The Official Uberboot development thread Q's & A's screenies video

[Venatore]

A Star Destoryer ! This has everything !

[Venatore]

How good was the video ! :rotfl:

[Mush Martin]

I only managed to contribute to the video by choosing the music and
the right director. LOL

but he really captured how Uberboot is supposed to be fought
on the inrush.

MM

[Mush Martin]

Originally Posted by Venatore

A Star Destoryer ! This has everything !

Ok so Im a bit Impulsive You couldnt tell that already.

for the record the submerged speed of an Imperial star destroyer
is 8 kts vertical speed. horizontal (unknown)
and yes the stardestroyer can on a good day outrun Uberboot on
the surface.
MM

[edit] P.S. Somehow I know this will be necessary
there is no Imperial StarDestroyer included in
Uberboot mod.

[Mush Martin]

Uberboot is a typeIXB Hull with a type VIIC/4 Flaktower on it.

it can sport various gun suites for different tastes.

it has a high surface speed to close targets quickly

it has up armoured and encased systems to
resist system failure and crew injury while
under fire.

it has a full sensor suite.

deckguns are tuned to salvo in the manner of a twin
turret.

traverse speeds are increased for all guns

rates of fire and hitting power are increased for
all guns

ammo is available in plentiful supply

final crew will be fully qualified.

and of course
its the most fun of all
Uberfun...............

[Mush Martin]

Historically accurate.

Unsinkable.

boring.

[Mush Martin]

I had been playing around with the idea of including an Ubertorp
but others have already done this and tweeking them isnt that
hard. but I just loved the one screenie from the torpedo tests
and Had nowhere else to put it so I put it here.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Well done Mush Nice screens, looking forward to the video
Will watch it later and comment on it then.

[hyperion2206]

This video was most impressive, can't wait to download this boat!

[Mr.Fleck]

Hello Mush Martin,

good description and a very nice selection of screen shots you posted.

I can absolutely confirm that your Überboot is quite some fun to play with! And of course it is a different experience: You feel like a destroyer with the additional ability to dive away if it should be necessary, which wasn't the case for the movie. The task force consisted only of three ships. The poor souls were outgunned!

Cheers!
Mr. Fleck

[JCWolf]

Originally Posted by Venatore

A Star Destoryer ! This has everything !

Just saw this!!!



:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Mush Martin]

What can I say JCW I wanted to push the envelope one day during
AA testing and I shot it down out of a neighboring Freelancer game.

[Penelope_Grey]

The Fraulein Kaleun Puts Uberboat To the Test

So very rarely do you get a U-boat that just seems to hit the spot on the average bloodthirsty tonnager gaming girl like me. But today really showed me that you can put your faith in some MODS, to really really satisfy. Silent Hunter 3 is a masterpiece of nautical WW2 simulating proportions. Ever since I became hooked on this game thanks to the recommendations of my older brother I saw it as something that I could have fun in, but not the kind of fun you expect to have. Fun can be characterised on so many different levels, there is the fun of stalking, carefully approaching your target to strike which is typically what SH3 is all about. Then there is the kind of fun where you are the Incredible Hulk wrecking the place throwing caution to the wind and bringing all your enemies to book in suitably crushing fashion. Using your limitless strength at will without so much as a second thought. Can you find both those kinds of fun in Silent Hunter 3? The answer is no.

Then... Mush Martin comes along......



You will see there, a rather unique bit of kit. "It looks like a Type IX with a VIIC/4 conning tower" I hear you say. Well, it is. But, this mod is so cool its the way of bringing the afore mentioned Incredible Hulk into a strategy game.

I decided to boot up the uberboot and test him on the Happy Times mission, which happens to be my favourite mission of them all. After picking off the cruiser and the one destroyer, it was time to surface and see what uberboots guns were capable of. If ever there was a case for comparing anything that floats in SH3 to the Hulk this is that one thing. Its fast like that Hulk, its got a hide of armour like the Hulk. Its got the firepower of the Hulk, the only thing it doesn't do is roar angrily and say "Hulk Smash"

Why compare uberboot to the Hulk? Because its the only comparison I can think of! I think the Hulk-Boat would be a better name for this, but there could be copyright or somfin like that. Can I just say I sank the entire convoy before the escorts arrived?



There is the proof. After all, what good would my comments on this mod be without proof right? I was so preoccupied with the boat and what it can do, I didn't get any pictures of the actual sinkings. It was so fast paced, so intense (a different kind of intense to SH3), so brutal that it took all my skills to keep pace. Boy was it fun!

After eliminating the entire convoy, I then exited the mission.



In my own little way, I am now a sort of honourary member of the 100k club. If anybody wishes to argue that fact, I must warn you, my mind is made up that means no changing it!

This little mod is fantastic, and the best part of it is, those of us like me can really appreciate the wanton destruction the uberboot is capable of causing. Silent Hunter 3 is great, and GWX makes it greater still. But... that is the immersive realistic actual way it was done style of gameplay which is fun. But today for me was great to simply cut loose and cause no end of destruction. I totally recommend uberboot. Nothing helps you unwind after a serious stressful patrol quite like this. I decided to bring my 'celebration' banner out of retirement, in honour of uberboot! Even though I won't be "celebrating" till saturday. Uberboot is well cool MM!

[ReallyDedPoet]

Wow, now that's a review big-time. Very well done, nice screens Mush's head is going to explode

[Mush Martin]