Should be fixed now. I had to lower the tube a bit.
I guess I never used explosive charges in it before... and I guess any decoys I tried to use were stuck in the sub.

Oh no. I'll have to check that out.

Hi, I'm having issues with the depth charge launcher, it seems to detonate the depth charges the moment you launch them. Very big boom.

Oh, it sounds like I need to adjust the AI paths. Should be a quick fix.

Bot does not repair the right side hull in the medical bay, sometime gun turret shoot into medical bay when there's a monster on it, bot stuck in ladder when they are not do anything
I really like your submarine
A small request can you install the camera above and below

much love fosty much love

Also, I'm glad you enjoy the sub. Thank you for the kind words.

Should be fixed now. Let me know how it goes.

I was working on it a while ago, and then decided to finally upload it, but I guess I wasn't done lol.

Fosty thank you so much i really love this sub and enjoy it so much thank you for taking your time to make this wonderful sub!

Crap, lol. I'll try doing something about it tomorrow.

Fosty the medical bay is f***** acts like that part isnt there and the cargo bay and medbay arnt labeled correctly sub is broken till that gets fixed

I updated the airlock and changed the medbay location. I forgot to change the medbay on the reactor controller version, so I'll do that some other time.

Don't worry gentlemen. I am working on a new airlock. https://i.imgur.com/UEh1M1E.png

I'll have to check out that medical fabricator issue too.

Oh yeah they made some updates to weapon holders since I last messed with it.

I did put in a quick normal airlock but haven't updated it. I might do something a bit more fancy on the weekend.

I wound up building a custom version for myself (I do that with pretty much every sub I like). To make it more bot-friendly I ripped out the artifact holder and garbage chute, replaced the airlock, and redid some of the waypoints.

There's a lot of really creative and good ideas here, but bots and creativity don't tend to mix well, sadly.

Other stuff, the cosmetic Medical Fabricator behind the navigation screen degrades over time and starts smoking but isn't repairable. Leads to an eternal puff of black smoke there. The sub doesn't seem to be neutrally buoyant. Traveling at a 90 degree angle, it will sink surprisingly quickly.

I like the fabricator room setup, and the motion detectors linked to the guns. The built-in mineral scanner is cool, but you can buy that function as an upgrade to your basic sonar now. Still neat to have it. The weapon holders keeping the diving masks in the ballasts and the IV drip in medical won't hold non-weapons, so the items just drop to the floor.

Subs have Tiers now to denote how powerful/late-game they are. You can set it when you save the sub in the editor, like when you set the price.

Played some more with it, bots have a hard time with a lot of the sub. They can't access the garbage chute to repair the doors unless you keep it open. Front Ballast ladder waypoints sometimes lead to them missing the jump back up to command and looping. Plenty of places they can't seal. Bots are dumb of course, but they're having a lot of trouble.

I've been away from Barotrauma so long that I don't even know what the tier system is.

Yeah the airlock failsafe is one thing that really is way too complicated and doesn't work perfectly. I think I'll have to change it before the week is over.

The airlock failsafe isn't my favorite. I'll probably just turn it into a normal button door and move the pump over into the airlock room so water doesn't spill into the sub any longer. As for if it works, I'm not really sure. At one point something triggered it and I could toggle it like a normal door, but that was about it.

Ballast flora systems are a meta thing. You either build one in or you don't, but you don't need to have one. It takes a lot of the challenge/interest out of the event if you add one, so you as the designer decide if that's something that fits your vision for the sub.

Played with it for a few hours, solo with bots. I like the layout, and the QoL additions are really good. It's a great sub. Probably my favorite Tier 1 now.

Bots have trouble with some spots though. They can't seem to repair the docking hatch, for one. They climb the ladder to reach it, then wobble there forever. The cargo room (next to the O2 generator), the front ballast, and the prison cell all have sections of hull that bots mostly just ignore or can't reach, so they'll consider the Repair Leak job "done" even though it's still flooding.

I need to check this out. Man, people have the coolest ideas.

This is still my favourite submarine to use. Idk why, but its perfectly sized for 2-3 human players.

Also, could you guys give me some feedback on the airlock failsafe? Does it seem to make sense to everyone, and more importantly, has it been working for you?

I've been wanting to change the airlock to one that will fill with water before the outer door opens, and drain the water before the inner one closes.

Honestly, I've never really known what to do with ballast flora besides send a guy down there with grenades and flamethrower and hope for the best. I've only encountered it a handful of times, but I haven't played a whole lot since it was introduced.

