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[Aseaheru]

So thats how you open to atmo...

Silly me, I thought it was done automatically...

[Robsoie]

version 0.22 of the game has been released
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2011696&postcount=1

Changelog :

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

    Aircraft are now simulated in much greater detail. They can be selected (targeted) with LShift+T - although obviously they can't be hurt with torpedoes. There are currently 8 types of aircraft in game with many more planned.
    Weapon graphics in the periscope view have been redone. The little red dots have been replaced with proper graphics for missiles, torpedoes, depth charges and cannon shells.
    Overhauled the anti-submarine weapons of AI ships. Now they will fire proper depth charges at you, which you will see sinking through the water around your sub and detonating. Much more realistic and it also looks really cool.
    Added Sweden, Finland and Canada to the game. All 3 nations are playable.
    Added 6 new cities, bringing the total to 65.
    Added many, MANY more crew names and ship names for almost every nation. A BIG THANK YOU TO THE FACEPUNCH COMMUNITY FOR HELPING CREATE THESE NEW NAME FILES!
    Better hydrodynamics modelling has been implemented. Modern nuclear submarines are designed to be submerged most of the time - their hull design means they are most efficient when fully underwater. Your top speed is now effectively limited when surfaced or near the surface.
    Moved a lot of formerly hard-coded data to ini files. It is now possible to create custom submarines - a submarine development toolkit will be available for download soon.
    Sonar range has been increased by 25%.
    Crew AI has been improved. Crew will now avoid fires better and are slightly better at judging risks.
    A mission log has been added. While you play the game, it will record important events to "mission_log.txt" in the game folder. After the mission ends you can read this, make copies of it or whatever. I suggest making a folder to keep copies of your best missions / worst disasters
    *Note that the mission log is erased every time you start a new game*
    SCBA gear (self contained breathing apparatus) has been added. This allows crew to survive indefinitely in low oxygen environments. 2 sets are available in the equipment storage.
    As a temporary solution to the "equipment stuck on dead crew" problem, pieces of equipment will now teleport back into storage if their owner dies.
    Aircraft and ship AI improvements.
    Fixed the radio message bug.
    It is now possible to restart the game without quitting. Simply press R on the pause menu - this will start a new game and randomise everything. You will lose all progress and the mission log will be overwritten.
    Fixed a number of damage models, including the infamous torpedo fuel tanks. Now, as long as the fuel ventilation system is intact, the tanks will never explode. Numerous other systems were tweaked or fixed also.
    The diesel generators will now switch off when you refit at a port, fixing an interesting bug pointed out on the Bay12 forums.
    Fire suppression malfunctions now have a small chance of blowing up the Misc Systems Control Panel.
    Fixed a bug where the game would freeze when playing as a completely neutral nation, because it couldn't figure out whose ships you should be sinking.
    Numerous other bugfixes.

Lots of great things in that changelog, i have not yet tried, looking forward to getting it running later.

[Redd]

Enjoying the depth charges so far. Keeps the bilge pumps busy.

[Robsoie]

Nice to see the missiong log after completing a patrol

Mission log of US submarine USS Hampton.
Day 1, 05:50: Patrol started in Honolulu, USA.
Day 8, 22:42: Malfunction in No. 1 Turbine.
Day 9, 13:52: Reactor Core failure in No. 1 Reactor.
Day 9, 14:21: Fire suppression system malfunction in engine room.
Day 12, 11:52: Major fault detected in No. 2 Reactor coolant pump.
Day 16, 12:13: Malfunction in No. 1 Turbine.
Day 17, 05:27: Major fault detected in No. 1 Reactor coolant pump.
Day 17, 08:05: Ship sunk: MV Libertad (Cuban Oil Tanker).
Day 17, 17:45: USS Hampton performed reconnaissance of Havana port facilities.
Day 19, 16:43: Major fault detected in No. 2 Reactor coolant pump.
Day 20, 04:04: Fire suppression system malfunction in generator room.
Day 20, 08:50: Ship sunk: Concepción (Cuban Koni Class Frigate).
Day 20, 08:53: Seaman Hank Jacobs died of radiation poisoning.
Day 20, 10:00: Ship sunk: MV Rivadavia (Cuban Small Cargo Ship).
Day 20, 10:00: USS Hampton destroyed the important enemy vessel MV Rivadavia.
Day 20, 10:08: Major fault detected in No. 1 Reactor coolant pump.
Day 20, 11:20: Fire in the Fore Torpedo Room.
Day 20, 11:44: Fire in the Fore Torpedo Room.
Day 24, 06:12: Seaman Lucas Bracken died of radiation poisoning.
Day 24, 06:18: Fire suppression system malfunction in generator room.
Day 24, 06:40: Malfunction in No. 2 Turbine.
Day 24, 06:41: Patrol ended at Tampa, USA.

