VII/ VIIC surface depth is too far out of the water

[Average Joe]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

You could try copying the stock NSS_Uboat folder for that type of uboat ("\SilentHunterIII\data\Submarine\NSS_Uboat7c\" for the VIIC).

The problem file is NSS_UboatX.sim which contains the actual max surface depth (the surface depth listed in the cfg file only affects from what depth and up the game considers your boat "surfaced" and able to man the tower or guns (or use radar, radio,etc) and nothing else)

That's what I tried, but worried that it might mess-up modded-files. Didn't seem to tough.

Moved the old folder, then copied over a 100% stock folder from SH3\Data\Submarine\->NSS_Uboat7c<.

After that, the VII runs 5m deep on the surface. Copied over custom settings from the old/modded 'NSS_Uboat7c.cfg' file (snorkel depth, cruise-settings, salvo-settings, etc.) and it works fine.

If it happens again I'll know why. Thanks.

p.s. Looked at the 'NSS_Uboat7c.sim' file, and know I wasn't messing with that one