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

[avers]

Is this mod going to be for both sh4 and 3?

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by avers

Is this mod going to be for both sh4 and 3?

Should be. Originally it was going to be just for SH4 but a little while ago IABL ran into trouble while and decided to make it for SH3. He overcame the trouble and IIRC said this was no going to be for both SH3 and SH4.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I found out that some of the Kaiserliche Marine diesel boats that originally had just 6 torpedoes were modified to carry 10 torpedoes or more as the war went on; this will be implemented with entirely new submarine classes as a work-around. For instance, there will be "Early U-31 Class" (6 torpedoes) and "Late U-31 Class (10 torpedoes)", etc to represent these submarines after the offensive loadout was improved with refits.

That is correct. But not only some of the boats. It was a general tendency as u-boat operations became more and more dangerous and subs were increasingly forced to attack submerged they naturally wanted to have more torpedos so the earlier designs with only few torpedos got exteriour storages for 4 torpedos and additional were crampped inside the boats as well. So they got 4+ additional torpedos in later upgrades. The newer designs of course had more torpedo storage by default.

Also a little remark on your ship models. Particularly the merchant ships, i think you make the bow and stern way too bulky.

What concerns the issue with howmany shells you can sink a merchant. I think in reality you can sink even a large merchant with a dozen shells, provided all bulkheads are open so that the air can escape it just would take an eturnaty to fill with water.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Deamon

That is correct. But not only some of the boats. It was a general tendency as u-boat operations became more and more dangerous and subs were increasingly forced to attack submerged they naturally wanted to have more torpedos so the earlier designs with only few torpedos got exteriour storages for 4 torpedos and additional were crampped inside the boats as well. So they got 4+ additional torpedos in later upgrades. The newer designs of course had more torpedo storage by default.

Also a little remark on your ship models. Particularly the merchant ships, i think you make the bow and stern way too bulky.

What concerns the issue with howmany shells you can sink a merchant. I think in reality you can sink even a large merchant with a dozen shells, provided all bulkheads are open so that the air can escape it just would take an eturnaty to fill with water.

Thanks for the feedback. I hope to improve my modeling as I gain experience.

Do you know exactly how many torpedoes the different classes had by the end of the war? Especially the following:

1) U-19 Class
2) U-23 Class
3) U-27 Class
4) U-31 Class
5) U-51 Class
6) U-66 Class
7) U-81 Class
8) U-87 Class
9) U-93 Class

Thank you.

[Jimbuna]

U-19 Class.....4 tubes (2 bow, 2 stern) 6 eels
U-23 Class.....4 tubes (2 bow, 2 stern) 6 eels. SM UB-23, (2 bow) 4 eels. SM UC-23, 3 tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 eels.
U-27 Class.....2 tubes (bow) 4 eels.
U-31 Class.....4 tubes (2 bow, 2 stern) 6 eels. SM UB-31, (2 bow) 4 eels. SM UC-31, 3 tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 eels.
U-51 Class.....4 tubes (two bow, two stern) 9 eels. SM UB-51, 5 tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 10 eels. SM UC-51, 3 tubes (2 bow/external; one stern) 7 eels.
U-66 Class.....5 tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) 12 eels.
U-81 Class.....6 tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 12 eels.
U-87 Class.....6 tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 16 eels.
U-93 Class.....6 tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) 16 eels.

[avers]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Should be. Originally it was going to be just for SH4 but a little while ago IABL ran into trouble while and decided to make it for SH3. He overcame the trouble and IIRC said this was no going to be for both SH3 and SH4.

well whatever SH its for, I will get this mod!

[d@rk51d3]

WOW.

Where have I been for the last 5 years.
This is the first I've seen of this thread.

[avers]

Hey guys, I don't know a lot about World War 1, so could you guys please tell me about some books about both the land war (both western and eastern fronts) and the sea war?

[Sailor Steve]

There are a huge number of books about the First World War. I don't even know where to tell you to start.

Of course if you want to find out a little at a time you might start with this thread.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=214193

[Jimbuna]

Some cool books here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...l_8qgjbmwc63_b

[Sepp von Ch.]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Just a quick update today: Changes to the crew page background.

OPTION 1: The original change from some months ago - this was criticized as being cluttered, and making it hard to see the text.



OPTION 2: The revised background, with fewer items.



OPTION 3: Like Option 2, but with a map to add variety to the background. Yes, I know it's WWII, but I think it goes well with the other items, and it doesn't have any visible WWII Kriegsmarine insignia.






I'm not sure which one you people would prefer; let me know. Ideas for completely different backgrounds are welcome.

By the way, I just imported the hull of the U-51 boat into Silent Hunter 4 and was very happy with the results. The texture was 1024 x 1024, and looked good. Too early for screenshots because it's still covered in the parts for the "Porpoise" class, but things are coming along well..

I vote for option 3!

[Char]

Good to see this continues! I freaked out when I didn't see it in the Mods pages. Totally missed the Sticky...

[avers]

Hey IABL, I see you've been doing a lot of work on modeling the ships and aircraft. But have you've done any work yet on the campaign?

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by avers

Hey IABL, I see you've been doing a lot of work on modeling the ships and aircraft. But have you've done any work yet on the campaign?

That's actually a good question. Have you started to model any of the campaign layers yet?

[avers]

[QUOTE=iambecomelife;2249560]OPTION 2: The revised background, with fewer items.









I like option 2