propulsion dilehma in storm.

Do you use any mods/fixes/patches? It's possible that a sort of incompatibility problem between them causes the diesel bug.
Is your WO on the bridge when you're on the surface? Perhaps the waves are such big that the game thinks you're submerged therefore cannot run on diesels. Haven't you set wave height double in SH3Cmdr by chance?
Have you tried loading an earlier save?
If nothing helps, you'll have not too many choices left. Leave this career and start a new one far far away from those cruel North Atlantic waters.
Hope could help a little.

[flag4]

Originally Posted by allievo

Haven't you set wave height double in SH3Cmdr by chance?

..this is the only thing i can find.

cheers allievo

[Maceaciadh]

had this problem before and it's is unbelievably frustrating as you know. only happened once i got GWX so my guess is they fiddled with waves slightly. as you found out rightly when your ship goes through a wave you dive in a way and diesels cut out on you. diving and surfacing helps alot to maintain speed. here are some solutions that i have tried and work

change course by 20 deg+ because your boat bobs up and down at a certain rate depending on wind not the waves! i figured it out by thinking this shouldn't happen and looked at the boat sideways(it goes back and forth in simple harmonic motion). once you are out of the pastern it should be simpler sailing

dive and surface a lot which is annoying but can works

sail to the nearest port/get close to land. this will change the weather and hopefully it gets better

hope some of these help

[Gargamel]

Auberge and ride it out. 2 knots at slow is better tha going backwards.

[VONHARRIS]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Auberge and ride it out. 2 knots at slow is better tha going backwards.

I agree with that!

[flag4]

Originally Posted by Maceaciadh

had this problem before and it's is unbelievably frustrating as you know. only happened once i got GWX so my guess is they fiddled with waves slightly. as you found out rightly when your ship goes through a wave you dive in a way and diesels cut out on you. diving and surfacing helps alot to maintain speed. here are some solutions that i have tried and work

change course by 20 deg+ because your boat bobs up and down at a certain rate depending on wind not the waves! i figured it out by thinking this shouldn't happen and looked at the boat sideways(it goes back and forth in simple harmonic motion). once you are out of the pastern it should be simpler sailing

dive and surface a lot which is annoying but can works

sail to the nearest port/get close to land. this will change the weather and hopefully it gets better

hope some of these help

thanks for your advice Maceaciadh. it led me south out of the storm and now everything is running smooth again. and to boot, i managed to sink a large merchant as i was running: deck guns and torps put her under!

cheers

[RConch]

Originally Posted by flag4

thanks for your advice Maceaciadh. it led me south out of the storm and now everything is running smooth again. and to boot, i managed to sink a large merchant as i was running: deck guns and torps put her under!

cheers

All's well that ends well.