The Unofficial "Official" SHV Screen shot Thread

[GoldenRivet]

Why not consolidate all of the SHV screen shots we all come across into one thread?

this one seems like a good place?

the SH3 forum has a sticky on the topic, so i guess whenever new screen shots come out this would be a great place to put them.

think of it as your one stop shop for SHV screens as they are released.

[GoldenRivet]

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60205_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-08_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60204_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-07_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60203_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-06_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60202_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-05_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60201_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-04_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60200_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-03_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/01/60199_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-02_normal.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/01/60198_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-01_normal.jpg

[Arclight]

You do realize this thread is just waiting to be soup-ified, right? :D

[Semtex]

Why not consolidate all of the SHV screen shots we all come across into one thread?

this one seems like a good place?

the SH3 forum has a sticky on the topic, so i guess whenever new screen shots come out this would be a great place to put them.

think of it as your one stop shop for SHV screens as they are released.

i agree :salute:

[Kaleun_Endrass]

Your thread needs an update...
http://www.subsim.com/sh5/sh5_prelim1.php (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/../sh5/sh5_prelim1.php)

[tedhealy]

Gareth Keenan from the office?

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60205_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-08_normal.jpg

[looney]

Is it me, or are the Flak guns missing?

[Jimbuna]

A few of the 'oldies'

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4899/66862090.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/i/66862090.jpg/)

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5255/30246943.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/30246943.jpg/)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3730/59053261.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/i/59053261.jpg/)

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6886/94010543.jpg (http://img397.imageshack.us/i/94010543.jpg/)

[Bartolomeus]

Great looking pics!

[Tomi_099]

Have you noticed??
They are thudding waves!
Genial! :o :up::rock:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5255/30246943.jpg (http://img5.imageshack.us/i/30246943.jpg/)

[SteamWake]

Thudding?

[THE_MASK]

He means whitecaps on top of the waves .

[Reece]

Small breaking waves that form on lager waves!:DL

[Dowly]

Lager? :o This game's gonna be so awesome after reading that! :rock:

[THE_MASK]

Beer waves , yes :woot:

[kapitan_zur_see]

Mmm... If that's so, it could definately improve stormy sea state to some interesting higher level! Might as well be some sun reflection artefacts you're poiting at though

[Akula4745]

Lager? :o This game's gonna be so awesome after reading that! :rock:

Gives a whole new meaning to "don't drink sea water."

[Reece]

Lager? :o This game's gonna be so awesome after reading that! :rock:
Chee, what happens when you miss spell a word!!:har:
Beer waves , yes :woot::rotfl2:

[Kaleun_Endrass]

Beer waves , yes :woot:
Now I know what they fill in the Krombacher bottles...

[urfisch]

the lack of news and screens is not really conducive...as the game shall be released on 10th of February, i do not see any strategy behind this. cause other games are promoted more than 6 month before release with lots of screens every few weeks. whats the deal with this?

:o

i guess, the game is released not before summer 2010. thats the point. they simply do not have more to show yet, than the content of the demoversion. but to release such a game in summer, when all people are out to enjoy the nice weather...? a simulation is not a shooter, which can be played for a few rounds in the evening. it takes more time...so a release later in the year is much more possible. maybe fall 2010?

[GoldenRivet]

the lack of news and screens is not really conducive...as the game shall be released on 10th of February, i do not see any strategy behind this. cause other games are promoted more than 6 month before release with lots of screens every few weeks. whats the deal with this?

for starters we have already heard "1st Quarter if 2010" as a release period this means January, February or March. - even if it is later in the year - no big deal.

secondly... if you take a look at the SH3 forum there is a thread entitled "The unofficial 'official' SH3 screen shot thread"

the purpose of this thread that i have started is 2 fold.

1. This is a place for any new screens which subsim members happen upon - they can post those screen shots here so that they are located in ONE place.

2. Post release - any screen shots people take while actually playing the game can be displayed here in this thread.

My hope is that the mods will make this thread a sticky so that any screen shots - be they from ubisoft OR by players actually playing the game after it is released... those screenies can be shared with all here in this thread.

:salute:

[Safe-Keeper]

What are those four things on the front deck of the u-boat in that beer wave pic?

[GoldenRivet]

What are those four things on the front deck of the u-boat in that beer wave pic?

Water tight containers for 5 man life rafts if memory serves me.

[urfisch]

yap. right, liferafts. a later war addition...the boat in laboe also had these...

