Working on a new submarine sim: Sub Commander - advice needed!

[Tango589]

I've found the key to repairing faulty reactors is to surface the boat, SCRAM the faulty reactor if required, close all vents apart from the reactor room (in the misc. systems panel), purge the ventilation (removing radiation from the reactor room without spreading it round the boat) until the radiation reaches an acceptable level, get a strong engineer suited and booted with a toolbox, gloves, gas mask and radiation suit and set him to work. Hopefully with the reduced radiation levels, he won't absorb too much before the work is done.

[JerikTelorian]

Originally Posted by Tango589

I've found the key to repairing faulty reactors is to surface the boat, SCRAM the faulty reactor if required, close all vents apart from the reactor room (in the misc. systems panel), purge the ventilation (removing radiation from the reactor room without spreading it round the boat) until the radiation reaches an acceptable level, get a strong engineer suited and booted with a toolbox, gloves, gas mask and radiation suit and set him to work. Hopefully with the reduced radiation levels, he won't absorb too much before the work is done.

This is a great procedure, Tango. Another bit I've found that helps is that if a coolant line is broken, cut the flow through that line to reduce pressure and save on spillage. I'm not 100% sure this does anything, but you can't refill the system once it's empty so it's worth a shot.

[jadervason]

Can you unscram a reactor?

[Tango589]

Yep, just raise the reactor rods back up to their previous position using the slider, then wait for the reactor to heat back up and start generating power.

[jadervason]

Well, in that case, consider flooding the reactor room and antechamber if you want to avoid surfacing. Use the bilge pump in the reactor antechamber afterwards to try to pump some of that radiation out of there. You're going to have to force that room to flood because the ventilation controller doesn't like to flood compartments.

[Tango589]

Unfortunately, pumping out the radioactive water doesn't reduce the radiation. I've asked this question before and it's something to do with the way the software treats radiation separately to water.

[jadervason]

Even after you mix it with seawater?