The old "Can't get depth under keel" problem

letterboy1 · 12-20-10, 01:20 PM

Has anything been discovered yet to fix this? So far my searches have only brought up the work-around where you save your game and then reload it, but sometimes this doesn't work for days on end. When I can't get a depth under keel reading it seems that alot of verbal response don't work either, like when you flood a tube or fire a torpedo - I can live without that, but I need my depth under keel reading.

voss · 12-21-10, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by letterboy1

Has anything been discovered yet to fix this? So far my searches have only brought up the work-around where you save your game and then reload it, but sometimes this doesn't work for days on end. When I can't get a depth under keel reading it seems that alot of verbal response don't work either, like when you flood a tube or fire a torpedo - I can live without that, but I need my depth under keel reading.

What, exactly, do you mean by "can't get depth under keel"? Do you not know how to access that information? Or, when you click on the button, or ask the navigator (if you're using the MCBD mod) that there is no response?

Harmsway! · 12-21-10, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by voss

What, exactly, do you mean by "can't get depth under keel"? Do you not know how to access that information? Or, when you click on the button, or ask the navigator (if you're using the MCBD mod) that there is no response?

When you click on the button, or ask the navigator for depth of keel the response is "right away captain". A moment later you hear the ping but no voice reply or text. So there is no way to know where the bottom is. Very frustrating. With me some of the other voice responses quit working too. When I use the arrow keys for left and right rudder the boat will start to turn but I don't get a voice response to the command. I'm uncertain if my command is carried out.

stoppro · 12-21-10, 01:29 PM

that happens sometimes when I save a game.no voices at all and no messages in the message box.I reload that usually fixes it. If it doesn't- go back to port and start new patrol,but I have had to do that only a couple of times.reload usually works.

divittor · 12-21-10, 01:31 PM

If the game is running at time compression higher than 32 you do lose the response to orders by your crew.
Other than that I don't know.

Hope this helps

letterboy1 · 12-21-10, 04:07 PM

I find the lack of response to my "Depth Under Keel" request so irritating, I make sure to test it as soon as a mission is loaded. If I get the response at that time I get it every time for the rest of that play session. If I don't get a depth under keel reading at the start I never get it for the rest of that session. By play session I mean from the time a mission loads until I exit to the menu or desktop.

By the way, when I don't get a "depth under keel" response, I don't get it on the message box either. See, it's not the lack of voice response that really bothers me too much, it's the fact that I get NO response at all and therefor don't know how deep I can go when I'm not in deep waters.

letterboy1 · 12-21-10, 04:13 PM

By the way, I've noticed this problem in stock SH5 as well as in modded SH5, so this is definitely an unsolved bug with no consistent workaround or fix yet available. Although, when I'm in a really shallow place like an enemy port, I'll go to external view as a desparate measure. I mean, I like external view for the pretty graphics, but not as an answer to a bug.

voss · 12-22-10, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

When you click on the button, or ask the navigator for depth of keel the response is "right away captain". A moment later you hear the ping but no voice reply or text. So there is no way to know where the bottom is. Very frustrating. With me some of the other voice responses quit working too. When I use the arrow keys for left and right rudder the boat will start to turn but I don't get a voice response to the command. I'm uncertain if my command is carried out.

Ouch!

I see. I've never experienced this problem, so I'm of no help.

Best of luck.

Harmsway! · 12-20-10, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by longam

Click on the above icon

What does that mean?

letterboy1 · 12-20-10, 07:03 PM

I just see a red "X"

letterboy1 · 12-20-10, 07:05 PM

I see from the properties of the link that it is supposed to lead to a download at a file sharing site, but I can't get it to work.

letterboy1 · 12-20-10, 07:08 PM

That was with Internet Explorer, with Firefox I don't even get the red "X"

Harmsway! · 12-21-10, 07:18 AM

I too am having the depth under keel problem. I was hoping someone would have an answer to this. It's ironic that Longam's reply is very similar to the depth under keel reply.

12-20-10, 01:20 PM	#1
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	The old "Can't get depth under keel" problem Has anything been discovered yet to fix this? So far my searches have only brought up the work-around where you save your game and then reload it, but sometimes this doesn't work for days on end. When I can't get a depth under keel reading it seems that alot of verbal response don't work either, like when you flood a tube or fire a torpedo - I can live without that, but I need my depth under keel reading. __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-21-10, 01:29 PM	#4
stoppro Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: vero beach fl Posts: 380 Downloads: 495 Uploads: 0	that happens sometimes when I save a game.no voices at all and no messages in the message box.I reload that usually fixes it. If it doesn't- go back to port and start new patrol,but I have had to do that only a couple of times.reload usually works. __________________ win 10 64-msi-32gig cosair ddr4-ryzen9-5600evga gtx3060-corsair850watt-2-ssd 500 gig drives 1m2 1tig

12-21-10, 01:31 PM	#5
divittor Bosun Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Posts: 65 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	If the game is running at time compression higher than 32 you do lose the response to orders by your crew. Other than that I don't know. Hope this helps __________________ Don't dive, ram .

12-21-10, 04:07 PM	#6
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I find the lack of response to my "Depth Under Keel" request so irritating, I make sure to test it as soon as a mission is loaded. If I get the response at that time I get it every time for the rest of that play session. If I don't get a depth under keel reading at the start I never get it for the rest of that session. By play session I mean from the time a mission loads until I exit to the menu or desktop. By the way, when I don't get a "depth under keel" response, I don't get it on the message box either. See, it's not the lack of voice response that really bothers me too much, it's the fact that I get NO response at all and therefor don't know how deep I can go when I'm not in deep waters. __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-21-10, 04:13 PM	#7
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	By the way, I've noticed this problem in stock SH5 as well as in modded SH5, so this is definitely an unsolved bug with no consistent workaround or fix yet available. Although, when I'm in a really shallow place like an enemy port, I'll go to external view as a desparate measure. I mean, I like external view for the pretty graphics, but not as an answer to a bug. __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-20-10, 07:03 PM	#10
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I just see a red "X" __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-20-10, 07:05 PM	#11
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	I see from the properties of the link that it is supposed to lead to a download at a file sharing site, but I can't get it to work. __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-20-10, 07:08 PM	#12
letterboy1 Captain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Columbus, GA, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	That was with Internet Explorer, with Firefox I don't even get the red "X" __________________ Asus P8 Z68 Deluxe MoBo Intel Core i7 @ 4.4 GHz 16 GB RAM EVGA GTX Titan Black 1.5 T-byte HDD Antec 1 KW True Power Quattro PS

12-21-10, 07:18 AM	#13
Harmsway! XO Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 400 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	I too am having the depth under keel problem. I was hoping someone would have an answer to this. It's ironic that Longam's reply is very similar to the depth under keel reply.