can't order the diesels to go

pmcmull · 11-30-23, 07:32 PM

After running submerged for some time, it is dark now and time to close and attack a ship. I surface the sub - type VIIc - and order it forward at the 2 or 3 speed. And nothing happens. 0 kts. I ring up the different speeds and no go. I check the staffing with the F7 key. Seems normal. What is going on here?

Eventually I get around it. I submerge the boat, move forward for a minute or two. Then surface, and it goes forward OK. But what happened. A bug?

Pat

stork100 · 11-30-23, 09:44 PM

Most likely just a bug. Sometimes if you're surfaced without the diesels running for a short while they won't work when you ask them to. Selecting a reverse speed setting usually fixes it and then it should work as normal.

Mister_M · 11-30-23, 10:53 PM

Yes, a sort of bug

. As being said, go reverse and then forward, the engines will work again.

pmcmull · 12-08-23, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister_M

Yes, a sort of bug

. As being said, go reverse and then forward, the engines will work again.

I have had this happen a couple of times since then. The move to go to reverse briefly, then go forward again, works like a charm.

11-30-23, 07:32 PM	#1
pmcmull Bosun Join Date: Aug 2023 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 66 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	can't order the diesels to go After running submerged for some time, it is dark now and time to close and attack a ship. I surface the sub - type VIIc - and order it forward at the 2 or 3 speed. And nothing happens. 0 kts. I ring up the different speeds and no go. I check the staffing with the F7 key. Seems normal. What is going on here? Eventually I get around it. I submerge the boat, move forward for a minute or two. Then surface, and it goes forward OK. But what happened. A bug? Pat

11-30-23, 09:44 PM	#2
stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Most likely just a bug. Sometimes if you're surfaced without the diesels running for a short while they won't work when you ask them to. Selecting a reverse speed setting usually fixes it and then it should work as normal.

11-30-23, 10:53 PM	#3
Mister_M Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 923 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Yes, a sort of bug . As being said, go reverse and then forward, the engines will work again.