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Old 05-07-17, 01:26 PM   #2056
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He hasn't released it yet my man. It is still a work in progress. It is worth the wait though because it is going to be a duzze when he does!
Ah, alrighty! Can't wait!
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Old 05-08-17, 07:29 PM   #2057
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Images of U-51 Class model, the improved version. Note the following:

















-More rivets
-More detailed CT
-Many more 3d components
-Rounded hull cross section
-Riveted panels on the saddle tanks
-Portholes on Conning Tower, port & starboard
-Handholds and life buoys for deck crew

And more.


Preparing AO maps for non-player units.....




A destructible, low poly warehouse based on a historical, 1900's era Northern European building....part of the comprehensive harbor makeover to remove SH4's aging, WWII Pacific Theatre buildings.

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Old 05-08-17, 10:09 PM   #2058
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So how many different playable subs does that make so far IABL? I love variety.
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Old 05-10-17, 11:14 AM   #2059
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I IRC you can have ten playable subs ingame and I plan to use every slot! The great thing about WW1 submarines is how different the classes were! There is a huge difference in campaign experience between a UBI mini sub and a huge U-139 U-cruiser. Or a U-31 (6 torpedoes) and a U-87 (16 torpedoes). So far I have 4 playable subs in near acceptable condition plus two others that are modeled but need remedial, hi-detail work.
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Old 05-10-17, 03:39 PM   #2060
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I think that you can add even more if configure them as evolutions of an existing model
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Old 05-10-17, 04:08 PM   #2061
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I think that you can add even more if configure them as evolutions of an existing model
Good. One thing I want to do is make the U-31 Class only capable of carrying 6 torpedoes early in the war, and then 9-10 torpedoes as time went on. By 1917, torpedo production had increased, and more British cargo ships had deck guns - making underwater attacks much more important.

If anyone is interested in contributing, I would like to offer you some of my work product - the WOTK planning tables! Basically it's the guts of WOTK planning - a large spreadsheet containing much of what has been, or is planned to be included in the mod. From dialogue to ships to torpedo types. I might be interested in bouncing ideas off other people & working out the game's RP elements. All you need is MS Excel or an equivalent spreadsheet program to read it.

This is a good opportunity for anyone who doesn't know how to model, but can write well or think of good game elements.

Note that WOTK is NOT going to devolve into a Role-Playing game. The focus will still be finding and sinking ships; I just need, for instance, basic background stories for sailors, soldiers, civilians, and airmen who may be encountered during ship boarding/lifeboat sighting sequences. Or diaries, secret instructions, etc that may be found.

If you can think up a hotshot WWI flying ace character, a pretty young lady, a crazy merchant ship sailor, then great. PM me and I can give you the table.
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Old 05-10-17, 04:12 PM   #2062
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Phwew! Had me worried for Climb Mount Niitaka with that. There's lots of "cousins" and even "siblings" in it. What happens if you add too many boats? Do you start to lose conning towers on the submarines in say Quick Missions?... - or do they just not show up?

Your mod is looking more and more stellar as each day passes, iambecomlife! Lots of parts to fit together, but keep chipping away at the stone! - This definitely looks to be much more than a mere "mod". Looking forward to stepping back into the time frame of my Grandpa's youth... He was a US Army Signalman in France during the Great War.
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Old 05-10-17, 09:30 PM   #2063
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Phwew! Had me worried for Climb Mount Niitaka with that. There's lots of "cousins" and even "siblings" in it. What happens if you add too many boats? Do you start to lose conning towers on the submarines in say Quick Missions?... - or do they just not show up?

Your mod is looking more and more stellar as each day passes, iambecomlife! Lots of parts to fit together, but keep chipping away at the stone! - This definitely looks to be much more than a mere "mod". Looking forward to stepping back into the time frame of my Grandpa's youth... He was a US Army Signalman in France during the Great War.
Thanks for the comments! I think if you add too many subs the game crashes when you try to select one of the excess units.

Interesting about your grandpa; this mod is, above all, a tribute to those who experienced this in real life. Whether as sailors or as passengers from 1914-1918. After all, when things went wrong they could not hit a "reset" button and make it all better. Major respect to the better men who came before us.

