Destroyed engines?

OlegM · 05-19-07, 01:04 PM

I had my diesel engines destroyed on my last patrol - could not move, could not repair them, could not abandon the sub.....

What do you hardcore players do under those circumstances?

BTW two diesel were shown as destroyed, but the other two were OK, so I wonder why the game would not let me proceed with half speed or something??

Pretty damn stupid and frustrating....

AVGWarhawk · 05-19-07, 01:07 PM

Dead in the water. Start a new career and make it a learning experience. That is what I do. Sucks but it is what it is.

To bad we can not run each engine individually. That would be a neat trick

CaptainHaplo · 05-19-07, 01:12 PM

I have never had this happen so I cant answer, but I can throw out one possibility - IF the game still lets you charge batteries. If so - then submerge - run electrics all the way home. Yes - its a slow trip at 2 knots, but if you want to save the career (and dont just want to load the a save) then this may be the only way to do it. Good Luck either way!

GoldenRivet · 05-19-07, 01:14 PM

what about your electric motors? can you submerge and proceed on those? i heard that SH4 magically recharges them when your surfaced. go on the electrics til they are dead, surface and let them charge.

OlegM · 05-19-07, 01:30 PM

Well it's kinda stupid...... any similar examples in historic sub literature? I mean I've read my share of sub related books but have never seen the case of sub being stranded due to destroyed engines. If the engines are beyond repair then the whole sub oughta been sunk, no?

CaptainHaplo · 05-19-07, 03:51 PM

One would think so - although the USS Jack chugged under the Golden Gate bridge with one engine out of four - but that was due to the design (HOR engines) vs battle damage. Any battle damage that would destroy the engines - or damage them sufficient to make them inoperable - would destroy the sub one would think.

Here we see where the damage model still needs work....

McBeck · 05-21-07, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

what about your electric motors? can you submerge and proceed on those? i heard that SH4 magically recharges them when your surfaced. go on the electrics til they are dead, surface and let them charge.

Thats what I heard too...never tried it though...my PC just got fried

05-19-07, 01:04 PM	#1
OlegM Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Destroyed engines? I had my diesel engines destroyed on my last patrol - could not move, could not repair them, could not abandon the sub..... What do you hardcore players do under those circumstances? BTW two diesel were shown as destroyed, but the other two were OK, so I wonder why the game would not let me proceed with half speed or something?? Pretty damn stupid and frustrating....

05-19-07, 01:07 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Dead in the water. Start a new career and make it a learning experience. That is what I do. Sucks but it is what it is. To bad we can not run each engine individually. That would be a neat trick __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-19-07, 01:12 PM	#3
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I have never had this happen so I cant answer, but I can throw out one possibility - IF the game still lets you charge batteries. If so - then submerge - run electrics all the way home. Yes - its a slow trip at 2 knots, but if you want to save the career (and dont just want to load the a save) then this may be the only way to do it. Good Luck either way! __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

05-19-07, 01:14 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	what about your electric motors? can you submerge and proceed on those? i heard that SH4 magically recharges them when your surfaced. go on the electrics til they are dead, surface and let them charge. __________________

05-19-07, 03:51 PM	#6
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	One would think so - although the USS Jack chugged under the Golden Gate bridge with one engine out of four - but that was due to the design (HOR engines) vs battle damage. Any battle damage that would destroy the engines - or damage them sufficient to make them inoperable - would destroy the sub one would think. Here we see where the damage model still needs work.... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

05-19-07, 01:30 PM	#5
OlegM Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Well it's kinda stupid...... any similar examples in historic sub literature? I mean I've read my share of sub related books but have never seen the case of sub being stranded due to destroyed engines. If the engines are beyond repair then the whole sub oughta been sunk, no?