The U-Boat and Kleinst U-Boat Project

Kapitän Schneider · 08-08-10, 02:37 PM

This project I'm starting is about creating some of the U-Boats that were never built and implementing them into SH 3,4 and 5 and possibly making them playable. Also to create some of the Midget Subs the Germans built and also making them playable for single missions.

I know this is a big project for a first time modder, and i'm sure some of you will be willing to lend a hand when you see the U-Boat's I will be trying to build.

But hey, no guts no glory!

Neger
Human Torpedo

Marder
Human Torpedo

Hai
Human Torpedo

Biber
To attack coastal shipping and help meet a threat from an Allied invasion.

Molch
Attack/Training

Type XXVII Hecht
Largest German midget Submarine

Type XVIII Seehund
Most Successful German midget Submarine

Delphin 1 & 2
Highspeed underwater prototype

Grundhai
Prototype Deep Sea Recovery Vehicle

Schwertwal
Streamlined midget prototype

Seeteufel
Equipped with tracks to crawl on the seabed!

Type III
Designed to carry 2 LS-Boats/mines in a outer hull. If only you could control this and then take one of the Boats out of the hull and take it for a spin in the middle of the atlantic.

Type XB
Minelayer.

Type XIB
The U-Cruiser.

Type XXVI
Similar to the Type XXIV but with a smaller crew.

Gradually the images you see will turn into 3d models and then into workable mods.

Jankowski · 08-09-10, 12:54 AM

Excellent idea! i wish i could help though! all these u boats will add greatly to the detailed sh3 world?

USS Sea Tiger · 08-09-10, 04:13 AM

I know sevral in the comunity have worked onthese before, It would be a great program !
What kind of help are you in need of?

Hotmanandre · 08-09-10, 08:13 AM

Already there are some models

Kapitän Schneider · 08-09-10, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USS Sea Tiger

I know sevral in the comunity have worked onthese before, It would be a great program !
What kind of help are you in need of?

Well Sea Tiger the usual kind of help, someone to help me come up with skins, help to implement them into SH 3,4 or 5 etc. Especially as I am a first timer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hotmanandre

Already there are some models

Cool Hotmanandre. I haven't seen any of these in any mods. Are they your own work?

08-09-10, 07:06 PM

Be very careful of takeing 3D models from some sites.
Those appear to be the De Espona 3D models.
They are copyrighted!

I did buy and still have the Biber from De Espona.
But that does not give me the right to convert it to SH standards and distribute it.

I used it to start buliding around for a new Biber for SH Games.
(Which I never finished doing)

kurfürst · 08-21-10, 08:34 AM

Hi Kapitän Schneider,
I´m just curious to know if you´re making progress with your Mod!
It´s agreat idea, I would love to have a playable XB and XIV in the game!
And of course the midget subs!

Cheers, Kurfürst

Kapitän Schneider · 08-21-10, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kurfürst

Hi Kapitän Schneider,
I´m just curious to know if you´re making progress with your Mod!
It´s agreat idea, I would love to have a playable XB and XIV in the game!
And of course the midget subs!

Well you're in luck, i'm in the finishing stages of modelling the Neger. The Marder and Hai will follow in the next few weeks.

Check my first post for to look at my 3d model of the Neger.

Tessa · 08-21-10, 07:21 PM

The type X and XI looks like they'd be a blast to play. Hard part with mines is keeping track of their effectiveness, much of that information the Kriegsmarine didn't find out till after wars end. That and reading Clay Blair's books kaleuns hated minelaying missions and was one of those things that it was debatable whether time in the brig for refusing to follow orders was worth it; and they were dangerous as hell having to sneak into harbors and surface in order to lay the mines. Great work, look forward to seeing the rest of the ships.

DarkFish · 08-22-10, 01:53 PM

About a year ago I was working on a similar mod for SH4. I've recently kind of resumed modding for SH5 and I'm trying to make the Biber. I've still got some of my old files left (see http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=29)

Perhaps we could work together on the Biber? If you'd provide me with an exterior model I could hopefully do the rest

08-22-10, 03:57 PM

That's great DarkFish!

I lost internet connection for a long time so that project went poof.

I can get the external torps to fire correctly though when it's made playable.

Kapitän Schneider · 08-22-10, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Perhaps we could work together on the Biber? If you'd provide me with an exterior model I could hopefully do the rest

Sure, I need all the help I can get, especially as its my first time modding, modelling and all the other stuff I have to do.

Kapitän Schneider · 08-31-10, 08:46 AM

Hey guys check out my Neger, Marder and Hai Human Torpedo Models which I have just finished. See them oin my first post. I used stock SH3 Torpedo as a basis for the models (the torpedo I used as a template is under the models for comparison).

So tell me what you think?

BUKER · 09-09-10, 08:43 PM

Hi Kapitän Schneider,
is there any news on your work?
I am interested in particular Type XIV and Type X.

Can we expect to continue?

