Anyone encountered this bug? Little angry

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by Webster

maybe that's the tonnage the subs are listed as?

have you checked the files for those subs to see?

I dont think it has anything to do with subs, as this happened in 43 before also when did not sink a sub.Ill check though. All 3 subs together came out to 6,500 tons, so it said.

[razark]

I've run into it before. Sink some tonnage, and it even shows up in the log book.

Get back to port, and it's ignored.

[TorpX]

Could it have something to do with the length of your patrol? Perhaps, the counter resets for some reason.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by TorpX

Could it have something to do with the length of your patrol? Perhaps, the counter resets for some reason.

Possible but I just finished a patrol up last night in my other career out of Brisbane in May/June 1943.I sank a ship from a convoy, after evading the pesky escorts at 350 feet for a while and once clear, , i stepped out while was doing the end around.Power shut off for a sec, forcing me to reload my last save, which was after the sinking.Showed credit in the log, but convoy respawned with the the ship i just sunk it in it.Never had that happen.I went on to sink it and another, having five ships down when I headed for Brisbane due to low fuel and being out of torpedoes after 41 days on patrol.Arrived in Brisbane after 54 days at sea.Once in port, only had credit for four ships,

Something to do with reloading a game, it sucks, used to never had this bug.

[TorpX]

Not sure I understand the details here, but I would not try to sink any respawned ships. My understanding of the game is that you will never get the credit for them. A ship might respawn many times, but you can only get credit for one sinking. I'm sure someone can explain this better than I can.

As to your original question, I don't remember ever failing to get credit for a sinking. The log's dates have been messed up, but I'd still get credit.

[Gryffon300]

Originally Posted by TorpX

Not sure I understand the details here, but I would not try to sink any respawned ships. My understanding of the game is that you will never get the credit for them. A ship might respawn many times, but you can only get credit for one sinking. I'm sure someone can explain this better than I can.

As to your original question, I don't remember ever failing to get credit for a sinking. The log's dates have been messed up, but I'd still get credit.

Ah, well then, have I got a tale for you, M'Lord!

I've just returned from a cruise to Truck. Took out 6 capital ships at anchor (an Ise BB; a Hiyo FC; a Furutaka HC; a Mogami HC; an Agano LC; and a Yubari LC). I put them all on the bottom, but at that anchorage, I had to wander around at a depth setting of 52', which gave me 10' clearance under hull. So, nedless to say, they All sat above the waves while resting on the bottom. JANAC seems to think that if the searchlights are still operating, then the vessel ain't sunk! (Not strictly true, as at least I got credit for Hiyo, Ise & Yubari.)

So, the credit for the other three wasn't given on the map (red 'sunk' icon); Captains log; or office Journal. Just as well I'm using the new report generator, so I can correct the log myself and have an accurate record.

This isn't a re-spawn issue, as I have never sunk a BB before and I have sunk different FCs and HCs.

Finally, yes, I have photographic evidence to argue the case back in base (thank goodness my new German-lensed recon camera was delivered on board the night I sailed - my Box Brownie had stopped working - cracked lens or salt water in the film or something - so it would never have captured images to argue my claim!)

Once I have figured out how to size them correctly and so on, I'll get the fellas in the Dark Room to run off a set of prints to post up in the mess hall so you can all marvel at the exploits of the crew of the mighty Thresher on our 96,000 ton cruise!

Cheers

Gryff

[Bottom line is, yup, getting credit seems strangely important to me, so I would like to get a handle on various behaviours:
- does the game credit you a sink if you are beyond visual when it happens?;
- how far does a ship have to sink, before it is sunk? (so is there a consistent likelihood of NEVER getting credit for a sinking in shallow water or at dock or close to shore? - I recently had a sunk LC that went down very close to shore completely disappear off the map - again no recognition in the logs);
- does the Captain's Log always capture what's on the map, and is that always duplicated in the Office Journal? (Where is the 'break'?). Thanks.]

[TorpX]

I doubt I can clarify the issue very much. I don't remember ever not getting credit for a sinking. But then, I don't harbor raid or take my boat into shallow water often. People have reported being cheated out of tonnage because of shallow water. I don't think you have to be in visual range or close to the target to get credit, as long as you are not so far away as to allow it to despawn. That's about all I know, and I'm not 100% sure that everything I know is correct.