[conus00]

Here is a few from the first release to make the "collection" complete.
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-000.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-001.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-002.jpg

and one new one
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-015.jpg

[urfisch]

the last one isnt an ingame shot!!! its concept art.

[GoldenRivet]

the last one isnt an ingame shot!!! its concept art.

i think concept art is fair to include... at least until more substantial screens are released.

[The General]

The 'concept-art' shot shows the running lights of the surface vessel. That's one feature I hope SH5 includes; lights on hospital ships and cruise liners etc. it just adds to te atmosphere.

[conus00]

the last one isnt an ingame shot!!! its concept art.

Are you sure? When you take a closer look on the hi-res original the crew seem to me rendered in game engine. But I might be wrong...

[Elder-Pirate]

Is that guy on the left waving or hanging on the cable/antenna? If he's hanging on he might get his hair straightened out if the radio operator hits the transmit key.:arrgh!:

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-015.jpg

[Dowly]

Are you sure? When you take a closer look on the hi-res original the crew seem to me rendered in game engine. But I might be wrong...

Yeh, but the ship doesnt seem like it's from the game. Looks more like an photo of an ship that was just used as the background, too many little details. :hmmm:

[VonDos]

Hi mates!

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-015.jpg

The ship in this image should be Conte Verde (SH4 huge european liner)

[THE_MASK]

No reason why it wouldnt be an in game screen shot , i am hoping anyway . That is awesome fog , geez i hope the fog is the same as that .

[Jimbuna]

Wouldn't mind seeing that much detail on the merchants and escorts http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[Venatore]

I'm laughing at the guy looking through the optic sighting system on the deck gun, with a 30m gap between him and a F*&%@#! massive hulk of a ship!
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-015.jpg

[THE_MASK]

Dev questions and answers 21.10.2009
Will Silent Hunter V have added the Dynamic Shadows feature?

SH5 already has dynamic shadows – check out the screenshots, for example, here are some that we made for SubSim! It’s pretty cool and it brings ships and other units to life, integrating them in the visual environment of the game.

[THE_MASK]

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9969/sh5j.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/sh5j.jpg/)
The detail on this sub looks a thousand times better than SH4 .

[haegemon]

Awesome!! In the graphic's area. I'll expect animations to the same level.


PD: The sub has a mast, can we hang a flag? Can we order to unfold symbols?

[Kromus]

No reason why it wouldnt be an in game screen shot , i am hoping anyway . That is awesome fog , geez i hope the fog is the same as that .

Well it looks too good to be ingame SS (fog looks just amazing), but I`m hoping for that too.

[GlobalExplorer]

I think it's from an intro movie or something.

[Webster]

I'm laughing at the guy looking through the optic sighting system on the deck gun, with a 30m gap between him and a F*&%@#! massive hulk of a ship!

well maybe he was actually shooting through the port holes at the ship on the other side :D

[Elder-Pirate]

well maybe he was actually shooting through the port holes at the ship on the other side :D


Kapitan, we just sunk a British freighter using the ole port hole trick. :haha:

[kptn_kaiserhof]

i cant wait for the release down under

[THE_MASK]

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk234/conus00/SH5-002.jpg

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3900/u278color.jpg (http://img11.imageshack.us/i/u278color.jpg/)

[Semtex]

i preffer sec pix :salute:

[timmyab]

I'm laughing at the guy looking through the optic sighting system on the deck gun, with a 30m gap between him and a F*&%@#! massive hulk of a ship!

Yeah, and it still looks like he might be missing the shot.

[java`s revenge]

Is that last screenshot of shv??? I don`t believe it.
It looks like a real photo.....:hmmm:

[THE_MASK]

Is that last screenshot of shv??? I don`t believe it.
It looks like a real photo.....:hmmm:Its a real photo but after modders get to sh5 i hope the game will look something like it .

[Elder-Pirate]

This ones gotta be fake but I hope it's near to in-game. :D Sure is close to seeing ole Davey Jones. :doh:

Love that bow wake. :yeah:

Also a mistake I've done in almost all SH Sims..left the scope up. :damn:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/twoclose.jpg


WOOPS..found out this is only a SH5 Wallpaper. Oh well it looks good.

http://www.wallpaperez.info/games/Silent-Hunter-5-1965.html

[Rosencrantz]

But where's Bernhard? I can't see him. Does this really mean that... WE WONT HAVE BERNHARD ON DECK? :eek:


-RC-

[Sailor Steve]

Don't be ridiculous. Bernard is a force of nature - he can't be killed, he can't be left behind, and he can't be dealt with. If he's not on deck, he's somewhere inside, just waiting to make the mistake of the day.:dead:

[Rosencrantz]

Thanks, Steve!
You can't imagine the load you took off my shoulders. There's no life without BERNAAAARDDD!


