U-Boote Kurs West! release

[Der Schmutt]

U-Boote Kurs West! v1.0 release!


Here it is.
I have created an extra-version for users of the English Strategyfirst copy from the game. The file you have to download is named UKW!v1.0ENG.exe.

Here's the readme:

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U-Boote Kurs West! v1.0 | Modpack for 1914-Shells of Fury (for English version by Strategyfirst)
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1.) Features
2.) Install
3.) Notice
4.) The crew
5.) Thankslist

1.) Features:
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-Five new Ships: Sailingship "Preussen", Dreadnought BB, 2 Q-ships (Norway and Dutch camo), Swedish collier
-Authentic flags for all British ships (White Ensign/Red Ensign)
-NPC-uboats (Petrolboats)
-More neutral traffic
-Different enemy traffic
-Eight new weather conditions in campaign modes (based on CB..'s weather mod)
-New water textures (by CB..)
-New MG reticule (by Chock)
-Periscope crosshair (by Chock)
-More realistic torpedo reloading times (Petrol 11,5 min., Diesel 10 min., UC II 8,5 min.)
-Object viewer showing all ship types and English Short 184 torpedobomber now (German descriptions)
-New title song
-German crew voices to 13 commands and events
-Reloading sound for the deck cannon
-Deck cannon range set to 2.500 meters in auto mode (manual 7.000 meters, same as in stock)
-Max. speed, weight, draught and range of all warships is set to values of historical origin
-Max. speed, weight and draught of all merchant ships set to realistic values
-Merchants of same type but different nations have little different tonnage
-New rank and medal system
-Menu and loading screens enriched with WW1 paraphernalia, i.e. photos, postcards etc. (screens appear in German language)

2.) Install
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Run .exe file, follow instructions.

3.) Notice
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1. Use AA (game settings) and AF (graphics acc. settings). STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!!
2. Saved games from the 1914-SoF stock game can NOT be used!!!
3. When starting engines in the beginnig of any mission, 3-4 voice samples will play simultaneously.
4. Dutch Q-ship hull may have some texture flickering on long range distance.
5. Rain stops when entering pause mode on bridge.

4.) The U-Boote Kurs West! crew:
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Modding:
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CB..
Chock
Der Schmutt

Game Tester:
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Franky
T.T.
Droehni and Foeni

Idea, conception, creation:
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Der Schmutt

5.) Special thanks to:
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www.marinesims.de
My wife
Flo
Hueseyin
Tom Smutje
Johann

***Enjoy U-Boote Kurs West!***


readme.txt path ...Strategyfirst\1914 - Shells of Fury
UKW!files path ...Strategyfirst\1914 - Shells of Fury\UKW!files

Download: http://hosted.filefront.com/DerSchmutt


Please post any questions, comments, critics.

Enjoy U-Boote Kurs West!

Greets, Der Schmutt

[balto63]

Time to download

Thanks a lot for your mod Der Schmutt

Ciao

[horsa]

Downloading

[FloydRoses]

Downloaded and istalled.
Good less a SMALL problem.
I see in mission, all Black
SKy and Whater are completely black!
I Have this:

ASUS M3a32mvp wifi deluxe
4gb (3,5 recognized by O.System)Ram 800mhz, Kingstone
Athlon X2 64 Dual core 6000+ 3.2 Ghz
ATI RADEON HD3870 512mb DDR4
Win Xp Sp3
Lastest Catalyst 8.4 April 2008
DirectX 9,0c Mar. 2008.

Whatta hell doesn't work?

[ALTEN]

Thanks for this mod Der Schmutt.
Unfortunately i'm having the same problem as FloydRoses, the sky is permanently black.

Win XP SP2
ATI X800 GTO

[AFRIKAKORPS]

Yep, Im having the same problem too, the sun is still sunny but the sky is pitch black. Also, are the menu words supposed to be in German? Because it has been years since I've spoken any German

[Der Schmutt]

Hm, kind of strange, the modpack actually does not contain any changes of skytextures.
Weather changes made do not effect any texture or graphic files and worked well on my system (2x Pentium4, WinXP SP2, Geforce 7600GS), and the ones of several friends of mine. (We're all Nvidia users.)

Did everything run well in the SOF stock game before?
Are there ATI users only having this problem?
I've heard about SOF does not fit with some newer ATI's. There are some available tools (ATI Tray Tools by Ray Adams i.e.) to solve the problem: "Pixel Shader Override" must be set to "2.0".

