Maru Multiplicity

Dolemite- · 09-12-08, 08:29 PM

Hey all, Im a lurker here but this is something I've never seen or heard of before in either SH3 or 4. Im in the Sargo entering the Java sea through the Lombok strait when we spot a single merchant. I do the usual, plot its course and speed and set my self up for the shot. I fire two torps, one is a dud, the other hits the port side just forward of the port propeller, bringing it to a stop. It looks like it should sink without further damage from me, so I kick in high TC and wait for a few seconds. I bring it back to 1x to check how far along it is and I notice something strange is happening...

It is replicating itself

It is now two completely independent ships with the exact same damage

Map screen confirms

But will they both sink? And will I get credit for both?

Yes, and yes

Like I said I've never heard of this before, maybe its an old bug but it blew my mind.

SteamWake · 09-12-08, 08:49 PM

Wow !

Quick someone get the flashy thing.

These goverment experiments are getting out of hand!

Truly bizzare :hmm:

Sailor Steve · 09-12-08, 11:52 PM

Amoeba Maru.
:rotfl:

No, I've never heard of anyone mentioning anything like that either.

Nisgeis · 09-13-08, 02:48 AM

Awwww, it gave birth. Cigars for everyone!

I know you can blow a ship in two, but it's usually not quite like that

.

Sometimes, ships spawn together on top of themselves, with the same course and speed, so that may be what happened here. It used to happen in SH3 too, but I think they exploded from collision damage when that happened.

Arclight · 09-14-08, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Amoeba Maru.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Was just thinking "reminds of bacteria" and then I read that. It nearly killed me.

I've seen a lot of weird things, but this one takes the cake.

Welcome aboard, Dolemite-.

Seminole · 09-14-08, 06:31 PM

Yes without a doubt this is very,very strange....almost too strange... don't you think???...what is even stranger is the fact that you just happened to be observing this veridical paradox as the very instant it took place,and again just happened to have had the presence of mind to take screen shots to document the entire dramatic sequence.... from beginning to end...:hmm: ....I'm thinking someone from a covertly funded unknown government gaming agency will approch you soon,late at night demanding you surrender some DNA...and don't think that we...er..ah.... I mean they are unaware of the Dolomite-Startrek connection either...

...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...Search&aq=f&oq=

We strongly suspect you have perfected a reverse Corbomite coating that instead of creating a reverse reaction of equal strength intended to destroy the attacker....instead duplicates the target being attacked...

..which may end submarine sims forever. Why...In a matter of months all hard drives could be packed solid with these spontaneous generations...

I quite imagine that just the unrealistic aspect of this phenomenon,if it can't be modded out, will cause a half dozen suicides on this board alone...

SteamWake · 09-14-08, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seminole

Yes without a doubt this is very,very strange....almost too strange... don't you think???...what is even stranger is the fact that you just happened to be observing this veridical paradox as the very instant it took place,and again just happened to have had the presence of mind to take screen shots to document the entire dramatic sequence.... from beginning to end...:hmm: ....I'm thinking someone from a covertly funded unknown government gaming agency will approch you soon,late at night demanding you surrender some DNA...and don't think that we...er..ah.... I mean they are unaware of the Dolomite-Startrek connection either...

...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...Search&aq=f&oq=

We strongly suspect you have perfected a reverse Corbomite coating that instead of creating a reverse reaction of equal strength intended to destroy the attacker....instead duplicates the target being attacked...

..which may end submarine sims forever. Why...In a matter of months all hard drives could be packed solid with these spontaneous generations...

I quite imagine that just the unrealistic aspect of this phenomenon,if it can't be modded out, will cause a half dozen suicides on this board alone...

Wow.. uhhh Seminole.. put the bowl down and slowly back away

skookum · 09-14-08, 08:42 PM

I see two ships sunk icons. Did you get credit for both?

Dolemite- · 09-14-08, 09:51 PM

Yeah, I got credit for both, added up to 10,000+ tons. Nisgeis, thats what I figured, two ships spawned inside each other and my torp dislodged them.