-RC-

[Philipp_Thomsen]

What Im trully expecting, waterwise, is to see the hull of the sub with a "wet" effect after a wave just hit that specific part of the hull. The wet effect should last some minutes til dry out.

[Elder-Pirate]

What Im trully expecting, waterwise, is to see the hull of the sub with a "wet" effect after a wave just hit that specific part of the hull. The wet effect should last some minutes til dry out.

You mean like this SHV wallpaper poster? Although this U-Boat just rose from the deep but same effects as water still on the deck falling to the seas surface.

Sure hope the Devs are following up on the artwork. :yeah:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/twoclose.jpg

[Reece]

More concept art:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SilentHunterV-Artwork-03.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SilentHunterV-Artwork-01.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/SilentHunterV-Artwork-02.jpg

[Task Force]

I like concept art.:DL

[Jimbuna]

I simply hope there is some comparison when the game is released Reece http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9425/praydl5rp5.gif

[Reece]

Yes, the last one looks like it might be in game, hard to tell!:hmmm:

[Captain Vlad]

If they release an Pacific expansion or an SH VI that's back with the fleet boats, I want the water to look as warm in the South Pacific as it looks cold in these screenshots.

I shiver looking at the things.

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Yes, the last one looks like it might be in game, hard to tell!:hmmm:

Not hard to tell... its concept art.

Look the conning tower wave of water coming out. Looks nothing like that on the game.

[THE_MASK]

I would be happy if SH5 graphics didnt look anything like SH4 to be honest .

[Reece]

I would be happy if SH5 graphics didnt look anything like SH4 to be honest .Agree!!:yep:

[Uber Gruber]

Me too.....sh4 looked like a comic strip.

[Webster]

Me too.....sh4 looked like a comic strip.

i never understood these comments people often make.

sh4 has much better grafics than sh3 when you compare stock unmodded game vs stock unmodded game

now how things move and are controlled is better in sh3 than it is in sh4 so i see both as having good and bad


many have never played sh3 stock game before adding gwx to it and if you always use gwx with sh3 and it makes so many changes you get spoiled into thinking thats how sh3 is but its not sh3 its gwx that makes sh3 look so good. dont give the credit to the game when its the gwx modders who deserve the credit.

[Méo]

when its the gwx modders who deserve the credit.

Couldn't agree more!

GWX team forever! :rock:

[Jimbuna]

This is very much what we in the UK call a 'chicken and egg' situation.

Whilst it is universally recognised the improvements GWX made to SH3, none of that would have been possible without the SH3 stock/vanilla game http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/pirate.gif

[Anton88]

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60202_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-05_normal.jpg





Rivet..
where did you get this one??... this is new to me !

[Anton88]

I think it's from an intro movie or something.

shortly before Silent Hunter III was realeased I had my hopes up because I had seen the Intro, and thinking it was in-game action I got too excited and purchased the thing the very 1st day.. :( it was sad that the actual gameplay was unlike the intro..

[JScones]

sh4 has much better grafics than sh3 when you compare stock unmodded game vs stock unmodded game
You know what, I found stock SH4's graphics dull, dreary and grey and definitely inferior to stock SH3's. It was one of the reasons why the game didn't last long on my HD.

But hey, that's my opinion.

Unfortunately though, from what I've seen of SH5, it looks like I'm gonna have to get used to it or go back to SH3.

[GoldenRivet]

Rivet..
where did you get this one??... this is new to me !

IGN is the source of the image.

[Elder-Pirate]

IGN is the source of the image.



Hmmmm, just went there and nothing like that. Maybe a secret page?

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/026/026623/imgs_1.html :hmmm:

[Uber Gruber]

Sorry if I upset you Webster....it's just my oppinion that's all. I much prefer stock SH3 graphics to SH4 because SH4 graphics make me feel like i'm in a disney cartoon whereas SH3 graphics make me feel like i'm actually at sea in a U-Boat.

SH3 seems more "real" to me....so much so that I played SH4 for....mmm...two weeks maybe, wherease I've been playing SH3 since Feb 2005...and am still playing it.

