This one:

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...ourScheme1.jpg

With that map the fathometer changes from something you use occasionally to a vital piece of equipment when operating a boat in the SoWesPac areas or coastal waters because of all the shallow water. Now I know how skippers could wind up running aground.

And BTW, that one was picked after several people posted pics and links of real Nav maps (both from the 40's and current) on the SH modding forum.

Great choice

Exactly. Before this, the player pretty much knew how much water was beneath his keel without having to use the fathometer. Now it becomes a more critical piece of equipment that must be used with care, since enemy escorts can pick up the sound of the device.

A question about the fathom maps.

Didn't the navy have the fathom maps for the world at the time of WW2 ?
:)

I doubt it. USN maps of the Pacific at the start of the war were known for being very outdated. On the German side, what you see in the pic above is a replication of the fathom data the Germans had for their charts.

Christmas just came early! I love everything in the update, especially the Watch Crew in the 'Crow's Nest' and the inner and outer hulls added to the damage control screen. Brilliant stuff, thanks so much RFB Team :up:

[quote=LukeFF]No. Most ocean floor mapping was done after WWII with a very intense effort starting in the 50's

From the NOAA site "The publication of Heezen and Tharp’s Physiographic Map of the North Atlantic in 1957 was the first map of the sea floor that enabled the general public to begin to visualize what the ocean floor really looked like." You can find other references to the fact that the mapping of the ocean floor greatly accelerated during th 1950's. part of this was due to the increase in sonar performance achieved during WWII.

During WWII charts were very accurate for certain regions (mainly around major industrial ports), had very little info for other areas, and were just dead wrong on some occasions.

Any chance we can get the button back for 'Identify Target' that TM has on the Periscope Orders List?

I use it all the time...

thanks

Also, any particular reason the 'AFT' Torpedo Room is mislabelled as 'AFTER'????

Was this a spell checker induced error? ;)

Historically it was called the "After Torpedo Room"... not "aft". ;)

That would be nice:yep: No reason the WO can't identify the target for you. He did in RL.

http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/app...es/figa-01.htm

:yep:

We'll consider it.

Ok I am going to use a SH4 mod for the 1st time , But it says RFB is only for SH4 1.5 .......is there a 1.5 patch? The only one I can find on the ubi site is the last 1.4 patch. Am I missing something??