Where do you put 'excess' crew when submerged?

[Steeltrap]

What do you do with 'excess' crew?

I find there isn't space in the crew compartments for 'idle' crew when submerged, so I put them in the non-functioning engine space.

Trouble with that is they move to the active engine whenever I give commands such as peri depth etc. I end up with the electric motor spaces having extra people in them.

What do the rest of you do?

[TarJak]

I stick em on repair duty which is probably most realistic. I just assume they are going through the time honoured sailors routine of taking stuff apart and cleaning it or fixing it whenever they are on duty but with nothing better to do.

[THE_MASK]

When at the recruiting screen i move the lookout crew down into the sub . I can see exactly how many men i need to get to man my sub while submerged .Does that make sense . My sub has just the right amount of crew while submerged .

[shegeek72]

I send 'em outside to clean the hull. :p
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[P_Funk]

The problem with assigning them to repair stations is that it drains their energy at a very high rate. The inactive engine room is a good idea.

However it seems strange that there isn't enough actual room for the declared maximum.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

The problem with assigning them to repair stations is that it drains their energy at a very high rate. The inactive engine room is a good idea.

However it seems strange that there isn't enough actual room for the declared maximum.

Engines drain at the same rate as repairs and torps so I don;t see that it makees any difference. You can always switch off fatigue anyway. Who wants to make sure that everyone gets their beauty sleep?

The shift patterns on the subs were such that you would have at least some crew doing maintenance of some sort whilst their bunkmates slept/relaxed. They only had enough room to sleep some of the crew at a time and when one shift knowcked off they woke their bunkmates up and took their places. Nuthing like a nice warm bunk to crall into on a cold night.

[kylania]

Using NYGM the defaut crew is small enough so that you can only use quarters. If I run with a third watch crew, than I leave my torpedo guys in the inactive engine room since it's neutral.

For GW I've been trying out a smaller crew as well and it seems to work ok.

[shegeek72]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Engines drain at the same rate as repairs and torps so I don;t see that it makees any difference. You can always switch off fatigue anyway. Who wants to make sure that everyone gets their beauty sleep?

I believe grey wolves has a different fatigue model for the crew, using up more energy in the torp rooms than the stock version. The problem is (at least on my computer) is the watch crew is moved to the fore torpedo room when the sub dives, so I move them to the diesel engines. I figure they need some maintainance while the electric motors are running.

Hey TarJak, your location says the Garden Island. Are you from Kauai? I used to live there. You can PM me if you want.
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[P_Funk]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Engines drain at the same rate as repairs and torps so I don;t see that it makees any difference.

If I recall correctly the engine room which is active is the only one which drains energy. The unused one might not regenerate energy but I'm pretty sure it doesn't drain it either.

[Tijn]

Nice Topic. Normally i have around 46/48 crewmembers for an 7C and i always stored some crew in the torpedoroom when submerged. But after an long attack they where out of fatique. But does it really matter if you put them in the diesel room?

Grtz Martijn

[Steeltrap]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

If I recall correctly the engine room which is active is the only one which drains energy. The unused one might not regenerate energy but I'm pretty sure it doesn't drain it either.

I can absolutely confirm that having crew in the "inactive" engine space (i.e. diesel when submerged or electric when surfaced) does NOT drain fatigue. I use it to rotate fatigued crew through the actual bunk spaces where they remove fatigue. Putting them in the inactive engine area is a 'fatigue neutral' space.

Oh, and the torpedo rooms are the WORST for fatigue....game must figure anyone in there is wrestling with torps. That's why I NEVER leave them there after diving (as has been pointed out, the watch crew will go to the forward torp room upon diving).

I figured everyone used the inactive engine space 'trick', but wondered if there were 'better' options I'd not figured out.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by P_Funk

If I recall correctly the engine room which is active is the only one which drains energy. The unused one might not regenerate energy but I'm pretty sure it doesn't drain it either.

Quite right. I'm playing with no fatigue at the moment so It's not really an issue for me. I was thinking of the active engine room not the inactive.

[Subwolf]

Originally Posted by Steeltrap

What do you do with 'excess' crew?

I find there isn't space in the crew compartments for 'idle' crew when submerged, so I put them in the non-functioning engine space.

Trouble with that is they move to the active engine whenever I give commands such as peri depth etc. I end up with the electric motor spaces having extra people in them.

What do the rest of you do?

In the real uboats many of the enlisted crew had to stay and sleep in the forward torpedo room, thats where I put em. Will drain their energy tho, no wonder...who likes to sleep on top of a torpedo

Can also put some of em in the diesel engine room, there was crew in this room even when the diesels were not running, to make sure everything is ok.

But the two crew compartments is the only place in SH3 where crew can restore energy.