No - I'm not gonna do half a job. I need the rules for each event (and until some investigation can occur, what are the events we want to include?), even if a guesstimate, before I start building. Put it down to 22 years of programming.

Oh hehe, you're asking me?

I was hoping you would say yes. lol :rotfl: I'm really not the one to go and investigate for realistic numbers. Maybe someone else wants to dig for bombing frequencies?

Will we still have the option of using only the 1x wave heights?
I for one dont want the 2x or 1.5x wave heights.

Yep. This will be a new option added to the current list.

Wow, I never thought about base bombings, sabotage, etc. Perhaps one of the guys who are really into research can dig into this. I understand its a time consuming thing. Maybe for the next release in the spring.

Thanks for the seasonal waves-it works for me.

Now can you add maybe a random hurricane with waves at 8x just for the Carribean area tho- :-j just kidding.

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The varied wave hight is a great idea. Is there an way to model the weather also? Better weather in the summer and cold dreary days in the winter, lots of clear days in the summer and cloudy overcast skies in the winter? Beautiful sunsets in the fall?
Can you add random accidents and disabilities during the patrol to the crew, espicially to the qualified members? For example, the sonar quailifed operator is disabled or killed, so the raplacements skill is reduced. This should be possible as the game has crew members getting killed or injured during dc attacks.
Ubisoft would be crazy not to employ you to add SHIv Commander to the new SHIV!
Your work has encreased my enjoyment of the game. Thank you
irish1958

1943
U-235* VIIC May 14 1943 Germaniawerft, Kiel US bombs
U-474* VIIC Aug 6 1943 Deutsche Werke, Kiel UK bombs

1944
U-81 VIIC Jan 4 1944 Pola US bombs
U-410 VIIC Mar 11 1944 Near Toulon (Med.) US bombs
U-108 IXB Apr 11 1944 Stettin bombs
U-421 VIIC Apr 29 1944 Near Toulon (Med.) US bombs
U-821 VIIC Jun 10 1944 Near Brest (50 dead) UK bombs
U-642 VIIC Jul 5 1944 Near Toulon US bombs
U-471 VIIC Aug 6 1944 Near Toulon UK bombs
U-952 VIIC Aug 6 1944 Near Toulon (Med.) US bombs
U-993 VIIC Oct 4 1944 Laksevag yard, Bergen UK bombs
U-777 VIIC Oct 15 1944 Near Wilhelmshaven UK bombs
U-735 VIIC Dec 28 1944 Near Horton UK bombs
U-906 VIIC Dec 31 1944 Stülcken, Hamburg UK bombs
U-2530 XXI Dec 31 1944 Hamburg (raised and sunk again)
U-2532 XXI Dec 31 1944 Hamburg, position 5 (not in commission)
U-2537 XXI Dec 21 1944 Hamburg, position 1.

1945
U-2515 XXI Jan 17 1945 Hamburg, dock III
U-2523 XXI Jan 17 1945 Hamburg, position 4
U-382 VIIC Jan 30 1945 Wilhelmshaven (entrance 4) UK bombs
U-3007 XXI Feb 24 1945 Near Bremen
U-3036 XXI Mar 3 1945 AG Weser yard, Bremen
U-3508 XXI Mar 4 1945 Wilhelmshaven
U-682 VIIC Mar 11 1945 Howaldtswerke, Hamburg UK bombs
U-96 VIIC Mar 30 1945 Wilhelmshaven US bombs
U-348 VIIC Mar 30 1945 Near Hamburg UK bombs
U-350 VIIC Mar 30 1945 Near Hamburg UK bombs
U-429 VIIC Mar 30 1945 Near Wilhelmshaven US bombs
U-430 VIIC Mar 30 1945 Near Bremen US bombs
U-870 IXC/40 Mar 30 1945 Bremen US bombs
U-1167 VIIC Mar 30 1945 Deutsche Werke, Hamburg UK bombs
U-2340 XXIII Mar 30 1945 Hamburg UK bombs
U-747 VIIC Apr 1 1945 Hamburg US bombs
U-1221 IXC/40 Apr 3 1945 Kiel, bouy A7 (7 dead) UK bombs
U-2542 XXI Apr 3 1945 Kiel, Hindenburg bank
U-237 VIIC Apr 4 1945 Deutsche Werke, Kiel UK bombs
U-749 VIIC Apr 4 1945 Germaniawerft (4), Kiel US bombs
U-3003 XXI Apr 4 1945 Kiel
U-677 VIIC Apr 5 1945 Howaldtswerke, Hamburg UK bombs
U-2514 XXI Apr 8 1945 Hamburg
U-3512 XXI Apr 8 1945 Kiel
U-982 VIIC Apr 9 1945 Near Hamburg US bombs
U-2516 XXI Apr 9 1945 Kiel
U-103 IXB Apr 14 1945 Kiel (1 dead) bombs
U-56 IIC Apr 28 1945 Kiel UK bombs
U-1210 VIIC May 3 1945 Near Eckernfjörde UK bombs
U-3505 XXI May 3 1945 (1730) Kiel (1 killed)
U-904 VIIC May 4 1945 Eckernfjörde UK bombs

