Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Good day gentlemen!

I am working on a simulation of a (fictional) Scharnhorst class ship.
I'm doing as much research as I can on the class, and with my limited skills in 3d-programming trying to simulate it.

Have a look at this video, and feel free to suggest features that I could add which would make it interesting to play!


Kind regards,
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hi Bracer,
very interesting and realistic! Keep on developing it.


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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Thank you for the kind words, Alberto!
Yes, I will for sure keep working on it!
It's a very interesting topic for me.
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hi gents!

Work progesses nicely!
I still have a hard time finding interior photos from any Kriegsmarine ships...

Anyway, here is a new video:


Cheers!
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hi everyone!

It is time for a new little demo to show you the progress of Battleship Command!
In this demo you can test your skills in handling a battleship in 5 different scenarios and get a feel for what I am working on.
It is still rather (mildly speaking) unpolished and will require some time to get used to for the user.
So do not expect a finished game, but rather a sneak peek into the hobby project of an amatuer programmer/battleship enthusiast

Be sure to check the manual on how to fire the guns at your target correctly!
Press F1 key for help while ingame.
There is no mission endings, simply press ESC when you are finished playing.
The M-key and the map is curretly disabled...

You can download it here:
Mirror: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qasd3k1aqn5if ... t.zip?dl=0



Next I am going to work on adding:
-Friendly AI, for bigger battles and more strategy
-Mission editor
-Airplanes
-Damage management
-AI crew, helping you with guns/navigation/damage reports
-Terrain and a map view
-User interface


Cheers!
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hey!

Here's a quick and temporary fix for those who gets an error message about the OceanShader on mission load. It removes the 3d waves, because the shader code was not accepted on Radeon cards. Atleast that's what I think is the problem.
Download the zip and extract the exe into the Battleship Command folder, and then launch the sim from the new exe.

This is for the public version:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnn2j0ly1vi6w ... x.zip?dl=0

Supporter version:
https://www.patreon.com/battleshipcommand

Let me know if it works! And I'll get to work on adding back the waves for Radeon cards.
Sorry about the inconvenience.
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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I hope you don't mind that I copied the video to ww2f.com.
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Not at all! Thank you! I appreciate all the help I can get to find people interested in the project.
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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The ingame map is in sync with the terrain and I started to create a mission with randomly spawned ships randomly chosing between hundreds of routes.
Time to switch on the radars and hunt tonage until the fuel bunkers are dry...



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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Time compression has taken some time to implement since there is so many things affected by it.
All the AI's movements needs to be compressed, all the Scharnhorst boiler and turbine actions as well as the steering and calculations of headings towards waypoints.
A big problem was that when compressing time, the ship was steering too hard and the violent rudder action prevented the ships to gain a straight and steady course.
But it looks like I've solved those issues now!
The terrain generation is not very pretty at the moment.

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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Long time since I posted a new video!
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hey everyone!

I have taken a quite drastic turn and decided to port the project over to Unity!
My own engine sadly couldn't keep up with my needs.
It has taken some time, but as you'll see, it's been well worth the time investment!



Naval war simulator set in the second world war. It's simulating the technologies of the era including the naval vessels, aircraft and the development of radio and radar. The player focus will be on controlling a single battleship hands on and to some extent manage the strategy of other units both naval and air.
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hey!

I recorded some gameplay photage. Still very much wip, but it still shows where I am heading in terms of play.
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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Bracer,
I like the representation of the movement of the ocean, the motion of the ship in the sea and the uncertain atmospheric visibility.
The challenge, I think, is to come to grips with the role of the player within the sim. I think it is impossible to take responsibility for every single task (a BB probably = all the functions of a small town in complexity).

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Re: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst

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Hi Byron!
Sorry for the late response!
Yes, I share your concern about the challene in the complexity.
It will be a balance act to make it enjoyable while maintaining a high level of complexity.
So far I have made so that everything can be AI controlled, so that you can choose to just set waypoints on the map and point and click on the enemy you want to engage.
That gives you the possibility to take control over the various stations little by little as you get familiar with the sim.
My headache now is how to have a good situational awarness while for example controlling a firedirector... :think:
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