Seminole, I think I'll stay faar away from you.

SteamWake · 09-14-08, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dolemite-

Seminole, I think I'll stay faar away from you.

He is mostly harmless...... mostly. :hmm:

claybirdd · 09-14-08, 10:20 PM

You are not alone my friend. I too have observed this phenomenon though long ago, while using RSRD in the solomon islands. It was reported and he released a patch soon after. Are you using any mods that change the campaign files? I believe the ship i saw copy itself was a Hog Island Freighter i believe. anyways at least you took pics.

Seminole · 09-15-08, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dolemite-

Yeah, I got credit for both, added up to 10,000+ tons. Nisgeis, thats what I figured, two ships spawned inside each other and my torp dislodged them.

Seminole, I think I'll stay faar away from you.

...now theres some good advice...

09-12-08, 08:29 PM	#1
Dolemite- Watch Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 15 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	Maru Multiplicity Hey all, Im a lurker here but this is something I've never seen or heard of before in either SH3 or 4. Im in the Sargo entering the Java sea through the Lombok strait when we spot a single merchant. I do the usual, plot its course and speed and set my self up for the shot. I fire two torps, one is a dud, the other hits the port side just forward of the port propeller, bringing it to a stop. It looks like it should sink without further damage from me, so I kick in high TC and wait for a few seconds. I bring it back to 1x to check how far along it is and I notice something strange is happening... It is replicating itself It is now two completely independent ships with the exact same damage Map screen confirms But will they both sink? And will I get credit for both? Yes, and yes Like I said I've never heard of this before, maybe its an old bug but it blew my mind.

09-12-08, 11:52 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Amoeba Maru. :rotfl: No, I've never heard of anyone mentioning anything like that either. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-13-08, 02:48 AM	#4
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Awwww, it gave birth. Cigars for everyone! I know you can blow a ship in two, but it's usually not quite like that . Sometimes, ships spawn together on top of themselves, with the same course and speed, so that may be what happened here. It used to happen in SH3 too, but I think they exploded from collision damage when that happened. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

09-14-08, 06:31 PM	#6
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Yes without a doubt this is very,very strange....almost too strange... don't you think???...what is even stranger is the fact that you just happened to be observing this veridical paradox as the very instant it took place,and again just happened to have had the presence of mind to take screen shots to document the entire dramatic sequence.... from beginning to end...:hmm: ....I'm thinking someone from a covertly funded unknown government gaming agency will approch you soon,late at night demanding you surrender some DNA...and don't think that we...er..ah.... I mean they are unaware of the Dolomite-Startrek connection either... ... http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...Search&aq=f&oq= We strongly suspect you have perfected a reverse Corbomite coating that instead of creating a reverse reaction of equal strength intended to destroy the attacker....instead duplicates the target being attacked... ..which may end submarine sims forever. Why...In a matter of months all hard drives could be packed solid with these spontaneous generations... I quite imagine that just the unrealistic aspect of this phenomenon,if it can't be modded out, will cause a half dozen suicides on this board alone... __________________

09-14-08, 08:42 PM	#8
skookum Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 351 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I see two ships sunk icons. Did you get credit for both? __________________

09-12-08, 08:49 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wow ! Quick someone get the flashy thing. These goverment experiments are getting out of hand! Truly bizzare :hmm:

09-14-08, 09:51 PM	#9
Dolemite- Watch Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 15 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I got credit for both, added up to 10,000+ tons. Nisgeis, thats what I figured, two ships spawned inside each other and my torp dislodged them. Seminole, I think I'll stay faar away from you.

09-14-08, 10:20 PM	#11
claybirdd Frogman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pulaski Tennessee Posts: 290 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	You are not alone my friend. I too have observed this phenomenon though long ago, while using RSRD in the solomon islands. It was reported and he released a patch soon after. Are you using any mods that change the campaign files? I believe the ship i saw copy itself was a Hog Island Freighter i believe. anyways at least you took pics.