Some Nvidia users confronted with the same problem there?
Please reply if UKW works on your system or not.

You can create a multiple install with SOF by creating a copy of the stock game (like SH3, i.e.). Just for comparing stock game/modded game.

@AFRIKAKORPS:
Yes, some menu words are in German, mission briefing text is still in English.


Greets

[balto63]

In wich subdirectory SOF must be installed so you mod will find the game ???
I've mine installed under "C:\Programmi\Strategy First\1914 - Shells of Fury\Game"
I've XP Italian.
TIA

[Der Schmutt]

You can type the path of your installed SOF in the "Directory" window of the UKW!installer program, so your SOF will be found.
The only important is "...\Strategyfirst\1914 - Shells of Fury", but that's the default, anyway.

Btw, how does it type in stock game directory, "Strategyfirst" or "Strategy First"?
I'm shure it was "Strategyfirst". Am I wrong?

Greets

Hi. Thanks for this mod, just completed an August 1914 patrol, no issues with the sky or the textures as noted by some. Out for 16 days, four merchants for 9000+ GRT. Great summer weather throughout and spotted schnooner Preussen passing through my patrol area. Very impressive ship!

Only one small thing, in the gasoline-powered boat Ahead Slow (3-kts) is actually faster than Ahead One-Third (2.3 or so kts) when submerged. I do not recall this being the case in the unmodded SoF but could be mistaken.

Must try to improve my almost none-existant German skills...

Anyway, nice piece of work; thanks again.

Good Hunting

[Der Schmutt]

So it works, that's fine! One who likes it, that's even better!

Originally Posted by Randomizer

Only one small thing, in the gasoline-powered boat Ahead Slow (3-kts) is actually faster than Ahead One-Third (2.3 or so kts) when submerged. I do not recall this being the case in the unmodded SoF but could be mistaken.

It's the same in stock game, typing and speed are in change by mistake (related to German version).
I thought, they had fixed it before releasing the English issue.

Thanks for response and information.

Greets

[Panama_Red]

I have duel ATI 3780 cards and had the same "black sky" problem. Since I loaded your mod using the JSGME tool, I was able to start testing to find out which of your files was causing the "black sky" effect.

After testing, I disabled your UKW weather file (which then allowed the regular game weather file to work) and all is fine with the sky now. I may not have all your extra weather effects, but at least I can enjoy the rest of your great mod.

Thanks

[FloydRoses]

I wan't to remove Catalyst 8.4 drivers (many games requires this to work correctly).And Install At tray tool.
Hmm.... by my point of wiew, ths problems is in ATI VGA owner.
Need a ATI fix for this mod/game.

[balto63]

Originally Posted by Der Schmutt

You can type the path of your installed SOF in the "Directory" window of the UKW!installer program, so your SOF will be found.
The only important is "...\Strategyfirst\1914 - Shells of Fury", but that's the default, anyway.

Btw, how does it type in stock game directory, "Strategyfirst" or "Strategy First"?
I'm shure it was "Strategyfirst". Am I wrong?

Greets

In my PC is: "C:\Program Files\Strategy First\1914 - Shells of Fury\Game\1914-Shells of Fury.exe"

The main menu now is in German
Don't like Tipperary is a subsim from the Kaiser point of view would have preferred a "Uboot lied"
BTW now it's all ok.
Sea and sky is black my video card is ATI RADEON 2600 PRO

Ciao from Italy

[Der Schmutt]

Originally Posted by Panama Red

I have duel ATI 3780 cards and had the same "black sky" problem. Since I loaded your mod using the JSGME tool, I was able to start testing to find out which of your files was causing the "black sky" effect.

After testing, I disabled your UKW weather file (which then allowed the regular game weather file to work) and all is fine with the sky now.

Thanks for testing and information.
Does it work when switching off AA and AF?
Seems ATI cards don't get along with the new "Weather.txt" file. Hmm, I just couldn't get any clue why.:hmm:

Btw, it's important not to exit a mission in progress by pressing "Alt+Ctrl+Del" (Task Manager). This may causes graphic malfunction or crashing when return to game, even when using Nvidia cards.

Originally Posted by balto63

Don't like Tipperary is a subsim from the Kaiser point of view would have preferred a "Uboot lied"

I took in Tipperary (version by Albert Farrington, 1915) for tribute to the German movie "Das Boot" by Wolfgang Petersen.