Would you like to see a WW 1 U-Boat simulation ?

[Syxx_Killer]

I sure hope the training is good. I'll need it. Yes, I did mean to say bit instead of big.

I think a WWI sim is a great idea. To be honest, I've always been more interested in the Atlantic campaigns over the Pacific. I don't ever recall a WWI U-boat sim. To see ships from that era and such will be a welcome change. Instead of being in command of BdU, Doenitz would be your fellow submariner.

Will there be ships like Lusitania (and her sister, Mauritania) or the Titanic's forgotten sister, the Britannic (was a hospital ship in WWI). I think to this day it is debated if Britannic was sunk by mines or torpeoes. She lay on her side in shallow water. I remember seeing the Robert Ballard documentary. He was the one who discovered Titanic in 1985. When Ballard discovered Britannic, she was in remarkable condition and laying on her side. If I remember correctly, there was a nurse who survived the Britannic disaster but who was also on Titanic and Lusitania (and maybe Olympic). When Britannic sank, she didn't have any wounded; just the medical personnel. If she were fully loaded, the loss of life would have been huge. See, now I started rambling.

Wasn't Olympic a troop ship during the war? Was Mauritania? I think they were.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

I sure hope the training is good. I'll need it.

Actualy the lack of training in other sims pisses me of. I want to close this gap in my sim forever.

I think a WWI sim is a great idea. To be honest, I've always been more interested in the Atlantic campaigns over the Pacific.

Oh yeah and what about the east see, medeterranien sea and the black sea ?

I don't ever recall a WWI U-boat sim.

There never was one, i think. It's pretty easy to finde planty of informations about WWII submarines but when it comes down to WWI subs, especialy the german once than whole situation is different.

To see ships from that era and such will be a welcome change.

Oh yeah. There are many other things different to. Still many Sailing ships for example and sailing steamers, diferent buildings. At all a different kinde of warfare with other focuses.

Instead of being in command of BdU, Doenitz would be your fellow submariner.

LOL A good point. You bring me on a good idea!

Will there be ships like Lusitania

Give me the plans and it will be there.

If she were fully loaded, the loss of life would have been huge. See, now I started rambling.

Actualy i would like to add "difficult decissions" for the player in the sim.

Wasn't Olympic a troop ship during the war? Was Mauritania? I think they were.

There is alot of trickery going on in the war. I would like to reflect his in the sim and leave up the decission to the player

Deamon

[TreverSlyFox]

Mmmmmmmm, a WWI Sub game would be really great. I've always had a thing for the Great War, the last war where Honor still ment something. I spent hours and hours playing Red Baron II and flying a Fokker D. VII over Verdun. At that time you could play on-line with a dial-up connection.

I take it we're looking at a year at least before the Academy Edition will be ready to Beta Test. When your ready for testing let us know, we'll gladly put it through the paces and let you know what we think, what we like, and what doesn't work.

[Floater]

Originally Posted by Deamon

May i ask you gentleman what attracted your interst in WWI u-boats ?

You did.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by TreverSlyFox

Mmmmmmmm, a WWI Sub game would be really great. I've always had a thing for the Great War, the last war where Honor still ment something. I spent hours and hours playing Red Baron II and flying a Fokker D. VII over Verdun. At that time you could play on-line with a dial-up connection.

I played alot wings. And Red Baron a couple of times, can't remember whitch it was.

I take it we're looking at a year at least before the Academy Edition will be ready to Beta Test. When your ready for testing let us know, we'll gladly put it through the paces and let you know what we think, what we like, and what doesn't work.

Thanks for the offer. When the time has come i will need a bunch of testers

Originally Posted by Floater

You did.

I did you a favour and opened a whole new experiance for you

BTW: How are the U118 scans comming along ?

Deamon

[BettingUrlife]

I'm with Joe and Night, after another WW2 theatre based game.

[Beery]

I am very interested in WW1 U-boats. In fact anything WW1 is generally more interesting to me than WW2. WW2 is so overdone it isn't even funny anymore. I'm tired of it.

[CWorth]

Originally Posted by Beery

I am very interested in WW1 U-boats. In fact anything WW1 is generally more interesting to me than WW2. WW2 is so overdone it isn't even funny anymore. I'm tired of it.

I have to agree with Beery here...The WW2 theme has become such an overused and overdone time period that I too am tired of seeing them.

I look forward to any WW1 themed game.

The last and really only WW1 game I have ever played was the 1993 naval warfare game "Jutland" that was made by Software Sorcery.

[CCIP]

Originally Posted by Beery

I am very interested in WW1 U-boats. In fact anything WW1 is generally more interesting to me than WW2. WW2 is so overdone it isn't even funny anymore. I'm tired of it.

Well, nothing is too overdone in Subsims, seeing how we only really have one current WWII subsim...

...but hey, I totally agree that WWI has many, many draws that have been totally ignored. The fact that such major technologies as submarines and aircraft were first used there - developing tactics and missions as they went along in combat - makes it very exciting from a simulation standpoint, cause you get to discover this stuff all on your own as you go along, too. There's not a lot of dynamism in the trenches, but in the sea and on the sky - there's a huge potential for all sorts of very realistic 'what ifs'.

[Beery]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Well, nothing is too overdone in Subsims, seeing how we only really have one current WWII subsim...

I was thinking more along the lines of all the WW2 FPS games out there. The latest Battlefield, Medal of Honor, and endless other WW2 shooter clones leave me cold. I grabbed Star Wars Battlefront because it was something a bit different - anything to stay away from WW2. I've yet to pick up any of the latest batch of WW2 shooters. The last one I bought was Hidden and Dangerous, and that was enough of WW2 land combat to last me a good few years. If they came out with a game of the Raid on St Nazaire I might pick that one up, but everything else I can do just fine without.

As for U-boat sims, I'm happy with SH3 - it gives me all the WW2 sub action I need. For me, if the next sub sim is a choice between a Pacific WW2 sim and a WW1 sub sim, I'd choose WW1 with no hesitation.

[Happy Times]

I dont play FPS games either,i dont like beeng in a "tube".I like to roam free.Im expecting a OP flashpoint mod thats situated in ww2 Finland. http://koti.mbnet.fi/fdfmod/archive.html I think it has potential.

[Type941]

in short - yes, I would love to see this mod. Less air problems. compensated by a much more challenging u-boat.

And of course the old ocean liners - i still admire auxillary cruisers in SH3 because they look 'old skool'. Than I sink them.

[Frank]

I for one would love a WWI subsim.

Frank

[Takeda Shingen]

I agree with Frank. I would also like to see a new WWII sim in the Pacific, but I hope that SHIV will take care of that.

[Floater]

Originally Posted by Deamon

BTW: How are the U118 scans comming along ?

Don't worry - I haven't forgotten.

Before I can hook the scanner up, I've got to clear space for it, and my study is in an awful mess, so I'll have to sort that out. It's still the summer holidays here, so my wife (a teacher) and kids are at home, and I don't get much time until late at night.