[REQ] Actually flooding - Page 2

mobucks · 04-08-10, 12:49 PM

"Go down and call the launch" My dad ordered as we approached our mooring in Raritan Bay, NJ. He had taken me and my GF for a quick pleasure cruise in his 28' sloop. The whole time we were on deck watching the sun go down, taking in the sights, feeling the cool breeze on our faces.

"Yes Cap'n" I replied; it was obvious by now we were showing off our seamanship to the GF, hoping she would have a nice tale to tell to her parents, also avid sailors.

I wasn't shocked when i went down into the cabin to use the radio. I had known this was the devil's ship loong before this little cruise around the bay. I was up to the knee in water, if i had gone down to the lower cabin i would have been near waist deep. The GF was shocked but not horrified, i had warned her before we even drove to the marina that if something can go wrong on the Wyvern, it would.

What followed was our own little Das Boot moment. The prop shaft on the diesel had snapped and we were taking water at a substantial rate. Thankfully we were less than a mile from the harbor docks. As i pumped water out i watched as my dad donned his snorkel and literally swam inside the diesel compartment, periodicly coming up for air as he fought to plug the offending leak.

We made it to the dock under sail power and what followed was two straight hours of pumping and bucketing water into the bilge to the point where my arms felt like they were going to fall off. We saved the hell ship.

Needless to say the GF had an exciting tale to tell her parents.

The General · 04-08-10, 03:06 PM

I really enjoyed this story

John Channing · 04-08-10, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Can someone make me a mod so it plugs into my brain and I feel like I'm really there? Maybe even drown when the boat floods?

Take the blue pill. Not the red... the blue pill.

Shouldn't be too obscure.

JCC

audessy · 04-09-10, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CptCirillo

I just think flooding would add more realism to the game instead of it cutting out and saying i "died"

That is actually being worked on. I have a chunk of data that you paste into your zones.cfg file. You must crank your U-boats hitpoints for this to work in the submarine's .zon file. See this post. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=167114

Also drifter is working on a longer repair times mod.

Drifter · 04-09-10, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by audessy

That is actually being worked on. I have a chunk of data that you paste into your zones.cfg file. You must crank your U-boats hitpoints for this to work in the submarine's .zon file. See this post. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=167114

Also drifter is working on a longer repair times mod.

Great work, audessy. Sounds very interesting.

04-08-10, 03:06 PM	#17
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	I really enjoyed this story __________________ *THE GENERAL*

04-08-10, 12:49 PM	#16
mobucks Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 713 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	"Go down and call the launch" My dad ordered as we approached our mooring in Raritan Bay, NJ. He had taken me and my GF for a quick pleasure cruise in his 28' sloop. The whole time we were on deck watching the sun go down, taking in the sights, feeling the cool breeze on our faces. "Yes Cap'n" I replied; it was obvious by now we were showing off our seamanship to the GF, hoping she would have a nice tale to tell to her parents, also avid sailors. I wasn't shocked when i went down into the cabin to use the radio. I had known this was the devil's ship loong before this little cruise around the bay. I was up to the knee in water, if i had gone down to the lower cabin i would have been near waist deep. The GF was shocked but not horrified, i had warned her before we even drove to the marina that if something can go wrong on the Wyvern, it would. What followed was our own little Das Boot moment. The prop shaft on the diesel had snapped and we were taking water at a substantial rate. Thankfully we were less than a mile from the harbor docks. As i pumped water out i watched as my dad donned his snorkel and literally swam inside the diesel compartment, periodicly coming up for air as he fought to plug the offending leak. We made it to the dock under sail power and what followed was two straight hours of pumping and bucketing water into the bilge to the point where my arms felt like they were going to fall off. We saved the hell ship. Needless to say the GF had an exciting tale to tell her parents.