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#70466 - 03/31/05 08:10 PM Crew Management?  

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What is the best way to manage the crew? I seem to be micro managing my crew... Is there a better way to do this?

Seems strange that the Capt. would have to run to the back of the U-boat to tell Gunther that he looks tired and should take a break, then sprint to the bow quarters and ask Fritz if he would mind replacing Werner in the engine room as he is asleep at the controls etc. etc.

Would be nice if there was a way to automate this or make the process less painful ie rotate half the crew at a time at specified intervals?

Then if you wanted max performance you would call for battlestations? They called for battlestations in Das Boot... what exactly does that mean anyway?

Thoughts comments?

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#70467 - 03/31/05 09:03 PM Re: Crew Management?  
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The crew is a unfinished idea.

I love the concept, but I expect that the next patch will possibly disable this option, or at least have it tweaked to the max. I hope against all hope that they will actually finish it but......

I am sure that the intention was to have the crew on auto rotation etc.

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#70468 - 03/31/05 09:13 PM Re: Crew Management?  
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Too bad, sorry to hear that. I think the crew management adds a very complex iron in the fire.
Without it, the game could end up just being a FPS.
What would be really great is, if they fixed it.
Let it run with 'compartment' capabilities fixed, and the 'cruise or Battle stations' options at the bottom right, like it was supposed to.
And keep the individual options.

Running like it was supposed to, would make for a 'really' great classic.

This game could be around for a long time.

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#70469 - 03/31/05 09:17 PM Re: Crew Management?  
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Use Churches fatigue mod. This reduces your micromanagement to a minimum, as they now last a good number of hours (6+), instead of the 1 hour 20 mins to 2 hours you'll get from the standard game.

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=30783

Backup your Basic.cfg first tho

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#70470 - 03/31/05 10:20 PM Re: Crew Management?  
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#70471 - 03/31/05 10:32 PM Re: Crew Management?  

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I hope you’re right Teddy and Murphy! It would be really great if they fixed it/finished it. Thanks for the link to the fatigue mod Dick Dastardly, and also for the crew management tips Paajtor!

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#70472 - 04/01/05 12:05 AM Re: Crew Management?  
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Please fix it, I think it adds to the complexity and feel that you are actually running the ship. I used the buttons once and got a crash so I have been managing them manually but I would like them fixed and wouldk like for you to be able to "meet" with your XO and set them up as you would like under the situations and then just "order" him what crew configuration you want. Also getting to "know" them and assigning special traits (forget what they are called at the moment) and promotions become more important.

Deffinately a key part of the game to me.
#70473 - 04/01/05 01:15 AM Re: Crew Management?  
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I agree with most ppl's sentiment that crew mgmt is a good idea poorly executed. Too much micro management, as CO of a boat I'd expect the XO (don't know if there's one on a U-Boat) to have set up a watch system that would apply under normal cruising conditions.
The only time when all hands are manning stations should be during General Quarters.
But there are interesting aspects - giving qualifications for eg, to tweak the capability of the crew.

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