Hatches and doors

panosrxo · 01-10-11, 03:53 PM

I've only just started playing SH5, so im still sussing it out....for instance, if i leave the conning tower hatch open before diving and im the last man on the bridge, does it fill with water?
SH5 unmodded will not let you dive, unless you are inside the boat. If you are inside and order a dive the conning tower hatch will automatically close.

Also if before entering battle and getting hit, if i've closed all the doors inside, will it restrict flooding?
No, it won't make a difference. Each room is independent, with or without open hatches.

And, i order to dive but remain on the bridge, do i teleport inside the boat??
TDW's UI MOD has an option for that

Poacher886 · 01-10-11, 04:59 PM

Ta,

Im using TDW Mega-MOd. so i guess i can order a dive while on the bridge.

Harmsway! · 01-10-11, 06:05 PM

I like to close the engine room door when I'm running full speed. Otherwise it get's pretty loud especially when charging batteries. But I have the U-Boat propulsion SFX mod.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-10-11, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

I like to close the engine room door when I'm running full speed. Otherwise it get's pretty loud especially when charging batteries. But I have the U-Boat propulsion SFX mod.

Good point, shutting individual doors does effect sound. I do the same re: the engine room.

voss · 01-10-11, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

I like to close the engine room door when I'm running full speed. Otherwise it get's pretty loud especially when charging batteries. But I have the U-Boat propulsion SFX mod.

D'oh! That never occurred to me. Time to start closing some doors.

Poacher886 · 01-11-11, 02:13 PM

Yea, closing the engine room door, i worked out while still leaving port for the first time!, also, if you leave the conning tower hatch open at night, and go external view, place your camera just over the conning tower when the U-boat passes, and you can see right down into the red lit conning tower....i like little details like this!!

col_Kurtz · 01-12-11, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Poacher886

Yea, closing the engine room door, i worked out while still leaving port for the first time!, also, if you leave the conning tower hatch open at night, and go external view, place your camera just over the conning tower when the U-boat passes, and you can see right down into the red lit conning tower....i like little details like this!!

Poacher886 · 01-12-11, 12:15 PM

Good picture....though a little far away, i like to see it about 15m above and off to the side, where you can see the inside of the room pan across as the U-boat goes past.

Anyway, you get the picture!

Matador.es · 01-12-11, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

I like to close the engine room door when I'm running full speed. Otherwise it get's pretty loud especially when charging batteries. But I have the U-Boat propulsion SFX mod.

I wounder though if it was possible in RL. Where was the air intake for the diesel?

Catfish · 01-12-11, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Matador.es

I wounder though if it was possible in RL. Where was the air intake for the diesel?

Yes it was possible, the air intakes are at the rear part left and right of the forward part of the bridge, ending at the fore end of the "Wintergarten" railings, and flush with the casing of the bridge (as high as possible without using a snorkel). In the VIIa they may be deeper. In SH3 and 4 OMEGU with U-boat add-on you can see the grids covering those intakes on the VIIb to c, and IXDs very well.
In very rough sea conditions even the intakes would be temporarily blocked by seawater, the Diesels then sucking air out of the boat, with some bad effect on the crew. A U-boat would have usually dived in those conditions.

Greetings,
Catfish

01-10-11, 03:53 PM	#1
panosrxo Planesman Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 188 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I've only just started playing SH5, so im still sussing it out....for instance, if i leave the conning tower hatch open before diving and im the last man on the bridge, does it fill with water? SH5 unmodded will not let you dive, unless you are inside the boat. If you are inside and order a dive the conning tower hatch will automatically close. Also if before entering battle and getting hit, if i've closed all the doors inside, will it restrict flooding? No, it won't make a difference. Each room is independent, with or without open hatches. And, i order to dive but remain on the bridge, do i teleport inside the boat?? TDW's UI MOD has an option for that

01-10-11, 04:59 PM	#2
Poacher886 Chief Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Highlands UK Posts: 323 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Ta, Im using TDW Mega-MOd. so i guess i can order a dive while on the bridge.

01-10-11, 06:05 PM	#3
Harmsway! XO Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 400 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	I like to close the engine room door when I'm running full speed. Otherwise it get's pretty loud especially when charging batteries. But I have the U-Boat propulsion SFX mod.

01-11-11, 02:13 PM	#6
Poacher886 Chief Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Highlands UK Posts: 323 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Yea, closing the engine room door, i worked out while still leaving port for the first time!, also, if you leave the conning tower hatch open at night, and go external view, place your camera just over the conning tower when the U-boat passes, and you can see right down into the red lit conning tower....i like little details like this!!

01-12-11, 12:15 PM	#8
Poacher886 Chief Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Highlands UK Posts: 323 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Good picture....though a little far away, i like to see it about 15m above and off to the side, where you can see the inside of the room pan across as the U-boat goes past. Anyway, you get the picture!