Controlling Flooding

nightdagger · 12-10-06, 03:39 PM

How exactly do you control flooding? Do you just have your men repair those compartments? The reason why I'm asking (I would just show a pic here but I forgot to set something so none of the screenshots worked) is that I just sunk a Liberty Cargo in 43 off the SW coast of Ireland and they sent a task force to hunt me down. The first pass I was right under a Hunt III and he missed me but on another pass, a DC hit my control room and there's about 2 and a half minutes until it floods completely.

MRV · 12-10-06, 03:45 PM

Yes, flooding is controlled the same way as damage.

Just send as many men as you can afford to the repair section,then mark the control room and hope for the best.

nightdagger · 12-10-06, 04:07 PM

Wonderful...I guess I'm screwed but thanks anyway ;-)

d@rk51d3 · 12-10-06, 04:44 PM

It helps to have men in the damaged compartment, as well as men in the repair crew working on the damage. Seems to get things fixed a bit quicker.

mookiemookie · 12-10-06, 04:48 PM

If I have flooding in multiple compartments, I make sure that they're fully crewed. Crewmen in a compartment will repair damage, just not as efficiently as a damage repair team will. I then fully man the damage control team and assign them to the areas with the worst flooding, and hope for the best.

Sometimes you're just flat out screwed though

Jimbuna · 12-10-06, 04:51 PM

Try to ensure you always have at least one officer and two Petty Officers qualifie in 'Repair'...they will be a boon in times of trouble

nightdagger · 12-10-06, 05:40 PM

I decided screw it...I had Bow Torpedo, Forward Barracks, Sonar/Radio, and Command Rooms all flooding with about 2 minutes until full. I just surfaced and tried to take on the destroyer battlegroup. I only got one torpedo launched until I sank, though.

Safe-Keeper · 12-10-06, 05:41 PM

Oh, and Silent Running halts all repairs, including work on flooding. Hit "Z" to turn Silent Running off when repairing or fighting leaks.

peterloo · 12-11-06, 12:35 AM

Just like other repairs ... Ask crews to do it

For flooding, I will ask all the able man to patch it for me, since it is critical & hazardous. Also I usually try to keep my boat close to surface (i.e. periscope depth) Don't think that your crews can patch up the boat when it is at 200m deep

By the way, the boat really sinks (very slowly) when there is flooding

TarJak · 12-11-06, 12:57 AM

Always get them onto the comartment that will take the most time to get under control first. This means other compartments might flood out while you are repairing but if you don't that compartment will be the first to go.

Jimbuna · 12-11-06, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by nightdagger

I decided screw it...I had Bow Torpedo, Forward Barracks, Sonar/Radio, and Command Rooms all flooding with about 2 minutes until full. I just surfaced and tried to take on the destroyer battlegroup. I only got one torpedo launched until I sank, though.

Now that's a suprise lol

AVGWarhawk · 12-11-06, 01:08 PM

Controlling flooding, how to:

Put a cork in it.

AS · 12-11-06, 01:20 PM

In a way the SH3 way to stop flooding is very German: the crew doesn´t do anything unless someone gives an order ;-) And how does an American skipper stop flooding? He doesn´t. He gets a lawyer and sues the guys who built the sub. LOL AS

AVGWarhawk · 12-11-06, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AS

In a way the SH3 way to stop flooding is very German: the crew doesn´t do anything unless someone gives an order ;-) And how does an American skipper stop flooding? He doesn´t. He gets a lawyer and sues the guys who built the sub. LOL AS

Sadly enough, that is pretty much the truth.

AS · 12-11-06, 01:28 PM

Yeah. Although Germans do not any longer care much for orders these days (which is a good thing considering what happened in the third Reich) they love making things as complex and complicated as can be. Lots of discussion before stopping any flooding nowadays... Cheers, AS

12-10-06, 03:39 PM	#1
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Controlling Flooding How exactly do you control flooding? Do you just have your men repair those compartments? The reason why I'm asking (I would just show a pic here but I forgot to set something so none of the screenshots worked) is that I just sunk a Liberty Cargo in 43 off the SW coast of Ireland and they sent a task force to hunt me down. The first pass I was right under a Hunt III and he missed me but on another pass, a DC hit my control room and there's about 2 and a half minutes until it floods completely.

12-10-06, 04:48 PM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	If I have flooding in multiple compartments, I make sure that they're fully crewed. Crewmen in a compartment will repair damage, just not as efficiently as a damage repair team will. I then fully man the damage control team and assign them to the areas with the worst flooding, and hope for the best. Sometimes you're just flat out screwed though __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

12-10-06, 04:51 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Try to ensure you always have at least one officer and two Petty Officers qualifie in 'Repair'...they will be a boon in times of trouble __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-10-06, 05:41 PM	#8
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Oh, and Silent Running halts all repairs, including work on flooding. Hit "Z" to turn Silent Running off when repairing or fighting leaks. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

12-11-06, 12:35 AM	#9
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Just like other repairs ... Ask crews to do it For flooding, I will ask all the able man to patch it for me, since it is critical & hazardous. Also I usually try to keep my boat close to surface (i.e. periscope depth) Don't think that your crews can patch up the boat when it is at 200m deep By the way, the boat really sinks (very slowly) when there is flooding __________________ Romeo is here, but where is Juliet? The 中国水兵 (Chinese Sailor) in subsim

12-10-06, 03:45 PM	#2
MRV Frogman Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 296 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Yes, flooding is controlled the same way as damage. Just send as many men as you can afford to the repair section,then mark the control room and hope for the best.

12-10-06, 04:07 PM	#3
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wonderful...I guess I'm screwed but thanks anyway ;-)

12-10-06, 04:44 PM	#4
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,951 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	It helps to have men in the damaged compartment, as well as men in the repair crew working on the damage. Seems to get things fixed a bit quicker.

12-10-06, 05:40 PM	#7
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I decided screw it...I had Bow Torpedo, Forward Barracks, Sonar/Radio, and Command Rooms all flooding with about 2 minutes until full. I just surfaced and tried to take on the destroyer battlegroup. I only got one torpedo launched until I sank, though.

12-11-06, 12:57 AM	#10
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Always get them onto the comartment that will take the most time to get under control first. This means other compartments might flood out while you are repairing but if you don't that compartment will be the first to go.

12-11-06, 01:08 PM	#12
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Controlling flooding, how to: Put a cork in it. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-11-06, 01:20 PM	#13
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	In a way the SH3 way to stop flooding is very German: the crew doesn´t do anything unless someone gives an order ;-) And how does an American skipper stop flooding? He doesn´t. He gets a lawyer and sues the guys who built the sub. LOL AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

12-11-06, 01:28 PM	#15
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Yeah. Although Germans do not any longer care much for orders these days (which is a good thing considering what happened in the third Reich) they love making things as complex and complicated as can be. Lots of discussion before stopping any flooding nowadays... Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)