[REL] Open Hatch Mod For Type 9

[Xantrokoles]

The hatch between the command room and the radio room in the type IX interior was in real life always opened.
I had always problems to combine both interiors and also having all cameras.
Now, thanks S3d 0.9, I figured it out.




Description:
This mod will ''open the hatch'' between the command room and
the radio room in the interior of the Uboat type IX(D2).
Now you can see the radio room/the command room crew
through the hatch and all functionalities will stay.

Installation:
Copy the 'unRARed' folders(2) in your MOD folder in the SH4
main directiory and install via JSGME.
If you get asked for overwriting, you can overwrite without any
problems.

Notes:
-Compatible with all bigger mods
-The mod is out of two folders. One is the mod and the other is
for Operation Monsun users, who wanna use the interior for
their IXB, IXC and IXC/40.
The order is: First main mod, then OM patch
-The mod won't overwrite the stock interior. It will add a
interior named nss_uboat9_2 .
For having it on other subs, you have to change the interior link
in the [submarine].cfg

Credits:
-Diving Duck and his team, for the previous work on the open
hatch interior.
-Mikhayl for giving me some tips
-Skawasjer for his S3d
-JCScones for helping me not to ruin my installation of SH4
with JSGME

Permissions:
Do not use for commercial purpose. Modpack creators may use
the mod, when they paste the credits.

Click on this short text for coming to another page, where you can download the mod.

[looney]

Wooot am gonna try it out at once

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work


RDP

[Hitman]

Brilliant!!!

[AVGWarhawk]

Nice to see this in SH4!

[Carotio]

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Xantrokoles

The hatch between the command room and the radio room in the type IX interior was in real life always opened.

Was it? Who says? I'm betting that at the first site of any enemy the boat got buttoned up tighter than a sardine tin.

On the other hand, the open hatch mods are so cool I'll use it anyway.

[lurker_hlb3]

I did a "quicklook" at this mod, and it's "good to go" to work with OM. Will roll into next patch / version of OM which ever comes first.

[LukeFF]

Very nice, thanks for doing this! I'm going to add this to RFB. Credits, of course, will go to you.

DivingDuck spent MONTHS, by HEX to bring this about!
And you all just blow him off as if he's nothing.
I am totally disappointed.
Face it.
If not for him?
You would not have it at all!

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Was it? Who says? I'm betting that at the first site of any enemy the boat got buttoned up tighter than a sardine tin.

Well, with the hatch closed it would be hard for the sonarman to communicate with personnel in the control room, so in that sense it would make sense to keep the hatch open. The sonarmen also wore their headset only on their right ear in order to better communicate with the rest of the crew. Now that would make for a cool mod as well.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Well, with the hatch closed it would be hard for the sonarman to communicate with personnel in the control room, so in that sense it would make sense to keep the hatch open. The sonarmen also wore their headset only on their right ear in order to better communicate with the rest of the crew. Now that would make for a cool mod as well.

That is a fascinating point. On the one hand, the idea of having watertight doors is to keep the water out, and once you have a breach it's too late to try to close them. On the other hand, as you say, how would they communicate? In the American boats the sensor stations were all in the control room and the conning tower, so the question doesn't arise. The German kaluens might have concluded that if the hull was opened anywhere it was too late for the whole boat, so why worry about it?

And as for worrying about it, I've already said that it's too cool not to use, so my debating with myself is pretty much pointless.

[Xantrokoles]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

That is a fascinating point. On the one hand, the idea of having watertight doors is to keep the water out, and once you have a breach it's too late to try to close them. On the other hand, as you say, how would they communicate? In the American boats the sensor stations were all in the control room and the conning tower, so the question doesn't arise. The German kaluens might have concluded that if the hull was opened anywhere it was too late for the whole boat, so why worry about it?

And as for worrying about it, I've already said that it's too cool not to use, so my debating with myself is pretty much pointless.

I could bet with you that they were opened.

I read it in 'Das Boot'.
I saw it in the filem 'Das Boot'
I read it in the book 'Ubootkrieg'
And I saw it in the shortmovie 'Erich topp'

[Fish40]

Originally Posted by Xantrokoles

I could bet with you that they were opened.

I read it in 'Das Boot'.
I saw it in the filem 'Das Boot'
I read it in the book 'Ubootkrieg'
And I saw it in the shortmovie 'Erich topp'

I have to agree Das Boot seems to be the most accurate depiction of a U Boat at war that I have seen. Even during the depth charge scenes, the hatches remained open (I don't remember Johanne opening any hatches when he strolled into the control room after he wigged out).

During the movie RSRD, the hatches remained open until the Cpt. ordered "Collision alarm" (the scene with the runaway torpedo)