Behind the build.

Dev blog - Smoke screens.

Historical context.

It is obvious that smoke screens were widely used in naval battles during World War I, but information about their technology and tactics in the internet is fragmented and incomplete. It appears that in addition to traditional funnel smokes produced by reducing the amount of air supplied to the boiler furnaces, chemical smokes, sometimes called artificial fog, also began to use in the late period of the war. They were more dense and wind-resistant. And unlike traditional funnel smokes, they also did not affect the propulsion system of the ship, allowing it to maintain speed during the smoke-laying maneuver.

Smoke screen game mechanics.

Update 0.174a. Manage damage control teams dialog at any phase of the turn.

• A new dialog box for managing damage control teams has been added for all turn phases. It can be opened by clicking the button in the “Crew” section of ship status panel in the upper right corner of the screen. It allows to disband, reassemble and replenish damage control teams.

• The decrease in the efficiency of impaired damage control teams has been reduced.

• A couple of bugs have been fixed.

Update 0.17a. Damage control rework.

• The damage control system has been reworked. I wrote a detailed article about this on Indie DB .

• Added Damage control teams that can be assigned to repair modules, firefighting and holes patching. Damage control teams replaced the old priorities assignment system.

Update 0.165a. New sounds of ship sinking.

• Added a set of screech sounds of the hull of sinking ships.

• Barbette and casemate artillery turrets are now susceptible to soot as a result of fire, just like open deck mounts.

Update 0.16a. Von der Tann battlecruiser and a more natural list and trim.

A big update that is the result of long period of work to give a more natural list and trim behaviour to a partially submerged ship. The first German battlecruiser, Von der Tann, is also here.