damage control, problem or realistic ?

Riptides · 03-24-07, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by partyboy

They can't seem to get anything repaired because everytime they repair the Radar, after a while it just breaks again for no apparent reason, which seemingly sets back repair for everything. Basically, what ends up happening is, with no enemy encounters at all, the game keeps telling me that the Radar is fixed.. then broken.. then fixed.. then broken. No matter how much time I spend surfaced with crew on deck, nothing even gets repaired to completion. The deck repair time will go down to ~18 minutes, then the Radar breaks, and it's back upto 45 minutes.

Then my crew start dropping dead. No plane attacks, no ships, just after a while they die.

I didn't want to start my own post about it, but at least I now know I am not crazy. Same thing happened to me. Planes got my upper deck and I was able to dive and get away out to sea. Later when I came up to do repairs exactly what you describe happened to me for the entire journey back to Pearl. I ended up coming into port with nearly my entire watch and repair crews deceased.

Cakewalk · 03-24-07, 11:14 PM

My Sub went to a close 85 degrees when my aft torpedo room flooded from an air attack... I repaired, the sub leveled out, only to catastrophically come apart at the seams a minute later.

"We patched 'er up, Cap'n!"

* loud creaking and crunching noise *

"Oh shi..."

novafluxx · 03-24-07, 11:37 PM

Yes, the DC system and screen needs some love

partyboy · 03-24-07, 11:53 PM

I'm pretty confident that there are bugs with the crew/repair systems. I was just playing around with that save, trying things out, and here are some things I observed;

- Injured crew will continue to lose health and as far as I can tell there's nothing you can do to stop it. I wasn't at battle stations, and I tried moving them to compartments that weren't in use.

- I dove to 100ft and sat there for a day, then surfaced. The exact moment I surfaced.. "Radar damaged!" .. by what?! Ugh. It's also easily reproducible at x32 on deck.. if it's some phantom air attack, why isn't the radar picking it up before it gets damaged?

- Uninjured crew, put on my injured deck (that I can't repair, due to the circumstances detailed in my above post) will become injured. Again, I see no warnings, no attack, I spend a lot of time going at 32x to try and catch an attack myself.. my healthy crew will randomly lose health on my red deck, and once that happens, there's no turning back.

Bugs + confusing undocumented functions = not fun. This is basically a game breaker for me. I'm not going to spend hours working on a patrol only to have to limp back home with a bunch of dead men because of one minor incident that triggers a never-ending cycle of broken equipment and bleeding-to-death crew.

Actually, I probably will spend hours doing that. But not many, unless this is patched soon. Which sucks, but I guess I can always go back to SH3.

zenko · 03-25-07, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by partyboy

I'm pretty confident that there are bugs with the crew/repair systems. I was just playing around with that save, trying things out, and here are some things I observed;

- Injured crew will continue to lose health and as far as I can tell there's nothing you can do to stop it. I wasn't at battle stations, and I tried moving them to compartments that weren't in use.

- I dove to 100ft and sat there for a day, then surfaced. The exact moment I surfaced.. "Radar damaged!" .. by what?! Ugh. It's also easily reproducible at x32 on deck.. if it's some phantom air attack, why isn't the radar picking it up before it gets damaged?

- Uninjured crew, put on my injured deck (that I can't repair, due to the circumstances detailed in my above post) will become injured. Again, I see no warnings, no attack, I spend a lot of time going at 32x to try and catch an attack myself.. my healthy crew will randomly lose health on my red deck, and once that happens, there's no turning back.

Bugs + confusing undocumented functions = not fun. This is basically a game breaker for me. I'm not going to spend hours working on a patrol only to have to limp back home with a bunch of dead men because of one minor incident that triggers a never-ending cycle of broken equipment and bleeding-to-death crew.

Actually, I probably will spend hours doing that. But not many, unless this is patched soon. Which sucks, but I guess I can always go back to SH3.

I got the 'same' exact problem... Now I guess everytime when I went out for patrol I cannot get damaged or else my game is ruined...

Hope this bug get fixed real soon ..

clayton · 03-25-07, 12:31 AM

Same problem with aircraft! Though, I have to admit that PTO subs were a lot different that ETO subs. Meaning, I remember reading about subs that were damaged in the Pacific, returning to base instead of continuing the patrol. The kind of damage that a VII would just shrug off!!! I wonder if the developers were attempting to re-create that, though it is plauged with bugs that I hope will be soon fixed!

OneTinSoldier · 03-25-07, 12:41 AM

I haven't played the game much and have yet to start a career. But after reading this thread I'm afraid to!

03-25-07, 12:41 AM	#7
OneTinSoldier Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Denver, CO USA Posts: 382 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	I haven't played the game much and have yet to start a career. But after reading this thread I'm afraid to! __________________ "Variable this is EasyRhino, do you copy? Over." Loud and clear EasyRhino. "Do we have a gig? Over." That's a Roger, we have a gig. Target is painted, start the music. "Roger that Variable. Into attack. Pickling target. Target is acquired and lit. LGB comin' down!" EasyRhino, circular error probability zero. Impact with High Order Detonation. Thank You, have a nice day.

03-24-07, 11:14 PM	#2
Cakewalk Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 212 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	My Sub went to a close 85 degrees when my aft torpedo room flooded from an air attack... I repaired, the sub leveled out, only to catastrophically come apart at the seams a minute later. "We patched 'er up, Cap'n!" * loud creaking and crunching noise * "Oh shi..."

03-24-07, 11:37 PM	#3
novafluxx Bosun Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 64 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes, the DC system and screen needs some love

03-24-07, 11:53 PM	#4
partyboy Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 106 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	I'm pretty confident that there are bugs with the crew/repair systems. I was just playing around with that save, trying things out, and here are some things I observed; - Injured crew will continue to lose health and as far as I can tell there's nothing you can do to stop it. I wasn't at battle stations, and I tried moving them to compartments that weren't in use. - I dove to 100ft and sat there for a day, then surfaced. The exact moment I surfaced.. "Radar damaged!" .. by what?! Ugh. It's also easily reproducible at x32 on deck.. if it's some phantom air attack, why isn't the radar picking it up before it gets damaged? - Uninjured crew, put on my injured deck (that I can't repair, due to the circumstances detailed in my above post) will become injured. Again, I see no warnings, no attack, I spend a lot of time going at 32x to try and catch an attack myself.. my healthy crew will randomly lose health on my red deck, and once that happens, there's no turning back. Bugs + confusing undocumented functions = not fun. This is basically a game breaker for me. I'm not going to spend hours working on a patrol only to have to limp back home with a bunch of dead men because of one minor incident that triggers a never-ending cycle of broken equipment and bleeding-to-death crew. Actually, I probably will spend hours doing that. But not many, unless this is patched soon. Which sucks, but I guess I can always go back to SH3.

03-25-07, 12:31 AM	#6
clayton Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: At your mom's house... Posts: 571 Downloads: 218 Uploads: 0	Same problem with aircraft! Though, I have to admit that PTO subs were a lot different that ETO subs. Meaning, I remember reading about subs that were damaged in the Pacific, returning to base instead of continuing the patrol. The kind of damage that a VII would just shrug off!!! I wonder if the developers were attempting to re-create that, though it is plauged with bugs that I hope will be soon fixed!