[REL] A British Med Campaign

Originally Posted by JuJu70

Good job guys.

A few comments

Thanks a lot. They're much appreciated. There weren't a lot of them by now.

1. seems like too much traffic especially around the Libyan coast. I sank like 9 merchants on my first patrol and ran out of torps. Historically, there were only 10 subs in Med on 6/10/40, and they were mostly based in Malta. The traffic was mostly around Italy so that's where the patrols should be for the most part for the first couple months.

It was my intention to create different layers for each of the years, but for the moment I wanted to have something that worked properly. In the future I will probably implement them, and will take into account your comments.

2. Italian ASW in the game is just shocking. I know they don't have sonar. but can something be done? They are absolutely irresponsive. I just floated (by accident) into the middle of their task force and downed 3 battleships and destroyers are just doing nothing.

Yes, their hydrophones are not very good at the beginning. Perhaps I could give them the later hydrophones for the whole duration of the war and get rid of the early ones.

3. Sirtori has Hydrophone and Sonar specified in the sns file, but the nodes H01 and N01 aren't specified in the dat file, perhaps you might want to add them?

Thanks for picking that one. I will correct it for next version.

Thanks for the mod!

Thanks to you for your comments .

[seaplate hitman]

version 2.0 I can not make a download

Originally Posted by seaplate hitman

version 2.0 I can not make a download

I've added a couple of mirrors in the first post. If you can't get it from there, there is nothing else I can do.

[seaplate hitman]

I can not download it again! The netweb is not available still. If someone can do me a favor,I beg him send this mod to me by E-mail.

My Mailbox:Boca2000@live.cn

Thank you very much in advance!

PS: The full name of PRC is People's Republic of China. In the fore post , I made a spelling mistake. Sorry.

Originally Posted by seaplate hitman

I can not download it again! The netweb is not available still. If someone can do me a favor,I beg him send this mod to me by E-mail.

I will try to send it by e-mail. I've never tried to send such a big file through an e-mail, so I can't assure you will get it, but I tried.

TLAM Strike, you must have been very unlucky with that circle runner. The chances are really really slim, as the British Mk.VIII torpedoes were very, very reliable (contact pistol only though).

Sorry, my account doesn't let me send such a big file

[Jan Kyster]

I wouldn't mind shipping a DVD to China - that would be a first


PM me if you're interested, Seaplate!




About the download, perhaps the site is being blocked from PRC? That would not be a first, would it?

[Brewster]

Originally Posted by seaplate hitman

I can not download it again! The netweb is not available still. If someone can do me a favor,I beg him send this mod to me by E-mail.

My Mailbox:Boca2000@live.cn

Thank you very much in advance!

PS: The full name of PRC is People's Republic of China. In the fore post , I made a spelling mistake. Sorry.

guess that China thinks that on that download site illegal material is..

Sorry my bad didn't think at china at al..

[Brewster]

I mailed it to you.

[torpedobait]

Originally Posted by JapLance

Hi SH4ers,

A few weeks ago I contacted sidslotm about our interest for the British campaign that lurker created with WDAD.

Unfortunately, seems like lurker has given up SH4 modding, and the WDAD project was left unfinished, so after sidslotm created a couple of Singleplayer missions set in the Med, I had the idea of somehow build campaign layers to play a sub out of Malta. A lot of work was already there thanks to what lurker did in the first part of WDAD, but also a lot had to be added. I've sent a PM to lurker to get permission to use his layers, but I'm afraid there's no answer by now. In case he doesn't say a word, I'll have to make from scratch some of them myself (with a loss in quality I'm afraid, but there's no other option). The mod will run in SH4 1.5, on top of the original WDAD mod.

Little by little, reading a lot around the forums here, learning my way in the files of SH4, the Campaign is shaping up. At the start it was a 1941 campaign for a U-class sub out of Malta. By now it lets you use a U or a T-Class starting in Malta, Gibraltar or Alexandria from 1940 to 1943, with patrol zones all around the Mediterranean (from Sardinia up to Syria), and also Flying Carpet missions to bring supplies to Malta or landing Commandos in different spots of the enemy coast. You could even be ordered to transport Chariots to the surroundings of an Italian base.

I got permission from a few SH3 modders to build up the Italian Fleet, which until now had only in WDAD the Soldati Class Destroyers.

VonDos gave me permission to use his ships, which include the Duilio Battleship, and the Trento, Montecuccoli and Barbiano cruisers, as well as the San Giorgio Armoured cruiser and the Gradisca Hospital Ship.

While not 100% secure, because he has dissapeared from SH modding scene, Gerome_73 lends his Littorio-class Battleship Roma. I contacted the person who uploaded that ship to SubSim, and also someone who had recently asked him for a similar thing for one of his works. I'm confident that, as long as proper credit is given, there would be no problem in using it.

Then I've used a couple of ships already in WDAD to act as Italians. That includes a German TB to act as the Italian Torpedinieri, which are roughly similar to an allied DE, and also a Japanese Subchaser, for the Gabbiano class of corvettes. Also added to the Italian roster a few different merchant ships, to have variety.

Right now I'm also trying to contact the creators of the Baltic Mod to get permission to use the nice Zara class cruiser they did. In case that is not possible, the German Hipper is in WDAD and can be quite convincing as a Zara.

Of the main ships, the only class really lacking is proper fleet destroyers, which by now are only represented by the Soldati. If anyone is interested in doing extra DD classes, that would be very welcome.

I'd like to hear your opinions, comments and ideas, and when I have a Beta version, a few volunteers to test would be great. I will also probably ask you for help when I meet unknown stuff.

A few pics:

The Italian fleet at sea:



T-Class boat setting sail from Alexandria:



Patrol zones. The green lines separate the patrol areas for Gibraltar (Left), Malta (Center) and Alexandria (Center and Right)



A Duilio-class battleship about to get into trouble:



Stormy weather off the Tunisian coast. That destroyer foundered two minutes after taking this screenshot.



A Condottieri I-Class cruiser:


UPDATE: 29/7/2011 v2.5 released

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IGZFOWWA

Mirror 1: http://www.4shared.com/file/_7q5s6dA...paign_v25.html

Mirror 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/p5sgjf

Link to WDAD (mandatory download): http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170639

As an FYI to all Captains, the first link above to megaupload takes you to a screen that says the site has been take by the US Dept. of Justice. The 4shared link works after you register.

[Railgun]

hi all

I have downloaded from Sidslots link the 2.5 version campaign with its 4 wdad files . Is that all I need to run this ?

best regards and a Frohe Weinachten from Münsterland

Rg.

Originally Posted by torpedobait

As an FYI to all Captains, the first link above to megaupload takes you to a screen that says the site has been take by the US Dept. of Justice. The 4shared link works after you register.

I just deleted the dead link in Megaupload and the 4shared link (no registering was needed back then). Sendspace link is still operative.

Originally Posted by Railgun

hi all

I have downloaded from Sidslots link the 2.5 version campaign with its 4 wdad files . Is that all I need to run this ?

best regards and a Frohe Weinachten from Münsterland

Rg.

WDAD + WDAD patch 1 + Med Campaign is what it takes.

Merry X'mas to you too

[Lindley]

Excellent Work it made me reinstall SH4.

A few questions:

Did anyone ever complete an English Crew Voice Pack?

Any uniform mod that will add the submariner sweater and also the cap?





I think I already know the answer to this but I have to ask.
Did anyone consider an Italian Regia Marina submarine career mod?

Thanks.

Glad to hear that someone enjoys the British Campaign in the Mediterranean .

My intentions with this mod were sparking interest in the British subs and draw some more people to complete WDAD, which was left incomplete by his creator. But obviously in Subsim this interest is almost non-existant (hardly any feedback from players and/or extra modders), so I stopped working on it.