only 24 days at sea and still 2 brave crew members gave their life to save the reactors and their crewmates (and a 3rd showed sign of sickness, but he was saved before dying in the port refitting at Tampa).

Nice to have seen the sonar range improved, as i could see the sonar "spike" of the 2nd important target from it before it popped up in the weapon control panel
For the enemy ship encountered, i noticed that the cuban frigate didn't react to my torpedo or didn't tried to change directions, maybe not yet implemented or their sonar is just awful.

(note : remember to enable the mouse support in the gameoptions.ini, much more comfortable to play with it)

[Robsoie]

Got another patrol in the USA side with 2 missions done, started at Los Angeles, sailed south all the way to spy on Buenos Aires then went to Havana and finally ended the patrol in Tampa.

Mission log of US submarine USS Cheyenne.
Day 1, 05:50: Patrol started in Los Angeles, USA.
Day 2, 08:43: Impeller failure in Bilge Pump.
Day 2, 10:05: Malfunction occured in Control Rods of No. 1 Reactor.
Day 9, 02:41: Major fault detected in No. 1 Reactor coolant pump.
Day 9, 05:26: Turbine generator malfunction.
Day 11, 19:46: Fire suppression system malfunction in fore torpedo room.
Day 13, 06:51: Major fault detected in No. 1 Reactor coolant pump.
Day 17, 09:42: Control Rods failure in No. 2 Reactor.
Day 18, 04:05: Ship sunk: ARA Clorinda (Argentinian Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 18, 04:55: Fire in the Fore Torpedo Room.
Day 18, 05:30: Ship sunk: MV Independencia (Argentinian Oil Tanker).
Day 18, 07:04: USS Cheyenne performed reconnaissance of Buenos Aires port facilities.
Day 18, 15:05: Ship sunk: ARA Intrépida (Argentinian Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 20, 08:52: USS Cheyenne was attacked with depth charges by IRIS Malyut, a Iranian Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer.
Day 20, 09:52: Ship sunk: IRIS Malyut (Iranian Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 20, 10:49: Fire suppression system malfunction in command centre.
Day 24, 22:16: Turbine generator malfunction.
Day 35, 03:19: USS Cheyenne performed reconnaissance of Havana port facilities.
Day 35, 05:55: Ship sunk: Sarandí (Cuban Koni Class Frigate).
Day 36, 08:27: Patrol ended at Tampa, USA.

None died !

Though it was close as i got attacked by an Iranian Destroyer while leaving the Buenos Aires area , i was going a bit too fast at periscope depth with disabled radars (to avoid painting a huge target on me in case detection works in the game) and noticed the Destroyer when it was already near me and throwing depth charge.

Took some damage but lucky my sub and the crew survived the depth charge rain while the Destroyer went above us, and once it got past our location, i could sink the warship from behind with a torpedo.
My crew repaired the many breaches on the hull while i was surfaced , took them a long time as they completed the last breach repair when we were entering the Central America area.

From then, i went to Havana, destroyed an enemy warship that didn't noticed me, and after completing the 2nd mission, i went north to Tampa that i reached without further problems.
My longest patrol so far with 36 days at sea.

