September Update

[xXNightEagleXx]

September Updates link



Some of the highlights:

Detection

WW2 subsim games are all about sneaking and hiding and our detection mechanics had to evolve appropriately. From now on there are 7 detection mechanisms: visual, passive sound, active sound, radar, radar detector, radio and information (from HQ or other allies). Most of them can be either direct or indirect.

Indirect detection in UBOOT means that specific objects in group cannot be distinguished. Your crew may spot a smoke at the horizon or just hear some distant group on the hydrophone. What you know is that there is a group of something out there and depending on the detection method you may know, if these are ships or airplanes, estimate the size of the group, its position and even speed.

In general there are many factors affecting the detection chance. Some examples of factors that are implemented in UBOOT:

Smoke screens, regular smoke from fires, fogs and physical objects block the line of sight.
Detonated depth charges, shadow zones, seabed proximity, physical objects and stealthy hull covers affect sonar detection.
Devices on the ship, shadow zones, propeller cavitation and surface proximity affect hydrophone detection.
Radio transmissions make all destroyers go in your direction. Weird.

[Onkel Neal]

Man, that video is the bomb!

[maillemaker]

I've been out of the u-boat loop for a while now - this sure looks awesome!

Steve

[Carotio]

This may get me back to play again, if it's full war and all uboat types, like it was with sh3.

[steevo45]

Looks fantastic though the torpedoing of the merchant ship from so close is totally unrealistic!

[W.A.R.D.C_sOnar]

Originally Posted by steevo45

...the torpedoing of the merchant ship from so close is totally unrealistic!

true. distatce was too close etc, but it is not a simulator - just another arcade game for kids with sweet external views for show. Maybe kids (big or small) get wet in panties - but not me.

I'm not interested in what is going on around my submarine because watching a movies is not a simulation. The graphics are good but it's just an arcade game. Maybe it will find its market when only few people played the full realism in the Silent Hunter series.

Its not a game for old fan of claustrophobia and full of realism. For me, realism is the feeling of what German soldiers felt inside the submarine.

Watching the U-boat around and tricks does not change the fact that it is an ARCADE type game and I will never change my mind about it.

PS. Sir, I see through the steel sheet of the depth charges on the right hand side we run to the left!

Sic (!) Seriously? It is not hard to conclude that the world of simulation is going down to the bottom.

Now graphic has become a level of realism. Physics and devotion to the historical realities have become void.

But... good luck! Nice graphics! Nothing more...

(dreaming about realistic U-boat simulation)

[xXNightEagleXx]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Man, that video is the bomb!

Thanks Captain for editing my post and make it professional

[xXNightEagleXx]

Guys i cannot stress it enough, if you have suggestions and/or doubt don't hesitate to talk to them over steam. They really listen to the community and by listen i mean if your suggestion is vital and important they really implement it even if it takes some efforts.
So if you have suggestion to do, do it know while they are still open to changes and implementation.

[JotDora]

The Gameplay Idea is very interesting, but man... that 3D Model of the Sub is not what I would expect in 2017

[Niume]

guys what are the vertical tubes on turm with pirate flag ??

[Pelle71]

Originally Posted by xXNightEagleXx

September Updates link



Some of the highlights:

Nice, but the uboat is nott sitting right in the water, and torpedo attacs from 50m... Explotions who fade out after two sec, and Everything is too "fast" Slow it down.

[SS Norholm]

+1 on the lack of damage effects, also why are some of the crew Hobbit sized!?
Hope it all gets sorted, looks like an interesting game.

[Niume]

Originally Posted by SS Norholm

+1 on the lack of damage effects, also why are some of the crew Hobbit sized!?
Hope it all gets sorted, looks like an interesting game.

yeah especialy at conning tower.

[makman94]

nice graphics but empty gameplay

crew prattle all over the place. Sorry guys but i don't see any interesting in this,in fact ,i was bored looking at this video (exept the nice graphics which are ,indeed, the best i have seen so far)

[Sung]

That game looks awsome and has a nice new gameplay.
I like it very much.

Go on with the good work!