Whilst i'm on the topic, does anyone want my copy of SH4 for free ? Yours to the first person to PM me.:yep:

[JU_88]

You know what, I found stock SH4's graphics dull, dreary and grey and definitely inferior to stock SH3's. It was one of the reasons why the game didn't last long on my HD.

But hey, that's my opinion.

Unfortunately though, from what I've seen of SH5, it looks like I'm gonna have to get used to it or go back to SH3.


^^ What Scones said (partially)
The worst part for me for Sh4 -was that the Visual atmosphere was let down by a bad draw distance.
The Water looked very strange indeed (until the sadly departed -Leo vampire stepped in) and the lighting during sunrise and sunset look no where NEAR as good as Sh3.

But Sh4 is now MUCH MUCH better looking thanks to the efforts of many of the modders here.
And Dont forget that Stock SH3 now looks like an arse made out of lego (by 2009 standards)
But it was bloody amazing in 2005 even on my humble 6600GT back in the day...

[Sailor Steve]

Back when SH2 was released some reviewers said the graphics were already outdated. They weren't the best, but there were a couple of things that I still think are better than SH3 or SH4, most notably the way the wake from your boat rode on the water.

SH3's graphics are wonderful, but still look like a game (albeit a very nice one).

Stock SH4's graphics do indeed have problems, but the modded versions look much more real to me, even though I have to run it with every single option turned off.

SH3
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH3Img25-7-2008_103112_671.jpg

SH4
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2008-08-14_222656_593.jpg

I have seen - and taken - some absolutely gorgeous screenshots in SH3, and I wouldn't give it up for anything. That said, I've never made anything that took my breath away like this SH4 shot.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2009-03-30_203458_156.jpg

I think both games have beautiful graphics, but I feel SH4's are much more realistic on the whole. I can't wait to see SH5's.

[Méo]

Indeed, very cool screenshots Steve! :up:

[Sevrin]

I have seen - and taken - some absolutely gorgeous screenshots in SH3, and I wouldn't give it up for anything. That said, I've never made anything that took my breath away like this SH4 shot.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img2009-03-30_203458_156.jpg

I think both games have beautiful graphics, but I feel SH4's are much more realistic on the whole. I can't wait to see SH5's.

/agree 100%

Sh3 was very impressive, but in Sh4 when the sun hits the horizon and you get that red reflection in calm waters, it's amazing.

After countless patrols I still have to stop and appreciate the graphics from time to time.

Yep, I think we will be seeing great things on the graphics front in SHV. ;)

[JJ]

Personally I wouldn't care (much) if the graphics were from SH II if the AI was next to a sentient being and all the other aspects, convoys, wolfpacks, crew etc. worked liked their real life counterparts.

Not saying I don't appreciate mind boggling GFX, but like already mentioned, if they come with a cost of realism etc. it's never a good thing.

Wonder if we'll get the seagull droppings this time around :hmmm:

[Anton88]

There has been some discussion about this picture...
Here is my conclusion based on evidence.

This picture must be in-game footage.

So far the development team have been using only one type of U-boat in the official screenshots they have released, and that is the Type VIIC/41.

[<=== see those things on the left.. only the Type VIIC/41 had them]
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3077/sh5015gamefootage.jpg

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Type VIIC/41
http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60201_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-04_normal.jpg
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Type VIIC/41
http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60200_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-03_normal.jpg
==============

Type VIIC/41
http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/01/60198_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-01_normal.jpg
==============

Type VIIC/41
http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/01/60199_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-02_normal.jpg
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IT'S THE SAME DAMN BOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
( ps: .. have you noticed how its the same boat without any AA guns?) The evidence is conclusive

In all the previous shots we see this same u-boat, with the fore-canisters, and schnorchel. I conclude that it is the same u-boat they are using for tests. I have not seen any other submarine type.

[Webster]

i see something worse there, i see a stern sinking seperated from the ship (last picture under subs bow) so does this mean we get the lego block effect of ships seperating in sections rather than properly simulated ship damage? :06:

and unless im mistaken i think thats a night view based on the colors yet from underwater we see sunlight reflections on both the sub and ship which look nice but not if it is in fact nightfall.


as for "its the same boat" we do the exact same thing when we mod, we do it all with one boat and only when we are finished do we test the others out because most share all the same features. (do one, get it right, then transfer what you did to everything else)

[Anton88]

i see something worse there, i see a stern sinking seperated from the ship (last picture under subs bow) so does this mean we get the lego block effect of ships seperating in sections rather than properly simulated ship damage? :06:

and unless im mistaken i think thats a night view based on the colors yet from underwater we see sunlight reflections on both the sub and ship which look nice but not if it is in fact nightfall.


