Thank you

@KillerWillBlanc_ Also, for longer trips, you will have to balance out the fuel tanks to make them even. This requires manipulation of the pressure valves (air supply from engine) and vent valves (located in AUX space) to include the cross-connect valve located on the fuel panel in the engine room. Balancing your tank levels and ballast pressure can be somewhat complex at first, but once you get the hang of it the submarine will behave appropriately. I made it so everything you see has a function, nothing was designed purely for aesthetics. Best of luck!

@KillerWillBlanc_ When surfaced, the ballast tank has pumps inside of it that will pull down the pressure to .03. This helps create a "vacuum" assisting when filling the ballast faster. You can manually control the vacuum pumps from the "AUX" space. The vacuum pumps will automatically shut off once the submarine is submerged, blow down ballast is turned on, vacuum pressure reaches .03, or the pumps are shut down manually. There is a gauge on the bridge indicating ballast pressure. Wait for it to pump down to .03 before attempting to fill the ballast tank.

how do I get the ballast tank pressure down?

@BladeVortex how long did it take you to get this low?

@BladeVortex: LOL, you can turn off the crush depth system in the sub. Key is located behind the sliding hatch in the med bay, FYI.

good sub did good
https://i.ibb.co/jZB8yGVK/image-2025-07-10-005824338.png

Excellent, thank you!

This is still my favourite sub, it just works.

nicr

finnely it works better

@diddy: Thank you very much! On that note, I have updated the submarine. There have been about 150 plus changes made; major improvements to power and charging systems. With the compressed gasses update, the submarine has become very complex. Also, I am dropping an update to the mini submarine which will be much easier to control and use.

Still the most GOATed creator on here

ah ok, was wondering why it happened.

@ironwordX: It's a faulty design. It was supposed to notify the user that the breakers in the engine room had tripped, but does not work as intended. Most likely will be removed in the next update.

Am I the only one having an issue where the sub says there's an electrical failure when there is none

I really haven't been in SW much, and got frustrated with changes breaking workshop items. I'll try and update it.

use to be my favorite vehicle, please update.

Please remake this submarine, its so good but so old.

I'm going to take a look at the vessel and if I like it I might hit you up for that voyage

Anyone wanna group up and take this thing on a voyage?

There should be a keypad on the Pilot Left hand, enter desired depth in positive numbers.

Then toggle Depth Hold which would 'push' the Submarine, even when stationary.

Also toggle Auto-Depth, which would 'nudge' the Submarine downward during travel.

how do you use the depth hold

There should be a button label "Retract Snorkel' at the 'Operation Officer', right hand side of the Captain's chair

How do i lower that radar camera thingy ontop of the ship so i can dock with something

#0 Toggle "Fill Ballast", rightside operator from Pilot
#1 Set desired Depth with Keypad
#2 Toggle "Requested Depth Hold", this would forcefully 'hover' in place
#3 Optionally use "Auto Depth (Transiting)"during 'flight'

If Submarine still remain topside, try remove & replace the electric hatch in the Editor, below the bridge itself, I had noticed drastical increase within my own version

i cant seem to dive underwater can anybody help me with that and how i would do it

@Katyusha: Thank you! I think it's great that people can create and share workshop builds, no compensation necessary! The feed back is much appreciated!

Obviously you aren't getting any compensation for making these subs but I just wanna say they were the coolest (still are imo) creations I used back in the day. I always check back to see if there are any updates, but thanks for making em in the first place. You are very talented!

It worked perfectly *yesterday*. Stupid DLC.

@Pretender6: Not sure, but my guess is the physics has changed somehow. Block buoyancy maybe? We asked for sailing and fishing. We got drilling and space? I give up.

@dominicbrooks67: Thanks for the comment! I can tell you this, the Phorcys worked perfectly three years ago. I've made several updates since then. I am sorry you are having to deal with these issues, but I am no longer updating this sub. Mini sub (SCYLLA) in description.

Any idea why the front gets heavy in the new update?

hey this is a great build but there are some massive flaws in it like:overheating(most common for some reason,and water in random parts of the submarine.Also where is the "mini sub" you can charge...

Well, it's not exactly stable at that speed. In fact, at some point the 'transiting' auto-depth button got deleted. But it wasn't working anyway; not sure how well it worked to start with, but it could not keep up with any changes to the balance of the hull. To hold my depth I had to set the dive planes to 'sticky', and then I have to set a careful balance and leave it at a steady speed.

Nothing will keep it steady over about 22 knots though. If I go full speed underwater, I can only keep it down for so long before I hit the floor or launch it to the moon. :P So I mostly only play speedboat on the surface. But up there, it's a really good, stable speedboat.

@ The Nameless: 108 knots?! LOL, sounds like a good time to me!

This has become my favorite submarine! I'm afraid I butchered your design a bit though. Quantum (glitch) power generators, electric motors, a full GPS map... On the bright side, I found a new procedure to save my ship when I'm towing something and it sinks (because I boarded it and opened all the hatches): accelerate to full throttle. The Phorcys, now capable of reaching 70 knots (108 submerged) will instantly yank the mag-all loose.

its cool but the submergence is having problems

@NoisyMachine_: I don't think you are the only one having this issue. Seems to be a problem for other players with different creations. Maybe because of a patch? Try checking the "Discussions" board.

it randomly despawns when i spawn it or when im using it
any solutions?

@Sharp777: Thank you for your kind comment!

Great Vessel, really enjoying learning the systems. Thank you for this creation!!

Just checked, I just had to turn on the generator. Prolly should've guessed.

I believe its let the diesel engine running

How do I charge the propulsion battery?

Sewage is any type of liquid thats collected through its respective drains, which is stored inside a solid block liquid container, which can be discharge into the ocean from the Bridge

In the aft / aux section, there are controls for pumping fresh water around,
This fresh water is finite and can only be resupplied through external connectors.

Whilest there is a pump that slowly fills the 'fresh watertank', this is in fact Sea water,
Previously, there was no difference between 'fresh' and 'sea water', so this was done trough RP

Additonally the green Oxygen generator is also non-functional roleplaying feature

how does the freshwater and sewage system work? im not getting any water

@KenneGlitch: Ok, I just did a full power trial with no overheat issues. Here are the parameters... Weather: mid day, flat calm, south islands. Power plant position: Both engines/full throttle/"Dual PWR Mode. Parameters observed: Coolant pressure - 30-40 / RPMs - 820 (both engs) / Eng Temp - 42 (both) / Fuel pressure - 7.5 ish / Speed - 21 kts. When I turn the heater on, engine temps went up to 55 each. Hope this helps.

@KenneGlitch: Hmm, I'm not aware of any overheating issues. Are you getting an overheat alarm, or are the engines actually overheating and catching fire? In the last update I did, I changed the overheat alarms so make sure you are using latest update.

hello! it seems to have a severe overheating problem when i try to runn the engines. pls fix?