Why does my boat keep going deeper?

Piggy · 09-16-08, 12:33 PM

Last night I was playing hide and seek with some corvettes, I made a successfull attack on a convoy and then went deep to about 140m, set engine RPM to 50 but my boat slowly keeps going deeper and deeper untill Im forced to throttle up and return to a safer depth, thus giving myself away for a period of time?

It doesnt happen all the time, so whats causing this, is it deep water currents (forcing me down when I dont have enough power to maintian depth) or fatigued crew in the control room?

PS: I didnt have any damage to my boat so that can be ruled out.

Sailor Steve · 09-16-08, 12:38 PM

NYGM does that. GWX used to have the boat go up at slow speeds. Today it goes down, but only if you have some damage. If neither of those are the case, I don't know what to tell you.

Blast from the past: In Aces Of The Deep you would start to slowly sink, then get the message "Cannot maintain depth unless we run the pumps!"

Letum · 09-16-08, 12:39 PM

Did you crash dive? That can cause depth keeping problems.

Piggy · 09-16-08, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Did you crash dive? That can cause depth keeping problems.

Yes I did, but crash diving takes you to 70m, I manually set my depth to 140m. Im curious why crash diving would cause this though?

Nicolas · 09-16-08, 01:02 PM

Yes, it is the crash dive, if you crash dive let the sub go to 70 m and wait at ahead flank a moment then you can go deeper, if you set a depth after a crash dive the boat will tend to dive, and at 2 knots speed it will dive alone.

Piggy · 09-16-08, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicolas

Yes, it is the crash dive, if you crash dive let the sub go to 70 m and wait at ahead flank a moment then you can go deeper, if you set a depth after a crash dive the boat will tend to dive, and at 2 knots speed it will dive alone.

Ahh, good to know!

Thanks

09-16-08, 12:33 PM	#1
Piggy Ensign Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 234 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	Why does my boat keep going deeper? Last night I was playing hide and seek with some corvettes, I made a successfull attack on a convoy and then went deep to about 140m, set engine RPM to 50 but my boat slowly keeps going deeper and deeper untill Im forced to throttle up and return to a safer depth, thus giving myself away for a period of time? It doesnt happen all the time, so whats causing this, is it deep water currents (forcing me down when I dont have enough power to maintian depth) or fatigued crew in the control room? PS: I didnt have any damage to my boat so that can be ruled out.

09-16-08, 12:38 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	NYGM does that. GWX used to have the boat go up at slow speeds. Today it goes down, but only if you have some damage. If neither of those are the case, I don't know what to tell you. Blast from the past: In Aces Of The Deep you would start to slowly sink, then get the message "Cannot maintain depth unless we run the pumps!" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

09-16-08, 12:39 PM	#3
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Did you crash dive? That can cause depth keeping problems. __________________

09-16-08, 01:02 PM	#5
Nicolas Commander Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Uruguay Posts: 453 Downloads: 196 Uploads: 4	Yes, it is the crash dive, if you crash dive let the sub go to 70 m and wait at ahead flank a moment then you can go deeper, if you set a depth after a crash dive the boat will tend to dive, and at 2 knots speed it will dive alone.