Uncontrollable Dive

partyboy · 04-09-07, 02:24 PM

The problem is I've had it happen without any notification of serious damage. I get hit, "We're taking damage sir!", I check the screen, only the AA/Deck guns are damaged. But after spending hours on the surface with a damage control crew active, I dive and sink nose first. That doesn't seem fair (or realistic? surely I'd have some indication of that kind of damage.)

donut · 04-09-07, 03:03 PM

Hull integrity,may not be real life,but the chief of the boat should have some idea to pass on to Capt. SHIII's representation of hull diving ability ,needs to be addressed in patch for SHIV. Skipper's need to know ,to manage crew lives/health.
Needed option/feature !

Calbeck · 04-09-07, 03:33 PM

I practically wept...I'd just gotten done savaging a sizable Japanese convoy, some six medium freighters sent to the bottom and another crippled, mostly from deck gun action. To top it off, I'd completed both a cargo transport and a patrol mission, all on the same cruise.

So, I'm heading for home when I bump into a genuine task force. Four fish still in the tubes. I scan the horizon and spot the hazy outline of an enemy cruiser...periscope depth! We're on 'im, boys! Dive, dive...dive? Hey! Stop diving. No really, stop. STOP! ARRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! *blublublublub*

Note: to this point, I'd taken NO combat damage, but possibly incurred some grounding damage when I bumped a teeny mid-ocean island that didn't show up on the big map. Was going ten knots at the time, and registered no damage at all on the chart, so I just backed up and went on my way.

DiveMonkey · 04-09-07, 03:34 PM

I may have your answer!

it's either a bug, or sabotage!

Just happened to me twice on patrol in the Celebes Sea.
No damage of any kind I'd dove to 100ft to have a listen,
Ahead 1\3 I set TC to 64 to speed things up a bit when I notice a message "compress air down to 50%

I click on the comp tab and it's dropping like a rock, I exit TC, BLOW TANKS! AHEAD FULL! and all most didn't make it.

So I started watching it every time I'd dive, and it happened again:hmm: Seems random, but if your not watching it once you run out of compress air there's no were to go but down.

I did finish the patrol...taking my ol S-18 in for a refit

Just ran another mission, I think it's some how related to high sea's, and the S boats.
I don't know but I would lose compressed air even faster than batteries, kept having to surface til finally got nailed by a Bete. Half the crew injured, and moral broken, had to return to base!...they offered me a teaching position at Annapolis....I said NO WAY! dismissed all the weaklings and shanghaied a new crew!

nikimcbee · 05-27-07, 02:04 PM

Did this bug ever get fixed?

daft · 05-27-07, 02:10 PM

Yeah, I think so. I haven't seen it since 1.2. I even battled it out with four Japanese DD's the other night after having taken some serious bulkhead and flooding damage to the aft torpedo room. I had to constantly blow ballast in order to stay above crush depth, but I finally managed to sneak away below a temperature gradient.

04-09-07, 03:03 PM	#2
donut The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Shifting, Whispering Sands, NM Posts: 1,463 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	IMHO>Report to Dev's Hull integrity,may not be real life,but the chief of the boat should have some idea to pass on to Capt. SHIII's representation of hull diving ability ,needs to be addressed in patch for SHIV. Skipper's need to know ,to manage crew lives/health. Needed option/feature ! Last edited by donut; 04-09-07 at 03:08 PM. Reason: spelling

04-09-07, 03:34 PM	#4
DiveMonkey Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 111 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I may have your answer! it's either a bug, or sabotage! Just happened to me twice on patrol in the Celebes Sea. No damage of any kind I'd dove to 100ft to have a listen, Ahead 1\3 I set TC to 64 to speed things up a bit when I notice a message "compress air down to 50% I click on the comp tab and it's dropping like a rock, I exit TC, BLOW TANKS! AHEAD FULL! and all most didn't make it. So I started watching it every time I'd dive, and it happened again:hmm: Seems random, but if your not watching it once you run out of compress air there's no were to go but down. I did finish the patrol...taking my ol S-18 in for a refit Just ran another mission, I think it's some how related to high sea's, and the S boats. I don't know but I would lose compressed air even faster than batteries, kept having to surface til finally got nailed by a Bete. Half the crew injured, and moral broken, had to return to base!...they offered me a teaching position at Annapolis....I said NO WAY! dismissed all the weaklings and shanghaied a new crew! Last edited by DiveMonkey; 04-09-07 at 06:04 PM.

05-27-07, 02:04 PM	#5
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Did this bug ever get fixed? __________________

05-27-07, 02:10 PM	#6
daft Captain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 493 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I think so. I haven't seen it since 1.2. I even battled it out with four Japanese DD's the other night after having taken some serious bulkhead and flooding damage to the aft torpedo room. I had to constantly blow ballast in order to stay above crush depth, but I finally managed to sneak away below a temperature gradient. __________________ And God said: \"Let there be Narrowband!\"

04-09-07, 02:24 PM	#1
partyboy Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 106 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	The problem is I've had it happen without any notification of serious damage. I get hit, "We're taking damage sir!", I check the screen, only the AA/Deck guns are damaged. But after spending hours on the surface with a damage control crew active, I dive and sink nose first. That doesn't seem fair (or realistic? surely I'd have some indication of that kind of damage.)

04-09-07, 03:33 PM	#3
Calbeck Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Phoenix, Land of AZ Posts: 49 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I practically wept...I'd just gotten done savaging a sizable Japanese convoy, some six medium freighters sent to the bottom and another crippled, mostly from deck gun action. To top it off, I'd completed both a cargo transport and a patrol mission, all on the same cruise. So, I'm heading for home when I bump into a genuine task force. Four fish still in the tubes. I scan the horizon and spot the hazy outline of an enemy cruiser...periscope depth! We're on 'im, boys! Dive, dive...dive? Hey! Stop diving. No really, stop. STOP! ARRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! blublublublub Note: to this point, I'd taken NO combat damage, but possibly incurred some grounding damage when I bumped a teeny mid-ocean island that didn't show up on the big map. Was going ten knots at the time, and registered no damage at all on the chart, so I just backed up and went on my way.