FIXED any way to restore power?

[Twist.vmf]

i very stupidly ran out of power, and as of right now, my ship is dead in the water.
all i can do is man one of the deck guns, and watch out for ships.
other then that, the ship is just a floating platform now.
any way to get my power back up, or am i as good as dead.

[Hans!!!]

Gas. You have diesel engine right?

[EssBee]

Do you have diesel still?
If you do then running the diesel engines should start to recharge your batteries again, assuming you haven't taken any damage to them that is?
You can also try checking to make sure you haven't got any unnecessary electrical items running which may also be draining power. Things like the compass in the control room, bilge pump, or electric compressor. These things can use quite a lot of power which isn't ideal if you're trying to recharge your batteries in a hurry.
If, on the other hand, you're out of both battery power and diesel to be able to run the diesel engines, then unfortunately you're kinda stuffed. It's gonna be a long swim home!

[Hans!!!]

Originally posted by Hans!!!:

Gas. You have diesel engine right?

Or did you run out of fuel to

[Menace]

Are you out of fuel? If not, turn on diesel engines and it will recharge.

[Menace]

I like how all of us answered at the same time

[EssBee]

.... and luckily we all offered the same kinda advice too! ;D

[EssBee]

I was actually playing the game just before I answered, but the game just crashed on me as I was gearing up to intercept a convoy. So.... back to it and see if I can carry on or whether I have to start the entire mission again. The joys of EA! ;D

[Twist.vmf]

thanks everyone, for some reason my crew refused to man the diesel engine. i got them to by setting the speed to diesel, then forward 2.
but i don't know if that was it or if the reload of the save did something.
still, fixed now. thank you for your time.

[EssBee]

Funny you should mention that. I noticed that I seem to be having the same kind of problems when switching from electric to diesel engines.
I often switch between diesel and electric engines when travelling long distances in open sea to try and save fuel.

It used to be just a case jumping between the two without having to change engine speed or time compression speed if doing it in map-mode on x5.
Now though I've noticed I have to drop the time compression to x1, set the engines to 'Stop', then switch over to diesel from electric, and then back up to max engine speed again followed by increasing the time compression again.
Diesel to electric works fine, leaving max RPM and time compression running, it's just going back the other way from electric to diesel that's an issue.

It never used to be a problem so it might be a bug that's crept in with recent game updates.
Might have to experiment with it a little more to gather some more info on it and then let the devs know about it so they can look in to it.

Glad you got things sorted your end anyway! :)

[Jinx]

wait you can turn on the diesel motor underwater?

[athenian]

Originally posted by MoxxieRoxy:

wait you can turn on the diesel motor underwater?

Of course not (except with a snorkel), but from Twist.vmf's description it seems that the boat is on the surface.

[Twist.vmf]

Originally posted by athenian:

Originally posted by MoxxieRoxy:

wait you can turn on the diesel motor underwater?

Of course not (except with a snorkel), but from Twist.vmf's description it seems that the boat is on the surface.

She was on the surface, that is correct.