Thank you to those who have contributed books, pictures, or offered to write background stories; I have PM'd a link to the WOTK tables that I use for the game. Please keep in mind it is incomplete, and always growing.
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Old 05-11-17, 06:29 AM   #2064
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Will be well deserved when you'll be posting a betà!!
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Old 05-11-17, 01:12 PM   #2065
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Coming along nicely, this!

Here's two book recommendations for people:

The Maritime Flank of the Western Front: The Development and Operations of the German Marinekorps Flandern 1914-1918

and

War Beneath the Waves: U-Boat Flotilla Flandern 1915-1918

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Old 05-13-17, 03:16 AM   #2066
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@MGR1 do you happen to have links to pdf versions of those 2 books ?

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Old 05-13-17, 06:22 PM   #2067
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Afraid not, no, looks like physical copies only.

"War Beneath the Waves" is also available in Dutch and German, if that helps?

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Old 05-14-17, 03:18 AM   #2068
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War beneath the waves revieew from "in depth"
https://www.google.be/url?sa=t&sourc...p4zotzB_ZK99Ug

Most book reviewed for ‘In Depth’ have concerned
the activities of Royal Navy and Allied Submarines
during the two World Wars. This new book is
different in that it covers the activities of the
Imperial German Navy ‘Flanders Flotilla’ during
World War I. The author, Thomas Termode, is a
naval historian who has researched his subject in
depth in more ways than one!
Not only has he conducted extensive research in the
Archives in Germany, Belgium and UK on all the
UB and UC-Boats which formed the Flanders
Flotilla - covering their Patrols, their Commanding
Officers and Crews - and their fates but, as a fully
qualified diver, he has dived on many of the lost UB
& UC-Boats found to date in the southern North
Sea and the Dover Straits and is therefore well
placed to describe the wrecks.
The amount of detail available is most impressive. If
you want to know the construction and engineering
details of a particular UB or UC-Boat, it is here.
Details of the construction of the U-Boat bases in
Belgium are here. Career and family details of
various U-Boat Commanders are here. Information
on ships sunk, torpedoes fired, minefields laid and
U-Boats lost is here. The book is full of
photographs of the U-Boats and Crew members at
sea and in harbour.
The book is also a sobering reminder of the efforts
made by the boats of the Flanders Flotilla to disrupt
and destroy Allied merchant and naval shipping but
also of the efforts of the Royal Navy to destroy the
Flanders Flotilla.
Some of the opinions expressed might be
conjectured and, in places, the wording is difficult to
read and needs to be read twice to understand the
meaning but I suspect that this the result of
translation into the English language. However, all
things considered, it is a ‘tour de force’ by Thomas
Termode and is well worth reading by the naval
historian (both amateur and professional) and will be
a valuable addition to your reference libraries.
_________________________________________
“War Beneath the Waves” is published by the
Uniform Publishing Group, 101, Wardour Street,
London W1F 0UG.
ISBN 978-1-910500-64-4
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Old 05-15-17, 01:59 PM   #2069
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Default The Absolutely Crazy Way Britain Tried to Kill German Submarines in World War I

The Absolutely Crazy Way Britain Tried to Kill German Submarines in World War I

Charles Domville-Fife, writing in 1919 just after the war was over, described Lance Bombs as “conical explosive bombs on the ends of broom handles! A strong man could whirl one of them round his head, like a two-handed sword or battle-axe, and, when the momentum was sufficient, hurl it over the water for about seventy-five feet. On nose-diving into the water and hitting the hull of a submarine in the act of rising or plunging, the little bomb, containing about 7 lb. of amatol, was exploded by contact.”

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...l-german-20641
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Old 05-16-17, 05:36 AM   #2070
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Thanks again Keltos.

Environmental update (tweaked again!) Now the fog is a better color; all colors are richer and less washed out. Additional crew with preset animations; you can have them man the rail when entering port like "Aces of the Deep". U-31 type in heavy weather. U-31 sub is due to be revamped with higher detail conning tower, etc.














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