Did the devs really mess up this bad on the Gato?

Bubblehead1980 · 02-12-10, 04:27 PM

See when I first thought about this, I thought about my last visit to the USS Drum(Gato) the ladder is behind the planesmen but also the Drum has a Balao class conning tower because hers was severely damaged during the war by depth chages and replaced but no gato towers were around so they slapped a Balao tower on her.So a Gato class boat with a Balao conning tower.So I figured maybe the devs had it correct and Drum was the exception.Then I saw photos of Wahoo and other Gatos with the ladder between the planesmen.

I actually think the ladder like it is in the game wouldve been better placement in RL.On the Drum you can go in the conning tower, so I climbed up the rather small ladder thru the narrow hatch and back down.If two planesmen and officer at the chart desk had been there, wouldve been rather close quarters, more so than if ladder was behind the chart desk.

If the devs went with the postwar config when perhaps some werebuilt with ladder behind or moved.BTW, are you sure some were moved? Sounds like a lot of trouble, would mean moving the hatch as well, a lot of work involved. well thats not great if they did use post war config, using wartime boats, gives us the wartime configuation ya know? Not the hugest issue but still.Also, can see why Gato and Balao are same basically but the Tambor and Gars should have been made different from Gato/Balao.

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02-12-10, 04:27 PM	#6
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,208 Downloads: 621 Uploads: 44	See when I first thought about this, I thought about my last visit to the USS Drum(Gato) the ladder is behind the planesmen but also the Drum has a Balao class conning tower because hers was severely damaged during the war by depth chages and replaced but no gato towers were around so they slapped a Balao tower on her.So a Gato class boat with a Balao conning tower.So I figured maybe the devs had it correct and Drum was the exception.Then I saw photos of Wahoo and other Gatos with the ladder between the planesmen. I actually think the ladder like it is in the game wouldve been better placement in RL.On the Drum you can go in the conning tower, so I climbed up the rather small ladder thru the narrow hatch and back down.If two planesmen and officer at the chart desk had been there, wouldve been rather close quarters, more so than if ladder was behind the chart desk. If the devs went with the postwar config when perhaps some werebuilt with ladder behind or moved.BTW, are you sure some were moved? Sounds like a lot of trouble, would mean moving the hatch as well, a lot of work involved. well thats not great if they did use post war config, using wartime boats, gives us the wartime configuation ya know? Not the hugest issue but still.Also, can see why Gato and Balao are same basically but the Tambor and Gars should have been made different from Gato/Balao.