Would you like to see a WW 1 U-Boat simulation ?

[Seeteufel]

I certainly do!

...The Imperial German Navy started the war with 28 U-boats with an additional 344 commissioned.
In November 1918 no less than 226 boats were under construction.

The ease and skill with which the German engineers developed and built the most sophisticated warship of that time can only be admired.
Without any computer assistance, about 25 different types of U-boats for several different purposes - e.g. merchant submarines, long range cruisers, coastal and mine warfare vessels - had been designed.

More than 12,000,000 tons of shipping (5,000 ships) had been sunk by U-boats, with the loss of 15,000 lives. 60% of that tonnage was sunk by 22 commanders, the most successful ones were:


Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere 454,000 tons
Walther Forstmann 380,000 tons
Max Valentiner 300,000 tons
Otto Steinbrinck 290,000 tons
Hans Rose 214,000 tons
Reinhold Saltzwedel 170,000 tons
Waldemar Kophamel 149,000 tons...

( read more on uboat.net - His Imperial German Majesty's U-Bpoats in WW 1 )

This has some potential in it, doesn't it ?
Many different U-Boats, good old great looking warships and merchant-steamers / sailing ships, Airships, and so on...

To get in the right "WW 1 mood", you could read this very interesting Diary of a U−boat Commander .

...Slowly the periscope was raised and I held my breath; a groan came from Alten and he turned away. For a
fraction of a second I was almost pleased at his obvious pain, then, sick with disappointment, I took his place.

Yes! it was all over. There they were, and with hungry eyes and depressed heart I saw five great battle
cruisers, of which I recognized the Tiger with her three great funnels, the Princess Royal, Lion and two others,
zigzagging along at 25 knots, at a distance of 12,000 metres, across our bow.

They were surrounded by a numerous screen of destroyers and light cruisers, the former at that range through
the periscope appearing as black smudges.

It is not often one is permitted such a spectacle in modern war, and I could not tear myself away from the
sight of those great brutes, whom I had fought when in the Derflingger at Dogger Bank and again when in the
Koenig at Jutland. So near and yet so far, and as they rapidly drew away so did all the visions of an Iron
Cross. As soon as they were out of sight, we surfaced in order to report what we had seen to Zeebrugge and
Heligoland....

So - anyone else out there waiting for a WW 1 U-Boat simulation ? :hmm:

[Syxx_Killer]

I would certainly be interested. I'd get it just to watch the graceful four-pipe ocean liners.

[Seeteufel]

I've just discovered that Deamon and his team are already working on a WW 1 U-Boat sim...just great !
Look here for details of the Imperial U-Flotilla 1914-1918.

...Shame on me, they even got their own Forum on subsim - and I didn't notice...

[Ula Jolly]

I would pay my butt off

EsPECIALLY if it shared the SH3 engine.

[Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense]

YES!!!

--Mike

[Curval]

I'd definately buy it.

[baxter]

I would certainly be interested.

[gdogghenrikson]

Originally Posted by baxter

I would certainly be interested.

me too

[Happy Times]

I have also thought about this :hmm: So yes,i would get it.

[CB..]

some of the Brit WW1 subs were capable of Type XXI performance aswell

the R class killer subs had a top submerged speed of 15 knots (only 9 knots surfaced tho !)
allso quite a lot of sub versus sub action was normal so scope for very varied sorties

[Deamon]

Ahoy gentleman,

i curtainly like threads like this

Always good to meet some WWI fellows. May i ask you gentleman what attracted your interst in WWI u-boats ?

Originally Posted by Seeteufel

This has some potential in it, doesn't it ?
Many different U-Boats, good old great looking warships and merchant-steamers / sailing ships, Airships, and so on...

I tell ya. WWI covers a wide range of technology from very poor u-boats to very sophisticated once. It must be very delicate to experiance this evolution. Starting with the good ole U1 and than move up through U35, U93, U139 and more. There is alot to do for us. But i'm sure gentle man that you will be very buissy with just one of my u-boats i make, given the high fidelity i modeling them in. It will take its time tough.

To get in the right "WW 1 mood", you could read this very interesting Diary of a U−boat Commander .

This one is better, it's with images:

http://gutenberg.kk.dk/etext05/8dubc10h.zip

But to get even more in the right mood you gentlemean should get the book "Raiders of the Deep". It will blow you away!

How do you like my articles, gentleman ? Especialy my recently upgraded U1 article. I will upgrade the U31 article during the next month too. More stuff is planed till the end of the year. Stay tuned.

Cheers,
Deamon

[2019]

Nah, it look like a another crappy acadish game to me.

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[Deamon]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I would certainly be interested. I'd get it just to watch the graceful four-pipe ocean liners.

graceful is the right term. I especialy love this white painted cruisers with 2-4 funnels, the characteristical ramming bow and lot of ditails and art.

WWI has a very romantical ambiance

Originally Posted by Ula Jolly

I would pay my butt off

EsPECIALLY if it shared the SH3 engine.

I guess they will not give us their engine and we are assambeling our own from the fine engines that are available in the open source community. We also need to be able to adjust the engine exactly to our extravagant needings.

Originally Posted by CB..

some of the Brit WW1 subs were capable of Type XXI performance aswell

the R class killer subs had a top submerged speed of 15 knots (only 9 knots surfaced tho !)
allso quite a lot of sub versus sub action was normal so scope for very varied sorties

To true i'm a big fan of varied missions. And i see here a big potential in WWI

I'm also a very hardcore fan, may i ask you gentleman how mutch you woul dappreciate a realy hardcore sim ?

Cheers,
Deamon

[Syxx_Killer]

Originally Posted by Deamon

I'm also a very hardcore fan, may i ask you gentleman how mutch you woul dappreciate a realy hardcore sim ?

Well, I probably wouldn't be classified as a hardcore simmer. I'm more casual with my games and sims especially. A nice, wide array of options would be needed.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

Well, I probably wouldn't be classified as a hardcore simmer. I'm more casual with my games and sims especially.

Hmm, than you like sims like enigma rising tide ?

A nice, wide array of options would be needed.

Hmm, that might be a challange, couse i aim for highest possible realism and challange with a very comprehensive training of the player. :hmm:

The training alone is like a big campaign! And will pull you through all areas of submarine warfare. I hope that won't be to hard for you. :hmm:

EDIT: I might add options but it still would require some knowledge you will have to go through in the virtual academy. My sim is suppose to be like falcon 4. The diving alone will be quite a comprehensive process.

It curtainly won't be like in SHIII where you push a button and are under water 30 seconds later. In IUF you will have to deal mutch more with your submarine alone. You will have to know alot and will learn alot. Learning is actualy one of the main purpuoses of my project. I want to simulate the operational, tactical and even nautical aspects to highest possible level of ditail and i hope casual gamers will not be overwhelmed with the responsibilitie they will be exposed to, especialy in sutch a technicaly poor equiped sub like U 1

Driving U 1 will be a big challange in many regards i can tell you

Deamon