You got me thinking about the possibility of the option of base attacks, sabotage etc. I did a little digging and found the boats that were sunk in "friendly waters". Cannot find anything so far on the frequency or individual dates of air raids on U Boat bases. Looking at the numbers there were 32 boats destroyed/sunk in the first 4 months of 1945. Compared to 15 in all of 1944 and just 2 in 1943. I'm just guessing here but the odds of a boat being sunk/destroyed on every single air raid is pretty far out there but given the frequency of attacks perhaps a ratio of one U Boat destroyed per every 4 or maybe 5 air raids might be more realistic(a wild guess here).Given this hypothetical ratio of 4 or 5 to1 that would mean there may have been 160 individual raids in 1945 compared to 75 in 1944.
With this theory in mind and since 1945 had only about 130 days in play the odds of experiencing an air raid in 1945 were pretty good depending on which base you were at. Now I would need to narrow that down by locating the dates that the actual bases/sub pens capitulated.

If this is something that will benefit you in putting this option into play please let me know and I'll dig further. If not that's ok too as it's really interesting reading nonetheless.

This is great. Feel free to keep digging! :up:

I have a tip if anyone is interested...I read from time to time that players get bored hearing the National anthem everytime they leave or return from a patrol. I know that there are alternative files out there, but, logic would suggest that the replacements, too, would get boring after a while.

You can use SH3Cmdr to randomise the file played for each patrol. Just grab a few different fanfara_1.wav files and plonk them into SH3Cmdr's "Random" folder structure. You're not limited to 5 random folders, you can add as many as you like.

Alternatively, if you always want specific fanfares to play at specific dates, plonk the files into the usual "Date" folder structure.

Hopefully this will provoke ideas from others on how SH3Cmdr can be utilised more by players.

An idea on sabotage, since you've worked out how to remove upgrades from the boats perhaps you could use that and give a sabotage message before the game launches.
eg, "resistance members places bombs along your boats deck while it was docked, most of the repair work has been done but the radar detector and KDB hydrophones have been completely destroyed"
So that you have to spend some more renown and time in base to fix these things :hmm:


<edit> Also, I've been going through 'U-Boat operations of the second world war' which has listed the names of every boats commander(s). I figured this would be the way to get the most 'realistic' crew names, every name I have added to the crew list is taken from a real-life u-boats captains name :know: .
So far I have done a large list of first names, and I will do the last names shortly.
If you want to have a look at the list and consider using it I will post it later on :)

1., Options for the XXI:
-date (for example earlier for more renown)
-renown (15.000, 30.000, ...)
-trainig time (180 days would be enough...)

2., Including the boat upgrades in the personal page text
-> maybe even managing the upgrades from Sh3 Cmdr (even have the infos, what, when will be ready)

You can already adjust/add these values to the SH3Cmdr Cfg files. I don't want to get this specific within the interface, or it would really just become a clone of one of TT's File Tweakers.

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Thanks for the quick response!

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I meant in the Personalakte, like "1942 febr: new command tower built in. etc." or, if it easier, as a 'mission' (timescale and what happened - of course, no ship sinking :)

Ah, I understand. I'll ponder it.

OK peoples. It appears that we only want to be able to remove the deck gun, so it's done. You'll be able to click on your u-boat type and available options, well, only remove deck gun at this point, will be displayed. You'll get a confirmation message and a note saying that you can always get the gun back again via SH3 itself (for free - but I didn't mention that bit). When more options get added at a later date I may place them all onto a snazzy screen, but a pop up will do for now.

Now, re the random crush depth mod, I'm not sure if anyone saw my question a page or so ago:

"Not wanting to install the tool for unrelated system reasons, can someone let me know the offset value for where the crush depth value is located in each submarine .zon file. Is the offset the same in each file? Is the data value 4 byte single?"

What I would also like to know is why people want this option? Is it because SH3 is very rigid is policing the crush depth? Ie if it's 300m for your sub type and you go to 301m you're gone?