[REL] WB's VIIA

[Wreford-Brown]

Before anyone gets too excited, this is not a graphic representation of a VIIA but adjusts the values of a VIIB to simulate a VIIA.

I also need to thank SailorSteve who gave me the idea.

This mod simulates a VIIA by adjusting the following values:
11 torpedoes
No external reloads
No rear tube reloads
Reduced range compared to VIIB
Reduced speed compared to VIIB
Adjusted displacement and engine power to simulate VIIA
The VIIA had one external torpedo tube at the rear - I've simulated this by leaving just one internal torpedo in the rear tube.

There are two versions of the mod. One is a standard JSGME version to allow you to manually change your VIIB into a VIIA. The second is a SH3 Commander version which will give you a VIIA at the start of the war then change it back into a VIIB on 11 Mar 40, the date at which the VIIB became more prevalent.

All changes are to the behavior of the u-boat and there are no changes to the VIIB model - on the outside it'll still look like a VIIB.

Enjoy!
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=f33c76a30b3444741bee9a6e9edd9c7666416aa0 4d394890c81041a3fc51d567

[tomfon]

Thanks a lot for this one WB.:yep: :up:

[Sailor Steve]

:rock:

I've been biting my tongue for two days now, trying hard not to say "Guess what? Guess what?" This is the answer to my dreams. No more dumping torpedoes (it didn't occur to me until just now to remove them while in port). No more reminding myself not to go faster than 17 knots. WOO-HOO!

I tested it several times. The cruise speed at 2/3 is only about 7 knots, but when I manually set it for ten, waited a few minutes and checked the maximum range at that speed, and every time it was just a hair over 10,000 km. I checked www.uboat.net (http://www.uboat.net) and a couple of books, and they all give the VIIA's range as 6200 nm at 10 knots. 6200 statute miles is exactly 10,000 km, so that many nautical miles should be not far off that mark.

I'm running a patrol in one right now, and I LOVE IT!:rock:

[Jimbuna]

Nice one WB http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[nemo7]

SH3 is like good old wine. Getting better every minute...:smug:
Good job mate.

[Magic1111]

Hi WB !

I´ll give the MOD a try...! :up:

Best regards,
Magic

[Rosencrantz]

:rock:


Finally!


Greetings,
-RC-


Edit: Something is wrong with MediaFire... :down: Couldn't DL... :damn:

-RC-

[Sailor Steve]

I just checked it and it worked fine for me.:-?

[Rosencrantz]

Thanks, Steve! Then I guess something is wrong in this end. Have to try again later.


-RC-

[Hitman]

Excellent :yeah:

Now if only a kind soul would modify the VIIB rear tube to depict the VIIA 100% accurate :D

[Sailor Steve]

I'm sure W-B will put it up here at Subsim Downloads. I'd do it myself but he has always put up his own stuff so he can manage it more easily.:sunny:

[Rosencrantz]

@ Steve:


I'm not sure about different sites, but FF has always been the best place to me, Mediafire is usually working ok, but SS download site... an awful experience. It's only one or two times I have managet to get something through uncorrupted from that place. However, haven't tried SS DL after it's last major overhaul...


Greetings,
-RC-

[Wreford-Brown]

If you use the SH3 Commander version it's only 84 bytes. The standard JSGME version is 40.2KB.

If you're stuck, let me have your e-mail address by PM and I'll send it to you.

[Wreford-Brown]

Ahm.. is it true that his mod removes visibility range in (km) on weather request ?

No. The only adjustments are to the VIIB files.

[Wreford-Brown]

Give me a while to investigate.

While I'm looking into it, is anyone else having the same problem?

[Sailor Steve]

In two hours? Give him a couple of days, at least.:sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

No, but even dedicated modders have real lives. And once he's started it can be hard to find the problem. And it may turn out that he didn't accidentally adjust the files in question, and the problem is at your end.

Or not.:sunny:

[Wreford-Brown]

RL includes taking my kids to the park and putting them to bed, and you're continuing to be rude from the other thread.

If you've already found the fault can you please tell me which file and which line I've made the mistake in.

[Wreford-Brown]

You're wasting my time with a problem that I don't believe is there.

Bye.

[Sailor Steve]

Since you came up to be a genious fancy probability whizz, you might understand be he's been late with results due to looking for a solutions after he found out it was true :) Basically it took me less then 10 min to check it..
What exactly did you check if you don't know where it is. There is a chance that the problem is on your end. I don't know because I'm using the non-Commander version, so I don't know for sure.

But you don't need to be rude to people who are actually trying to help. I've posted problems I was having and waited a week or more for an answer, and sometimes the answer was that I was wrong. You really need to play nice.

[melnibonian]

Steve I'm afraid it's a lost cause and you're wasting your time. Manners unfortunately are lacking here.

Live and let live I say. Thankfully the community as a whole is up to the standards of reasonable courtesy, so we can ignore this particular incident.

WB take your time mate and if you feel it is worth looking at it go for it. Either way it is not a game-killer and doesn't destroy the fun and the aim of your mod.

[Wreford-Brown]

Given Brunos track record I think he was just trying to wind me up. He's also been keelhauled.

BTW, the lines that he referred to are 4100 to 4103 in en_menu. Stock SH3 referred to it as 'fog' with the values None, Light, Medium and Heavy but GWX changed it to 'visibility' Unlimited, Moderate, Reduced and Poor. AFAIK there's never been a 'km' value unless it comes from one of the other supermods.

The SH3 Commander version has exactly the same files as the SH3 version just in a slightly different format and it goes nowhere near those lines in the files. If anyone is having any problems I'm more than happy to fix them but in the meantime I'm just enjoying cruising Der Kanal in my VIIA.