[REL] WB's Decks Awash Mod

[WeeBubba]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

The mod is designed to be used before snorkels become available - once they become available and you've fitted them to your U-boat you need to disable the mod to get proper snorkel depth back.

Thanks WB. That makes sense.

By the way, I am currently using your mission orders lite, mission warnings, fuel economy and deck gun range mods. so thanks for your hard work. your mods are definetely being put to good use!

[Wreford-Brown]

Thank you, WeeBubba - it's feedback like yours that'll keep me modding.

[Aleksandar the Great]

[Aleksandar the Great]

[Sailor Steve]

Cute, but hardly realistic.

[Wolfehunter]

Isn't it already possible to do deck awash in GWX 2.1? I've used this technique before...

Is their something that I am missing?:hmm:

[Wreford-Brown]

You're not missing anything - the GWX team made it possible to sail with decks awash to lower your profile, all I did was create the mod that allows you to apply it using a single key rather than setting the depth manually.

Decks awash dramatically lowers the chances of being detected while still allowing you to keep a deck watch and use diesels for the greater speed. I've got within 500m of enemy ships (slowly, on a dark night) without being detected. It also reduces your crash dive time substantially - thanks to the GWX Team

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Cute, but hardly realistic.

Steve, hardly realistic the depth set or the tactic wasn't used or use like this?

[Wreford-Brown]

'The man at the bomber’s window made sight contact on the wake of a submarine running with decks awash at a range of 15 miles slightly on the starboard bow.'
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-128-9-Anl.htm

'Trimmed down to decks awash, they would use their high surface speed to charge in, attack, retreat.'
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5...um=1&ct=result

'Taking advantage of their low profiles and the speed of their boats, U-boat captains got in among the convoys at night with their decks awash - where Asdic could not pick them up'
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9...um=7&ct=result

'This time Erskine came upon a U-boat on the surface, running with its decks awash'
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5...m=10&ct=result

The only picture I could find was of a boat that seemed to be running in heavy seas so it is difficult to work out the depth it may be at. GWX decks awash has a similar effect in heavy seas. http://www.webshots.com/search?query=U-boat (fourth row from bottom, second from right).

The tactic was used, but I can't find a source to verify what the depth should be - if anyone can enlighten me I can adjust the mod.