AOD war ending

[John Pancoast]

Been awhile since I did this in AOD. What a difference vs. the non-ending in SH3.

[Julhelm]

What does it look like?

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Julhelm

What does it look like?

I'll see if I can get some pics/video later but it goes:

1. First you get the historical Doenitz radio message; "U-boat men, you have fought....." (paraphrasing)
2. Then you get a message ordering you to return to port/go to nearest port.
3. When you arrive at port, there is no usual crowd/band to greet you and the buildings are slightly damaged/no smoke from chimneys, etc. and the AOD newspaper screen appears with an end of war announcement/video clip.
4. Then a picture of the ocean appears that has another historical Doenitz quote about u-boat men's future and his photo fade into the middle of it.

[John Pancoast]

Here's a short video of it. Notes:


1. It is in windows Movie Maker .wlmp format via dosbox.
2. It plays faster than it does in the game for some reason.
3. It doesn't show the first radio message of "My U-boat men! Six years of submarine warfare lie behind us. ....". For some reason I can't get it to show via video.

[Randomizer]

I only made it to war's end once. It was in a Type VII 1944 career start and having sunk over 50,000 tons I got a Knight's Cross and a Type XXI appointment.

The war ended while outward bound on my first Type XXI patrol and I was quite impressed by the undocumented attention to detail for something that many Players may never actually see.

AOD still rocks.

-C

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

I only made it to war's end once. It was in a Type VII 1944 career start and having sunk over 50,000 tons I got a Knight's Cross and a Type XXI appointment.

The war ended while outward bound on my first Type XXI patrol and I was quite impressed by the undocumented attention to detail for something that many Players may never actually see.

AOD still rocks.

-C

I've been thinking of copying the AOD pre-patrol messages that are actually useful information, tips, etc. and use them to replace the "world news that no u-boat skipper would have had" (plus it contributes nothing to the actual patrol) in SH3 Commander's career patrol loading screen.
But being summer my motivation is lacking. Maybe come winter.

Here is Donitz final msg: