Using Type VIIC tower models with Type VIIB?

Penelope_Grey · 10-14-07, 09:40 AM

you can use VIIC towers on the VIIB

Only thing is the radio cables don't line up properly and just look weird.... so you'd have to correct the cables for the towers... which in turn would result in weirdness on the VIIC boats... vicious circle.

The VIIB was a fine boat, but it was obsolete and that was why the VIIC came along.

linerkiller · 10-14-07, 10:55 AM

Wow!!!
How?

Penelope_Grey · 10-14-07, 12:33 PM

It looks wrong, but you can take a shortcut with the basic cfg.

Honestly though, not a good idea to tinker with the U-boats like that... you can make things very um... screwy if you do it wrong.

linerkiller · 10-15-07, 12:33 AM

yes, i agree with you...the status quo is better, but if an experieced modder wants to help, is welcomed

Kapteeni Rantala · 10-15-07, 02:27 AM

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The VIIB was a fine boat, but it was obsolete and that was why the VIIC came along.

No, it had nothing to do with Type VIIB being "obsolete", Type VIIC was introduced in order to improve the performance of the already good design.

linerkiller · 10-15-07, 10:53 AM

IB was slightly faster underwater, the VIIC slightly larger and capable of faster dives

oscar19681 · 10-15-07, 11:07 AM

I would love to see a mod to give the viib a viic conning tower. Could someon create one?

Penelope_Grey · 10-15-07, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapteeni Rantala

Quote:

The VIIB was a fine boat, but it was obsolete and that was why the VIIC came along.

No, it had nothing to do with Type VIIB being "obsolete", Type VIIC was introduced in order to improve the performance of the already good design.

I should have said the VIIB was made obsolete by the new VIIC design. However the pedantry aside, the Germans clearly saw and felt that there was room for improvement on the Type VII.

XLjedi · 10-15-07, 12:57 PM

What about the addition of a snorkel? :hmm:

I'm thinkin, I don't really care about what flak config is available for a late war VIIB. I'm always divin away from the planes anyway.

Is the snorkel (OK, schnorkel, whatever) something that coud've been added to the VIIB historically? Regardless of whether or not it would even be possible in the game.

Really it's the faster dive times and snorkel that you need for later war success dontcha think? At least that was my main reason for droppin the B in favor of a C.

10-14-07, 09:40 AM	#1
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	you can use VIIC towers on the VIIB Only thing is the radio cables don't line up properly and just look weird.... so you'd have to correct the cables for the towers... which in turn would result in weirdness on the VIIC boats... vicious circle. The VIIB was a fine boat, but it was obsolete and that was why the VIIC came along. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

10-14-07, 12:33 PM	#3
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It looks wrong, but you can take a shortcut with the basic cfg. Honestly though, not a good idea to tinker with the U-boats like that... you can make things very um... screwy if you do it wrong. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

10-15-07, 10:53 AM	#6
linerkiller Captain Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Modena,Italy Posts: 486 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	IB was slightly faster underwater, the VIIC slightly larger and capable of faster dives __________________ "A hard drill makes an easy battle" Alexander V. Suvorov "When we realized that our clubbing and kickings were being administered by the burned, mutilated survivors of our handiwork, we found we could take it with less prejudice." Captain Richard "Dick" O'Kane-USS Tang http://www.youtube.com/user/willembrock

10-15-07, 11:07 AM	#7
oscar19681 Admiral Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: netherlands Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	I would love to see a mod to give the viib a viic conning tower. Could someon create one? __________________ we live we die but death does not ends it. Jim Morrison 1943-1971

10-15-07, 12:57 PM	#9
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	What about the addition of a snorkel? :hmm: I'm thinkin, I don't really care about what flak config is available for a late war VIIB. I'm always divin away from the planes anyway. Is the snorkel (OK, schnorkel, whatever) something that coud've been added to the VIIB historically? Regardless of whether or not it would even be possible in the game. Really it's the faster dive times and snorkel that you need for later war success dontcha think? At least that was my main reason for droppin the B in favor of a C. __________________

10-14-07, 10:55 AM	#2
linerkiller Captain Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Modena,Italy Posts: 486 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Wow!!! How?

10-15-07, 12:33 AM	#4
linerkiller Captain Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Modena,Italy Posts: 486 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	yes, i agree with you...the status quo is better, but if an experieced modder wants to help, is welcomed

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