knotmeter errors

joegrundman · 08-19-07, 09:14 PM

Occasionally I find i can't set my speed in terms of knots. For example, i try to set to 8kts, instead it travels at 5 or 6. The arm on the knot meter just goes straight past 8 to the 5 or 6 mark. (It's a flat calm by the way)

When this happens and i use the telegraph, the speeds it adopts are not the normal speeds either. For example ahead standard is 9-10kts - this is a VIIB, 1939.

Has anyone else encountered this, and is it just one of dem tings, or is it a known issue?

joe

Friedl9te · 08-20-07, 02:46 AM

Are there enough men in the engine department ?
Are they fit or tired/fatigue ?
Is the engine damaged ?

joea · 08-20-07, 03:11 AM

Are you recharging batteries? Til they are recharged...only one motor is running a prop as the other is recharging the battery.

joegrundman · 08-20-07, 03:23 AM

No i don't think it's any of those things at all. The only thing that cured it was to save, exit and reload...

it is however a new campaign with a raw crew and that can make it hard to fully load out the engine room. However, i still don't think it's that

mowgli99 · 08-20-07, 06:20 PM

it could be weather. Even if it looks calm the wind and waves slows you down.

08-19-07, 09:14 PM	#1
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	knotmeter errors Occasionally I find i can't set my speed in terms of knots. For example, i try to set to 8kts, instead it travels at 5 or 6. The arm on the knot meter just goes straight past 8 to the 5 or 6 mark. (It's a flat calm by the way) When this happens and i use the telegraph, the speeds it adopts are not the normal speeds either. For example ahead standard is 9-10kts - this is a VIIB, 1939. Has anyone else encountered this, and is it just one of dem tings, or is it a known issue? joe __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

08-20-07, 02:46 AM	#2
Friedl9te Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 268 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Are there enough men in the engine department ? Are they fit or tired/fatigue ? Is the engine damaged ? __________________ Gute Jagd Ihr Himmelhunde Friedl9te Friedl9te SilentHunter III Help Thread (Sorry in German)

08-20-07, 03:23 AM	#4
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	No i don't think it's any of those things at all. The only thing that cured it was to save, exit and reload... it is however a new campaign with a raw crew and that can make it hard to fully load out the engine room. However, i still don't think it's that __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

08-20-07, 03:11 AM	#3
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Are you recharging batteries? Til they are recharged...only one motor is running a prop as the other is recharging the battery.

08-20-07, 06:20 PM	#5
mowgli99 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	it could be weather. Even if it looks calm the wind and waves slows you down.