Thats a good obeservation. but if the stern blew off, then that part of the ship gets flooded first and sp the ship is tailheavy and listing to stern.

why is the ship sinking bow first if the back blew off ?

[Webster]

why is the ship sinking bow first if the back blew off ?

i hope this isnt a sign of the new sinking dynamics they promised were in the game, if it is then i see lots of modding work to do.


note the ship has also turned 180 degrees too if thats the same ship :06:

[Anton88]

http://www.longam.net/sh4/sh5_3.jpg

[Kaleun_Endrass]

why is the ship sinking bow first if the back blew off ?
The ship isn't sinking bow first. The stern section got cut off very straight from up to down and because of the angle the wreck already has and of the camera position it looks like it's the bow. Take a look at a high-res version of the picture.
Here: http://www.pcgames.de/screenshots/original/2009/08/SH5screenGamesCom2_24677519455_2691_090818092145.j pg

[Uber Gruber]

Great photo Anton88 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=240384)

Judging from the crap icons i'd say it's the XBox or PS3 version:har:

[misfitdreamer]

i have to say, the water renderer in the august screenshots wasn't that impressive, but in the winter shots that came out in october, the water looks absolutely stunning~!

[karamazovnew]

I like how it looks on the surface, but underwater is again BAD. I won't hold my breath for variable visibility, but they should at least make it 100 % murky at 100 meters. Which I'll probably mod to 50 meters :haha:. If I remember my physics correctly, when you're near the surface and look parallel with the water, you see a reflection of what's below. The more you look up, the more you see the sky and less reflection. If that red spot in the pic is a reflection of the sub, the OK, if it's the fire of the wreck mirroring on the other side of the surface, that's BAD. In one game I've seen them making the water very blurry, to mimic the effect on human eyes. Sure, the cameras don't have that but it was a nice touch... Another problem with SH has been the sea floor. It's too bright. It should be indeed bright if the water is shallow and the sun is shining, but otherwise it should be shadowed. And also, the haze that they used so far cuts too abruptly (maybe because of modding). The pic shows a much better haze. Oh , and I don't want to see SHET underwater at night. BTW, you guys remember the default water in SH3? :D You could see the Mariana Trench bottom.

[vickers03]

underwater particles and plankton is a must-have

[Radio]

Sh3 not looking realistic enough? We must talk about different games then...: ;)

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/462/sh3img2611200919849843.th.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/sh3img2611200919849843.jpg/)

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6023/sh3img31102009215250125.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/sh3img31102009215250125.jpg/)

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/5089/sh3img61120097403968.th.jpg (http://img4.imageshack.us/i/sh3img61120097403968.jpg/)

SH3 with GWX is easily a match for SH4. I love both games, though. Each for its unique theme and flavour.

[Sailor Steve]

Sh3 not looking realistic enough? We must talk about different games then...: ;)
Did you read the whole thread? Nobody has once said that SH3 wasn't realistic enough. In fact, what was said was that SH3 was realistic and SH4 looked like a cartoon; hence my post.


SH3 with GWX is easily a match for SH4. I love both games, though. Each for its unique theme and flavour.
Now, what do you mean by match. I said that I wouldn't trade SH3 for anything. On the other hand, the pictures you posted were beautiful. But real? Not even close. SH4 (with the environmental mods) can give water that actually looks like real water (again refer to my shot). I've been commenting for years that the biggest problem with SH4 is that it looks like toy boats in the real ocean.

[TarJak]

underwater particles and plankton is a must-have


Why? They look like crap in SH4 and don't do a thing for immersion or gameplay.

[JScones]

Can one even see plankton at that level? :hmmm:

Unless, of course, it's http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/cartoons/images/thumb/4/47/Plankton.png/180px-Plankton.png

[Radio]

Did you read the whole thread?

As if ANYONE would ever do that...:DL

Now, what do you mean by match. I said that I wouldn't trade SH3 for anything. On the other hand, the pictures you posted were beautiful. But real? Not even close. SH4 (with the environmental mods) can give water that actually looks like real water (again refer to my shot). I've been commenting for years that the biggest problem with SH4 is that it looks like toy boats in the real ocean.

