[WIP] Wolves of the Kaiser:1914-1918 Mod

[iambecomelife]

Thanks, I will try to add new videos, including lifeboats, in the coming days after my vacation.

Here are a few new shots of merchant ship sizes ingame and in Wings3d - plus destroyers and a few alterations to the interior; there will be a couple new crewmen stationed at the valve wheels behind the control room officer.

[1Patriotofmany]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Thanks, I will try to add new videos, including lifeboats, in the coming days after my vacation.

Here are a few new shots of merchant ship sizes ingame and in Wings3d - plus destroyers and a few alterations to the interior; there will be a couple new crewmen stationed at the valve wheels behind the control room officer.

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[xiaodoupi]

So I can try to merge WW1 uboats into SH3. Worthy a try

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by xiaodoupi

So I can try to merge WW1 uboats into SH3. Worthy a try

I will let you know after completion; there is still a lot to do ATM.

Here's a minor text update:

Vacation is over, and now I am free to mod again! Continuing a major shipbuilding spree now; the focus is on civilian ships instead of the mostly military ships you have seen.

As promised, lots of new merchantmen will be coming out.

Heads and clothing for adult male AI characters have been decided on, now bodies will be higher poly and have an appropriate, 1914 era look with typical Edwardian era fashion - based on what sailors were seen wearing in real videos of WWI merchant ships.

Women & children's clothing has been researched and is in progress. This is a lower priority of course.

More importantly, I noticed that the Gato class conning tower compartment may be usable as the basis for certain interior rooms; this is good news and should help finish the inside of the subs faster.

By now, the 500+ foot hull for ships of 12,000-13,000 GRT has been 3d modeled, last night all shell hole damage modeling was done for it, pretty happy with that! Another big push is starting, thanks for everyone's support.

[Doctor Haider]

I'm looking forward for at least alpha release

[Revan227]

Hey Iambecomelife;


Just wanted to chime in with some words of encouragement, I've been watching your progress on the mod over these many long years and I'm blown away at seeing how far this mod has come along! It looks excellent!



Fair winds and Following Seas to you in this final stretch of development!

[Aktungbby]

Revan227! 'chiming in' after 5 year's 'silent running'!

[Kapitain Oliver Leinkraunt]

Morning, Sir (or evening)
your interiors are gorgeous and I found a thing that could be intresting to you. On internet i found the image of an original ww1 submarine's engine order telegraph. Maybe you can replace thw ww2 style you already have with this if you like
https://imgur.com/a/ub-26-engine-ord...egraph-7RFh4d3
I know it's a very small and unusefull detail, but it could be a nice addiction

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Kapitain Oliver Leinkraunt

Morning, Sir (or evening)
your interiors are gorgeous and I found a thing that could be intresting to you. On internet i found the image of an original ww1 submarine's engine order telegraph. Maybe you can replace thw ww2 style you already have with this if you like
https://imgur.com/a/ub-26-engine-ord...egraph-7RFh4d3
I know it's a very small and unusefull detail, but it could be a nice addiction

Thank you! I will snap that up... I hope you are not offended I have had little time to review your latest sound pack, however the one you submitted to me before the recent one was excellent - you have done great work. I will listen to the newest sounds ASAP.

Part of the problem was mandatory family vacation time, lol. I can't work on WOTK when relatives come to visit.

Now that the mod work schedule is back on I am laboring full speed on merchants still! Fighting to churn out liners, tankers, and freighters - the ships that you see most often.

One bit of good news is that I solved a problem with my new 3d shell hole damage model for ships - Silent Hunter 4 was causing all the shellholes to appear at once when a ship breaks in two. Now, ships only show damage near the breakup, so another headache with modeling is resolved!

Eventually. as promised, there will be ships in the mod that can even break into 3 or 4,

Most merchantmen will have 30 - 60 individualized shell hole zones in the hull! So you can literally shoot a ship to pieces.

Everything still going well with lowerable lifeboats, though no time for new images/video yet.

[iambecomelife]

Here's a good article about eating on a WWI German U-Boat. As I'm sure you have guessed, they were far from luxury liners! The food situation in WWI was even worse than in WWII because, after 1916, Germany experienced a severe food shortage caused by Britain's blockade.

Submarine crewmen, as military personnel, got more food than German civilians, but it was seldom appetizing. There wasn't adequate refrigeration, so they were only provided with several days' worth of fresh food. After that, U-Boat men lived on preserved food - nevertheless, filthy living conditions spoiled even these foods. Meals were often moldy, rotten, oil contaminated, or all three!

Captured food from merchant ships or trawlers varied their diet, but this was not always available.

[SlySkydiver]

A great watch. Learning about how the men went about their day to day is one of my favorite parts of history.