Yea this is not perfect sub, i mean they all have some downsides. For example, ballast flora mode is awesome addition that IMO need to be in every sub. But overall in general this sub is fantastic and i started a new game on hardcore just to sail in it, so far so good. Lovin it. and ye, as peoples were sayin, if there is a breach in brig they tends to turn on flood mode first. guess gona unwire it, im playing solo anyway. p.s. Trash hatch is awesome, never saw that anywhere else but can't stop using it.

Thanks Mimic. I need to do some work on the airlock, but I keep taking long breaks from Barotrauma.

I can't believe i didn't found that earlier. Its simple, but so soooo cozy. Awesome job, best starter-mid sub i've ever saw. I just fell in love with it at the first glance.

@Fosty Thanks for taking the time to update it. The problem hasnt happened since! As for the points bots cant weld. I tend to get those myself. Its not too much hassle

I found a workaround the brig anyway. It's just the bot being stupid and turning the "drowning" on before entering it. I just unwired it and it solved the problem.

No problem. It's not a huge deal but it would just be less of a worry overall. Thanks for the answer though !

Oh god, haha. I'd probably have to make some huge changes to fix that. Honestly bots weren't in mind when I created this.

Thanks for the info. I might be able to something with with the ballast one. Maybe the engine too, but no promises.

Hey there !
To add to what Wakka Wakka said, the bots seems to also have trouble repairing the hull in two places (they'll go back and forth until you move in to repair the hull yourself)

1) The first one is simply the top hull in the engine room. They are unable to repair it for some reason. They'll also try to repair the artifact holder from the inside of the sub with the same back-and-forth confused manoeuver.

2) The second spot is in the bottom right ballast. They'll try to repair the lower hull or the outside layer on the front and will fail miserably. Though they don't stick around for long. They'll simply give up and move on instead.

The last problem is not tied directly to the reparation but the bots loooove to try and repair hull breaches in the brig, which leads to them dying due to water pressure for some reason. (not sure what's up with that)

Hopefully you can figure out those problems. Otherwise, your sub is pretty dope ! I've been loving it so far.

@Wakka Wakka I moved the waypoints and tested it. Seems to be working now.

@Wakka Wakka I'll take a look at the AI waypoints and see if I can do anything.

I found a bug today with bots trying to repair what seems like the oxygen generator? They become stuck on the hatch to the bottom left of the oxygen generator trying to repair it or something else. They just stand their with their wrenches out. Dragging them away or having them follow just makes them move right back to the same spot when cancelling the order or grab. Turning off their repair order makes them move again, but turning it back on leads to the same problem. I dont know if this was an earlier problem or the latest patch broke pathfinding somehow. Either way, it makes this sub unusable in singleplayer. Which is a shame, since its a great design and very well made. Any way to fix this?

Love your sub man

If anyone is having troubles with the airlock; I will probably be reworking it. Just haven't been in the mood for Barotrauma lately.

Here are a couple ideas I've thought about for a larger weapon [imgur.com]

Yeah Wille, I think if I do add another gun, it will just be an expansion slot. Maybe I'll put it on the bottom near the coilgun so it doesn't give you extra gun coverage, just adds some extra to the bottom.

This is the guide I used, but it's a bit old, so it won't mention things like powering the dive suit lockers and probably some other things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnsRkbem5XI

That was actually great to see the older blueprints and how it's come along, idk, there's something about plonker that has so much in-game use and heart to back it up

In terms of more gun I think its just more for the harder difficulty campaign/mods, as an option, it would for sure be overkill in vanilla

If I didn't have the same knowledge as a leather boot on how to make subs I'd try and add one myself but this thing already power cuts and I'm not a qualified electrician so until it sinks I'm using it

Maybe you could just put another slot for a gun at the front, incase the captain wants to buy a railgun for Moloch hunting, without sacrificing the coilgun?

Here is a history of the Plonkers if you're interested.

Thanks for the heads up, Hex. I've fixed the issue with the "fake turrets" showing up in the upgrade menu.

This is actually my sixth version of the Plonker. Three and Four had an extra gun, but I felt it was too much. Maybe I'll experiment with gun placement in the future.

In upgrade sub menu there's slots for more guns but I don't think they work right?

Brings me to my next point..

Any chance of more gun?(Plonker 2.0) This is holding up close to comfort in zone 2 Into the Abyss but I just love it so much I don't want another sub

I want more Plonker

Plonker is life

It`s the best thing!

Np!

Thanks man.
Also, Neptune is my dog, haha.

but i forgot to say epic submarine!