General "Imperial U Flotilla 1914-1918" discussion thread

[Deamon]

@iambecomelife:

check your PM's please.

[Rockin Robbins]

Just wanted to pop in and give a note of encouragement from a guy who would definitely love to see a WWI U-Boat simulator. I hope you're not running out of steam and love what you're doing here!

[DJ Funk]

Running out of steam?

Not going to happen. Not in our lifetimes I’m afraid

We’re having great fun in developing and being free of budget and deadline constraints have its perks both ways. The pace isn’t mindboggling but then the atmosphere inside the team is always fresh and innovative. We’re in a good way of doing something that has never been done in a way that has never been seen before. This is a true dream project for me where ambitious dreams and goals meet years of meticulous research and feature development. There’s no reason not to be excited about it as long as there is progress and dedicated people pitch in with their talent.

[keltos01]

Originally Posted by DJ Funk

Running out of steam?

Not going to happen. Not in our lifetimes I’m afraid

We’re having great fun in developing and being free of budget and deadline constraints have its perks both ways. The pace isn’t mindboggling but then the atmosphere inside the team is always fresh and innovative. We’re in a good way of doing something that has never been done in a way that has never been seen before. This is a true dream project for me where ambitious dreams and goals meet years of meticulous research and feature development. There’s no reason not to be excited about it as long as there is progress and dedicated people pitch in with their talent.

look here too :

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=155091

still going strong : we are uniting to make that mod happen !

keltos

[DC SH4 TJH]

Hello everyone

I have just discovered this sub forum of Subsim and the indie subsim IUF. I want to congratulate all involved with this project, for working hard over the years, and I hope that the sim is released some day.

Also, I was wondering what the current status of the sim is, ie. is it advanced in development?

Congratulations, again!

Thomas

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by DC SH4 TJH

Hello everyone

I have just discovered this sub forum of Subsim and the indie subsim IUF. I want to congratulate all involved with this project, for working hard over the years, and I hope that the sim is released some day.

Also, I was wondering what the current status of the sim is, ie. is it advanced in development?

Congratulations, again!

Thomas

Ahoy Thomas,

what concerns the status, well, the game itself is still pre-alpha. Progress was rapid and we had some advanced features in place already that would make any sub lover drivel. But then i had to put the development on hold for 1,5 years now in favour of a new development tool that will help to multiply the development speed afterwards. It's almost finished now and i can't wait to put it into action and catch up with the lost time again.

This was a long and daunting task but a vital investment into the future of the project. That is part of the reason why there is no life sign from us for such a long time now. Development takes this kind of turns in projects like this sometimes. But the bottom line is the project is still going well contrary to the impression it may create from the outside. I deliberately shun the public light. I don't want to expose myself to public expectations anymore untill the proof of concept is complete. Only from that point on i would consider it truly fail safe. Then the world will hear from us again.

It all takes so many years but that's how it is if you do most of the work alone. It's easy to get a lot of encouraging words but you will hardly find any helping hands. So here we go.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Deamon

Ahoy Thomas,

what concerns the status, well, the game itself is still pre-alpha. Progress was rapid and we had some advanced features in place already that would make any sub lover drivel. But then i had to put the development on hold for 1,5 years now in favour of a new development tool that will help to multiply the development speed afterwards. It's almost finished now and i can't wait to put it into action and catch up with the lost time again.

This was a long and daunting task but a vital investment into the future of the project. That is part of the reason why there is no life sign from us for such a long time now. Development takes this kind of turns in projects like this sometimes. But the bottom line is the project is still going well contrary to the impression it may create from the outside. I deliberately shun the public light. I don't want to expose myself to public expectations anymore untill the proof of concept is complete. Only from that point on i would consider it truly fail safe. Then the world will hear from us again.

It all takes so many years but that's how it is if you do most of the work alone. It's easy to get a lot of encouraging words but you will hardly find any helping hands. So here we go.

I know the feeling! It's lonely working by yourself, and very hard, but you get to do things at your own pace, instead of rushing out a substandard product.

I would like to have my own World War I mod done in time for the 100th anniversary of WWI, or maybe the 100th anniversary of the "Lusitania", but I doubt I will be able to do it. Simply making minor adjustments to environmental variables in "Silent Hunter 4" can take most of a day. I have tremendous respect for people like "Deamon" who don't even have a finished gaming platform to work off of, like I do.

[Nagel]

I was hooked on Imperial Uboats after I read Fips.
I would definitely be on board for a WWI uboat Sim!
glad to see that there's interst here.

[Railgun]

Certainly interested here too .

Thanks in advance to all involved.

RG

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I know the feeling! It's lonely working by yourself, and very hard, but you get to do things at your own pace, instead of rushing out a substandard product.

I would like to have my own World War I mod done in time for the 100th anniversary of WWI, or maybe the 100th anniversary of the "Lusitania", but I doubt I will be able to do it. Simply making minor adjustments to environmental variables in "Silent Hunter 4" can take most of a day. I have tremendous respect for people like "Deamon" who don't even have a finished gaming platform to work off of, like I do.

Thanks iam, i have great respect for you too. You are just as unstoppable as i am. It seems that exhaustive development periods do not scare you away. This is the most rare quality. We are like the last remaining dinosaurs that refuse to go away.

It's just a pitty that we are not working together, since we are such a rare and scattered bunch.

And to anyone else, i hope you folks know that you will have to be very patient with me.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by Nagel

I was hooked on Imperial Uboats after I read Fips.
I would definitely be on board for a WWI uboat Sim!
glad to see that there's interst here.

That is exactly how i got into it, although in my case it was "Raiders Of The Deep" that started the process. Before that i had no idea or relation to this subject. Then through some circumstances when i started to read "Raiders Of The Deep" which was the first book on the matter i ever read and boy i was hooked barely half into the book. Hooked is really the right term here. You really aren't expecting anything when you open your first book and then you just get blown away.

[andrzejos]

Certainly interested too .

[Raider M]

I have been looking forward to this one for a long time. Save the Ales!