question about engines damage

jpm1 · 03-30-14, 07:27 PM

Hi , i got all my engines damaged and seems they can't be repaired . so i have a question . first are they definitly damaged or not (pic) , if so is there an option to put emergency dinghies at sea after having scuttled the boat or to call for help by radio . i sent a report by radio but after 2 days no answer ..

Admiral Halsey · 03-30-14, 07:43 PM

If the engines are 100% destroyed the can't be fixed. You've still got to left working so you should be able to make it back to port.

Dice Holder · 03-30-14, 08:04 PM

if i am correct the game shows you have 4 engines but you only have 2 because correct me if im wrong the game uses the stuff from SH3 and uboats only have 2 engines

Admiral8Q · 03-30-14, 08:14 PM

Get back to port on your two engines asap, jpm1.

Admiral Halsey · 03-30-14, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dice Holder

if i am correct the game shows you have 4 engines but you only have 2 because correct me if im wrong the game uses the stuff from SH3 and uboats only have 2 engines

No you still have two. Did you ever try to get the sub moving?

TorpX · 03-31-14, 12:57 AM

It looks like you have 2 left, but the bottom line is that you can't move, so apparently not.

My understanding is that Dice Holder is right; the game really only gives you two engines, so it looks like your outta luck.

Admiral Halsey · 03-31-14, 01:15 AM

Huh. Must be a bug that was fixed in the U-Boat expansion/patch as i've lost 3 engines and have still be able to make it back to base before.

ETR3(SS) · 03-31-14, 07:44 AM

No it's not a bug, and no it hasn't been fixed in UBM. Not sure how you got three engines destroyed and still had 1 functioning engine but count yourself lucky.

Admiral Halsey · 03-31-14, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

No it's not a bug, and no it hasn't been fixed in UBM. Not sure how you got three engines destroyed and still had 1 functioning engine but count yourself lucky.

Did any of the supermods fix it? Because i've lost two engines multiple times and i've always been able to return to base.

Fish40 · 03-31-14, 09:53 AM

Didn't Traveler's Mod address this issue to some degree?

Admiral8Q · 03-31-14, 10:25 AM

Unless I'm missing something here, it's a Porpoise class sub, so with 2 engines you should still be able to move. If not, the crew may need to be re-arranged. If they are injured or dead, they can't operate the engines. If you're stuck at general-quarters, you may need to secure that, otherwise the crew gets overtired.

jpm1 · 03-31-14, 12:34 PM

i purchased U-boat addon but i couldn't install it cause it was bugguey , and i'm waiting Steam support answer right now . the boat couldn't move , it seems all engines stuff was badly damaged , i had to abandon the boat (exit mission) cause japs planes were dooming me to it . a scuttling option with a splash screen of a Catalina saving your crew would have been cool , but i couldn't manage to find such thing . my crew was the best repairing crew i could have at this stage of the game so if the engines didn't repair i think it's because it couldn't be done..

Admiral8Q · 03-31-14, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jpm1

i purchased U-boat addon but i couldn't install it cause it was bugguey , and i'm waiting Steam support answer right now . the boat couldn't move , it seems all engines stuff was badly damaged , i had to abandon the boat (exit mission) cause japs planes were dooming me to it . a scuttling option with a splash screen of a Catalina saving your crew would have been cool , but i couldn't manage to find such thing . my crew was the best repairing crew i could have at this stage of the game so if the engines didn't repair i think it's because it couldn't be done..

I just bought SH4 and the U-boat add on. (again) If you use steam, then you should be able to download it again as long as you're logged into your account. It could be that you installed it incorrectly. Otherwise you may have malware on your computer. Don't always click the "ok" while installing. Watch it, they have legal ways of installing malware.

Snarf · 03-31-14, 04:41 PM

So you don't have v1.5? if you did, that would be the saving grace, because you could go into the save file, make one of your CPO's have the special ability to repair destroyed items. You may still be able to 'fix' your engines through editing your save file, just find the values that control the amount of damage they currently have and tweak it, then reload your save game.

ETR3(SS) · 04-01-14, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Did any of the supermods fix it? Because i've lost two engines multiple times and i've always been able to return to base.

That's very possible. From looking at the game files in the past on a stock game it only references two engines with the other two being null and therefore linked to the other engine. All that would need to be done is to create two new entries in the zones.cfg to address that issue.

03-30-14, 07:27 PM	#1
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	question about engines damage Hi , i got all my engines damaged and seems they can't be repaired . so i have a question . first are they definitly damaged or not (pic) , if so is there an option to put emergency dinghies at sea after having scuttled the boat or to call for help by radio . i sent a report by radio but after 2 days no answer ..

03-30-14, 08:14 PM	#4
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Get back to port on your two engines asap, jpm1. __________________

03-31-14, 12:57 AM	#6
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	It looks like you have 2 left, but the bottom line is that you can't move, so apparently not. My understanding is that Dice Holder is right; the game really only gives you two engines, so it looks like your outta luck.

03-31-14, 07:44 AM	#8
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	No it's not a bug, and no it hasn't been fixed in UBM. Not sure how you got three engines destroyed and still had 1 functioning engine but count yourself lucky. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

03-31-14, 10:25 AM	#11
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Unless I'm missing something here, it's a Porpoise class sub, so with 2 engines you should still be able to move. If not, the crew may need to be re-arranged. If they are injured or dead, they can't operate the engines. If you're stuck at general-quarters, you may need to secure that, otherwise the crew gets overtired. __________________

03-30-14, 07:43 PM	#2
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	If the engines are 100% destroyed the can't be fixed. You've still got to left working so you should be able to make it back to port.

03-30-14, 08:04 PM	#3
Dice Holder A-ganger Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 77 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	if i am correct the game shows you have 4 engines but you only have 2 because correct me if im wrong the game uses the stuff from SH3 and uboats only have 2 engines

03-31-14, 01:15 AM	#7
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Huh. Must be a bug that was fixed in the U-Boat expansion/patch as i've lost 3 engines and have still be able to make it back to base before.

03-31-14, 09:53 AM	#10
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Didn't Traveler's Mod address this issue to some degree?

03-31-14, 12:34 PM	#12
jpm1 Captain Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 544 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	i purchased U-boat addon but i couldn't install it cause it was bugguey , and i'm waiting Steam support answer right now . the boat couldn't move , it seems all engines stuff was badly damaged , i had to abandon the boat (exit mission) cause japs planes were dooming me to it . a scuttling option with a splash screen of a Catalina saving your crew would have been cool , but i couldn't manage to find such thing . my crew was the best repairing crew i could have at this stage of the game so if the engines didn't repair i think it's because it couldn't be done..

03-31-14, 04:41 PM	#14
Snarf Officer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: USS Tuna out of Pearl Harbor Posts: 243 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 10	So you don't have v1.5? if you did, that would be the saving grace, because you could go into the save file, make one of your CPO's have the special ability to repair destroyed items. You may still be able to 'fix' your engines through editing your save file, just find the values that control the amount of damage they currently have and tweak it, then reload your save game. __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -David Farragut (probably repeated by many WWII sub skippers)