Crew management

Bilge_Rat · 04-07-07, 04:19 AM

very nice. No more having to babysit every sailor as in SH3.

Crews will rotate on their own every 4 hours, very navy like. Crewmen will sleep, if they are too tired.

You can still micromanage, but the AI XO will do it about 80% as well, so I let him handle it and just check the big board 2-3 times a day.

One nice touch, the crew gets more fatigued in rough weather, but you can recover quickly if you dive to a easy depth, say 150 feet and let them rest. Just watch your battery level at high TC.

one nitpick, It would be nice if you could tell at a glance the fatigue level of the crew, like the health, without having to click on each one.

Razman23 · 04-07-07, 08:33 AM

LOL, the best one I had with the crew was when my sub suddenly went dead in the water while surfaced. I showed full speed ahead but was only doing one knot.

At first, I thought that maybe I had engine failure because every time I tried to change speed, I got a 'not able to comply'.

So I went to the crew page and low and behold, my whole crew on watch was asleep!

:rotfl:

So I ordered and then canceled battle stations and that fixed it.

JFL1 · 04-07-07, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Razman23

So I went to the crew page and low and behold, my whole crew on watch was asleep!

So I ordered and then canceled battle stations and that fixed it.

Happened to me more than once!
A couple of times, it was even funnier (so to speak, as I was pi****): the whole crew was sound asleep!

Bilge_Rat · 04-07-07, 09:32 AM

You have to keep an eye on your crew to make sure they get enough rest. I take a look at the board after every watch change to make sure everything is ok.

con20or · 04-07-07, 09:36 AM

This is news to me! A nice touch!

But they can all go asleep?? Kind of dangerous.

What does battle stations do?

Bilge_Rat · 04-07-07, 09:50 AM

When they reach 45-50 fatigue, they go to sleep on their own. Usually, its not an issue, since with the crew rotating, the most tired ones go to sleep, although I find I still need to tuck in a few recalcitrant sailors after every watch change.

In my current campaign, two weeks out of Pearl, all the crewmembers on watch are at 0-5 fatigue and the ones off watch vary between 10-30.

With battlestations on, you get increased crew efficiency, but no one goes to sleep until you turn it off, so you could wind with the whole crew at 100% fatigue.

Also rough weather will increase the fatigue weather, I just went through 3 continuous days of rough weather. After spending eight hours on the surface, I had some crewmembers with 60-70 of fatigue. I dove down to 120 feet and put the two offwatch to sleep, since the ones over 50 pretty much keel over anywhere.

After 6 hours underwater, everyone was refreshed to face the storm. Sometimes, I feel I am in charge of a kindergarden instead of a sub.

04-07-07, 04:19 AM	#1
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	Crew management very nice. No more having to babysit every sailor as in SH3. Crews will rotate on their own every 4 hours, very navy like. Crewmen will sleep, if they are too tired. You can still micromanage, but the AI XO will do it about 80% as well, so I let him handle it and just check the big board 2-3 times a day. One nice touch, the crew gets more fatigued in rough weather, but you can recover quickly if you dive to a easy depth, say 150 feet and let them rest. Just watch your battery level at high TC. one nitpick, It would be nice if you could tell at a glance the fatigue level of the crew, like the health, without having to click on each one.

04-07-07, 08:33 AM	#2
Razman23 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	LOL, the best one I had with the crew was when my sub suddenly went dead in the water while surfaced. I showed full speed ahead but was only doing one knot. At first, I thought that maybe I had engine failure because every time I tried to change speed, I got a 'not able to comply'. So I went to the crew page and low and behold, my whole crew on watch was asleep! :rotfl: So I ordered and then canceled battle stations and that fixed it. __________________ Raz === "Wir haben einen LKW versenkt!" Kptlt.. W.M. Kraus U-112 2nd Flotilla Brest === "We sunk a truck!" Captain Matt Sherman USS Sea Tiger Cavite Naval Yards Phillippine Islands

04-07-07, 09:36 AM	#5
con20or Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 269 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	This is news to me! A nice touch! But they can all go asleep?? Kind of dangerous. What does battle stations do? __________________ QA Lead on Scourge of War - http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml (98% rating on Armchair general) - http://www.armchairgeneral.com/scour...ame-review.htm SoW Waterloo Announced for 2015!!

04-07-07, 09:32 AM	#4
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	You have to keep an eye on your crew to make sure they get enough rest. I take a look at the board after every watch change to make sure everything is ok.

04-07-07, 09:50 AM	#6
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	When they reach 45-50 fatigue, they go to sleep on their own. Usually, its not an issue, since with the crew rotating, the most tired ones go to sleep, although I find I still need to tuck in a few recalcitrant sailors after every watch change. In my current campaign, two weeks out of Pearl, all the crewmembers on watch are at 0-5 fatigue and the ones off watch vary between 10-30. With battlestations on, you get increased crew efficiency, but no one goes to sleep until you turn it off, so you could wind with the whole crew at 100% fatigue. Also rough weather will increase the fatigue weather, I just went through 3 continuous days of rough weather. After spending eight hours on the surface, I had some crewmembers with 60-70 of fatigue. I dove down to 120 feet and put the two offwatch to sleep, since the ones over 50 pretty much keel over anywhere. After 6 hours underwater, everyone was refreshed to face the storm. Sometimes, I feel I am in charge of a kindergarden instead of a sub.