Kapitän Schneider · 09-24-10, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUKER

Hi Kapitän Schneider,
is there any news on your work?
I am interested in particular Type XIV and Type X.

Can we expect to continue?

Hey Buker, i'm looking at some schematics of the Type XIV and Type X at the moment just doing the preliminaries.
But i've been working with DarkFish on creating the Biber. Check out my first post for a shot of my finished exterior of the Biber.

08-08-10, 02:37 PM	#1
Kapitän Schneider Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: England Posts: 215 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	The U-Boat and Kleinst U-Boat Project This project I'm starting is about creating some of the U-Boats that were never built and implementing them into SH 3,4 and 5 and possibly making them playable. Also to create some of the Midget Subs the Germans built and also making them playable for single missions. I know this is a big project for a first time modder, and i'm sure some of you will be willing to lend a hand when you see the U-Boat's I will be trying to build. But hey, no guts no glory! Neger Human Torpedo Marder Human Torpedo Hai Human Torpedo Biber To attack coastal shipping and help meet a threat from an Allied invasion. Molch Attack/Training Type XXVII Hecht Largest German midget Submarine Type XVIII Seehund Most Successful German midget Submarine Delphin 1 & 2 Highspeed underwater prototype Grundhai Prototype Deep Sea Recovery Vehicle Schwertwal Streamlined midget prototype Seeteufel Equipped with tracks to crawl on the seabed! Type III Designed to carry 2 LS-Boats/mines in a outer hull. If only you could control this and then take one of the Boats out of the hull and take it for a spin in the middle of the atlantic. Type XB Minelayer. Type XIB The U-Cruiser. Type XXVI Similar to the Type XXIV but with a smaller crew. Gradually the images you see will turn into 3d models and then into workable mods. __________________ The victorious strategist only seeks battle, after the victory has been won. Also known as Brandenburger and Zirran elsewhere. Last edited by Kapitän Schneider; 03-30-12 at 03:29 PM.

08-09-10, 04:13 AM	#3
USS Sea Tiger XO Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 425 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	great project I know sevral in the comunity have worked onthese before, It would be a great program ! What kind of help are you in need of?

08-09-10, 08:13 AM	#4
Hotmanandre Sparky Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rus/Portugal Posts: 158 Downloads: 194 Uploads: 0	Already there are some models __________________

08-21-10, 08:34 AM	#7
kurfürst Chief Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Guetersloh, Germany Posts: 310 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 0	Hi Kapitän Schneider, I´m just curious to know if you´re making progress with your Mod! It´s agreat idea, I would love to have a playable XB and XIV in the game! And of course the midget subs! Cheers, Kurfürst __________________

08-22-10, 01:53 PM	#10
DarkFish Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stinking drunk in Eindhoven, the Netherlands Posts: 1,844 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	About a year ago I was working on a similar mod for SH4. I've recently kind of resumed modding for SH5 and I'm trying to make the Biber. I've still got some of my old files left (see http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=29) Perhaps we could work together on the Biber? If you'd provide me with an exterior model I could hopefully do the rest __________________

08-09-10, 12:54 AM	#2
Jankowski Frogman Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 306 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Excellent idea! i wish i could help though! all these u boats will add greatly to the detailed sh3 world?

08-09-10, 07:06 PM	#6
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Be very careful of takeing 3D models from some sites. Those appear to be the De Espona 3D models. They are copyrighted! I did buy and still have the Biber from De Espona. But that does not give me the right to convert it to SH standards and distribute it. I used it to start buliding around for a new Biber for SH Games. (Which I never finished doing)

08-21-10, 07:21 PM	#9
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	The type X and XI looks like they'd be a blast to play. Hard part with mines is keeping track of their effectiveness, much of that information the Kriegsmarine didn't find out till after wars end. That and reading Clay Blair's books kaleuns hated minelaying missions and was one of those things that it was debatable whether time in the brig for refusing to follow orders was worth it; and they were dangerous as hell having to sneak into harbors and surface in order to lay the mines. Great work, look forward to seeing the rest of the ships.

08-22-10, 03:57 PM	#11
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	That's great DarkFish! I lost internet connection for a long time so that project went poof. I can get the external torps to fire correctly though when it's made playable.

08-31-10, 08:46 AM	#13
Kapitän Schneider Engineer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: England Posts: 215 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Hey guys check out my Neger, Marder and Hai Human Torpedo Models which I have just finished. See them oin my first post. I used stock SH3 Torpedo as a basis for the models (the torpedo I used as a template is under the models for comparison). So tell me what you think? __________________ The victorious strategist only seeks battle, after the victory has been won. Also known as Brandenburger and Zirran elsewhere.

09-09-10, 08:43 PM	#14
BUKER 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: RUSSIA-Siberia Posts: 284 Downloads: 409 Uploads: 0	Hi Kapitän Schneider, is there any news on your work? I am interested in particular Type XIV and Type X. Can we expect to continue? __________________