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by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 08, 2026 5:00 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Suggestion: Allow canceling invasions in invasion battles.
Replies: 2
Views: 4781

Re: Suggestion: Allow canceling invasions in invasion battles.

I think you can go under the OB tab on the left side and select the invasion transport force and order it to disengage.

My problem is not that they sail blindly into danger but that they run away for no good reason.
by thedoctorking
Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:58 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Submarine Surprise Attacks
Replies: 3
Views: 4846

Re: Submarine Surprise Attacks

You are cruising along and suddenly you get a message that such and such a ship was hit by a torpedo. Quite distressing!
This is what screens are for.
by thedoctorking
Thu Dec 04, 2025 5:54 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: UI Request
Replies: 1
Views: 186

UI Request

One thing I really find annoying is that if I hit some key by accident, the game will run for five minutes while I am frantically pushing the pause button and guys are driving into enemy torpedoes. I sure wish there was some way to prevent this, especially as fat-fingered as I am.
by thedoctorking
Wed Dec 03, 2025 8:57 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Fire control for shore batteries
Replies: 5
Views: 309

Re: Fire control for shore batteries

Why are there a limited set of bombardment and landing areas? I can see the landing sites would be limited to places where there are beaches, but that's a lot of the coast of a bunch of places. For shore bombardment, that could take place pretty much anywhere, though urban areas where critical ...
by thedoctorking
Tue Dec 02, 2025 5:29 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Fire control for shore batteries
Replies: 5
Views: 309

Re: Fire control for shore batteries

Maybe the shore guns could be simulated in game with older guns (-1 or -2 instead of the shipborne 0s, whatever you as the player swapped out of your cruisers/BBs in the last refit) but their fire control should be the best available. I think there should be much better control over coast defense in ...
by thedoctorking
Thu Nov 27, 2025 8:25 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Bombardment mission but target is not marked
Replies: 1
Views: 163

Bombardment mission but target is not marked

I got a bombardment mission in my current campaign game but the bombardment target was not marked. I subsequently found a bombardment target near where I started. [edit] can confirm that this was the one I was looking for as I got the "mission accomplished" popup when I blew it up. Still, no target ...
by thedoctorking
Tue Nov 25, 2025 9:27 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Fire control for shore batteries
Replies: 5
Views: 309

Fire control for shore batteries

I am defending a shore bombardment mission. My capital ships have Director fire control, but I just noticed that my coast defense battery only has central firing. You would think that shore batteries, being located on rocks, that are things that don't move, would be more accurate than ships.
by thedoctorking
Sun Nov 23, 2025 4:18 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Gunflashes
Replies: 1
Views: 233

Gunflashes

I had the experience of defending a shore bombardment mission. The enemy ships were shooting at the target, I could see the shots hitting the target, but the enemy ships were out of my line of sight, even though I was between them and the target. You would think that even if you couldn't sight the ...
by thedoctorking
Sat Nov 22, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks
Replies: 5
Views: 397

Re: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks

Yes, I had some issues with Victoria 3 along these lines, too. A new Win11 patch that came out a little while ago made that game run correctly again.
by thedoctorking
Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:55 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Suggested re-work of prestige and morale
Replies: 2
Views: 483

Re: Suggested re-work of prestige and morale

I'd say also if you flee from an enemy force, you should suffer some prestige and morale hits, especially if the enemy force was actually not much stronger than yours. This also should result in breaking the blockade if one was in force, at least if the fleeing force represents a significant part of ...
by thedoctorking
Tue Nov 18, 2025 7:53 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks
Replies: 5
Views: 397

Re: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks

Now having installed the Matrix version I have a different problem. As detailed on the beta forum, when trying to load an ongoing battle, it runs through the scenario loading bar twice and then gives a series of error messages and crashes. When loading a saved campaign game that doesn't have an ...
by thedoctorking
Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks
Replies: 5
Views: 397

Re: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks

And the Matrix version apparently can open the save file from the Steam version without difficulty.
by thedoctorking
Mon Nov 17, 2025 9:09 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks
Replies: 5
Views: 397

Re: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks

Just got a Matrix version of the game so I can participate in the beta test of the DLC, and happy to find out that this problem doesn't exist in that version. So it is something with Steam.
by thedoctorking
Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:16 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks
Replies: 5
Views: 397

Game not recognizing (some) mouse clicks

I am in the middle of a game, everything has been running fine up to this morning. I tried to open my game, got as far as clicking on the turn button, and a battle setup screen flashed up momentarily on the screen, then disappeared behind the main window. I finally used the Task Manager to close the ...
by thedoctorking
Tue Nov 11, 2025 4:49 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Why is he still on training status?
Replies: 1
Views: 471

Why is he still on training status?

I put 1 BX division on training a couple of turns ago, and one ship came off training the next turn but the other one is still showing up as on training and doesn't participate in battles. What's up? I thought training only lasted one turn?
by thedoctorking
Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:45 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Bulkheads collapse event
Replies: 2
Views: 396

Bulkheads collapse event

What are the conditions for this to happen? I just had a ship going 10 knots with no persistent flooding, they had just reduced flooding from earlier damage, and suddenly they had bulkheads collapse and a rapidly fatal amount of flooding. I thought the point of this event was to punish ships that ...
by thedoctorking
Thu Nov 06, 2025 10:58 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3
Topic: Rammed, and no torpedoes bear?
Replies: 4
Views: 418

Re: Rammed, and no torpedoes bear?

Submerged tubes yes, we were moving pretty fast, but the information on the manual launch window says "out of arc" for all tubes. Doesn't seem possible, the BB is a whole lot bigger.
by thedoctorking
Thu Nov 06, 2025 12:21 am
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Careless smokers?
Replies: 8
Views: 5489

Re: Careless smokers?

Still happening. Note CA Stromboli, no hit that was noted as starting a fire but now there's "fire spreading".
by thedoctorking
Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:47 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Hover-over popup text not showing
Replies: 5
Views: 435

Re: Hover-over popup text not showing

It's sort of hit or miss, occasionally I see it but generally not.
by thedoctorking
Wed Nov 05, 2025 9:04 pm
Forum: Rule the Waves 3: Tech Support
Topic: Hover-over popup text not showing
Replies: 5
Views: 435

Re: Hover-over popup text not showing

Actually, it worked for a bit and then it stopped.

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