Exactly...GWX is the reason I'm still enjoying SH3...it's the only game I'm playing for serious right now.:up:

But the TypeXXI still needs work...it's a shame, that it was delivered in such an unfinished state, allthough I wonder how much better it can be, without access to the source-code?

Those forw.diving-planes are the 1st concern, imo...they really need a manual-operation option.
2nd - imo - is the radar (FuMO64) switching-off in rough seas all the time > really annoying. I'm using seasonal waves in SH3Com.
3rd is the submerged topspeed...21kts is a little over the top.
4th: when in silent-running, at 30m depth, then order to surface, and secure from silent-running, the boat starts to dive - probably to crash-dive depth (my previous order)...I need to order Surface again.

That's why I named the topic XXI GWX...I hope the GWX-devs are reading.
I realize the XXI isn't the most popular subject, because "it never saw real combat", but in the end to me it's all about roleplaying...and the XXI is a nice subject for this, as it gives me such freedom.
And after all, it's a great thing that GWX still can pull new stuff out of SH3, after 3 years! It makes me want more!

Please, GWX-devs...I hope you put the XXI on your things-to-do list.:D
Not that I'm dissatisfied with what I have right now.
But I have the feeling it can get better.


The official Überboat gets a sticky...while we already have it here!



Gute Jagd, Ubåtskapten!


P.s. the question about the FuMB37 Leros still stands...

Next, I want to see what I can improve about the XXI-skin...haven't forgotten the skinning-tutorial that Danlisa posted in this thread ;).

Thx to Danlisa's skinning-pdf, I found the location of the XXI-pinup: it's in one of the .dat-files, in data/interior/NSS_Uboat21_RR.dat.
I found it, using SH3-Unpacker.

I tried to find a value to change the availability of the FuMB37-Leros (or the FuMO-64 Hohentwiel....still not quite sure which one I would get on the schnorkel!), using the same program, but couldn't find anything.
So I tried SH3-Minitweaker, but I have no idea which tweak-file to load...and suppose I knew which, then I wouldn't know how to proceed.
I tried Sensors_dat.txt, but I see no date-value.
I'm puzzled!:damn:

Btw, the forw.diving-planes keep behaving weird...sometimes, they extract when I dive, but sometimes they refuse to do so. I can't pinpoint the cause.
Can SH3-Minitweaker be used, to change this behaviour?

@Paajtor,

Rec'd your PM. Sorry mate, have been tied up with other issues ATM.

Will respond eventually. :-?

No problem, Kpt.:up:
I just wondered, if the GWX-team had any plans for the XXI-v1.04, as more players seem to take it for a ride, exploring the boundaries of this sim, so to speak.

If you need my assistance, just PM me. :D

Hi am wondering if anyone actually succeeded in running the XXI earlier in the war, I tried hard enought with the material available some time ago but achieved nothing but crashes and failure to load the game. I think it would be a lot of fun to cruise around in say 1941 or 2 with this machine.
So has anyone got or can they make a XXI mod that is JGSME capable, I am sure it would be well used. at present any venturing out in late 44 or early 45 with the XXI seems to be suicide.

Just found this, about the bow-planes in SH4....odd.:hmm:

*edited for url-correction :oops:

small teaser, typeXXI in July'44:

http://members.home.nl/paajtor/SHIII...nsk_teaser.jpg


Been on a Murmansk-raid in this thing!...to hit our true and oldest enemy.
Have to say, the long way in was hazzardous, mostly because of the 2m of water under our keel....at schnorkel-depth!
But we pretty much cleaned up the entire harbor: first got rid of 2 DD's that were lying there stationary, then the rest was an easy prey.
Sank all targets but one, with 1 magn.torp, set at 1.1m below keel...the fish were zipping along the harbor-floor, great sight!

http://members.home.nl/paajtor/SHIII..._torpzip1a.jpg http://members.home.nl/paajtor/SHIII..._torpzip2a.jpg

*edit* these 2 screens show the forw.planes-bug again.:-?

I wonder if the closeness of the floor helped to increase the impact of the explosions...if rock, maybe?...if mud, maybe not?:

http://members.home.nl/paajtor/SHIII..._torpzip3a.jpg



It was all finished in 15mins...gotta love that 2min-reload, lol. :D
Also decided to leave the 3 fishing-boats alone...allthough it was tempting to start using our 20mm flak-guns on them.

Now we just left the Murmansk-channel...and look what was sailing nearby. Left of the next ship in line, the coastline can still barely be seen:

http://www.61shap.com/pilots/Paajtor...newwater3a.jpg

A HUGE convoy of big cargos, all-American, with this in the middle...:o
How nice...still have loads of torpedoes, including 9 Zaunkönig-II's (G7es, acoustic homing at >10kts), and 6 LuT-I (G7a, ladder search pattern).
I love those LuT's...you can set them in the weirdest patterns you can dream of, from any direction. Shame they are gas/steam driven, though.

Next SH3-evening will be a long one, I'm pretty sure. :doh:
First, we have to keep this on our (GWX 16k-) stern for a couple of hours, so that we can setup for a submerged attack...at 49m. That's about the max that this boat can launch :yep: :


http://www.61shap.com/pilots/Paajtor...newwater4a.jpg

Maybe i am getting old but there isn't much i can link to SHIV in the picture behind your link:

http://www.everybodysweather.com/media/polynya.jpg

:doh:

Oops, my bad...post edited.:D