Development Updates

Usurpator · 08-31-17, 11:07 PM

New update! Here is a short video showing the dive controls and tilt system. The interior lighting and materials still need some work.

Jimbuna · 09-01-17, 10:02 AM

Nice one

Thymo · 09-01-17, 11:22 AM

Amazing work! Can't wait until we see a release (but do take your time).

What are your guys' plans on simulating electrical systems on board? Will we have to replace blown fuses after we get hit by depth charges. And what about broken systems in general? Will it just be simple option to repair a thing or do we actually have to replace parts My Summer Car style?

iambecomelife · 09-05-17, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Thymo

Amazing work! Can't wait until we see a release (but do take your time).

What are your guys' plans on simulating electrical systems on board? Will we have to replace blown fuses after we get hit by depth charges. And what about broken systems in general? Will it just be simple option to repair a thing or do we actually have to replace parts My Summer Car style?

I second that! Also, I hope that repairs at sea are more makeshift than in other subsims - I think it should be extremely hard to restore damaged subsystems back to 100% outside of a dockyard. Great work so far.

Napalm42 · 09-05-17, 12:32 PM

Looking great so far guys! So different from the super early build I played back when it was Marulken, but different in a direction I like!

B_K · 09-06-17, 01:17 AM

Hello! Good work! However I noticed that you blow ballast with vents open :-) That may not work :-) I have another suggestion - the boat definetely needs to be more inert, more "heavier". 30 seconds for submerging is absolute minimum at flank speed, and far more from a full stop.

Usurpator · 09-06-17, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by B_K

Hello! Good work! However I noticed that you blow ballast with vents open :-) That may not work :-) I have another suggestion - the boat definetely needs to be more inert, more "heavier". 30 seconds for submerging is absolute minimum at flank speed, and far more from a full stop.

Thanks! You are correct, we wasted a lot of compressed air making that video

You are right that the boat should have more inertia, and take longer to dive. We are still experimenting with weights and forces.

Usurpator · 09-06-17, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Thymo

Amazing work! Can't wait until we see a release (but do take your time).

What are your guys' plans on simulating electrical systems on board? Will we have to replace blown fuses after we get hit by depth charges. And what about broken systems in general? Will it just be simple option to repair a thing or do we actually have to replace parts My Summer Car style?

Currently the only electrical system we simulate is the fact that the uboat can charge and discharge the battery.

We don't have a damage model for the uboat. We might build one in the future, for instance the periscope or rudder might get damaged, but you won't be able to repair damage during the mission.

Replacing broken fuses and doing repair/maintenance work is not really a tactical decition. We want to minimize the ammount of chores the players have to do, and focus more on strategy, tactics and teamplay.

AS · 10-05-17, 04:44 PM

Hi guys, I really do appreciate your work, but when it comes to lightning and colors it seems everyone doing a U-Boat sim is hopelessly spoiled by the (wrong) notion the movie "Das Boot" has spread among people. I have visited many submarines, including the infamous type VII and type XXI and many others. What they all have in common is the fact that they are NOT dark and grey inside, but white and bright due to the artificial light and bright paint job.
As much as I love the movie, it gives you a totally wrong idea of U-Boat interiour, since they had to build some parts larger than life to cramp in all the actors plus the camera and they painted everything in that greyish-dark color, which might be okay film.wise, but which is not realistic.

Cheers, AS

Pikes · 10-06-17, 10:43 AM

I think you hit the nail on the head with "lighting". Colour is, of course, a result of light.

Did the uboats have dimmer or red lighting for day/night ops and night vision preservation? I would have thought bright light below would have been horrible for something which made attacks on the surface in low light.

Also, i'm not sure about this, but I would have thought the lighting on preserved uboats would have been made brighter for spectating, do the museums record the changes from the operational colouring and lighting?

Certainly ships and tanks paint insides white, and the end brightness and colour would be as a result of the electric lighting only, in the absence of sunlight.

Snakeye505 · 10-10-17, 12:29 PM

Hello everyone. It has been 5 or 6 years since I have logged in. Sh5 had just been released....Damn I am getting old.
Anyway looks like there have been many changes. Like others before me have said, I too am looking forward to the release of the new sim. The couple updates I have viewed it looks great. I will have to do a recurrent sub Commander school to redevelop my skills...lol

Pandur · 11-05-17, 11:33 PM

great progress! is there any news about early access on steam?

