be changed in there. I'd look up the filename if I could, but I'm not at home right now, so I can't. Anybody got some help for this man?

And to make it fair, you could.......return to port after you fix it, because you would have had to anyway.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by corsair15

I think it's pretty safe to say that your crew would have either made a makeshift rudder or called an escort vessel to get you moving again.

Calling for help wouldn't do much good if you're in Japanese waters. It just wouldn't happen.

On the other hand a makeshift rudder might not be feasible but also wouldn't be necessary. In real life they could steer using the engines separately. You wouldn't be able to turn very tightly, but you would certainly be able to turn.

[corsair15]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Calling for help wouldn't do much good if you're in Japanese waters. It just wouldn't happen.

On the other hand a makeshift rudder might not be feasible but also wouldn't be necessary. In real life they could steer using the engines separately. You wouldn't be able to turn very tightly, but you would certainly be able to turn.

Oh, well of course. Unfortunately there are a lot of things that submarine Captain's were able to do that we just can't do. I've had my rudder blown off numerous times and have wished for being able to stop and start engines independently. Too bad we can't. It would also be cool to be able to switch between Diesel and Electric engines at will. Would make navigating through minefields much safer. (Good thing there aren't any mines in Pearl, Germans won't be so lucky though)

There's a neat story in Herbert Werner's "Iron Coffins" about a day when the Chief Engineer of the pen he was parked in, ordered the XO of his boat to get the U-Boat out of the pen. The stupid part, is that he backed out with the Diesels running, and he set off a mine and sank the submarine. Everyone survived, but Herbert fired the XO anyway; even after he found out the Engineer forced him to move it out of the pen. (They were about to leave for Gibraltar though, he thought it a good opportunity to get a more experienced XO)

[Jack Cutter]

Originally Posted by corsair15

And to make it fair, you could.......return to port after you fix it, because you would have had to anyway.

I was considering browsing through the folders, but I figured that might be cheating, but I also came to the same conclusions mentioned earlier about calling for a tow or even just steering with the engines.

And yes, to be fair, I would immediately return to port, since I'm low on diesel and out of torps. It's so frustrating that I bagged so much tonnage only to be marooned in the middle of the Japanese sea. I evaded four very determined destroyers and now I simply can't turn to head to Midway, lol.

I think I'll go ahead and give editing the damage folder a shot. With some browsing I'm sure I can find it. If not, like it was mentioned earlier, back full until we get to midway, lol

I may also change my sub's name. Not that I have any disrespect for the historical vessels...I just feel I don't do them justice. I fancy fictional characters and places, even if it's set in a real period in history. I hope I'm not the only one...

[corsair15]

Originally Posted by Jack Cutter

I was considering browsing through the folders, but I figured that might be cheating, but I also came to the same conclusions mentioned earlier about calling for a tow or even just steering with the engines.

And yes, to be fair, I would immediately return to port, since I'm low on diesel and out of torps. It's so frustrating that I bagged so much tonnage only to be marooned in the middle of the Japanese sea. I evaded four very determined destroyers and now I simply can't turn to head to Midway, lol.

I think I'll go ahead and give editing the damage folder a shot. With some browsing I'm sure I can find it. If not, like it was mentioned earlier, back full until we get to midway, lol

Did it work? You see, everytime I've been too badly damaged to make it to port, I've just deleted the file and started over. Since I've become accustomed to being alive though (yes, I died a lot before), I've been having fun with the Mission Editor and the data files too. I'm like you actually, I've given my subs names that weren't used (as far as I know) USS Mako is my current one. Anyway, the damage stats are saved in one of those cfg files. I've never actually edited them to see if it would work, so that's why I asked. I'll probably get a submarine damaged on purpose when I get home, so that I can try it.

Any luck at all though?