TWO KNOTS AT FLANK SPEED?

[BigWalleye]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

True in real life, and true in SH4. Not true in SH3. Battery charging in the game doesn't work properly, and does indeed give you an advantage, or so many reported in the early days. I've never tried it myself, since it's unrealistic even if it does work.

You are saying, Steve, that fuel consumption in SH3 is based on speed through the water and not on engine settings? So you can run at Flank speed in a heavy sea and use less fuel than at Standard in calm weather? That is so counterintuitive and so wrong that it ought to be a priority item for fixing. I hope someone is working on it! (Stiebler, can you help? I'm guessing it would require a code patch.)