I disagree with you there, the Atlantic/North sea DOES look like the screenshots from SH3/GWX. I sailed quite a lot on the later and now that grey sky/grey water or the cold sunlight looks perfectly. However you might be right about the pacific area, I saw a movie yesterday that showed that the sunsets and waves there are just like in your screenshot. I guess SH3 could not model that convincingly enough even if it tried.

Playing Operation Monsun atm and as good as the mod is, SH4 itself has clearly problems rendering the North Sea convincingly. It seems those 2 games were tailor-cut for the environments they were supposed to play in.

And to show you that SH4 really is better in rendering the Pacific and to confirm your statement about the realistic pacific:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5400/sh4img20091106145454625.th.jpg (http://img514.imageshack.us/i/sh4img20091106145454625.jpg/)


http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4625/sh4img20091126022535250.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/sh4img20091126022535250.jpg/)

And to confirm my statement about the more realistic north sea in SH3:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1250/sh3img81120094323178.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/i/sh3img81120094323178.jpg/)

I don't know EXACTLY what the difference is, but I think the water and the sky in SH3 look colder, rougher, less colorful. A sunset like those in the Pacific would surely surprise everyone here. (I envy you for them :88) )

[Sailor Steve]

I don't know EXACTLY what the difference is, but I think the water and the sky in SH3 look colder, rougher, less colorful. A sunset like those in the Pacific would surely surprise everyone here. (I envy you for them :88) )
I wasn't criticizing SH3's graphics at all, just defending SH4's from the allegation that they were "cartoonish".

And I agree - SH3 does indeed catch that 'cold' feeling. I just think that with 4 they've come a lot closer to actually looking like a photograp. From the shots so far it looks like SH5 may capture both. I hope it turns out that way when we actually play the game.

[Radio]

You are absolutely right, SH4 does NOT look cartoonish, it simulates a totally different area, weather, ocean and does that very good.:up:

[Reece]

The only thing I don't like with SH4 sea is in the evening & morning, looks too black to me!!:hmmm:

[HanSolo78]

Has nothing to do with screenshots... but on the german ubi forum the devs said there would be a nw video released today...


maybe it would also be good to make this thread sticky so that everyone can get a good idea of Sh5 - you know picturs tell more than thousand words ;)

[Gezoes]

A video, 'bout time :D

[PL_Andrev]

Has nothing to do with screenshots... but on the german ubi forum the devs said there would be a nw video released today...

Thousands of fans await...
:yeah:

[HanSolo78]

Here it is:

The video: http://ubitv.de.ubi.com/?vid=601


The new screens:

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/2.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/3.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/4.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/5.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/6.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/7.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/8.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/9.jpg

http://static2.cdn.ubi.com/emea/gamesites/silenthunter5/DE/10.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

That video certainly looks good!:rock:

[Jimbuna]

Very nice indeed http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[TarJak]

Yep looks pretty good and it answers a number of questions that have been asked here. I

t's funny though I've got mixed feelings about what I've seen. Yes there are some great lighting effects and the water is looking way better than SH4, but for me some of the effects like the water on the lens detracts from the feeling of being there.

If I was standing in the rain I would not see water droplets unless I walked around with a pane of glass in front of my face. I hope that is an optional view as I don't want that screwing up my screenshots.

I see the algae (green crap), in the underwater shots is still there along with the wavy underwater view, neither of which I liked in SH4.

I also wonder what the little white crosshair in the FP view inside the sub is about. (Where is my weapon select button so I can shoot Bernard?):)

On the plus side it does look like the ships and U-Boat move a little more realistically in the water compared to stock SH4 and the dynamic shadows and light/particle effects look great. It is looking like a pretty good advancement of SH4's graphics engine.

[Sailor Steve]

If I was standing in the rain I would not see water droplets unless I walked around with a pane of glass in front of my face. I hope that is an optional view as I don't want that screwing up my screenshots.
Exactly.

I see the algae (green crap), in the underwater shots is still there along with the wavy underwater view, neither of which I liked in SH4.
Neither did I. Even movies shot underwater don't look like that.

It is looking like a pretty good advancement of SH4's graphics engine.
Agreed - overall it looks fantastic so far.

[Stormfly]

wow... nice screens and movie THANK YOU UBI ! :yeah:

i dont like the white crosshair, its killing immersion :timeout:

[Paajtor]

...but still I would like to have seen a really rough sea in action, in that vid!

