Special Missions

[Méo]

I'd really like to have the possibility to be selected for special missions in campaign mode such as:


- The raid on Scapa Flow. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:U- (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:U-47_raid.svg)47_raid.svg (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:U-47_raid.svg)

- The raid on Aruba. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u156.htm (middle of the page) (http://www.uboat.net/boats/u156.htm)

- Operation Kiebitz. http://www.uboat.net/boats/u536.htm

- Other missions (i don't know all) or maybe missions that never happened!


This would had a lot of diversity in a war that lasted nearly 6 years. Or maybe it could be in an expansion.

[Torplexed]

A lot of U-Boats were sent on missions to establish weather stations in remote areas like Greenland and Labrador. That could fit the bill. Weather Station Kurt in Canada was the most famous example. It wasn't found again until 1981.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt

[Méo]

A lot of U-Boats were sent on missions to establish weather stations in remote areas like Greenland and Labrador. That could fit the bill. Weather Station Kurt in Canada was the most famous example. It wasn't found again until 1981.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt

Yep (i didn't know about it).

I know it's another request (devs must be tired to see us asking over and over), but SHV has so much potential. :DL

[kptn_kaiserhof]

how about a mission where you get a chance to save k.m.s bismarck in its final hour the battle where it gets its rudder jammed and torpedoes finish her off


can we get a chance to save bismarck ????

[Torplexed]

how about a mission where you get a chance to save k.m.s bismarck in its final hour the battle where it gets its rudder jammed and torpedoes finish her off


can we get a chance to save bismarck ????

Only if she eventually returns the favor and saves me from the bevy of destroyers that finish me off someday. ;)

[kptn_kaiserhof]

dont let the dd's worry you 1 or two ok

but more keep an eye out

[Snestorm]

Special Mission: Be more aggressive!

That was a special enough mission for me.

[THE_MASK]

Wouldnt we just make our own missions like in SH4 . The only problem i had with missions is that once you have mods they wont work unless you use the same mods as the modder who made the mission . I think .

[kptn_kaiserhof]

so make it work with mods you devs

[Webster]

The only problem i had with missions is that once you have mods they wont work unless you use the same mods as the modder who made the mission . I think .

its all about the ships, if you make missions with lets say TMO+RSRDC mods installed you may use non stock ships in your missions and what happens is if a person not using those mods tries the mission then the game cant find the ship it needs and gives you a CTD.

another is the ship "type" numbers changed in v1.5 for iowa and yamato supper BB and the large passanger liner conte verde so thats why v1.4 missions crashed when played in v1.5 and also why v1.5 missions crashed when played in v1.4

its the simple little things like that which cause headaches :damn:

[hellfish6]

U-518, and I'm sure others, also landed spies in Allied countries.

[Sailor Steve]

It would be nice to be assigned special missions during the campaign, and, since SH4 had them, I don't see why we wouldn't. That said, very special raids and such should be very rare and only given if we've proven ourselves to be among the best (which means I won't see very many).

[Philipp_Thomsen]

I really find very interesting the special mission designed to U-166.

[Annatar]

I'd like a chance to try some of the late war missions to ship advanced technology to the Japanese. As I remember there were a few boats tasked to take everything from mercury to jet engines to entire disassembled aircraft to Japan. Could make for some tense missions, trying to avoid both the British and American navies.

[kptn_kaiserhof]

that would be a great feature

[hellfish6]

Except it would probably require modeling a good chunk of the Pacific Theater too, I'd imagine.

[Philipp_Thomsen]

AFAIHR, SH5 is atlantic only, so forget any pacific stuff.

[JScones]

If SH5 is developed right then at some stage in the future I hope I do see modders adding stuff to the Pacific, because that would mean Fleet boat integration, which would hopefully mean that other nationalities could be added too (Axis and Allied).

[Ducimus]

AFAIHR, SH5 is atlantic only, so forget any pacific stuff.

One reason why I'm not buying SH5.

[Méo]

One reason why I'm not buying SH5.

SHV is about ATO, it's no news, so why come to this forum and make such comments? :nope:

There should have a new thread just for whining.

I don't want to make bashing on anyone, this is just really annoying and endless.