[Erkki]

Mission log of Soviet submarine Simbirsk.
Day 1, 05:50: Patrol started in Murmansk, USSR.
Day 8, 19:36: Turbine generator malfunction.
Day 8, 21:25: Turbine generator malfunction.
Day 22, 07:28: Ship sunk: SS Daleby (British Small Cargo Ship).
Day 22, 07:47: Ship sunk: MV Ramsey (British Large Cargo Ship).
Day 23, 08:07: Ship sunk: HMS Pursuer (British County Class Destroyer).
Day 23, 12:50: Ship sunk: SS Westminster (British Large Cargo Ship).
Day 23, 17:33: Ship sunk: HMS Tracker (British County Class Destroyer).
Day 23, 19:52: Ship sunk: MV Montrose (British Oil Tanker).
Day 25, 03:02: Malfunction occured in Control Rods of No. 1 Reactor.
Day 30, 01:15: Malfunction occured in Control Rods of No. 2 Reactor.
Day 32, 07:15: Ship sunk: ROKS Busan (South Korean Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 39, 13:25: Ship sunk: FGS Renke (West German Charles F. Adams Class Destroyer).
Day 40, 11:45: Ship sunk: TCG Barbaros (Turkish Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 40, 21:52: Simbirsk was attacked with depth charges by TCG Gemlik, a Turkish Knox Class Frigate.
Day 40, 22:18: Ship sunk: TCG Gemlik (Turkish Knox Class Frigate).
Day 41, 02:01: Ship sunk: TCG Bandirma (Turkish Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 44, 02:31: Ship sunk: TCG Bozcaada (Turkish Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 44, 13:05: Ship sunk: SS Oruçreis (Turkish Large Cargo Ship).
Day 44, 18:40: Ship sunk: SS Doganay (Turkish Oil Tanker).
Day 45, 16:49: Ship sunk: TCG Çanakkale (Turkish Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 45, 20:35: Ship sunk: TCG Turgutreis (Turkish Knox Class Frigate).
Day 45, 22:58: Ship sunk: TCG Fatih (Turkish Knox Class Frigate).
Day 46, 06:38: Ship sunk: TCG Bafra (Turkish Knox Class Frigate).
Day 46, 08:36: Ship sunk: SS Yuanzhang (Filipino Small Cargo Ship).
Day 46, 12:43: Ship sunk: TCG Bafra (Turkish Allen M. Summner Class Destroyer).
Day 46, 12:43: Simbirsk destroyed the important enemy vessel TCG Bafra.
Day 46, 12:44: Simbirsk destroyed the important enemy vessel TCG Bafra.
Day 46, 16:59: Ship sunk: TCG Giresun (Turkish Knox Class Frigate).
Day 49, 08:29: Patrol ended at Odessa, USSR.

So yeah started in Murmansk(game thought it was Leningrad) and went all around Europe to Mediterranean and Black Sea. Had mission to sink a Turkish destroyer. Had to reload once in Odessa... Depth charges breached the hull and that corridor leading from control centre to generator room was almost flooded - I opened the door to generator room, activated bilge pumps and luckily had a guy with good repair skills, welder and gloves ready!

[Lukewarm]

I learned how to move, went some distance, then a turbine broke, I tried to 'R' people into fixing it, but that just made it break more. I probably should have read things before assuming control a a deadly underwater tin can.

[Akura]

Before repairing an object, press "D" to do a damage assessment first.

[Rez]

a submarine development toolkit will be available for download soon

YES! YES!

[Aseaheru]

Ooh, time to figure out just how small I can make a sub...

[Eclectic Wizard]

How would I make this work on a danish keyboard? I am having trouble setting up keys and stuff. Heeeelp!!

[Dansmithers]

a submarine development toolkit will be available for download soon

I've already had a mess with the objects files. It actually is pretty intuitive to edit.

[Robsoie]

How would I make this work on a danish keyboard? I am having trouble setting up keys and stuff. Heeeelp!!

To setup your own keys, here's an example

I want the + and - functions to be bound to A and Q keys instead of the english keyboard + and - keys

In the scancodes.txt i find the Q and A values :
Q       16
A       30

Now i open the keybindings.ini and see
pri_up_key = 13      ; Default is 13 ('+')
pri_down_key = 12   ; Default is 12 ('-')

So i change
pri_up_key = 13   
into
pri_up_key = 16
for the + function to be bound to the Q key

and change
pri_down_key = 12
into
pri_down_key = 30
for the - function to be bound to the A key

Just be careful to not have several functions bound to a same key, i doubt it would work well

[Eclectic Wizard]

How do I find those values?

[Robsoie]

There :

In the scancodes.txt

Now i open the keybindings.ini