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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Well once it becomes abandonware, I do believe there will be a new cycle of modding, esp to fix things we can't fix currently by "normal" modding. However, doubt it will be as prolific as would have been say five or ten years ago. I look forward to the day.
Why there are more U Boat sims than fleetboats? I would say primary reason stems from the WW II era itself. Everyone knew about U Boat threat from both Allied and German propaganda, and it was seared into the collective consciousness of the known world. On the other hand, US Submarine Service was and remains mostly the "Silent Service" , they received relatively little coverage, promotion, and propaganda compared to U Boats, so not seared in the way U Boats are. Movies like Das Boot, countless documentaries etc have also contributed to this.
With this, there is a (perceived anyways) default larger market for U Boats, especially outside the US.
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I have thought that exact same thing about the collective consciousness of the two different theaters of WWII. In the Atlantic propaganda galore from both sides, and in the Pacific, not hardly a whisper of nothin' about nothin'. That plus the aforementioned large and willing market, equals one half of one lone sub sim game (the U.S. Fleetboat side of SH-IV) being MODed to the n'th degree because it is the only one of it's kind since 2007. 15 years. Just 3 more and it graduates high-school.
I do have an in-game periscope question.
Does it matter how high the periscope is out of the water? Is it easier for it to be seen if it's all the way up, and harder too see if it's lower down close to the water? Or does the game only register if it's out of the water, or not out of the water, without there being any degrees of seeibility... or visibility. I don't think seeibility is a word. So far for my whole sub sim career/life I have been keeping the periscope as low to the surface of the water as possible, just in case it knows.
Our subs don't even have periscopes on them anymore do they? Now they're called Photonic Masts. Sounds like something that would be on a spaceship.
“Raise the delfector shields and power up the Photonic Mast. Lock on to the closest ship and fire at 100% Photonic power.”
-StealthRabbit