[REL] Dark Waters

[Captain Prise]

So I've been following your guide strategies and I can say that I have been really successful. Started this campaign last night then started to find and sink ships left and right! So big thanks yall

Do you guys play on the Pacific or the Atlantic?

[Mad Mardigan]

Originally Posted by Captain Prise

So I've been following your guide strategies and I can say that I have been really successful. Started this campaign last night then started to find and sink ships left and right! So big thanks yall

Do you guys play on the Pacific or the Atlantic?

Can only say this pertains to Me, as I can't speak for any 1 else than that.... but...

Thus far, all of the patrol orders I have gotten, have had Me out on patrol in the Atlantic so far... Not sure just how the campaign files are set up, if they are so that you get orders to say... patrol the Med, or to plot a course for being in the Pacific.

Fifi would be the 1, to give a definitive answer on that aspect...

I do know that near the end of the war, uboats were sent to the Pacific.. where by that time, the U.S. pretty much had that area in lock down. Leigh lights, radar, sonar that was dependable in finding & sinking them along with any subs that the IJN had left.

In short, the Pacific was a death trap by that time. Not that the Atlantic was a picnic, by any stretch of the imagination, either.

M. M.

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by Mad Mardigan

Fifi would be the 1, to give a definitive answer on that aspect...

Lurker would be the one, as all DW campaign files are from original OM mod

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Captain Prise

Do you guys play on the Pacific or the Atlantic?

DW was designed for Kaleuns to enjoy playing in and around Europe and the East Coast of the US. Actually there are several theatres of operation available depending on the Start Date of your career and the Base you choose to start at. you can play in the Black Sea, the Med, the Atlantic, the Baltic, the North Sea, and the Arctic. Some of the missions for the Atlantic will take you to the East coast of the US and sunny Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
DW is the next generation of Operation Monson (OpM).
Fifi and some others fixed many of the unexpected features of OpM and added a lot of additional functionality and eye candy.
As originally designed into OpM, playing DW was very different than playing PTO in that you should expect to play your entire career in one boat. there are only a few upgrade opportunities.
Yes, there is path that can get you transferred to either Panang or Djkarta late in the war.
Most probably you should take advantage of the situation and enjoy the European side of the sea war.

[Fifi]

As side note, About turm upgrade Currently not working correctly, We have to keep in mind vast majority of real U-Boats never upgraded turms!
Plenty went through whole war with turm 1.
I could add some VIIB made it through the war without any changes...
Side note closed

[KaleunMarco]

Hey Fifi,

something unexpected occurred.
i am driving a 9-D2 out of Penang February 1944. Flotilla 1.
at the end of a very good mission i was offered a new boat.
that should not have happened because there are only two boats available for Penang: the 9C40 and the 9D2.

what's going on?

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

Hey Fifi,

something unexpected occurred.
i am driving a 9-D2 out of Penang February 1944. Flotilla 1.
at the end of a very good mission i was offered a new boat.
that should not have happened because there are only two boats available for Penang: the 9C40 and the 9D2.

what's going on?

What new boat type?

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Fifi

What new boat type?

my apologies for not including more info.

Type 23. Still based in Penang but with options to transfer to either 12Flot in Bordeaux (very tempting. then i can accept a transfer to 12Flot staff. )
or 13Flot up in Trondheim. (no, thank you, very much)

The Type 23 is an interesting choice for an "upgrade" because it's range is a fraction of the range of the 9D2.

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

my apologies for not including more info.

Type 23. Still based in Penang but with options to transfer to either 12Flot in Bordeaux (very tempting. then i can accept a transfer to 12Flot staff. )
or 13Flot up in Trondheim. (no, thank you, very much)

The Type 23 is an interesting choice for an "upgrade" because it's range is a fraction of the range of the 9D2.

So it seems logical upgrade option and new bases
Only bad side is...type 23 is still old looking submarine, i couldn’t import new 3D model because it doesn’t exist with TKSS standards (of what i know)

[VoidsX]

Hi,

I just started playing Dark Waters. In the attack periscope there is a circular wheel which I assume is for range finding but have no experience with, just wondering if there is a tutorial for it? I also cant seem to find the stadimeter or was it purposely removed?

[BezimiennyPL]

Witam to mój pierwszy post na tym forum więc przepraszam z góry za złe jego umieszczenie jeśli tak się stało. Mam pytanie czy Dark Waters Mod nie będzie działał na zwykłym 720 p czyli zwykłym HD, jestem małym YoyTuberem który do tej pory zajmował się ogrywaniem modyfikacji do STALKERA ale teraz jako że ciekawość bierze górę jak i słabość do Ubotów chciałbym się nauczyć grać i instalować mody do Silent Hunter 4 i Silent Hunter 5. Z góry dziękuję i pozdrawiam serdecznie. Na koniec dodam że jestem z Polski.: 03:

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by VoidsX

Hi,

I just started playing Dark Waters. In the attack periscope there is a circular wheel which I assume is for range finding but have no experience with, just wondering if there is a tutorial for it? I also cant seem to find the stadimeter or was it purposely removed?

The circular wheel is called RAOFB, and was not used in WW2 U-Boats (but it was there, i left it as it was)
Nevertheless you can find tutorials on forum (with a little search )

Stadimeter is there and working, you just have to lock target first, and you will see the button for it becoming red (top periscope window)

[VoidsX]

Originally Posted by Fifi

The circular wheel is called RAOFB, and was not used in WW2 U-Boats (but it was there, i left it as it was)
Nevertheless you can find tutorials on forum (with a little search )

Stadimeter is there and working, you just have to lock target first, and you will see the button for it becoming red (top periscope window)

Thanks, and sorry for the noob questions. When I try to enable the older version of RAOBF the game stops loading near the end and I get a message: "File not found: data/menu/ksd_main_interface/chronometer/chronometer.tga." I click ok a few times and then it finishes loading.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Fifi

So it seems logical upgrade option and new bases

however...........i am still based in Penang. My first mission in the IO exceeds the range of the Type 23 and there is no forward base or milch cow to replenish. And we are armed with just TWO torpedoes. all we will do with two fish is piss off somebody and get stranded in our escape.

a less-experienced Kaleun might think this is an upgrade but it is not. The 23 is a regional boat and probably should only be assigned to an area that has regional patrol areas: meaning closer to the European network of bases. you may want to put this on the list of things to look at when you decide to update DW.

for the record...i am keeping my 9D2.

[Fifi]

Yes best is to keep the IXD2, nothing has been done for those type XXIII