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Crush Depth: U-Boat Simulator
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Crush Depth is a first-person type VII U-boat simulator. Experience operating and maintaining the U-boat’s complex systems, engaging enemy shipping, celestial navigation, survival mechanics, as well as the lighter side of life on the boat.
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Crush Depth aims to model historically accurate weather patterns including sea density, salinity, and temperature. These calculations influence the underlying physics model and affect vessel buoyancy and hydrodynamic and aerodynamic forces.
The physics model accurately simulates hydro-static, slamming, viscous resistance, hydrodynamic, and aerodynamic forces. Ship speed and turning rates are not scripted, they are based on real-time physics calculations. If your rudder is bent, the physics engine will accurately calculate the effects on movement in real-time.
Crush Depth: U-boat Simulator is a world-scale World War II naval simulator with unparalleled depth and realism; the definitive submarine simulation experience. Operate and maintain the U-boat’s complex machinery, engage enemy against enemy naval, land, and air assets, navigate by the stars, sustain your physical well-being, and enjoy the lighter sides of life on board in the most authentic re-creation of a U-boat experience ever imagined.
Crush Depth is the continuing result of unrelenting research based on original construction plans and regulations, rare photos, contemporary sources, and the personal experiences of U-boat submariner Friedrich Grade, ex chief-engineer of U-96; the boat famously portrayed in the book 'Das Boot' and the 1981 film by the same name. By working closely with the Blueprint Archive, the Bundesarchiv, the National Archive (NARA), the Technisches Museum U-995 and many other sources, we've been able to recreate the type VII C U-boat in all of its complexity.
Oblate Spheroid Earth model
A fully spherical gameworld recreates the horizon and travel times with accurate detail. The entire world is represented by a full bathymetric and heightmap model with 15 Arc-Seconds of fidelity.
A variety of game modes will allow you to engage with the world as you choose. From short, single encounters based on actual historical events, to customizable patrols, to a perpetual PvP/PvE setting in which you can play for days on end and many more. Play cooperatively as one of the members of a crew of up to 18 players, or take complete control of your boat all by yourself.
Virtual Museum
Our Virtual Museum, built in consultation with a professional architect, offers an in-depth museum experience covering World War II maritime history in exquisite detail. Our curated experience brings history to life with rare photos, archival video footage, original blueprints, and much more.
Multiple Units
Player controllable vehicles include PT boats, destroyers, merchants, and even planes.
Intelligent AI
Intelligent AI ensures NPC units behave in a realistic and historically accurate manner. Units take time to recover from surprise attacks, weather effects sensors and visibility, radio communications can be used to triangulate your location, and more.
This is not just a simulator, this is history come to life.
Mature Content Description
The developers describe the content like this:
Crush Depth intends to depict the violent and horrifying nature of naval warfare as faithfully as possible to show what it was like during the war.
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MMO Museum Lobby and more project info.
Wed, 30 December
Hi guys!
New video out. In this one, our lead developer Marius will showcase some of the work that has been going into the MMO-Museum, as well as some discussion on where we want to take this project moving forward. I hope you enjoy it and am looking forward to your comments, suggestions, etc.
Thank you all for the support and all the best to you and your loved ones in 2021!
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Partnership with 'Freundeskreis U-995'.
Sun, 17 January 2021
We are ecstatic to announce the official partnership between Crush Depth and U-995 (Marinekameradschaft Freundeskreis U 995 / Deutscher Marinebund). This natural partnership will reinforce our ability to work tirelessly to preserve history in both digital and physical form.
Together with the Deutscher Marinebund e.V., the Freundeskreis U-995 takes care of the preservation of the last Type VIIc (U-995) submarine from the Second World War and helps with maintenance and restoration. If you ever have the opporunity to visit (which I would highly recommend), you can find more information on their wonderful work here:
Address: Strandstrasse 92, Laboe, Germany.
Telephone: +49 (0)4343-8755
Website: http://www.deutscher-marinebund.de
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