The ruthless efficiency of the Subsim Welcome Committee never fails to amuse me. No newbie will go unwelcomed!
In other news, I'm releasing the first version of the Submarine Development Tools. The zip file linked below includes two small programs which provide you with the tools needed to create a huge range of submarines.
If you want a submarine to work perfectly with the existing GUI, the following limitations will apply:
The submarine must have:
- Two nuclear reactors
- Four torpedo tubes
- Two turbines
- One turbine generator
- One electric motor
- One periscope
- The sub can only have one equipment storage
But if you're willing to put up with some minor bugs (and use the text interface instead of the graphical one) almost anything should be possible!
Download here: http://goo.gl/MxBNIc
edit: also, here's a new sub loosely based on the USS Triton.
Download here:
http://goo.gl/fl6iiP
Put the 'triton' folder in your /subs/ directory (where the default folder is), then open gameoptions.ini and change
'sub_folder = default' to
'sub_folder = triton'