[WIP] Historical Guns Specs

[THE_MASK]

I looked at the stuka in goblin . It uses 5000 AP shells . Is the plane shells too powerful or something . Change them to AA .

[gap]

Originally Posted by sober

I looked at the stuka in goblin . It uses 5000 AP shells . Is the plane shells too powerful or something . Change them to AA .

Thank you for the headup sober. I haven't looked into the planes yet, but they are in the todo list of this mod

[volodya61]

Originally Posted by gap

Sorry mate,

I used to practice in a laboratory, back in the days I was an university student of biology. Most of what I learned in those years is the importance of following a written method and to record thoroughly even the silliest experiment. Call it an occupational disease

It's OK..
I can forget or confuse anything, but with your instructions that's not possible..

Originally Posted by gap

Okay, let's do some tests with the C/38 twin, then.

Tomorrow I will do the needed changes to our mission. I need to rest now

OK.. see you tomorrow..

[gap]

Originally Posted by volodya61

It's OK..
I can forget or confuse anything, but with your instructions that's not possible..
OK.. see you tomorrow..

Give me a moment: since you are still awake and lively, I will adjust the mission right now, so to keep you busy

[gap]

Sorry, it is taking longer than expected... I've yet to find the right combination of date and U-boat model

You can try one of the airplane missions included in IRAI and in Fx updates, if you want. I've to go now, see ya tomorrow

[GT182]

Guys, don't you have to train your gunners in stock SH5... just like we did in SHIII? Once trained well enough they'll knock those Tommies out of the air.

[THE_MASK]

Originally Posted by GT182

Guys, don't you have to train your gunners in stock SH5... just like we did in SHIII? Once trained well enough they'll knock those Tommies out of the air.

If that was the case then maybe there should be some anti aircraft training in the OH2 campaign . The first mission could be to shoot down 10 planes in a certain area before heading to the Baltic mission . 10 biplanes or something .

[U-190]

Originally Posted by gap

As announced in another thread, I've started collecting information on historical specs of both AI and human playable guns featured in game. If I manage to do it, this knowledge is going to be included in a mod that will introduce a general rebalance of armaments /ammo / zones and armour system in SH5. So far, this the detailed list of features I plan to implement:

• Realistic guns specs:
  - train and elevation min and max angles;
  - train and elevation speeds;
  - train and elevation dispersions;
  - cyclic and practical firing rates (i.e. recoil and reload times);
  - muzzle velocity;
  - gun's max range;
  - gun's additional drag coefficients (left/right, up/down and front/rear for guns selectable as U-boat upgrades).
  
  
• Realistic ammo outfits for each gun:
  - round types;
  - number of round carried for each type;
  - number of rounds held per magazine.
  
  
• New shell definitions, reflecting different ammo used with different guns of the same caliber, with realistic damage figures:
  - detonation range;
  - min and max damage effects;
  - armour penetration;
  - min and max radius.
  
  
• Reworked FX:
  - different sounds for each of the main guns used in game (especially for sub's guns);
  - if needed: improved/new GFX effects for guns and shells featured.
  
  
• Reworked damage zones for ships and guns whose historical armour figures are known:
  - new zone definitions with realistic armour settings;
  - if needed: reworked/improved damage zones to reflect available historical data and expected sinking dynamics (including both vanilla and recently imported dat units).
  
  
• New ship definitions, with different and realistic gun equipments for each of the nations that operated them:
  - when needed: existing units cloned to reflect subclasses or different riggings/equipments of the same unit (for both GR2 and inported dat units);
  - if needed: revised ship's specs to reflect available historical data and expected in game behaviour (for both existing GR2 and dat units and their clones);
  - when needed: revised ship's equipment to reflect different armament outfits during the war and for different nations;
  - cloned units assigned in roster to the nations that historically used them.

In future, I could decide to make similar changes to torpedo / depth charges / aircraft weapon's systems.

This is the list of mods that, with permission by their respective authors, my project should be based on for maximum compatibility with (and among) them:

• Multiple UI's by TheDarkWraith
• IRAI by TheDarkWraith
• Fx Update by TheDarkWraith
• Alternate Sinking Mechanism by Bilge_Rat
• Ship inertia by TheDarkWraith
• AI Damage Control Patch by TheDarkWraith
• Equipmen Upgrades Fix by TheBeast
• Reworked Morale & Abilities by Rongel
• SH 5 Longer Repairs Equipment Upgrades Fix-version by Rongel
• Additional Merchant Ships by Cerberus62
• Historical Ship Equipment by Cerberus62
• Open Horizons II by Zedi and Trevally
• Mehr Traffic, Nationen und Schiffe by Uekel
• Smaller Flags for Warships by Uekel

Moreover, selected features and fixes from the following old mods will be possibly included in the present mod (again, granted that permission to do so will be given by their original authors):

• Wamphyri's Plane Attack Mod by Wamphyri
• Funelsmoke, Planes and Sounds by AOTD_MadMax
• Rückkehr der Asse by AOTD_MadMax
• Better and Realistic Flotation by Arclight
• Natural Sinking Mechanics (SH IV) by WernerSobe
• Tracer Mod (SH IV) by Von M
• Gun Sound Muzzle Flash (SH IV) by Karle94

If you think that my list is missing any important mod that the present project might conflict with, or that shoud be included in it anyway, please let me know and I will get in touch with its author.

Indeed, I am also open to anyone wanting to co-work with me on this project and to any suggestion or complaint about pertinent aspects of the game that need still to be addressed.

I rely on your inputs, guys


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EDIT:

this mod is still in its alpha stage. At this moment only few of the aforementioned aspects have been addressed with separate patches that will be merged in the final release of the mod. You can get their latest versions from the following links:

Rongel's Torpedo malfunctions test v 2
download link and realease notes available HERE
NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LATEST TORPEDO FAILURE PATCHES BY TDW

Armaments & equipments patch v 0.2
download link and realease notes available HERE


Thank you for testing!

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