Burning Ships

Boogaboo · 03-12-10, 03:11 PM

Hey all,

I have run out or fish and ammo and have a nicely burning tanker going with a nice rearward list.... will it ever sink???

Any know if burning ships will sink in time?

Thanks
Kevin

kylania · 03-12-10, 03:19 PM

Nope, burning is apparently entirely cosmetic.

Boogaboo · 03-12-10, 03:26 PM

Well that is a great damage model.

Thanks for the reply.

Kev

ParaB · 03-12-10, 03:27 PM

I'd love to see a mod that would cause fire to actually contribute to damage, over time.

SteamWake · 03-12-10, 03:28 PM

Id like to see ships that were heavily damaged at least slow down and start to list

Piddyx · 03-12-10, 06:50 PM

You can tap it with your conning tower. I sunk a destroyer like that.

Sunfighter · 03-12-10, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Piddyx

You can tap it with your conning tower. I sunk a destroyer like that.

No offense, but a tanker is MUCH much bigger then a DD. It would most likely kill you instead.

I tried to finish off a tanker by adding my subs weight to the back end, much like i did in SH3, but it doesnt seem to work in SH5. All i was able to do was push the tanker from 5kts up to 12kts lol....then i gave up and just tried to push it into other ships in the convoy lol.

WolverineFW · 03-12-10, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

Nope, burning is apparently entirely cosmetic.

Even better is with the boat in flames the crew continues to preform their duties while roasting like an Xmas Turkey. Apparently no lifeboats aboard or common sense.

krupp_88mm · 03-12-10, 10:26 PM

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o offense, but a tanker is MUCH much bigger then a DD. It would most likely kill you instead.

not if you have a 2000 hit point conning tower

which you probably have

Conrad von Kaiser · 03-13-10, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by WolverineFW

Even better is with the boat in flames the crew continues to preform their duties while roasting like an Xmas Turkey. Apparently no lifeboats aboard or common sense.

It's even better watching them walk around deck like nothing's wrong, +50 feet under the water.

At least in SH4 if you hit their general location they'd fall over and disappear.

Personally, I like SH5 but the one thing that kills this game for me is the dang damage model.

03-12-10, 03:11 PM	#1
Boogaboo Nub Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Burning Ships Hey all, I have run out or fish and ammo and have a nicely burning tanker going with a nice rearward list.... will it ever sink??? Any know if burning ships will sink in time? Thanks Kevin

03-12-10, 03:19 PM	#2
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Nope, burning is apparently entirely cosmetic. __________________

03-12-10, 03:26 PM	#3
Boogaboo Nub Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Ah bugger Well that is a great damage model. Thanks for the reply. Kev

03-12-10, 03:28 PM	#5
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Id like to see ships that were heavily damaged at least slow down and start to list __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

03-12-10, 06:50 PM	#6
Piddyx Watch Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 18 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Conning Tower Trick Still Works You can tap it with your conning tower. I sunk a destroyer like that.

03-12-10, 03:27 PM	#4
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I'd love to see a mod that would cause fire to actually contribute to damage, over time.