RodBorza
08-02-09, 02:54 PM
Ahoy everybody!
Another one for the ranks...
After much time of postponing, I decided to buy SH4. It is a good game, specially on the graphics part, but there are some things that I miss from the SH3, many functionalities that I liked.
So, as a noob for SH4, I have a few questions:
1) I dowloaded it from Steam and it says v.1.3; I tried to patch it to v1.4 and the setup says that cannot find any SH4 installed on my computer. Is there anyone out there who had the same problem? And I would like to know if there is a way to patch it.
2) I saw on the forums that the gunners and watch crew are hurt when you are submerged taking a lot of DCs. Is this in any way fixed in other patches (or mods)?
3) Air search radar: where can I see it? I am at the start of the war, equipped only with the air radar and when I get to the radar station the scopes are blank. Not even the on/off switch works. I figures that those scopes are only for surface radar, which I don't have. If it is so, where is the scope for the air radar? :ping:
4) Version 1.5: is it worth to buy $10.00 to get a patch that I should get for free? I mean, I know it is a expansion pack, but are the fixes on this game able to solve many of the bugs on the stock Sh4?
5) Mods: as I was going through the forums, I see that one way to solve the problems is to mod, mod, MOD! I miss the clickable crewmembers, i miss the nearest spotted target on the bridge, and I sure miss the "F6 to attack map" feature! Resuming, what mods do you recommend?
6) Walking around the sub: I know, I know, it is a detail :rolleyes:, but I would like to be able to walk around the sub. UBI is owing us this. Not only from the Command Room, to aft Command room to Sonar station. I would like to visit crew quarters, torpedo rooms, engine rooms. Make the sub a really immersive experience. Any mods on that?
7) Besides walking around, on the Porpoise sub, at the Command Room, you only have one view? Isn't a aft room option to walk around it?
8) Is there a mod to put the ever practical nomograph on the nav map? Also, where is the termograph? I only get a passing thermal layer sound and...nothing else. On the good ol' Silent Hunter 1 we had a termograph and a calendar showing when the moon would rise and fall. It is a detail, but details are what make the difference.
9) Just a comment: the fleet boats seem huge close to the U-boats. Is that right? I remember from SH1 that the ship scheme showed the crew quarters and a Mess Hall. The U-boats, on the other hand, seem very cramped, with no place to eat or do the laundry! :o
Thanks for your replys,
and see you on the (un)friendly seas!
Another one for the ranks...
After much time of postponing, I decided to buy SH4. It is a good game, specially on the graphics part, but there are some things that I miss from the SH3, many functionalities that I liked.
So, as a noob for SH4, I have a few questions:
1) I dowloaded it from Steam and it says v.1.3; I tried to patch it to v1.4 and the setup says that cannot find any SH4 installed on my computer. Is there anyone out there who had the same problem? And I would like to know if there is a way to patch it.
2) I saw on the forums that the gunners and watch crew are hurt when you are submerged taking a lot of DCs. Is this in any way fixed in other patches (or mods)?
3) Air search radar: where can I see it? I am at the start of the war, equipped only with the air radar and when I get to the radar station the scopes are blank. Not even the on/off switch works. I figures that those scopes are only for surface radar, which I don't have. If it is so, where is the scope for the air radar? :ping:
4) Version 1.5: is it worth to buy $10.00 to get a patch that I should get for free? I mean, I know it is a expansion pack, but are the fixes on this game able to solve many of the bugs on the stock Sh4?
5) Mods: as I was going through the forums, I see that one way to solve the problems is to mod, mod, MOD! I miss the clickable crewmembers, i miss the nearest spotted target on the bridge, and I sure miss the "F6 to attack map" feature! Resuming, what mods do you recommend?
6) Walking around the sub: I know, I know, it is a detail :rolleyes:, but I would like to be able to walk around the sub. UBI is owing us this. Not only from the Command Room, to aft Command room to Sonar station. I would like to visit crew quarters, torpedo rooms, engine rooms. Make the sub a really immersive experience. Any mods on that?
7) Besides walking around, on the Porpoise sub, at the Command Room, you only have one view? Isn't a aft room option to walk around it?
8) Is there a mod to put the ever practical nomograph on the nav map? Also, where is the termograph? I only get a passing thermal layer sound and...nothing else. On the good ol' Silent Hunter 1 we had a termograph and a calendar showing when the moon would rise and fall. It is a detail, but details are what make the difference.
9) Just a comment: the fleet boats seem huge close to the U-boats. Is that right? I remember from SH1 that the ship scheme showed the crew quarters and a Mess Hall. The U-boats, on the other hand, seem very cramped, with no place to eat or do the laundry! :o
Thanks for your replys,
and see you on the (un)friendly seas!