[REL] We Dive at Dawn

[Gustav]

Hi all,

It is so great to see this MOD 'out on the water', and so much interest in it! The submarine campaign of the Royal Navy is one of the most fascinating of the entire war, and sadly, one that is all too often overlooked neglected.

I hope to see this MOD grow from strength to strength and can't wait for the Mediterranean Campaign!

In the meantime, for those of you who would like to know more, may I suggest the following great books, some of which have already been mentioned:

"One of our Submarines" - Edward Young
"One Man Band" AKA "Submarine Commander" - Ben Bryant
"The Stick and the Stars" - William King
"The Hunting Submarine" - Ian Trenowden
"The Fighting Tenth" - John Wingate
"Surface" - Alexander Fullerton (fiction)
"The Waiting Game" - Alexander Fullerton (fiction)
"Submariner" - Alexander Fullerton (fiction)

and many many more for those who would look...

The books by Alexander Fullerton are truly excellent as he served in HM Submarines during the war and really captures the atmosphere, the boredom, excitement and terror of being a RN submariner during the war.

Enjoy the books and the MOD!

Cheers.

[elanaiba]

Good list! Writing down.

Already read "one of our submarines" some years ago, and today i finished "Unbroken: The story of a submarine".

I also have "Hero of the Upholder" waiting on the shelf...

side note :

isn't there a british sub in SH5 ? is it the U class ? maybe we could get its model and add it to WDAD ?

keltos

There is a U Class in WDAD that I found, conning and boat that are assigned to a NSS -s18 I believe, it looks like an unfinished project, by Lurker maybe. I have the obj file imported into 3dmax it looks really good.

I would really like to get a Med campaign up an running from Valetta with the UClass and Tclass from around June 1940 when Italy entered the war. There is so much online date about the RN submarine war in the Med that I can can't believe Ubi missed it as an Med missions add on. The only real issue as I see it is the lack of Italian war ships in the game, given that Italy had battleships, cruisers and over 100 submarines.

if anyone has idea's lets hear them please, I have made 2 small single missions but would like to take this a step further.

sid

[keltos01]

Originally Posted by sidslotm

There is a U Class in WDAD that I found, conning and boat that are assigned to a NSS -s18 I believe, it looks like an unfinished project, by Lurker maybe. I have the obj file imported into 3dmax it looks really good.

I would really like to get a Med campaign up an running from Valetta with the UClass and Tclass from around June 1940 when Italy entered the war. There is so much online date about the RN submarine war in the Med that I can can't believe Ubi missed it as an Med missions add on. The only real issue as I see it is the lack of Italian war ships in the game, given that Italy had battleships, cruisers and over 100 submarines.

if anyone has idea's lets hear them please, I have made 2 small single missions but would like to take this a step further.

sid

i thought he was going to add it as a playable unit.. guess he didn't have time to then.

If you want I can do it, just send the files over

then we can work our magic !

I still havent heard from JU_88's new high poly T class

but with help and a lot of faith we might get something akin to a fruit machine ! in that case it's really worthwhile to pursue a RN operations mod, either far east or against schooners in the med

plus the fruit machine sounds a lot like a jap tdc....

keltos

[Hitman]

Already read "one of our submarines" some years ago, and today i finished "Unbroken: The story of a submarine".

Exactly those two I already readed, now trying to get for a reasonable price the one from Ben Bryant

The only real issue as I see it is the lack of Italian war ships in the game, given that Italy had battleships, cruisers and over 100 submarines.

There are literally dozens of italian warships done for SH3-GWX, seek the permissions to convert them and you are ready to go

with help and a lot of faith we might get something akin to a fruit machine ! in that case it's really worthwhile to pursue a RN operations mod, either far east or against schooners in the med

That's the main issue for me, once you understand how the fruit machine worked you can understand how much different was the birtish approach to a target and the tactics to sink them. The need to shoot with zero or rarely 90º GA determined most of what could and could not be done, etc.

I can't stop scratching my head to find a solution for this, would be a shame to let it in this state with just a graphic workover ...

[Chuck Belov]

I think the SOM Group have made a U-Class, it's available on the downloads section of their site http://www.six-oceans.ru

[Hitman]

I think the SOM Group have made a U-Class, it's avaiable on the downloads section of their site http://www.six-oceans.ru

It's already in WDAD, and it looks superb

[Chuck Belov]

good to know, thanks for continuing with this mod it's really great to have the British subs. I've watched We Dive at Dawn too many times...

[keltos01]

Originally Posted by Hitman

It's already in WDAD, and it looks superb

I only played the T...

opened the mod and saw all the boats

wow !

keltos

[keltos01]

where is the U Class boat ? I can only play the T (which I love btw)

keltos

Thought you'd be interested in these pictures of the U Class.






I have been working on a mission based out of Valetta when I surfaced with this beaut on way to the Taranto Bay for spying duties. I very pleased that this worked but my mission plan sunk and has to be re-written.

"Should get ya juices flowin"

sid

[keltos01]

Here is the U Class sub(model : SOM Group - Russia) playable in We Dive At Dawn





tower :



tub :





torpedo loadout:




Actually the U Class sub files were there, I know Lurker planned to include it in the mod, I guess he forgot to make it campaign playable, I wanted to be able to play as the U !

so now we have what looks like the making of a mega british campaign mod





load the patch last with jsgme as it corrects the campaign.upc and flotilla.upc


download :

http://www.mediafire.com/file/cz92lhgi7scf...00_Patch%20k.7z


Enjoy !

keltos

Yeah, I love that idea and the Uclass is well suited for a Med campaign

[keltos01]

Originally Posted by sidslotm

Yeah, I love that idea and the Uclass is well suited for a Med campaign

yep !

but I can't write a campaign....

never could..


keltos

[keltos01]

I've had remarks pn the french forum about the lack of targets in WDAD, and the mod being a fast sloppy work...

I haven't played it enough to judge, any comments ?

regards

keltos