Problem with FOTRS - TDC not working

1Patriotofmany · 01-04-25, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonsStyle

I discovered from your help, that I did not have manual targetting enabled which is what i usually have. I also discovered from your awesome video that I didn't understand how to use the left dials to work out AoB.

Also, I noticed that the fire key has changed, to Control Enter which is fine, but the Red Fire button doesn't work anymore. The only way I could fire was to use Ctrl-Enter.

Thank you. That was a really helpful vid. It's all working properly now.

Much appreicated.

That red button on the screen doesn't fire the torpedo. The right tab at the bottom has the torpedos and fire button JIC you didn't realize

propbeanie · 01-04-25, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeonsStyle

I discovered from your help, that I did not have manual targetting enabled which is what i usually have. I also discovered from your awesome video that I didn't understand how to use the left dials to work out AoB.

Also, I noticed that the fire key has changed, to Control Enter which is fine, but the Red Fire button doesn't work anymore. The only way I could fire was to use Ctrl-Enter.

Thank you. That was a really helpful vid. It's all working properly now.

Much appreicated.

You are more than welcome

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

That red button on the screen doesn't fire the torpedo. The right tab at the bottom has the torpedos and fire button JIC you didn't realize

You can tell that is an Auto-targeting image, because the TDC Input Dial does not have the Input switch on it. That "yellow" up arrow means that the solution is not the best - in this case, too long of a range. A "red" arrow would most likely mean you have the torpedo tube nest at the wrong end of the boat selected.

NeonsStyle · 01-05-25, 06:26 AM

I did encounter an odd error. The game day before, I was
attacked by aircraft and they damaged the 20mm AA gun which could not be moved to the repair window.

The next day, I was shadowing a lone ship setting up an attack. I'd ordered the boat to track west. After awhile, I noticed we hadn't made the turn. Then I noticed the engines were off. So I set Standard and the crew responed with "Unable to Comply". So I tried the electric engines, same thing. No response and unable to comply. So I checked the ship damage, but there was only the 20 mm AA gun which had now moved to be repaired. It had full fuel, full battery so it should've worked.

I couldn't move the boat at all! She was dead in the water.

Another problem is CO2, even on the surface, it's 100% and I can't get it down. Is there some trick to get it down? You'd imagine on the surface
it'd just be pumped fresh air in and co2 out.

Air patrols are the death of me. Every minute another, and they always are heading at me. Way too many contacts in W of Philipines.

Think this is a bug:

Added the Dark Recognition Manual mod. Otherwise it was default FOTRS Ultimate 1.46

KaleunMarco · 01-05-25, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeonsStyle

I did encounter an odd error. The game day before, I was
attacked by aircraft and they damaged the 20mm AA gun which could not be moved to the repair window.

The next day, I was shadowing a lone ship setting up an attack. I'd ordered the boat to track west. After awhile, I noticed we hadn't made the turn. Then I noticed the engines were off. So I set Standard and the crew responed with "Unable to Comply". So I tried the electric engines, same thing. No response and unable to comply. So I checked the ship damage, but there was only the 20 mm AA gun which had now moved to be repaired. It had full fuel, full battery so it should've worked.

I couldn't move the boat at all! She was dead in the water.

most likely you left your crew at Battle Stations for too long and they fatigued. all of them. the only way to cure this is either to restore a game from a previous time, or wait (and pray) for your crew to recover and then proceed.

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Originally Posted by NeonsStyle

Another problem is CO2, even on the surface, it's 100% and I can't get it down. Is there some trick to get it down? You'd imagine on the surface
it'd just be pumped fresh air in and co2 out.

i'll bet you like to alt-tab out to Windows and do something else. best advice is to not do that when playing SH4.
the fix is to save and exit the game. then, relaunch SH4 and reload the game-situation. the CO2 level will return to zero.

01-05-25, 06:26 AM	#3
NeonsStyle Chief Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Australia Posts: 326 Downloads: 195 Uploads: 0	I did encounter an odd error. The game day before, I was attacked by aircraft and they damaged the 20mm AA gun which could not be moved to the repair window. The next day, I was shadowing a lone ship setting up an attack. I'd ordered the boat to track west. After awhile, I noticed we hadn't made the turn. Then I noticed the engines were off. So I set Standard and the crew responed with "Unable to Comply". So I tried the electric engines, same thing. No response and unable to comply. So I checked the ship damage, but there was only the 20 mm AA gun which had now moved to be repaired. It had full fuel, full battery so it should've worked. I couldn't move the boat at all! She was dead in the water. Another problem is CO2, even on the surface, it's 100% and I can't get it down. Is there some trick to get it down? You'd imagine on the surface it'd just be pumped fresh air in and co2 out. Air patrols are the death of me. Every minute another, and they always are heading at me. Way too many contacts in W of Philipines. Think this is a bug: Added the Dark Recognition Manual mod. Otherwise it was default FOTRS Ultimate 1.46 __________________ NeonsStyle - YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NeonsStyle...e_polymer=true Hit me up in the Comments or Discussion on my channel or message me on: Last edited by NeonsStyle; 01-05-25 at 08:59 AM.