Usurpator · 11-14-17, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AS

Hi guys, I really do appreciate your work, but when it comes to lightning and colors it seems everyone doing a U-Boat sim is hopelessly spoiled by the (wrong) notion the movie "Das Boot" has spread among people. I have visited many submarines, including the infamous type VII and type XXI and many others. What they all have in common is the fact that they are NOT dark and grey inside, but white and bright due to the artificial light and bright paint job.
As much as I love the movie, it gives you a totally wrong idea of U-Boat interiour, since they had to build some parts larger than life to cramp in all the actors plus the camera and they painted everything in that greyish-dark color, which might be okay film.wise, but which is not realistic.

Cheers, AS

Hello! When choosing the colour scheme for the interior I did use Das boot as reference, mostly because it looks cool

However, you are probably right about them beeing much brighter in reality. I thought the preserved museum boats were repainted after the war, but recently I've seen some old colour footage from uboats in use which do look brighter.

Elphaba · 12-05-17, 02:23 AM

Considering Sony recently sold their 1.5 millionth PSVR headset, outselling the Rift and Vive combined, if this isn’t ported to the PSVR a) I’ll be really annoyed and upset, but b) you’re missing a huge potential audience and income.

Sony have been doubling down on 3rd party VR games; they’d love to help you if you gave them the chance...

maillemaker · 12-15-17, 06:24 PM

Wow this looks amazing. I noticed even the water in the depth tube changes level as the boat tilts!

Steve

08-31-17, 11:07 PM	#1
Usurpator Wolfpack Dev Team Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 392 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Update 15 New update! Here is a short video showing the dive controls and tilt system. The interior lighting and materials still need some work.

09-01-17, 10:02 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,825 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice one __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-05-17, 04:44 PM	#9
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Great work, but... Hi guys, I really do appreciate your work, but when it comes to lightning and colors it seems everyone doing a U-Boat sim is hopelessly spoiled by the (wrong) notion the movie "Das Boot" has spread among people. I have visited many submarines, including the infamous type VII and type XXI and many others. What they all have in common is the fact that they are NOT dark and grey inside, but white and bright due to the artificial light and bright paint job. As much as I love the movie, it gives you a totally wrong idea of U-Boat interiour, since they had to build some parts larger than life to cramp in all the actors plus the camera and they painted everything in that greyish-dark color, which might be okay film.wise, but which is not realistic. Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

10-10-17, 12:29 PM	#11
Snakeye505 Nub Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 Downloads: 181 Uploads: 0	WolfPack Hello everyone. It has been 5 or 6 years since I have logged in. Sh5 had just been released....Damn I am getting old. Anyway looks like there have been many changes. Like others before me have said, I too am looking forward to the release of the new sim. The couple updates I have viewed it looks great. I will have to do a recurrent sub Commander school to redevelop my skills...lol

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09-01-17, 11:22 AM	#3
Thymo Nub Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Amazing work! Can't wait until we see a release (but do take your time). What are your guys' plans on simulating electrical systems on board? Will we have to replace blown fuses after we get hit by depth charges. And what about broken systems in general? Will it just be simple option to repair a thing or do we actually have to replace parts My Summer Car style?

09-05-17, 12:32 PM	#5
Napalm42 Watch Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 19 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Looking great so far guys! So different from the super early build I played back when it was Marulken, but different in a direction I like!

09-06-17, 01:17 AM	#6
B_K Bosun Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 68 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Hello! Good work! However I noticed that you blow ballast with vents open :-) That may not work :-) I have another suggestion - the boat definetely needs to be more inert, more "heavier". 30 seconds for submerging is absolute minimum at flank speed, and far more from a full stop.

10-06-17, 10:43 AM	#10
Pikes Seaman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 40 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	I think you hit the nail on the head with "lighting". Colour is, of course, a result of light. Did the uboats have dimmer or red lighting for day/night ops and night vision preservation? I would have thought bright light below would have been horrible for something which made attacks on the surface in low light. Also, i'm not sure about this, but I would have thought the lighting on preserved uboats would have been made brighter for spectating, do the museums record the changes from the operational colouring and lighting? Certainly ships and tanks paint insides white, and the end brightness and colour would be as a result of the electric lighting only, in the absence of sunlight.

11-05-17, 11:33 PM	#12
Pandur Watch Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	great progress! is there any news about early access on steam?

12-05-17, 02:23 AM	#14
Elphaba Neptune's daughter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 325 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	Considering Sony recently sold their 1.5 millionth PSVR headset, outselling the Rift and Vive combined, if this isn’t ported to the PSVR a) I’ll be really annoyed and upset, but b) you’re missing a huge potential audience and income. Sony have been doubling down on 3rd party VR games; they’d love to help you if you gave them the chance...

12-15-17, 06:24 PM	#15
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Wow this looks amazing. I noticed even the water in the depth tube changes level as the boat tilts! Steve