[REQ] WWI submarine mod

iambecomelife · 09-01-09, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

IABL, I would like to officially join you as part of this mod team. After reading the preview .doc you sent me via PM, I would like to throw as much in as I can (since I am also working on the Surface Warfare Mod, and the Narwhal.)

Thanks! Go right ahead & step up to the plate!

Now that work has begun on both U-cruisers and small coastal boats we really need the medium sized boats I listed - they were the backbone of the war effort, even though players will probably crave the huge U-cruisers.

Also need help with some .zon issues to make the contraband system work properly - this is very important so that merchants can be stopped with a shot across the bow.

In addition I really need info on flotilla organization, which seems to be sorely lacking in most of my sources. I want players to have the right sub at the right time in the right geographic location.

If you are willing to work on modeling surface ships some help with battleships, battlecruisers, & predreadnoughts would be welcome - please try to do ships that I have not yet done (unless you are confident you'll improve the model dramatically). Merchant vessels are not a priority because I have a lot of experience modeling them.

I will send more details to you via PM.

Deamon · 09-01-09, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Now that work has begun on both U-cruisers and small coastal boats we really need the medium sized boats I listed - they were the backbone of the war effort, even though players will probably crave the huge U-cruisers.

What cruisers ?

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In addition I really need info on flotilla organization, which seems to be sorely lacking in most of my sources. I want players to have the right sub at the right time in the right geographic location.

If you want the right sub at the right time you can already forget about the Project 50. Right after its keel laying the war was over. Then it was immediately scuttled and the plans destroyed.

If you intend to include U-139 and want to be historically correct then the player will get to make only one patrol with it and the war is over!

When you include the armed U-Deutschland then things look good, then the player have more then 1,5 years of action with it.

So the main action are the fleet and coastile boats.

I will check out if I can come up with info on the flotillas. What theatres are you intending to cover ?

iambecomelife · 09-01-09, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Deamon

What cruisers ?

If you want the right sub at the right time you can already forget about the Project 50. Right after its keel laying the war was over. Then it was immediately scuttled and the plans destroyed.

If you intend to include U-139 and want to be historically correct then the player will get to make only one patrol with it and the war is over!

When you include the armed U-Deutschland then things look good, then the player have more then 1,5 years of action with it.

So the main action are the fleet and coastile boats.

I will check out if I can come up with info on the flotillas. What theatres are you intending to cover ?

For now I am doing just the North Sea, Channel, Eastern Atlantic, and the Arctic. I didn't want to throw in operations off the US Coast and in the Med just yet.

Sledgehammer427 · 09-02-09, 03:17 AM

I'm having a problem with the U-cruiser.
I have the hull practically complete, but I can't cut out the torpedo tubes.
Keltos, If I send you this sub can you finish it? the modelling, I mean, I can work up the textures and fun stuff like that later

GerritJ9 · 09-02-09, 03:31 AM

Re U-Boot interiors: the very first U-Boot, U-1, is preserved at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Sections of the hull have been cut away so the interior can be viewed and I have a photo in a book somewhere taken at the museum which I could scan (once I find it that is). Otherwise perhaps some of our German forum members have been to the museum and have photos available. They could be used for detailing the interiors of the earliest U-Boote such as U-9.

keltos01 · 09-02-09, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

I'm having a problem with the U-cruiser.
I have the hull practically complete, but I can't cut out the torpedo tubes.
Keltos, If I send you this sub can you finish it? the modelling, I mean, I can work up the textures and fun stuff like that later

yeah ... send it over

!

btw: easier to cut out with solids than meshes but I can do both.

keltos

keltos01 · 09-06-09, 11:33 AM

any news ?

keltos

Hitman · 09-06-09, 02:28 PM

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My mod proposal indicates that SH4 interiors with appropriate modifications (no radar, hydrophones, etc) will be used, unless someone volunteers do do detailed interior work.

I have seen some pictures of interiors of WW1 submarines, and the Type II is quite similar -very cramped and with the "oldest" look of all. You should be able to create a good generic interior for all U-Boats using just the Type II

iambecomelife · 09-06-09, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by keltos01

any news ?

keltos

Nothing screenshot-worthy - however, a lot of vital work is being done, particularly in the area of merchant ship design.

Highbury · 09-02-09, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Now that work has begun on both U-cruisers and small coastal boats we really need the medium sized boats I listed - they were the backbone of the war effort, even though players will probably crave the huge U-cruisers.

I think you forget the old SHIII thread about people who loved and only used Type IIs. In SH4 there is a similar following for the Sugar Boats. I am sure the coastal and medium sized boats will be very much appreciated by alot of people. (Like me!!)

The post above mine did make me wonder however.. what are you guys planning for interiors?

iambecomelife · 09-02-09, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Highbury

I think you forget the old SHIII thread about people who loved and only used Type IIs. In SH4 there is a similar following for the Sugar Boats. I am sure the coastal and medium sized boats will be very much appreciated by alot of people. (Like me!!)

The post above mine did make me wonder however.. what are you guys planning for interiors?

My mod proposal indicates that SH4 interiors with appropriate modifications (no radar, hydrophones, etc) will be used, unless someone volunteers do do detailed interior work.

Historically correct uniforms & decor will be provided.

09-02-09, 03:17 AM	#4
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,901 Downloads: 280 Uploads: 0	I'm having a problem with the U-cruiser. I have the hull practically complete, but I can't cut out the torpedo tubes. Keltos, If I send you this sub can you finish it? the modelling, I mean, I can work up the textures and fun stuff like that later __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

09-02-09, 03:31 AM	#5
GerritJ9 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 389 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 6	Re U-Boot interiors: the very first U-Boot, U-1, is preserved at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. Sections of the hull have been cut away so the interior can be viewed and I have a photo in a book somewhere taken at the museum which I could scan (once I find it that is). Otherwise perhaps some of our German forum members have been to the museum and have photos available. They could be used for detailing the interiors of the earliest U-Boote such as U-9. __________________ Quamvis Patiens Acris My SH3/SH4 mods: http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/GerritJ9

09-06-09, 11:33 AM	#7
keltos01 Silent Hunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 4,999 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 18	any news ? keltos __________________ "Honorable Builder of Sinking Ships"