n00b question on damage

Mount Suribachi · 12-15-09, 01:05 PM

THis is my first time playing a subsim since Silent Service on my Amstrad 464 back in the 90s so forgive my noobness.

In my 2nd patrol out of Brisbane in S-47, on the way north towards the Solomons and the invasion of Guadalcanal, I found myself amid a USN taskforce, including a carrier. Still being close to Oz and a couple of miles from said carrier I was quite happy to run on the surface, even when my radar detected an airborne contact that was going to pass to the north of me, assuming it was a from the carrier.

Wrong! It was a Zero that turned on me before I realised and could dive. Anyway, took some damage astern and almost entire crew wounded. Flooded engine room and damaged batteries and diesels. Eventually got it all fixed and water pumped out, but my boat was still running underwater at a 30 degree bow angle-up, and anything less than flank resulted in her slowly sinking down.......so I surface and decide to head for home.

Except my engines won't run. I just sat there. So despite everything being fixed on the damage screen, I couldn't move on the surface couldn't run straight underwater.

What gives? Was I doing something wrong? Is there more serious damage that doesn't show up on the damage screen?

Thx

12-15-09, 01:05 PM	#1
Mount Suribachi Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lincolnshire, England Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	n00b question on damage THis is my first time playing a subsim since Silent Service on my Amstrad 464 back in the 90s so forgive my noobness. In my 2nd patrol out of Brisbane in S-47, on the way north towards the Solomons and the invasion of Guadalcanal, I found myself amid a USN taskforce, including a carrier. Still being close to Oz and a couple of miles from said carrier I was quite happy to run on the surface, even when my radar detected an airborne contact that was going to pass to the north of me, assuming it was a from the carrier. Wrong! It was a Zero that turned on me before I realised and could dive. Anyway, took some damage astern and almost entire crew wounded. Flooded engine room and damaged batteries and diesels. Eventually got it all fixed and water pumped out, but my boat was still running underwater at a 30 degree bow angle-up, and anything less than flank resulted in her slowly sinking down.......so I surface and decide to head for home. Except my engines won't run. I just sat there. So despite everything being fixed on the damage screen, I couldn't move on the surface couldn't run straight underwater. What gives? Was I doing something wrong? Is there more serious damage that doesn't show up on the damage screen? Thx __________________ "[Nelson] be damned, lets get the hell out of here" Admiral Felix Stump, commander Taffy 2, Battle of Leyte Gulf. Last edited by Mount Suribachi; 12-15-09 at 03:53 PM.