Please can anyone help me with refitting torpedoes and ammo?

[danu68]

I am an avid player of SH3 AND SH4. I just want to say that after a SH4 mission i went to a port for refitting the sub with new torpedo's and the Cannon with new ammo (i am of course complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon). I go to the port, and I click on the anchor button on top right.A box appears for refit and i click refit and after that it says "refit complete" but i am still empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon.Can anyone tell me how to do the refit step by step??. Many thanks

[in_vino_vomitus]

If you're playing a U-boat then you have to drag and drop the torpedoes manually, and in a US sub you have to drag one torpedo into a tube, from the reserves and refit again, to get a full load - but gun ammo ought to restoc automatically, so it sounds like a game issue. Has it worked OK in the past? how long have you had the game installed? - What version are you running? and what, if any mods do you have installed?

Originally Posted by danu68

I am an avid player of SH3 AND SH4. I just want to say that after a SH4 mission i went to a port for refitting the sub with new torpedo's and the Cannon with new ammo (i am of course complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon). I go to the port, and I click on the anchor button on top right.A box appears for refit and i click refit and after that it says "refit complete" but i am still empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon.Can anyone tell me how to do the refit step by step??. Many thanks

when you go in to refit with empty tubes you need to move the refitted tubes into the empty slots then refit again to replace the now empty reserves. its a common mistake so just recheck all tubes before leaving port. when refitting it fills all the empty reserve slots but not the empty tubes if you have any.

as far as I know the guns don't have this problem but I never paid attention so I don't know if they might do the same thing or not

[danu68]

I just want to say that after a SH4 mission i went to a port for refitting the sub with new torpedo's and the Cannon with new ammo (i am of course complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon). I go to the port, and I click on the anchor button on top right.A box appears for refit and i click refit and after that it says "refit complete" but i am still complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon.Can anyone tell me how to do the refit step by step?? Many thanks

[BrucePartington]

Originally Posted by danu68

I just want to say that after a SH4 mission i went to a port for refitting the sub with new torpedo's and the Cannon with new ammo (i am of course complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon). I go to the port, and I click on the anchor button on top right.A box appears for refit and i click refit and after that it says "refit complete" but i am still complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon.Can anyone tell me how to do the refit step by step?? Many thanks

Have you checked the torpedo inventory (press "T" key)?
The torpedo tubes do not auto-reload during *Refit*, you have to drag one into a tube to start the auto-reload process, which leaves some torpedo storage slots empty.
Then you hit *Refit* again to completely, well, refit.

On the deck gun, when you first go into it, by default it selects the AP (Armour Penetrating) shells, which you may not have. Try selecting the HE (High Explosive) shells to see if it starts loading.

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[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by danu68

I just want to say that after a SH4 mission i went to a port for refitting the sub with new torpedo's and the Cannon with new ammo (i am of course complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon). I go to the port, and I click on the anchor button on top right.A box appears for refit and i click refit and after that it says "refit complete" but i am still complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon.Can anyone tell me how to do the refit step by step?? Many thanks

sounds like a bug or mod class.Make sure you have V 1.5 Any mods? Once you click it you add torpedoes to the reserves, then need to click refit again or move the reserve to the tubes, then click refit again.If not restocking torpedoes on gun ammo at all, its a bug.

[Azgrim]

By the way...
Is there any mod to add refit time?
There's no realism in refitting (refueling, loading torpedoes to sub) while it doesn't take any time.

Currently i have TMO 2.5, but haven't noticed, that refitting required any time.

[BigWalleye]

AFAIK, there is no mod that increases refit time. I usually just kick up the TC and wait a couple of GT hours before departing. It's not the worst shortcoming of SH4, and the workaround is easy. To (probably mis-)quote Rockin Robbins: "Realism is in how you play the game, not in the settings."

[Azgrim]

Originally Posted by BigWalleye

To (probably mis-)quote Rockin Robbins: "Realism is in how you play the game, not in the settings."

Awesomely said. Will remember that.

[Diopos]

Originally Posted by danu68

I just want to say that after a SH4 mission i went to a port for refitting the sub with new torpedo's and the Cannon with new ammo (i am of course complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon). I go to the port, and I click on the anchor button on top right.A box appears for refit and i click refit and after that it says "refit complete" but i am still complete empty on torpedo's and ammo for the cannon.Can anyone tell me how to do the refit step by step?? Many thanks

IIRC, you can not refit when you are playimg single missions but only when you're playing a full campaign/career.

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Originally Posted by Diopos

IIRC, you can not refit when you are playimg single missions but only when you're playing a full campaign/career.

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no you can refit anytime in single, patrol, or campaign, you just don't have a home port in single so repairs are out but refitting is ok

[danu68]

I tried to fire all the torpedo's when I started at Freemantle in the mission "the hunt for the wounded bear" so i had no torpedo's at all left i pushed T letter that took me into the torpedoes room and press the anchor for refit but there is no one torpedo coming in.This is so tough.....very fustration.I do not know what game version i have here in SH4.How can i see that? Thanks

[BrucePartington]

Originally Posted by danu68

I tried to fire all the torpedo's when I started at Freemantle in the mission "the hunt for the wounded bear" so i had no torpedo's at all left i pushed T letter that took me into the torpedoes room and press the anchor for refit but there is no one torpedo coming in.This is so tough.....very fustration.I do not know what game version i have here in SH4.How can i see that? Thanks

I've just replicated what you describe, in that same war patrol. Fired 6 torpedoes, hit the "anchor" icon, chose "Refit", and the torpedo load-out was replenished.
Your game installation must have a bug.
I suggest you uninstall, and run a clean-up software afterwards, to clean-up left-over files and registry entries, and reinstall the game.

Originally Posted by danu68

I tried to fire all the torpedo's when I started at Freemantle in the mission "the hunt for the wounded bear" so i had no torpedo's at all left i pushed T letter that took me into the torpedoes room and press the anchor for refit but there is no one torpedo coming in.This is so tough.....very fustration.I do not know what game version i have here in SH4.How can i see that? Thanks

here is what you are missing, the refit anchor WILL NOT RELOAD YOUR TORPEDOS INTO THE TUBES FOR YOU you have to manually do this yourself with the mouse and then WAIT or use time compression since it takes a good 20-30 minutes to reload all tubes. then and only then can you refit again to fill the reserve torpedo slots you just emptied by sending the torpedos to be loaded into the tubes.

even if you have auto loading of torpedos selected when you run out they don't start auto reloading until the empty tubes AND the reserve slots are all full.

trust me it works you just need to do these things in the correct order to get a full reload