New game: Crash Dive

jimmie · 09-10-14, 05:15 PM

Thanks for the game, I love it so much and I really, really hope it will evolve in the future. The game as of now is already very nice and thus I can't help hoping it will get better!

Please add voice SE (ship spotted, torpedo shot, gear etc and the famous "alaaaaarrrrm!"

) someday.. I'm still living in the memories of how SH3 was exciting.

By the way, how do you make a spread shot? I could only multiple shots manually quickly..

Onkel Neal · 09-10-14, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmie

Thanks for the game, I love it so much and I really, really hope it will evolve in the future. The game as of now is already very nice and thus I can't help hoping it will get better!

Please add voice SE (ship spotted, torpedo shot, gear etc and the famous "alaaaaarrrrm!"

) someday.. I'm still living in the memories of how SH3 was exciting.

By the way, how do you make a spread shot? I could only multiple shots manually quickly..

I agree about the voice files. And as "smoke on the horizon, captain"

To fire a spread, simply touch and hold the fire button for 3 secs

cherbert · 09-19-14, 06:35 PM

I'd like a feature where by we can stop anywhere on the world map and just cruise the open water.

jmr · 09-20-14, 10:37 AM

Congrats on making your own game. I admire people who can cook up something like this own their own and I wish I could do the same but I only got as far as 'hello world' when I tried my hand at programming.

Try not to laugh too hard but do you think there's a chance Crash Dive could be made available on the Windows 8 Microsoft Store? I ask because I just got a Surface Pro 3 and I'm itchin' for some good touch screen games and given the positive feedback on your game I'd love to play it on my SP3 (don't have iPad or Android tablet).

PanicEnsues · 09-21-14, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jmr

... do you think there's a chance Crash Dive could be made available on the Windows 8 Microsoft Store?

I would definitely like to; it's been on my "to-do" list for a long time, but I just haven't had a chance to work on it.

How do you like your SP3? Is it fast and responsive?

deadhead1971 · 10-06-14, 11:29 AM

Just picked this up for IOS -iphone 5. Thanks! The wait for WOTA (wolves of the atlantic) has been painful (and still is).

I have been playing sub sims since about 1985. The first was GATO on the IBM PC Jr. I also had Silent Service around 1991-2 on a PC 286. Also have Silent Hunter on PC. Gaming is going to mobile with more powerful phones and processors so I do not game on my PC any more. The PC is dying off. I just gave this game a 5 star review at apps store because there is nothing like it on IOS. I don't count Silent Hunter on IOS because it never has been updated, and I never downloaded.

I have a few comments.

1) a career path for U-boat captains
2) Don't know if the water graphics can be improved (appearance)
3) add a random rolling wave pattern - the waves seem to roll too fast
4) periscope too stationary - maybe bob slightly with waves with water splashing on lens
5) tweak AI for destroyers - when battle /patrol starts, the sub is at periscope depth with engines off. I fire 3 torpedoes and immediately dive to 50 feet (with engines still off, periscope down). When the torpedoes hit the target, the destroyers immediately converge on my location. I should have been undetectable or almost undetectable (engines off, submerged). In Silent Hunter, the destroyers would have spread out looking for a sonar signal - not gone straight to my location immediately.
6) It seems it takes a lot to die (sink sub). I have never been sunk with depth charges. So as a test, I surfaced 3 times with 2-3 destroyers, and it took a long time to be sunk.
7) not sure how the difficulty level is determined - I would increase accuracy of depth charge drops (higher chance of being hit) but not how fast you could be detected. It seems the higher level, the more escorts are with the convoys ( I would still have no escorts or a few escorts at higher difficulty level).
8) external camera view would be neat
9) sub sinking - when your sub sinks in Silent Hunter, the screen immediately cuts to a summary report. Boring. In the old 1985 GATO sub game, when you were sunk, the screen would crack as the hull would break and water would pour in and fill up the screen - a little more dramatic than a cut screen

thanks!

Aktungbby · 10-06-14, 12:07 PM

deadhead1971!

after a bit of a silent run!

v-i-c- · 10-07-14, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadhead1971

Just picked this up for IOS -iphone 5. Thanks! The wait for WOTA (wolves of the atlantic) has been painful (and still is).

The word "painful" sounds a bit hard.

To still work on something for more than 5 years might be painful but to wait for it? I'm working on it full time and usually 7 days a week. WOTA already made me broke, all my money and all my time went into it, nothing is more important for me than this sim.

10-06-14, 12:07 PM	#7
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,976 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome Aboard deadhead1971!after a bit of a silent run! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

09-10-14, 05:15 PM	#1
jimmie Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Japan Posts: 259 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the game, I love it so much and I really, really hope it will evolve in the future. The game as of now is already very nice and thus I can't help hoping it will get better! Please add voice SE (ship spotted, torpedo shot, gear etc and the famous "alaaaaarrrrm!" ) someday.. I'm still living in the memories of how SH3 was exciting. By the way, how do you make a spread shot? I could only multiple shots manually quickly..

09-19-14, 06:35 PM	#3
cherbert Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 210 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I'd like a feature where by we can stop anywhere on the world map and just cruise the open water.

09-20-14, 10:37 AM	#4
jmr Commander Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 462 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Congrats on making your own game. I admire people who can cook up something like this own their own and I wish I could do the same but I only got as far as 'hello world' when I tried my hand at programming. Try not to laugh too hard but do you think there's a chance Crash Dive could be made available on the Windows 8 Microsoft Store? I ask because I just got a Surface Pro 3 and I'm itchin' for some good touch screen games and given the positive feedback on your game I'd love to play it on my SP3 (don't have iPad or Android tablet).

10-06-14, 11:29 AM	#6
deadhead1971 Seaman Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just picked this up for IOS -iphone 5. Thanks! The wait for WOTA (wolves of the atlantic) has been painful (and still is). I have been playing sub sims since about 1985. The first was GATO on the IBM PC Jr. I also had Silent Service around 1991-2 on a PC 286. Also have Silent Hunter on PC. Gaming is going to mobile with more powerful phones and processors so I do not game on my PC any more. The PC is dying off. I just gave this game a 5 star review at apps store because there is nothing like it on IOS. I don't count Silent Hunter on IOS because it never has been updated, and I never downloaded. I have a few comments. 1) a career path for U-boat captains 2) Don't know if the water graphics can be improved (appearance) 3) add a random rolling wave pattern - the waves seem to roll too fast 4) periscope too stationary - maybe bob slightly with waves with water splashing on lens 5) tweak AI for destroyers - when battle /patrol starts, the sub is at periscope depth with engines off. I fire 3 torpedoes and immediately dive to 50 feet (with engines still off, periscope down). When the torpedoes hit the target, the destroyers immediately converge on my location. I should have been undetectable or almost undetectable (engines off, submerged). In Silent Hunter, the destroyers would have spread out looking for a sonar signal - not gone straight to my location immediately. 6) It seems it takes a lot to die (sink sub). I have never been sunk with depth charges. So as a test, I surfaced 3 times with 2-3 destroyers, and it took a long time to be sunk. 7) not sure how the difficulty level is determined - I would increase accuracy of depth charge drops (higher chance of being hit) but not how fast you could be detected. It seems the higher level, the more escorts are with the convoys ( I would still have no escorts or a few escorts at higher difficulty level). 8) external camera view would be neat 9) sub sinking - when your sub sinks in Silent Hunter, the screen immediately cuts to a summary report. Boring. In the old 1985 GATO sub game, when you were sunk, the screen would crack as the hull would break and water would pour in and fill up the screen - a little more dramatic than a cut screen thanks!