Mod proposal/Control room personnel

Dogfish40 · 03-18-13, 02:45 PM

Since I started playing SH4 some years ago, I was always concerned with the number of personnel in the control room when diving. I felt that anytime the boat dived it (the control room) should have more crew, something like the battle stations mode. Two Planes-men, a Crewman manning the Ballast Tanks, a Crewman Manning the Sub pressure and other gauges...ect.
It basically should look like the Battlestations Crew, but they should be there any time the boat submerges.
Not so much for the bridge crew. Just the control room.
Would this be a difficult change?
In short, the mod would increase the control room personnel on all dives. I think there are something like three more crewmen maybe four.
What do you think??
PS: This would just make the control room look like the battlestations mode on all dives. Not the bridge, this would be left as is. ie; x-tra crewmen during battlestations only.
Thanks
D40

aanker · 03-20-13, 11:16 AM

From reading countless patrol reports, watching interviews, and reading in general from WW II submariners, I've found that about the only time they dived was to make a trim dive, sometimes after days on the surface, or to make a submerged torpedo attack..... and of course dive for aircraft. Of course at the beginning of the War they ran submerged during daylight hours, surfacing at night, however radar changed that.

I hit battle stations if I want the CR & CT manned, specifically the diving officer, planesmen, hydraulic manifold and trim manifold men, make the trim dive, surface, and secure from BS. According to what I've learned, there are about 13 men in the CR & CT at each station performing the dive. Hitting the BS typically produces close to that number of crew on a fleet-boat.

Does that help?

Happy Hunting!

03-18-13, 02:45 PM	#1
Dogfish40 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: LA Area, Central coast, California Posts: 1,023 Downloads: 827 Uploads: 0	Mod proposal/Control room personnel Since I started playing SH4 some years ago, I was always concerned with the number of personnel in the control room when diving. I felt that anytime the boat dived it (the control room) should have more crew, something like the battle stations mode. Two Planes-men, a Crewman manning the Ballast Tanks, a Crewman Manning the Sub pressure and other gauges...ect. It basically should look like the Battlestations Crew, but they should be there any time the boat submerges. Not so much for the bridge crew. Just the control room. Would this be a difficult change? In short, the mod would increase the control room personnel on all dives. I think there are something like three more crewmen maybe four. What do you think?? PS: This would just make the control room look like the battlestations mode on all dives. Not the bridge, this would be left as is. ie; x-tra crewmen during battlestations only. Thanks D40 __________________ *Dogfish40*

03-20-13, 11:16 AM	#2
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	From reading countless patrol reports, watching interviews, and reading in general from WW II submariners, I've found that about the only time they dived was to make a trim dive, sometimes after days on the surface, or to make a submerged torpedo attack..... and of course dive for aircraft. Of course at the beginning of the War they ran submerged during daylight hours, surfacing at night, however radar changed that. I hit battle stations if I want the CR & CT manned, specifically the diving officer, planesmen, hydraulic manifold and trim manifold men, make the trim dive, surface, and secure from BS. According to what I've learned, there are about 13 men in the CR & CT at each station performing the dive. Hitting the BS typically produces close to that number of crew on a fleet-boat. Does that help? Happy Hunting! __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day." Last edited by aanker; 03-20-13 at 11:28 AM.