Longer U-boat Repair Times mod ready for download

[The Noob]

Originally Posted by clive bradbury

download 'winmerge', a superb utility that lets you compare any two files side-by-side, identifies differences, and enables you to copy those changes from one file to the other. At the same time it makes a backup copy of the original file.

Download from Were?:p

[Myxale]

Originally Posted by The Noob

Download from Were?:p

Use google! Type "Winmrege" and there'll be lots of links!:hmm:

[The Noob]

Originally Posted by Myxale

Use google! Type "Winmrege" and there'll be lots of links!:hmm:

Thanx! Finally i can use the "IXD2 Range and Torpedo Fix" and the Repair times mod together!

[Myxale]

Cool thing Noob!
You could post the results if you like.

[VonHelsching]

Originally Posted by nvdrifter

All 3 compatible versions (including NYGM Tonnage War mod v2.0) can be downloaded here:

http://rapidshare.de/files/22690722/...1.01a.zip.html

I tried hard to balance out the damage to equipment, flooding and repair times.

Thanks very much nvdrifter!

Personally I consider the gameplay fixes / mods the most important ones!
Any possibly conflict can be easily taken care of. Keep up those ideas coming!

Hail for nvdrifter

[The Noob]

Originally Posted by Myxale

Cool thing Noob!
You could post the results if you like.

If i success....

But anyway, Thanks Dudes!

Patrol report- Febuary 12, 1944

Was cruising at snorkel depth off the west coast of England. Struck a mine. Took heavy damage and flooding to bow quarters, command room, radio room, and conning tower. Light damage was reported in the diesel and electric engine room. Flooding caused us to sink to the seabed. Tried to maintain snorkel depth, but could not. Main pump, periscopes, radar, flak guns, early warning, hydrophones, and radio all took very heavy damage. Fortunately, the diesel engines, rear batteries, and fuel tank sustained only light damage. Unfortunately, the forward batteries were destroyed upon striking the mine. It took about 30 hours to complete all repairs, with the damage control team working non-stop. Luckily, we were not detected during the time we were disabled. Also, no crew injuries were reported (amazingly). We are now limping our way back to Lorient. Cannot complete patrol. The crew was highly stressed, but performed their duties well. They should all be commended for saving our disabled boot.

[bigboywooly]

Wow seems to be working well
30 hours off the west coast eh - lucky you didnt attract half the RN with all that repair noise :rotfl:

[Myxale]

Originally Posted by nvdrifter

Patrol report- Febuary 12, 1944

Was cruising at snorkel depth off the west coast of England. Struck a mine. Took heavy damage and flooding to bow quarters, command room, radio room, and conning tower. Light damage was reported in the diesel and electric engine room. Flooding caused us to sink to the seabed. Tried to maintain snorkel depth, but could not. Main pump, periscopes, radar, flak guns, early warning, hydrophones, and radio all took very heavy damage. Fortunately, the diesel engines, rear batteries, and fuel tank sustained only light damage. Unfortunately, the forward batteries were destroyed upon striking the mine. It took about 30 hours to complete all repairs, with the damage control team working non-stop. Luckily, we were not detected during the time we were disabled. Also, no crew injuries were reported (amazingly). We are now limping our way back to Lorient. Cannot complete patrol. The crew was highly stressed, but performed their duties well. They should all be commended for saving our disabled boot.

I think it's fair to say that this is the feel & scenario you worked towards. Amazing story and mod!

Say mate, what's your setup...mod wise!

Originally Posted by Myxale

I think it's fair to say that this is the feel & scenario you worked towards. Amazing story and mod!

Say mate, what's your setup...mod wise!

Only running Grey Wolves 1.1 and Longer U-boat Repair Times 1.01a

Patrol report (from the grave)- Febuary 15, 1944

While limping home after surviving a brutal collision with a mine a few days before, we were detected near the southern coast of England by a British destroyer. We were heavily depth charged by 2 or 3 destroyers. Heavy flooding and damage once again sent us sinking to the sea floor. Disabled and blind, we still weren't ready to give up. But our boot couldn't take much more of this abuse. Our front and rear batteries were destroyed, starboard diesel engine destroyed, radios and other equipment either disabled or destroyed. We also had 5 crew casualties. The flooding was growing worse and worse, as were the depth charge attacks. After much discussion, we decided to surface. We blew our tanks and popped to the surface. Before any of the crew could abandon ship, we were rammed by a destroyer, with a loss of all hands. This was a our first and last patrol. May our souls rest in peace.

[Myxale]

Originally Posted by nvdrifter

Patrol report (from the grave)- Febuary 15, 1944

While limping home after surviving a brutal collision with a mine a few days before, we were detected near the southern coast of England by a British destroyer. We were heavily depth charged by 2 or 3 destroyers. Heavy flooding and damage once again sent us sinking to the sea floor. Disabled and blind, we still weren't ready to give up. But our boot couldn't take much more of this abuse. Our front and rear batteries were destroyed, starboard diesel engine destroyed, radios and other equipment either disabled or destroyed. We also had 5 crew casualties. The flooding was growing worse and worse, as were the depth charge attacks. After much discussion, we decided to surface. We blew our tanks and popped to the surface. Before any of the crew could abandon ship, we were rammed by a destroyer, with a loss of all hands. This was a our first and last patrol. May our souls rest in peace.

Aww, **** man! I almost thought you made it! Limping home and makin' it there would've rocked!
Well but on the bright side, the journey to the grave....well it was very "Das Boot-ish" they didn't made it either!

Aside this one question about yer cool mod matey: Can one actually get flooding that will finish the Boot off in say 10 min or so...i mean really heavy flooding!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Awesome work Nvdrifter!!! More immersion!!! More suspense!!!

GET SOME FUSES QUICK!!!

Originally Posted by Myxale

Aww, **** man! I almost thought you made it! Limping home and makin' it there would've rocked!
Well but on the bright side, the journey to the grave....well it was very "Das Boot-ish" they didn't made it either!

Aside this one question about yer cool mod matey: Can one actually get flooding that will finish the Boot off in say 10 min or so...i mean really heavy flooding!

10 minute flooding? Probably not.

Maybe there is a way to add a critical chance of flooding to the compartments. What I did was increase the hit points of the compartments so the flooding would be slower than before, and I also slowed down flooding speed settings. No more instant death from flooding. But to compensate for this, the equipment can be damaged easier and takes much longer to repair. But flooding can still kill you if your boot takes heavy damage. Just not instantly any more. The loss of flotation from flooding can also send you past crush depth really quickly. I made these changes because the longer repair times also affects flooding recovery time. The flooding times have to be longer becuase the repair times are longer. At first, I left the flooding times alone, but it always meant imminent death from flooding due to the slower repair times. So I had to slow down the flooding times for playability and balance reasons.

[Gammel]

using the NYCM zones.cfg and submarine .zon files, the entrys from the stock version of your basic.cfg file (my game setup is a little ehm.. special )
i have to say even in this early stage of development your mod is working very well!!
I can confirm the observations from the above posters, it totally changed gameplay and immersion factor!!
I´m now getting rapair timers i´d call realistic.

minor problem i´ve spotted is the crew you assign to damage control team does not get fatigued, but this maybe an issue with my strange game setup...