UBOAT News

Dear skippers,

There is a new patch available for 2022.1. It fixes some of the most common issues reported so far. Changelog:

[h3]Localisation:[/h3]
- Italian localisation update by BeeTLe BeTHLeHeM.
- Ukrainian localisation update by vovanvoks.
- Spanish localisation update by Tordo.
- Russian localistion update by Hard.
- Czech localisation update by Spid3rCZ.

[h3]Technical:[/h3]
- Fix: Errors in the log and decreased performance, if the game was launched with "Level of Detail" graphic setting set to "Low" or "High".

[h3]Crew:[/h3]
- Fix: Automatically toggled alarm sometimes wasn't disabling itself.
- Fix: Stress accumulated during an alarm was sometimes not decaying afterwards.

[h3]Graphics:[/h3]
- Fix: Aviator glasses were clipping with a few face types.
- Fix: Certain rarely used types of explosion effects were having a pink shader.

[h3]UI:[/h3]
- One new loading screen.
- Fix (regression): "Berlin" was appearing as the message sender in the journal for messages sent by BdU / FdU.
- Fix: Some skill icons were slightly shifted to the side.
- Fix: After clicking on the notification about new messages, the journal was opened with messages sorted in an inverted order.

[h3]Ports:[/h3]
- Various aesthetical fixes to Wilhelmshaven and Bergen.
- Fix: Recruits running around in Bergen's submarine pen were often moving in front of the camera during a dialogue with the warehouse worker, which was somewhat unpleasant.
- Fix: Added fence in Bergen around the walkable area.
- Fix: When starting the game in Kiel, player's u-boat now appears in the most accessible dock spot.
- Fix: Improved intro cutscenes at the start of the campaign in Bergen, La Spezia, La Rochelle and Helgoland.

[h3]General:[/h3]
- Dynamic travel system is now removed from the game. It may come back with a rework in one of the future updates, if that will be requested.
- Radio messages from NPC u-boats are faster to receive.
- Adjustment to the weight of various items.
- Fix: It was possible that a side-mission about sinking a ship would appear with Lend Lease back story before 1941.

Yours,
DWS

Dear skippers,

There is a new patch available for 2022.1. It fixes some of the most common issues reported so far. Changelog:

[h3]Graphics:[/h3]
- Fix: Citizens walking on the streets in port were missing in Wilhelmshaven and Vigo.
- Fix: After moving the camera close to a destroyer in one of Wilhelmshaven's dry docks an underwater effect was appearing on the camera.
- Fix: German trucks were driving on the streets of Vigo.

[h3]Technical:[/h3]
- Fix: Crash to desktop after assigning to officers more sailors than it was possible to assign at once on the squads screen.
- Fix: If a quick save was created on an incompatible version of the game, then after pressing "Quick load" keyboard shortcut the game is no longer trying to load it, because it would cause a crash to desktop.
- Fix: Bergen game states should be now smaller after saving and load faster, there was some unnecessary data saved in.

[h3]Crew:[/h3]
- Fix: Officers could sometimes spawn on one of the lamps in Wilhelmshaven and weren't responsive.

[h3]UI:[/h3]
- Fix: Numerical keyboard shortcuts weren't displayed correctly on the keyboard settings screen.

[h3]Localisation:[/h3]
- Turkish localisation update by Narberal Gamma.

Yours,
DWS

Dear skippers,

We are happy to inform you that the update 2022.1 is now available for download.

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Some of the top features introduced by this update include:

- Full 1939 - 1945 campaign
- Ukrainian localisation (created by vovanvoks)
- Historical ports
- Minelaying
- Climate zones and seasons
- New destroyers
- Hedgehog launchers
- Deck gun's optics
- Many new convoys
- Tides
- Submarine pens
- Fishing boats
- CHANT coasters
- Manual control over alarm
- Crew now uses toilets
- Commanding activities for the officers
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Reward overhaul for the campaign missions
- New campaign objectives
- New types of missions
- ...and much more!

To read a full changelog, please head over here:
Full changelog

We sincerely hope that with this update, UBOAT will bring you some nice time in those turbulent times. Take care!

Yours,
DWS

Dear skippers,

We are back with another news about update 2022.1.

This time, we wanted to tell you about upcoming changes to the rewards granted for completing the campaign objectives. Previously, it was mostly budget, reputation and milk cow submarines. We always felt that this wasn't motivating enough to complete them and reworked that aspect completely for this release. Most campaign objectives now grant completely unique rewards that aren't possible to receive otherwise.



Some of these rewards are special perks for your crew that simulate the unique experience granted by completing the mission. Imagine being on a German u-boat sneaking under the sea at Gibraltar Strait, hearing propellers of enemy destroyers above your head. This is a life-changing experience and we wanted to give it such meaning for your crew in the game too.

Other missions will unlock new tasks on the HQ map or grant unique fame to your u-boat. We won't spoil anything here, to let you discover all of that for yourself soon!



We've also created brand new icons for all skills in the game. The new icons are much prettier and make the skills much more satisfying to unlock.



We also wanted to give you a friendly reminder that tomorrow (12th October) around 16:00 CET streamers will receive an access to update 2022.1.

If you are interested, please take a look tomorrow for Twitch streams using the link below:

https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/UBOAT

Yours,
DWS

Dear skippers,

We are back with more news about update 2022.1 once again.

This time, we wanted to let you know, that TMB mines have also made it into the game. These mines were designed to be launched from the torpedo tubes and were commonly used by the u-boats during World War II.



There is a new type of assignment from the command that asks you to plant a minefield near the enemy coast. The target areas are usually frequently patrolled, so this type of mission is all about sneaking into the area and escaping unnoticed.



We've also improved the in-game map graphically in many ways in this update. Especially, the HQ map was improved and many new tasks were added, including a possibility to send officers to a navy academy to gain additional experience, new construction projects and new aerial reconnaissance tasks.



[h3]Save compatibility[/h3]
We also need to inform you, that the new version is not going to be compatible with the game states saved on the previous versions of the game. We were maintaining compatibility for a long time and at some point we had to abandon it, because we decided to overhaul the save system. The saves are now 30-35% smaller than they used to be and the save system should be now much more stable in long campaigns.

We will still have more news about the update soon, stay tuned!

Yours,
DWS