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Yes, that’s right. What I don’t understand is which books the developers used as references when modeling the Yamato’s armor. The official blueprints for the Yamato class have mostly been lost, with the exception of some work records. Most of the blueprints currently in use are based on those reconstructed after the war by engineers who were involved in the ship’s construction, with various people adding their own interpretations. Therefore, I don’t think the blueprints the developers are using are perfect. I don’t think they are correct, but I can’t prove that they are incorrect, which is frustrating. In the end, no one truly knows the true appearance of the Yamato…

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Do you have citations from Japanese sources discussing about the origin of the drawings and plans that we have access to nowadays? For example, the US “captured” Japanese ship plans and data recently digitalised on NDL

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I checked this earlier. First, in the drawings published by Mr. Janus, it is explained that they are “a combination of reproduction drawings and photographs provided by Japanese friends.” In the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers (JSAOE) drawing collection, it is stated that “due to the lack of completed drawings, some discrepancies are unavoidable because there are drawings supplemented with planning drawings.” Looking at this, it seems that few sources clearly indicate their origins. However, Mr. Katsuhiro Hara’s “Record of the Construction of the Battleship Yamato” was discovered by him in the United States, so does this refer to the US “captured” Japanese ship plans? However, this book was more of a compilation of workers’ records and instructions rather than drawings.

My report
Speaking of which, I received a reply from my manager regarding this report stating, “This issue has been previously reported to the developers for consideration. Your report was noted in an internal report.” The report is still in an “accepted” status. Does this mean that the developers are attempting to modify the armor scheme in some way?
Ultimately, the reliability of the materials I can obtain seems to have its limits. Perhaps it is best to leave it to DMM and the developers. Once again, I appreciate your calm opinion.

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I have checked the turrets, elevators, shell and charge of the Yamato and Soyuz using AssetViewer.
Is there a mistake in the height and size of the shell and charge on the Yamato?
The Soyuz is very simplified and does not appear to be properly sized…bias?

Yamato 1st 2nd turret

Yamato 3rd turret

Sobyetsky Soyuz

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Project ship syndrome rather

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Scan of the relevant pages and source cover?

janus


The society of navalarchitect of Japan



Hara Katsuhiro




This is all I have.

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2.47.0.39 → 2.47.0.40

  • Yamato: 155 mm secondary ammo storage: fires are no longer fatal.
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Which section on the ship are they referring to?

Rowan made a bug report 2 days ago, about how the 155mm caused fatal detonations. This wasn’t about a chain detonation from the secondaries to the primaries, as emptying the primary ammo load didn’t help. Community Bug Reporting System
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(also screenshot from wolftale)

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I have checked with AssetViewer and filed several bug reports on Yamato’s interfering damage models.
charge and armor, auxiliary and armor, charge and auxiliary1, charge and auxiliary2, auxiliary and other auxiliary
Unless I missed something, this should cover the issue of ammo and charge interfering with something, including the bug reports that have already passed.

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Much appreciated, hopefully we see changes implemented sooner rather than later.

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So now that the update’s out, how bad is the Yamato modelling? I’m a bit OOL, but I’ve heard it’s not good

Not really modelling I guess, but below turret number 2 its basically a delete button

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Turret no 2 is the second from the prow?

Including the above reports, there’s also this regarding the belt armor:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/8fHrKHYZq5Or

Also not sure what GJ’s stance is on modeling bulkheads and whatnot, if they have to meet a certain criteria to be added.

I was hoping modeling of the ship would have been less prone to errors, given they were supposed to be working with DMM. (Announced all the way back from 2021):

Oh, and minor cosmetic ones include missing an option to hoist flags on the tripod mast (such as with the recently released DMM-exclusive Hirihoukenten) as well as the odd default hull and deck colors. Her hull is colored too brightly and her deck may have been blackened during her final battle.

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Little off topic but interesting never the less

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Yes

The Yamato is so ass bruh

I’m stock i can’t do anything, can’t angle because of cheek if full broadside any of the new ships goes right trough the belt

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