When it will be time for a new PTO to come out, i wonder if i'll be willing to support it. :hmmm:

[kptn_kaiserhof]

your so right meo i two are sick of those wingers

[Hitman]

In Clive Blair's famed books "Hitler's Uboat war" he mentiones several times different special missions carried out by U-Boats, which were very similar to what American counterparts did, although not so frequent:

-Minelaying
-Landing spies and revolutionaries in the Ulster
-Rescue aviators (In Norway during Operation Weserübung)
-Bring supplies to troops
-Land sabotage commandos (In the Mediterranean)
-Escort blockade breakers back to France

[mookiemookie]

In Clive Blair's famed books "Hitler's Uboat war" he mentiones several times different special missions carried out by U-Boats, which were very similar to what American counterparts did, although not so frequent:

-Minelaying
-Landing spies and revolutionaries in the Ulster
-Rescue aviators (In Norway during Operation Weserübung)
-Bring supplies to troops
-Land sabotage commandos (In the Mediterranean)
-Escort blockade breakers back to France

They also landed saboteurs in America (who were quickly captured) and one u-boat was ordered to wait off the coast of Canada to pick up Otto Kretschmer who was to escape from POW camp. Just throwin those ones in there. :yeah:

[Webster]

didnt they find a uboat by coney island landing spies?

[Torplexed]

didnt they find a uboat by coney island landing spies?

There was a group of four saboteurs landed near Amagansett, Long Island NY in June, 1942. Another group was landed near Jacksonville, Florida at about the same time. Part of a plan for a two year program designed to destroy war plants, railways, water works and bridges in the United States

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq114-3.htm

[Méo]

In Clive Blair's famed books "Hitler's Uboat war" he mentiones several times different special missions carried out by U-Boats, which were very similar to what American counterparts did, although not so frequent:

-Minelaying
-Landing spies and revolutionaries in the Ulster
-Rescue aviators (In Norway during Operation Weserübung)
-Bring supplies to troops
-Land sabotage commandos (In the Mediterranean)
-Escort blockade breakers back to France

It would be really nice but i guess that things like landing spies would create some controversy. :hmmm:

[Méo]

Maybe controversy = free publicity = more sales. :DL

[Hitman]

They also landed saboteurs in America

Yes, good call, that was called "Operation Pastorius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pastorius)" :up:

[Sgtmonkeynads]

Mookie-one u-boat was ordered to wait off the coast of Canada to pick up Otto Kretschmer who was to escape from POW camp.

I saw an old movie made about that. One hell of a story. The ONLY german airman to get shot down, captured, sent to a Canadian camp, escape,
make it to U.S. [Before involment], to south america, and back to Berlin. The movie was realy controvetial at the timethey said, because
a REAL german played the main character, where most British movies used Brits, I guess?

[mookiemookie]

Mookie-one u-boat was ordered to wait off the coast of Canada to pick up Otto Kretschmer who was to escape from POW camp.

I saw an old movie made about that. One hell of a story. The ONLY german airman to get shot down, captured, sent to a Canadian camp, escape,
make it to U.S. [Before involment], to south america, and back to Berlin. The movie was realy controvetial at the timethey said, because
a REAL german played the main character, where most British movies used Brits, I guess?

I read about that in Kretschmer's biography, Golden Horseshoe (http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Horseshoe-Wartime-Career-Kretschmer/dp/185367558X) as they were both in the same POW camp. That is indeed an amazing story.

[Méo]

Mookie-one u-boat was ordered to wait off the coast of Canada to pick up Otto Kretschmer who was to escape from POW camp.

There's an interesting video about that: http://archives.radio-canada.ca/guerres_conflits/prisonniers_guerre/clips/10490/

There's interviews with Otto Kretschmer, Rolf Schauenburg and Desmond Piers.

It's in french but most of the video are interviews in english (except for Schauenburg who mostly speaks german but sometimes speaks english). The video was made in 1985 but the quality is not that bad (you can go on full screen).

[difool2]

your so right meo i two are sick of those wingers

Esp. since the individual in question already was keelhauled for 6 months and you'd think he'd be on his best behavior now...