Bunged torpedo tube?

predavolk · 04-11-08, 12:06 PM

I was playing the game the other night, and after shooting an electric torp, I was unable to reload the tube with a steam torp, even though several were left. I tried adding the weapons officer, adding/removing men from the torp room, and checked that the torp tube wasn't damaged. I also tried cycling the tube open and closed, but that didn't seem to be working. Other tubes opened and closed just fine. Any thoughts? I just treated it as if my boat had a glitch in one of its tubes and kept sailing (and racked up 60K worth of merchants!).

On a similar note, is there any cure or calibration for a deck gun that's shooting wild? Often if they take hit, even if repaired, they don't shoot straight, or even reliably off to one side. I can usually compensate, but not always. It was a hell of a lot of fun trying to shoot a trawler with a warped gun in 9 knot winds! Frankly, I'm surprised that I was able to use the gun in that weather, but I didn't complain. I was surprised that 2 out of the 11 merchants that I ran into were armed (Oct. 1940). That was an unpleasant surprise! But they went down any how with a softening-up torp to give my gunnery the advantage. :p

antikristuseke · 04-11-08, 12:32 PM

Were you on silent runing by any chanse when trying to load torpedoes?

Brag · 04-11-08, 12:36 PM

Same thought as Anti's popped to my head

predavolk · 04-11-08, 01:12 PM

Nope. Good idea, but I checked and I was also able to load the other tubes as they were used.

FIREWALL · 04-11-08, 01:39 PM

Are you useing SHC3 ?

If you are, do you have random malfuntion\ sabotage checked ?

Bosje · 04-11-08, 02:02 PM

was the door still open and were you deeper than 20 meters? thats usually what happens to me when I try to switch torpedoes

it wont let you close the tube and it wont let you load the tube while open

FIREWALL · 04-11-08, 02:26 PM

I'll assume you have the problem fixed.

Wreford-Brown · 04-11-08, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bosje

was the door still open and were you deeper than 20 meters? thats usually what happens to me when I try to switch torpedoes

it wont let you close the tube and it wont let you load the tube while open

Thank you, Bosje. Being unable to reload or close torpedo doors has been bugging me for a while!

predavolk · 04-11-08, 03:34 PM

Nope to SHC, no to being at 20M depth. The doors might have been open at greater than 20M depth when I dove, but I don't think so. They certainly weren't when I was trying to reload. I did try cycling the doors open and closed on the surface, as well as turning automatic reload on and off.

It sounds like it was a glitch in the program. In any event, it didn't really impinge upon my patrol. I'm just curious what the problem was, if any, in case it happens again.

Wreford-Brown · 04-11-08, 07:27 PM

It's probably a glitch in the Matrix.

GlassTrain · 04-12-08, 12:45 AM

Out of curiosity, was the torpedo fired from the tube before the reload a steam torpedo set to medium or fast speed?

Just wonder if it won't reload because the speed dial on the TDC is something other than slow.

EDIT: Re read your first post about it being the other way around.

04-11-08, 12:06 PM	#1
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bunged torpedo tube? I was playing the game the other night, and after shooting an electric torp, I was unable to reload the tube with a steam torp, even though several were left. I tried adding the weapons officer, adding/removing men from the torp room, and checked that the torp tube wasn't damaged. I also tried cycling the tube open and closed, but that didn't seem to be working. Other tubes opened and closed just fine. Any thoughts? I just treated it as if my boat had a glitch in one of its tubes and kept sailing (and racked up 60K worth of merchants!). On a similar note, is there any cure or calibration for a deck gun that's shooting wild? Often if they take hit, even if repaired, they don't shoot straight, or even reliably off to one side. I can usually compensate, but not always. It was a hell of a lot of fun trying to shoot a trawler with a warped gun in 9 knot winds! Frankly, I'm surprised that I was able to use the gun in that weather, but I didn't complain. I was surprised that 2 out of the 11 merchants that I ran into were armed (Oct. 1940). That was an unpleasant surprise! But they went down any how with a softening-up torp to give my gunnery the advantage. :p

04-11-08, 12:36 PM	#3
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04-11-08, 01:39 PM	#5
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Are you useing SHC3 ? If you are, do you have random malfuntion\ sabotage checked ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

04-11-08, 02:02 PM	#6
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	was the door still open and were you deeper than 20 meters? thats usually what happens to me when I try to switch torpedoes it wont let you close the tube and it wont let you load the tube while open __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

04-11-08, 02:26 PM	#7
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I'll assume you have the problem fixed. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

04-11-08, 12:32 PM	#2
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Were you on silent runing by any chanse when trying to load torpedoes?

04-11-08, 01:12 PM	#4
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nope. Good idea, but I checked and I was also able to load the other tubes as they were used.

04-11-08, 03:34 PM	#9
predavolk Weps Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 369 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nope to SHC, no to being at 20M depth. The doors might have been open at greater than 20M depth when I dove, but I don't think so. They certainly weren't when I was trying to reload. I did try cycling the doors open and closed on the surface, as well as turning automatic reload on and off. It sounds like it was a glitch in the program. In any event, it didn't really impinge upon my patrol. I'm just curious what the problem was, if any, in case it happens again.

04-11-08, 07:27 PM	#10
Wreford-Brown Sea Lord Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In sight of Stonehenge Posts: 1,750 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 26	It's probably a glitch in the Matrix. __________________ All my mods are available at MediaFire: SH3 Mods Other modders SH3 mods SH4 Mods ...you can't please all of the people all of the time...

04-12-08, 12:45 AM	#11
GlassTrain Watch Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Peoria, IL U.S.A. Posts: 25 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Out of curiosity, was the torpedo fired from the tube before the reload a steam torpedo set to medium or fast speed? Just wonder if it won't reload because the speed dial on the TDC is something other than slow. EDIT: Re read your first post about it being the other way around.