[WIP] Type IX for sh5

[Aktungbby]

SrgtTurk! I see the the infamous seven-year-itch has brought you to the surface, finally, after a long 'silent running' since 2017!

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by The Milkman

Id be more than happy to get you any reference material on the U-505 since its near my home. I know its a type IXC but Im pretty sure theyre very similar. Its like a 20 min drive away.

https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/20...rine-interior/ Again, as on the U-505 at its capture, externally stored 'eels' fared poorly. U-505 toploaded eel after depth-charge damage recieved during capture>

Originally Posted by AktungBBy

The type VII could carry 14 'eels' and the Type IX could carry 12 internally with 10 more externally....however early on those external (steam only eels because torpedo batteries need constant servicing) were reduced to only a few as damage from depth charging and the hazards of reloading at sea(2-3 hours-long unable to dive!!??) The IX's were ordered out of the primary Battle of Atlantic theater to safer areas. 'Money (DeutchMarks) is the sinews of war' and the cost of IX's unable to function with their intended 33% increased eel-firepower is a violation of that principle both tactically and strategically.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by SrgtTurk

Man I would love to see this happen. I cannot believe no one has actually done this considering how popular an IX boat is on the spectrum of silent hunter and it baffles me that the actual producers left this out. I just don't understand why the SH3 base upgrades and purchase options are greater than its successor...

I agree with that sentiment - I suspect that they just ran out of time and money after creating full Type VII interiors. I really enjoyed playing Type IX careers in "Aces of the Deep" - and I, too, sorely miss having a Type IX in SH5. I would have even been happy with just the control room and no full interior. I strongly disagree with people who pan the Type IX as too big and unmaneuverable for Atlantic warfare - they were capable boats until the end of the war.

[Kal_Maximus_U669]

Hey iambecomelife uais:
I have the same feeling...except that I want interiors in each Hi Hi model..

[OLZS]

Apparently we will never wait for this boat....

[Kal_Maximus_U669]

Originally Posted by OLZS

Apparently we will never wait for this boat....

Work had been undertaken on this project... I don't remember by which talented modder... I suppose the project was stopped by the phenomenal amount of work that it represented... plus this game seems really difficult to mod...