Hi all, I had a particularly busy year with not much time to mod. I will try to update them in the next few weeks (this applies to all my mods), cheers.

First off, this is NOT a antenna for receiving messages. It is a Radio Direction Finder used to locate radio signals.

The antennas on a U-Boat are the cables that lead from the top of the conning tower forward to the bow and from the conning tower to the stern.

Just a FYI

It still works for me when messages are coming in, it raises then retracts after. But I do see it down a good amount. I adjusted the auto behavior to have it up unless I'm underwater. I also adjusted the deckwash depth check to ensure I can run a decks awash and about a meter past tower in depth it retracts. But I might adjust it to do it before tower clears going under.

For me, the antenna always stays retracted in automatic mode. It only extends when I do it manually. 😕

Note: I didn't start a new save game, but added the mod during an active playthrough.

Everything works both manually and automatically, beauty

Please update

Same I disabled it again as its not auto raising any more and seems to get stuck between Up and down

RDF antenna doesn't auto rise any more. A shame, loved this mod.

ii - update mod please

The antenna doesn't auto-rise for me.

This works again? Naaaah this works again I'm so excited! Thank you ii!

nice i love this mod ^^

@all the auto lowering on end of transmission should be fixed!

Also the whole flag pole being removed and not just the flag! Just some ideas XD sorry!

Love this mod. Would also love if you made one where metox and UZO were removed for dive :)

The antenna clipping in Type II is not caused by this mod, this is a byproduct of the antennas having apparently never been designed properly to be lowered.

I will check the no retraction after transmission.

Same situation, Type IIA is bug in tower. Reaise/lower only work manually, Auto behaviour no

Type IIA does not retract after transmission as well, but works if I manually cycle it.

Does not retract after transmission

Similar bug for II D.

It's updated! The Typ-IIa radio loop is clipping through the inner wall of the uboat tower. A minor flaw though. Fantastic work. Should be in the [2024.1] main release. Thanx

Thank you for the update to this Mod. :-)

No issues so far

\o/ Hurrah!

Upon activation, the antenna was down (yay!) but the buttons on the radio console were greyed out and antenna could not be raised. Docking and launching did not solve the issue, reloading the save game with the mod active solved it. Posting here just in case anyone struggles. Fully functional! Thanks a bunch ii, great work as always!

Mod has been updated, please report any issues

full release is out now...and still doesnt include this XD but custom actions isnt updated yet ofc so this cant be updated i think?

Definitely a need for it :D

hello! is going to be updated to 2024.1?

Would love for this to be updated to 2024.1 - but I understand that it might be easier to wait until full release :)

Pleace update

doesnt work anymore

Thank you. Mod works good. The old antenna sticking up on the bridge got in the way of vision and really irritated me.

Cheers McDewgle!

@Capt.Jamesbloke, immersion & to get rid of an eyesore that block a significant chunk of your view when using the UZO or when in first person on the bridge.

Is there a stealth advantage to this or just for immersion???

@PzSniper, yes

Is it compatible with the new version 2022.1 Patch 21?

@West-, you probably forgot to enable the mod dependency "Custom Actions"

не работает.окна нету в радиорубке.

@Wilhelm Weirich - correction - I meant to say: the RDF antenna was not used for sending radio messages. Its primary function was to detect the bearing of enemy radio messages. It could be used to receive messages, but the rear jumping wires (the cables extending from the rear of the conning tower to the stern) was the main aerial for receiving messages, and the forward jumping wires (the cables extending from the front of the conning tower to the bow) was the main aerial for sending radio messages.

its a really nice Mod adding more realistic Game Play. Especially with the different Modes you can activate.

1 thing to improve maybe:

when receiving messages the antenna raises automatically but not throught sending messages:


Cheers and good hunting

Technically, Wyzard, it is. The ability to raise and lower the RDF antenna is already in the base game. ii found it in the game's code and wrote a script to make it raise automatically whenever your radioman is receiving a message.

so this is not in the vannil yet ?

I kept checking Dev changelog, hoping they made it vanilla. Thanks for update though.

Mod updated for the new update (coming out to the general public in about a day). Should be working fine but please report if any issue.

@Donar
"What is RDF? its the normal radio?!""
This mod is just aesthetic. It allows you to raise/lower the antenna but has no impact on gameplay or radio transmissions themselves. In real life it was used to find the origin of radio signals but in game it's just an object. This mod removes an eyesore when manning the bridge in first-person mode as it can block a large portion of your view when trying to use the UZO sight or watching for planes.

The other reason being that it annoyed some players seeing the antenna sticking out when submerging as the antenna was not left deployed when the boat went under water as this could damage the antenna.

"Didn't work for me"
Did you install the required mod listed on this page? Custom Actions is also needed in order for this mod to function. You can manually raise/lower the antenna by right-clicking on the radio in the radio room. The antenna should also raise up by itself whenever your radioman is decoding a transmission.

Didnt work for me or what is RDF? its the normal radio?!

i have no idea why this isnt base game, but it should be, you rock dude.

Especially when one knows it has no fonctionality