Details, details, details

[SabreHawk]

Originally Posted by pythos

I just did a walk through of the boat, with reference to The type VII anatomy of a ship opened up.

Wow. This work is fantastic, they left very little detail out of this wonderful reproduction.

If you have a decent schematic of one of these boats, you really should compare what is visible in the game to what is on the document.

It is astonishing.

Yes indeed, and I have this same book. I have said elsewhere that they did a very fine job of reproducing the Type VII.
And my hat's off to the 3D modelers and artist's that did this work, they did their research and the work was im sure painstaking.

[alexradu89]

Did they now ? So what's missing from the real u-boat ? or better yet can you share the schematics with us ? (if it's a virtual document) I can't find any VII A blueprints...nvm found them around here somewhere

[SabreHawk]

Well the book we speak of can be found at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Type-VII-U-Boa.../dp/1591148863

It's cover looks a little different from mine but is the same book.
Here is mine.


And it has many drawings and pictures, like this one and it also has a 1/150 foldout plan. And drwaings of not just the ship, but of it's armament, and interiors.

[kylania]

I have that book, it's nice!

[alexradu89]

Well can you tell us what has been left out ? I know they didn't introduce the captain's wardrobe, the table where officers ate isn't there either if I'm not mistaken, nor is the toilet

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by SabreHawk

Well the book we speak of can be found at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Type-VII-U-Boa.../dp/1591148863

And it has many drawings and pictures, like this one and it also has a 1/150 foldout plan. And drwaings of not just the ship, but of it's armament, and interiors.

I've the one above but don't recall it having a foldout plan

Looks like a trip up into the loft at the weekend

[Bilge_Rat]

yes, the interior is very well done. I do not have those books, but comparing the interior with the photos of U-995 available on the net, it looks like a pretty close match.

[SabreHawk]

Uhhhhm yes the ward room is the one thing that is not in the SH5 ship.
Sure I'd like to have had that in there, but of course it would serve no purpose other than novelty.
But yes what a nice novelty it would be, but the fat lady hasn't sung yet as far as I can see, and given how long it's taking for the next patch to come along im predicting it'll make a lot of folks happy they bought SH5.

And even if the patch(s) dont produce it all, the mods will.

I will say this though of the area where the ward room would be, is currently unoccupied by anyone sleeping there. It's just a couple of empty bunks, and the wood paneled structure on both sides of them is there, if that says anything.

Hmmm ok I just noticed the one I poasted a link to at Amazon doesn't say anything about a foldout plan, so I noticed there were other formats availble from other sellers listed there., and my version appears. But I dont remember paying that much for my book.
http://www.amazon.com/Type-VII-U-boa...mm_hrd_title_1

[horsa]

Yes, hats off

I seem to remember several lengthy threads on SH3 saying how this was a 'must have' feature that would be so immersive. Now its here and its good to see it getting some credit.

OK Hand up. How many thought that if the devs did implement it, it would not have been as well implemented as this.

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by SabreHawk

Well the book we speak of can be found at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Type-VII-U-Boa.../dp/1591148863

It's cover looks a little different from mine but is the same book.
Here is mine.


And it has many drawings and pictures, like this one and it also has a 1/150 foldout plan. And drwaings of not just the ship, but of it's armament, and interiors.

Thank you for the info

[Bilge_Rat]

I keep noticing neat little details inside the U-boat:

1. how to tell time in-game:

-command room:




-conning tower:




2. Helmsman station - the compass on the left has two dials, the outside one has 10 degree intervals, the inside one has single degrees. It works and is a joy to watch operate when you order a course change:

[TheBlobThing]

Don't want to hijack the thread but what mod do you use for the dialogue options with the navigator?

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by TheBlobThing

Don't want to hijack the thread but what mod do you use for the dialogue options with the navigator?

Athlonic's "more crew commands" mod.

[msxyz]

Originally Posted by alexradu89

Did they now ? So what's missing from the real u-boat ? or better yet can you share the schematics with us ? (if it's a virtual document) I can't find any VII A blueprints...nvm found them around here somewhere

Judging from the books and photografic material I have seen over the years, I also think they did a quite accurate reproduction of a type VIIC interior. Early types VIIA/B were somehow different in terms of machinery used although the general layout remains the same.

Too bad only one type VII still remains in existence today, and it's a late war type VIIc/41. Some years ago, there were some talks to rise all the boats scuttled at the end of the war in operation Deadlight. There's a certain hunger of steel and lead which is not "poisoned" by the radiation released from nuclear experiments from 1945 onwards. Metals fused before that day and preserved underwater are free of these nuclear pollutants and hence have a very high value for building scientific equipment to the point it would cover the expense of raising a wreck from the bottom of the sea.

Although it's scary to think all those boats being cut into pieces, at least it would be a good occasion for a documented study on several other germans submarines of the era of whom only a few blueprints survive.

Anyone notice the spare torps under the decking in the forward torpedo room?