How to send your crew back to your ship after they explored an location?

[Thirium 310]

My mission was to find a lost Uboat. I found the submarine and my next order was to explore it. I sent Kohler to the boat. I received then a mission to sink the ship. I destroyed the ship but there was no possibility to send Kohler back to my Uboat again. So the ship sunk but Kohler was on that boat and he went to the bottom of the sea. So is it a bug that there is no possibility to send an officer back to my ship when he explored another Uboat? Or is there a possibility that I didn't notice? Kohler went to the lost submarine with a lifeboat but he didn't go back.

[FredL320]

It gave me to the option A) set charges to sink the boat. B) just plain old sink the boat.

I went with B) Saw an animation of my guy coming back to our boat...

Then I shelled it with the 88.

Not sure if youbsunk it before clicking option B)

[Thirium 310]

Originally posted by FredL320:

It gave me to the option A) set charges to sink the boat. B) just plain old sink the boat.

I went with B) Saw an animation of my guy coming back to our boat...

Then I shelled it with the 88.

Not sure if youbsunk it before clicking option B)

No I must sink the ship from the HQ. I had two options: sink the ship with torpedoes and gun or destroy it with mines. But I needed an engineer for the option with the mines but I didn't have an engineer. So I sunk the ship with my gun but Kohler was still there and he was stuck on 100% exploring. However‚ the mission of exploring the ship was finished any way. Kohler didn't want to come back to my submarine. I saw no options to call him back. He didn't want to move. So I destroyed the ship and it sunk together with Kohler. I lost Kohler.

[Vnub]

Havr you cliicked at the option sink the boat? If , then Kohler will return. Not he stays and sink with the boat.

[Thirium 310]

Originally posted by Vnub:

Havr you cliicked at the option sink the boat? If , then Kohler will return. Not he stays and sink with the boat.

He didn't return. So it means it is a bug?

[DeltaFOX2k7]

Felix West and Leo Loris are both Engineer by default and can use mines to sink the ship. They will return automatically after preparation reached 100%. Mines are detonating automatically too after your Engineer returned to U96

[FredL320]

I would suspect so frozen, I had the same problem as you as far as not sending an engineer, but when I clicked on sink the boat option, I saw an animation of my officer coming back to our boat...

I then sunk the boat once he was back on. In fact i used the same guy to man the 88 to sink it.

[lysergic57]

I had this bug too :
I sent my engineer to investigate a submarine
Then the game asked me to sink it or to mine it.
I clicked on "mine", nothing happened. New try : same result.
Then I clicked on the top right cross of the window : it did close, and my engineer was stuck on the remote submarine, with no return possible.
I had to reload last save.

[Thirium 310]

Originally posted by DeltaFOX2k7:

Felix West and Leo Loris are both Engineer by default and can use mines to sink the ship. They will return automatically after preparation reached 100%. Mines are detonating automatically too after your Engineer returned to U96

I have these engineers but I needed also something additional for these mines that I don't have. But the problem was just that KOHLER didn't go back to my boat! He was exploring the boat but after that he didn't came back

[Thirium 310]

Originally posted by lysergic57:

I had this bug too :
I sent my engineer to investigate a submarine
Then the game asked me to sink it or to mine it.
I clicked on "mine", nothing happened. New try : same result.
Then I clicked on the top right cross of the window : it did close, and my engineer was stuck on the remote submarine, with no return possible.
I had to reload last save.

Same but I clicked on sink it. And I sent Kohler he is not engineer

[Jima]

I had the same bug. First I sent the skipper to the Uboat and he wouldn't return. Then I sent an engineer, and he wouldn't return either. So I sunk the sub with them on it.
However their icons still showed up on the bottom right until I started to move away from the area, and then they disappeared.
I tried saving and reloaded, but they were still stuck on the sub.
So I loaded an earlier save before I got to the sub, but this time I sent another officer and this time, he came back.

Here's a screenshot of the skipper and engineer after I saved the game and reloaded it with both of them stuck on the sub. The sub must have moved a bit when reloading the save and left them standing next to it on the water.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1741142653

[Thirium 310]

Originally posted by Jima:

I had the same bug. First I sent the skipper to the Uboat and he wouldn't return. Then I sent an engineer, and he wouldn't return either. So I sunk the sub with them on it.
However their icons still showed up on the bottom right until I started to move away from the area, and then they disappeared.
I tried saving and reloaded, but they were still stuck on the sub.
So I loaded an earlier save before I got to the sub, but this time I sent another officer and this time, he came back.

Here's a screenshot of the skipper and engineer after I saved the game and reloaded it with both of them stuck on the sub. The sub must have moved a bit when reloading the save and left them standing next to it on the water.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1741142653

Oh‚ thanks a lot. So I will load an earlier save too. So what officer do I need to explore the boat then? Which officer did you use?

[Jima]

I have 7 officers so I used one of the newest lower experience ones in case he wouldn't come back either. If he didn't I would have sacrificed him and got another in port.
I would save the game right before you send anyone over and try the ones you have.

[Thirium 310]

Originally posted by Jima:

I have 7 officers so I used one of the newest lower experience ones in case he wouldn't come back either. If he didn't I would have sacrificed him and got another in port.
I would save the game right before you send anyone over and try the ones you have.

But if a Sailor or officer dies‚ they never come back? But you can recruit unlimited new sailors or not?

[Jima]

No I don't think they come back. Recruiting is limited to what's available and your budget.