What the hell just happened (503 meters and still alive!)?

cawimmer430 · 09-20-09, 11:37 AM

Ok,

So I managed to have my Acer laptop repaired insisting on Vista 32, installed SH3 and it works.

So, started a career and have been playing all weekend. It's early 1942 in my career. Long story short, I attacked a massive convoy of over 20 ships abou 300 km off the coast of Ireland that protected by two Flower Corvettes. I managed to sink three cargo ships (I always go after the big ships in these situations) and evade the Flower Corvettes. Then, I set up another attack but the Flower Corvettes homed in on me after I fired two torpedoes. I was depth charged and suffered terrible damage. Watch tower, FLAK, deck gun, stern dive planes and sonar all destroyed. My compressor was also destroyed and I have severe flooding. My damage control team immediately took care of it but I couldn't not prevent my submarine from descending. The moment I passed 200 m I closed my eyes and thought that this is it. But to my amazement my submarine was still intact. I went down all the way to 503 meters and that's when I got flooding under control. The convoy was still above me and I was in no shape to fight or evade the escorts so I waited it out until they were gone. Sonar and hydrophone are damaged beyond repair but I order an emergency ballast blow - nothing happens. I give speed commands and nothing happens. My boat doesn't move. Rudder controls are functional but my commands don't seem to work. I'm basically stuck at 503 meters and can't move or blow ballast.

WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT IS WRONG HERE?

Is this a bug with the game or something? Because at 503 m I should have been crushed. Incidentally that was the bottom of that part of the ocean. My submarine was sitting on the ocean bed totally immobile.

09-20-09, 11:37 AM	#1
cawimmer430 Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 114 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	What the hell just happened (503 meters and still alive!)? Ok, So I managed to have my Acer laptop repaired insisting on Vista 32, installed SH3 and it works. So, started a career and have been playing all weekend. It's early 1942 in my career. Long story short, I attacked a massive convoy of over 20 ships abou 300 km off the coast of Ireland that protected by two Flower Corvettes. I managed to sink three cargo ships (I always go after the big ships in these situations) and evade the Flower Corvettes. Then, I set up another attack but the Flower Corvettes homed in on me after I fired two torpedoes. I was depth charged and suffered terrible damage. Watch tower, FLAK, deck gun, stern dive planes and sonar all destroyed. My compressor was also destroyed and I have severe flooding. My damage control team immediately took care of it but I couldn't not prevent my submarine from descending. The moment I passed 200 m I closed my eyes and thought that this is it. But to my amazement my submarine was still intact. I went down all the way to 503 meters and that's when I got flooding under control. The convoy was still above me and I was in no shape to fight or evade the escorts so I waited it out until they were gone. Sonar and hydrophone are damaged beyond repair but I order an emergency ballast blow - nothing happens. I give speed commands and nothing happens. My boat doesn't move. Rudder controls are functional but my commands don't seem to work. I'm basically stuck at 503 meters and can't move or blow ballast. WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT IS WRONG HERE? Is this a bug with the game or something? Because at 503 m I should have been crushed. Incidentally that was the bottom of that part of the ocean. My submarine was sitting on the ocean bed totally immobile.