[Beta] 3 Italian Cruisers (Trento, da Giussano, Montecuccoli) [Archive]

VonDos

03-17-11, 04:04 AM

Hi everyone!
With da Giussano, i've completed a trio of italian cruisers converted by Kovall from SHV and reworked now. Is someone interested in beta tests? :D

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/3874/rmdagiussano.jpg

Here's a pics with all those cruisers togheter:

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6272/shotuf.jpg

Thanks and best regards,
Vd

Wreford-Brown

03-19-11, 04:01 AM

First round of beta tests done.

Museum checks out and all the information is there.

Ships sail well and carry out the correct actions when attacked. Trento took two torpedoes to the side before going down - this appears to be about right for this class and tonnage. Barbiano and da Giussano took a single magnetic torpedo under the centre of the hull, again this seems about right.

They identified me a long way out (10,000m +) but gunnery on the ships was fairly poor - they started firing at me from 10,000m but only hit me when I reached around 4,000m (this was Mar 1940). When they did hit me I took a lot of damage (hull left at 79%) but I was only hit once before I reached periscope depth.

Against aircraft they seem to be very capable (this was Jun 1943). I put eight aircraft of various types against the three ships and they shot all of them down without the aircraft getting a single hit. I then put 27 aircraft against them and they shot all of them down with minor damage to the ships. Maybe the anti air gunners are a little too accurate?

Two minor problems - texture below the command tower of Barbiano are missing (this is hidden from normal view, I had to use F12 to see it) and the da Giussano gunners next to the rear funnel were shooting into the funnel and causing damage to the ship.

Overall, the cruisers look good (less that one area under the command tower), are very capable against aircraft and about average against other ships. They sink after the right number of torpedoes, the silhouettes are good as are the map symbols.