Rudder Destroyed, What Do I do now?

[Seminole]

1. Please don't use that color for yout font. It is impossible to read the text (disappears into background) without highlighting and eveyone's time here is at least worth 500 U.S. dollars per hour.. so taking time to highlight it,in order to read it, costs about a buck 50 then...


2. Rudderless with a previous save ..Reload....start playing from there...

3. Rudderless without a save....goose is cooked ...new career time

OR

4. Search the forum for a way to hack your saved game file. I have heard it is possible to do that; but can't personally vouch for it, as I always do frequent unigue save games each patrol and so have no need.

Good luck.

on a totally hopeless cause i'll give you the slim chance to save yourself.

you can only go straight so go either forwards or backwards (in the direction of a friendly port) untill you can bump land (very gently of course at 1kt) this is the only way you can change direction and its pure luck but maybe you can get close enough to a base to dock. i never had the patience for it so i dont know if you can dock without a rudder but my guess is the game wont care.

[Mush Martin]

send distress signal wait for american boarding party
board USN S boote disguised as uboote. overwhelm lame cast.
return to port after expending american torpedos on british ships.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Mush Martin

send distress signal wait for american boarding party
board USN S boote disguised as uboote. overwhelm lame cast.
return to port after expending american torpedos on british ships.

Wait a minute... I think Ive seen that movie.

[ivank]

what movie?

[skookum]

How deep is the water under you? Could you dive and touch bottom to turn?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by ivank

what movie?

U-SUK. You know, the one with Matthew McLostatsea and Jon Bon Juvie?

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

U-SUK. You know, the one with Matthew McLostatsea and Jon Bon Juvie?

Bon Juvie... heh....

Hes talking about a somewhat questionable fictional film U-571 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-571_(film)



Not having individual controls of the screws let alone the engines has been on my pet peeve list for a very long time. For a number of reasons.

[Logan_Malone]

The water below me is over 200 in depth...I'm directly north west of Wake Island, about 1 nautical mile roughly. If I dive too deep, I'll kill my crew, if I stay on the surface the task force will surely kill me. I'm showing 32% damage to my sub, however all my instruments are repaired, just the rudder is missing, LOL.

Is there a way to send a distress call out to a friendly support vessel? I'm really enjoying this scenario as it would certainly occur in real life and there must be some measure I can apply without scrubbing this career and beginning a new one.