Lost at Sea II, or Carrier Burning (with pictures!)

Safe-Keeper · 03-12-10, 10:19 PM

Quite possible I just did. The boat was at a 45 degree dive angle when I got the death screen I talked about in the OP.

Which is just ridiculous, because I was at Half Speed ahead, and while I know GWX simulated a slight downward drift at a standstill, a plummet is just... wow.

Another one for the patches to fix, I suppose.

kylania · 03-12-10, 10:57 PM

The few times I've been down below 150 I've gone from seemingly fine, perhaps slightly worried to INSTA DEAD. No consistent damage results, no warnings, just "you're dead". There needs to be more of an area where it's clear you're gonna die if you keep going but enough time to save yourself.

Frederf · 03-12-10, 10:58 PM

Oh yeah, forgot about that. It's stock behavior to increase the downward drift the deeper you go. People have been telling that it takes ahead flank at 200m or so just to keep from sinking. At some point no amount of up planing can overcome this sink effect and you plummet. I think blow ballast might (Shift+R) might overcome it but I haven't tested.

03-12-10, 11:11 PM

I think the VIIA had problems holding its depth underwater at less than 4 and a half knots

Safe-Keeper · 03-12-10, 11:25 PM

So that's why U-96 went straight to the bottom in Das Boot... it ran on the SH5 engine.

Frederf · 03-13-10, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MattDizzle

I think the VIIA had problems holding its depth underwater at less than 4 and a half knots

I would imagine that is "depthkeeping" as in how the boat could precisely it could keep exactly X meters depth. Speed gives the planes something to work with and those are much better at fine control. I would seriously doubt that speed is necessary to prevent totally sinking like a lead anchor in real life unless your engineer severely screwed up the ballast tanks.

03-12-10, 10:19 PM	#1
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Quite possible I just did. The boat was at a 45 degree dive angle when I got the death screen I talked about in the OP. Which is just ridiculous, because I was at Half Speed ahead, and while I know GWX simulated a slight downward drift at a standstill, a plummet is just... wow. Another one for the patches to fix, I suppose. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-12-10, 10:57 PM	#2
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	The few times I've been down below 150 I've gone from seemingly fine, perhaps slightly worried to INSTA DEAD. No consistent damage results, no warnings, just "you're dead". There needs to be more of an area where it's clear you're gonna die if you keep going but enough time to save yourself. __________________

03-12-10, 11:25 PM	#5
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	So that's why U-96 went straight to the bottom in Das Boot... it ran on the SH5 engine. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-12-10, 10:58 PM	#3
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	Oh yeah, forgot about that. It's stock behavior to increase the downward drift the deeper you go. People have been telling that it takes ahead flank at 200m or so just to keep from sinking. At some point no amount of up planing can overcome this sink effect and you plummet. I think blow ballast might (Shift+R) might overcome it but I haven't tested.

03-12-10, 11:11 PM	#4
MattDizzle Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I think the VIIA had problems holding its depth underwater at less than 4 and a half knots