Submarine Appearance, colors??

ATR-42 · 05-31-07, 03:37 PM

When the modders make high res skins for our subs, they usually have a grey hull, and grey conning tower...

yet the subs UBI gave us, are dark in color, when you search the internet for pictures you tend to see a little bit of both....

so whats with the hulls that were painted, vs the hulls that were dark in color??

daft · 05-31-07, 03:45 PM

Early in the war US submarines were painted black (a paint scheme called MS9 if I recall correctly), but as the war progressed new and more effective camouflage patterns evolved. Hence the grey/black paint scheme you see on some boats.

AVGWarhawk · 05-31-07, 03:47 PM

Personally I like the black (I guess they figured black was best at the beginning as the sub would attack at night, makes sense). The skins that originally came with the game when used give me better FPS as well.

CaptainCox · 05-31-07, 04:07 PM

Its all pretty much covered here

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=paint

Linklinker · 05-31-07, 04:38 PM

This is off topic, but where was that second picture taken at?

ReallyDedPoet · 05-31-07, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linklinker

This is off topic, but where was that second picture taken at?

Would like to know this as well

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RDP

05-31-07, 03:37 PM	#1
ATR-42 Commodore Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 606 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 6	Submarine Appearance, colors?? When the modders make high res skins for our subs, they usually have a grey hull, and grey conning tower... yet the subs UBI gave us, are dark in color, when you search the internet for pictures you tend to see a little bit of both.... so whats with the hulls that were painted, vs the hulls that were dark in color?? __________________

05-31-07, 03:45 PM	#2
daft Captain Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 493 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Early in the war US submarines were painted black (a paint scheme called MS9 if I recall correctly), but as the war progressed new and more effective camouflage patterns evolved. Hence the grey/black paint scheme you see on some boats. __________________ And God said: \"Let there be Narrowband!\"

05-31-07, 03:47 PM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Personally I like the black (I guess they figured black was best at the beginning as the sub would attack at night, makes sense). The skins that originally came with the game when used give me better FPS as well. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

05-31-07, 04:07 PM	#4
CaptainCox Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: A Swede in Frankfurt am Main Posts: 1,897 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Its all pretty much covered here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=paint __________________ DOWNLOAD MY MODS HERE

05-31-07, 04:38 PM	#5
Linklinker Watch Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 18 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	This is off topic, but where was that second picture taken at?