Pretty bad patrol...

[Luno]

...as you can tell from my sig right now:

(quoting for when I start a new career)

Career: Feb. 13, 1942 "CO. Johny Goodwood"
Porpoise class: USS Shark, SS-174
Patrols: 2
Victories: 1 Merchants (4519 GRT), 0 Warships (0 GRT), 0 Aircraft
Sunk with all hands lost.

I looked up the story of the real USS Shark, and she met her demise on what was likely Feb. 11, 1942. Pretty depressing to read about, and eerie that I ended my patrol at nearly the same time.

Now, in terms of the game, I had a lot of trouble with the damage control. I'm running RFB, and it seemed that every time I tried to toggle silent running off, the guy just responded with "engaging silent running". I pressed the button at least 8 times, I pressed the key, nadda. My damage control team seemed to be doing nothing, and I held on to the boat for a long time in limbo, trying to sort it out. In the end, another pair of depth charges sorted me out quickly.

So, what do? How do I know the damage crew is working? How do I stop flooding? How do I disengage the silent running?

Again, I'm running RFB 2.0