[REL] RFB/Real Fleet Boat for 1.5

[AlmightyTallest]

Hey guys, the suspense is killing me, I can't wait anymore, I gotta know....

How's the beta going for RFB 1.5? Have there been any problems? Any chance the rest of us might be able to download RFB 1.5 this weekend? Please?.. Pretty Please?.... Pretty Please with sugar on top?

[M. Sarsfield]

What AT said. I feel naked without a super mod running. I have RSRDC and PE2 to keep me company, but it's like driving a car with flat tires.

[AVGWarhawk]

The beta is being tested and some minor issues are being corrected. Found a few minor errors and ironing out the wrinkles. RFB is looking to roll out as complete as possible. As each correction/new item is being rolled in, the closer to release it gets. Plus, RSRD is working side by side in beta form with RFB so any issues that crop up can be addressed. RFB is looking to provide a good solid package of realism and game play. To do that, beta testing is needed. I suspect about a week at the estimated time, again, only estimated. I assure you, the package will be all you expect for realism and more.

[M. Sarsfield]

Thanks for the update, Chris... errr..oops. I revealed your secret identity.

Btw, have the Batfish guys gotten back to you about transporting the torpedoes from WA to OK? I can give Rick a nudge, if need be.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

Thanks for the update, Chris... errr..oops. I revealed your secret identity.

Btw, have the Batfish guys gotten back to you about transporting the torpedoes from WA to OK? I can give Rick a nudge, if need be.

Not as of yet. I believe some transporation cradles needed to be made.

[AlmightyTallest]

Thanks for the update Warhawk,

Dang, another weeks wait.... I'm sure it will be worth it though.

I guess I'll have to make do with going outside, seeing the giant sky orb and doing stuff this weekend...

[modisch]

The USS Torsk (SS-423), a Tench class sub, is a museum piece in Baltimore. I live in VA, but I take a lot of trips up to Baltimore for medical care at Johns Hopkins. Yesterday after an appt, my wife and I went down to the Inner Harbor for lunch. I really wanted to tour the Torsk, but I wasn't in shape for it. I hope that in the near future I can take the tour (and a ton of photos).

The Torsk has the distinction of sinking the last Japanese warships during WWII (two coastal defense frigates on the day before the cease fire was declared). It was later upgraded under the Fleet Snorkel program and again upgraded as a guidance boat for the Regulus missile system. For historical purposes, I'd rather tour a sub in WWII configuration... but I'm still excited about touring the Torsk.

The only other sub I've toured was the USS Growler (SSG-577), the Regulus launch boat now permanently on display in NYC as a part of the Intrepid museum.

Anyhow... fairly off topic but here are some links for the Torsk if anyone is planning their vacations in the area. Lotsa pictures in the links too.

Baltimore Maritine Museum
Official Torsk site

Darn shame SH4 didn't come with the Tench class as an option...

-m

[M. Sarsfield]

Darn shame SH4 didn't come with the Tench class as an option...

Some of the big mods incorporate a Tench boat mod. Main difference being dive depth and extra torpedo storage, I believe.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by modisch

The USS Torsk (SS-423), a Tench class sub, is a museum piece in Baltimore. I live in VA, but I take a lot of trips up to Baltimore for medical care at Johns Hopkins. Yesterday after an appt, my wife and I went down to the Inner Harbor for lunch. I really wanted to tour the Torsk, but I wasn't in shape for it. I hope that in the near future I can take the tour (and a ton of photos).

The Torsk has the distinction of sinking the last Japanese warships during WWII (two coastal defense frigates on the day before the cease fire was declared). It was later upgraded under the Fleet Snorkel program and again upgraded as a guidance boat for the Regulus missile system. For historical purposes, I'd rather tour a sub in WWII configuration... but I'm still excited about touring the Torsk.

The only other sub I've toured was the USS Growler (SSG-577), the Regulus launch boat now permanently on display in NYC as a part of the Intrepid museum.

Anyhow... fairly off topic but here are some links for the Torsk if anyone is planning their vacations in the area. Lotsa pictures in the links too.

Baltimore Maritine Museum
Official Torsk site

Darn shame SH4 didn't come with the Tench class as an option...

-m

I do not know much about the Torsk Just kidding. Come on up on a Saturday and i will walk you through the boat. If you can come before 10 am, you can have the boat to yourself. Visitors start boarding after 10 am. I can give you the grand tour. No problem at all. Let me know the day you choose and I will meet you there. I'm there just about every Saturday restoring one thing or another. I see you are having some medical things done, it you arrive before 10, you do not have to fight the tourist. Let me know.

[modisch]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I do not know much about the Torsk Just kidding. Come on up on a Saturday and i will walk you through the boat. If you can come before 10 am, you can have the boat to yourself. Visitors start boarding after 10 am. I can give you the grand tour. No problem at all. Let me know the day you choose and I will meet you there. I'm there just about every Saturday restoring one thing or another. I see you are having some medical things done, it you arrive before 10, you do not have to fight the tourist. Let me know.

Hahah. Open mouth, insert foot. :rotfl:

I would love to come up and do that. I don't know when that would be (I'm not usually in Baltimore on Saturday), but I will definitely talk to my wife about it. I know she also wants to go to the aquarium again. She won't go near the sub, claustrophobic. Me, I do great in tight places (helps when you spend so much time in an MRI machine).

I'll definitely PM you if I can put together firm plans. Thanks for the offer, I really appreciate that. Yet again, what a great community here.

Thanks,

-m

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by modisch

Hahah. Open mouth, insert foot. :rotfl:

I would love to come up and do that. I don't know when that would be (I'm not usually in Baltimore on Saturday), but I will definitely talk to my wife about it. I know she also wants to go to the aquarium again. She won't go near the sub, claustrophobic. Me, I do great in tight places (helps when you spend so much time in an MRI machine).

I'll definitely PM you if I can put together firm plans. Thanks for the offer, I really appreciate that. Yet again, what a great community here.

Thanks,

-m

If you arrive say at 0900 on a Saturday, you can tour the boat and then hit the aquarium at 10 am when it opens. There are benchs your wife can sit while you go through the boat.

[M. Sarsfield]

There are benchs your wife can sit while you go through the boat.

Don't forget the mini-mall nearby with restaurants and shops. Women love to spend money. She'll forget all about your boat tour... (and your appointment, too).

[modisch]

She'll probably spend the time in the Barnes and Noble. We were just in the Inner Harbor yesterday for lunch and it took me an hour to get her out of the book store.

If anyone has any recommendations for good places to eat, I'll definitely take those. A lot of the tourist trap restaurants are terrifyingly overpriced.

-m

[AVGWarhawk]

We go to Hooters for lunch...no kiddng! Nothing like some old Salts at Hooters for lunch. Hard Rocks food is awful. Cheesecake Factory is awesome.

[M. Sarsfield]

Agreed on all points. Hard Rock is expensive, low grade pub grub. Same with ESPN Zone.