Flooding question

02-11-11, 03:01 AM

I saw in multiple pictures and a videos that compartments when flooding would fill with water to a degree (I believe the highest Ive seen is to the bottom of the compartment doors, bulkheads I believe its called?) What I was wondering is this, is there a way that some modders could give that water fluid dynamics??

What I mean is instead of the water just sitting there and rising to a certain point, you could close off a compartment (Shut the doors) and let it fill half full with water then open the doors and watch it flood out (Or level out in that compartment) as it fills the nearest compartments?? Or as you dove or surfaced and tilted the submarine the water would move and gather where gravity would pull it??

I dont know if this is even possible but I would love to see something like this in game and it would just make the inside of the sub that much more immersive for me.

Any thoughts??

Casey

Sailor Steve · 02-11-11, 09:57 AM

Not playing SH5 I can't help with the question, but I can answer one.

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Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

(I believe the highest Ive seen is to the bottom of the compartment doors, bulkheads I believe its called?)

The bulkhead is the wall. The ceiling is the overhead. The floor you probably already know is the deck. The door is the door. Watertight door, but still the door. And it's not to be mistaken for a hatch. A hatch goes up through the overhead or down through the deck. If it goes through the bulkhead it's a door.

NeonsStyle · 02-11-11, 10:56 AM

I would love to see this too... but I think ur in the wrong forum,
you should've posted in the SH5 Mods forum... however, I've
often thought u should be able to contain flooding by closing
off certain sections... why let us control the doors, if it's not
to control flooding. lol

capt-jones · 02-11-11, 11:48 AM

im sure this is like the rest of the game unfinished,yes it would be nice just to see water spill over the hatches at least it would give you an excuse to close the hatches then

Catfish · 02-14-11, 12:45 PM

Hello,
in the real type VII boats (a to c) the only pressure-tight "doors" were those shutting off the "Zentrale", the control room.
So the boat would be divided in three watertight parts - but just one of those three parts flooded would result in the loss of the boat.

The other "minor" doors were not intended to do anyting but keep out noise, or to control air supply.

The vertical hatches were built on top of cylinders that protruded into the pressure hull (still done today). In case of flooding the water would rise but not further than the lower edge of those cylinders, leaving a bubble around this exit from where the crew could one by one leave the ship through the hatches, e.g. when lying on the bottom.
But this was primarily something for the baltic sea, at more than 60 meters you would have problems anyway, even with those "Tauchretter" vests.

So closing those "minor doors" would not really keep the water out of the compartment the door was built into.

Greetings,
Catfish

02-11-11, 03:01 AM	#1
reignofdeath Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Flooding question I saw in multiple pictures and a videos that compartments when flooding would fill with water to a degree (I believe the highest Ive seen is to the bottom of the compartment doors, bulkheads I believe its called?) What I was wondering is this, is there a way that some modders could give that water fluid dynamics?? What I mean is instead of the water just sitting there and rising to a certain point, you could close off a compartment (Shut the doors) and let it fill half full with water then open the doors and watch it flood out (Or level out in that compartment) as it fills the nearest compartments?? Or as you dove or surfaced and tilted the submarine the water would move and gather where gravity would pull it?? I dont know if this is even possible but I would love to see something like this in game and it would just make the inside of the sub that much more immersive for me. Any thoughts?? Casey

02-11-11, 10:56 AM	#3
NeonsStyle Chief Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Australia Posts: 326 Downloads: 195 Uploads: 0	I would love to see this too... but I think ur in the wrong forum, you should've posted in the SH5 Mods forum... however, I've often thought u should be able to contain flooding by closing off certain sections... why let us control the doors, if it's not to control flooding. lol

02-11-11, 11:48 AM	#4
capt-jones Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 109 Downloads: 328 Uploads: 0	im sure this is like the rest of the game unfinished,yes it would be nice just to see water spill over the hatches at least it would give you an excuse to close the hatches then

02-14-11, 12:45 PM	#5
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, in the real type VII boats (a to c) the only pressure-tight "doors" were those shutting off the "Zentrale", the control room. So the boat would be divided in three watertight parts - but just one of those three parts flooded would result in the loss of the boat. The other "minor" doors were not intended to do anyting but keep out noise, or to control air supply. The vertical hatches were built on top of cylinders that protruded into the pressure hull (still done today). In case of flooding the water would rise but not further than the lower edge of those cylinders, leaving a bubble around this exit from where the crew could one by one leave the ship through the hatches, e.g. when lying on the bottom. But this was primarily something for the baltic sea, at more than 60 meters you would have problems anyway, even with those "Tauchretter" vests. So closing those "minor doors" would not really keep the water out of the compartment the door was built into. Greetings, Catfish