If a Sub hits bottom.. End of the Road???

[AVGWarhawk]

I just sit on the bottom until the rescure sub comes along, hooks to my casing and we offload 5 crewmen at a time. Me being the captain, leave last. Them my alarm clock goes off and I wake to go to work. Just another dream or nightmare depending on how you look at it. I think I mess with this game too much

[TarJak]

You are however royally screwed if your electric engines of batteries are destroyed, unless you are in shallow enough water to use the blow ballast to surface, Once there though you are a boat and no longer a submersible.

[_Seth_]

I often use the seafloor as a hiding place (usually when those DD's just have passive sonar...) But i always take damage from it.. i can lay still on the seafloor for about 4 minutes, then suddenly "We are taking damage,sir" appears.. Is there a fix for this?
(Using GW 1.1a)

[Hartmann]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I just sit on the bottom until the rescure sub comes along, hooks to my casing and we offload 5 crewmen at a time. Me being the captain, leave last. Them my alarm clock goes off and I wake to go to work. Just another dream or nightmare depending on how you look at it. I think I mess with this game too much

A nightmare if the sea bottom is at 500 meters , some skippers wake up screaming blow ballast !!!!! :rotfl:

[SubConscious]

A couple of things I've noted about going to the ocean floor:

1. Time compression is the same as if you're near land. This can be tweaked in SH3 Commander.

2. If you're using a mod that gives you realistic wave effects, your boat may "bounce" off the bottom. This, of course, leads to damage and a very busy Chief Engineer.

@Seth - Could this be what is happening with you? Does it always occur in shallow water?

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by SubConscious

A couple of things I've noted about going to the ocean floor:

1. Time compression is the same as if you're near land. This can be tweaked in SH3 Commander.

2. If you're using a mod that gives you realistic wave effects, your boat may "bounce" off the bottom. This, of course, leads to damage and a very busy Chief Engineer.

@Seth - Could this be what is happening with you? Does it always occur in shallow water?

Yes, true.. I was in shallow waters off the coast of Norway in 1940. (Stupid me, i should have realized something that obvious...)
Thanx alot, SubConscious!!

[TarJak]

Seth! Never ever sit on the bottom in shallow water in bad weather! I sometimes sit about 2m from the bottom and still occasionally scrape the bottom! It's not too bad if you are doing 0 knots though and in calm water I'm able to sloooowwly settle on the sea floor without damage if I'm doing 1kt or less. You have to be very careful the that nice submarine that Onken Karl gave you to look after.
:rotfl:
It took a lot of practice with the external camera to get it right when not using it. (I still take a peek occasionally if I'm in a particularly trick spot though!

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Seth! Never ever sit on the bottom in shallow water in bad weather! I sometimes sit about 2m from the bottom and still occasionally scrape the bottom! It's not too bad if you are doing 0 knots though and in calm water I'm able to sloooowwly settle on the sea floor without damage if I'm doing 1kt or less. You have to be very careful the that nice submarine that Onken Karl gave you to look after.
:rotfl:
It took a lot of practice with the external camera to get it right when not using it. (I still take a peek occasionally if I'm in a particularly trick spot though!

.....sorry....Tell Onkel Karl that i will be very careful in the future......
:rotfl::rotfl:
I depend on the external camera now, for just that reason...When hiding from a DD, i panic if i hear the loud scratch/bang sound when hittin' the bottom! Who said war was easy...?

[Tachyon]

Omfg...now I know why my sub sank near Aberdeen, thank you TC