*edit - just read somewhere, that blizzards are added...is there any footage of this?

[THE_MASK]

From the 3d preview movie (screencapture)
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9194/sh51.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/sh51.jpg/)
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7931/sh52a.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/sh52a.jpg/)

[PL_Andrev]

It is a pity that there is no crew on a conning tower ...

But in this film well see that would be so hard to walk between the compartments when large wave (pitching)...

[HanSolo78]

@Sober

Some nice shots captured :)

I think the landscape details made a very big step forward!
Much more forrest, more view distance and a better shape of the landscape.
Looks kinda more real than in previous SH games.

The lighthouse somehow I don´t like... flakmonkeys is much nicer.
Also the lighthous flare was made better in Sh3 I think.

[Alex]

Also the lighthous flare was made better in Sh3 I think.

The strange looking top of this lighthouse is caused by some flipped polys, maybe ? :hmm2:

[Leif...]

That is one impressive movie, if they can get the lightrays to interact with the clouds it can be really nice. However they have made the sun and the moon a bit too large, in reality they are really small so usually you have to enlarge them, but this was to much.

[Alex]

Moddable, thankfully. ;)

[FiL]

Hello
Thanks for that very nice video.
@@++

[Undefined]

This thread is teasing!!

Its like someone shows you pile of gold and says "You want it? you want it, **** YOU, you cant have it!

I feel sad now :wah:


:rotfl2:

[Reece]

I feel sad now :wah:Don't cry!!:oops::cry:

[Sky999]

Brings up a question...

Will we see the crew change their clothes for different weather conditions and climates? The guy in the shorts is suited for what looks like an Italian/African/Meditteranian climate but it's going to look stupid If he's out there during a snow storm near Norway or Antartica wearing those same shorts... :hmmm:

From the 3d preview movie (screencapture)

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7931/sh52a.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/sh52a.jpg/)

[Undefined]

Maby it depends on campaign?

[Sky999]

Well in all the other games we have been free to go wherever we like, so it shouldn't depend on a campaign. :down:

It also couldn't depend on the campaign because Norway, France and Britain would be in the same campaign.

[Wild_skipper]

Well in all the other games we have been free to go wherever we like, so it shouldn't depend on a campaign. :down:

It also couldn't depend on the campaign because Norway, France and Britain would be in the same campaign.

Maybe they just change clothes on where you are. That would be cool !

[Undefined]

Soupman kinda looks like this guy. Taken from movie "Below".
http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/02/60205_SilentHunterV-Screenshot-08_normal.jpg
http://www.upload.ee/image/295471/vlc_2009-12-11_19-36-20-31.jpg


(:

[C DuDe]

Dang, you're sharp...

[Seeadler]

Will we see the crew change their clothes for different weather conditions and climates?
I think the uboat in the screen is leaving this harbour in the Med.:03:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/1680_3535363565636166.jpg

Now you can guess which harbour?

[Sailor Steve]

Of course! That's...no, wait...it might be...OH! NO! I have it! It's...um...no, that's not it...

Do I have to guess right before I can play?:oops::D

[Brag]

With wavelets and cat's paws the water looks very realistic.

The video: http://ubitv.de.ubi.com/?vid=601 (http://ubitv.de.ubi.com/?vid=601)

[THE_MASK]

New crew .
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4679/zentralecopy8cqcopy6vm.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/zentralecopy8cqcopy6vm.jpg/)

[TarJak]

LOL nice mod!:haha:

[Reece]

New crew .
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4679/zentralecopy8cqcopy6vm.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/zentralecopy8cqcopy6vm.jpg/)
:har::har::har:

[Arclight]

Don't you know it's bad luck to bring a woman on board? :O:

[Reece]

Don't you know it's bad luck to bring a woman on board? :O:Going down!!:D

[JScones]

I think the uboat in the screen is leaving this harbour in the Med.:03:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/1680_3535363565636166.jpg

Now you can guess which harbour?
Looks like La Spezia to me.

[danurve]

Soupman kinda looks like this guy. Taken from movie "Below".

http://www.upload.ee/image/295471/vlc_2009-12-11_19-36-20-31.jpg


(:

Same woman who runs Dollhouse? :yep:

[Jimbuna]

She can run mine anytime :o

[capthelm]

hope they implement diesel smoke on the surface rear of the boats.
and when snorkel is in use.

[THE_MASK]

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2259/sh5acopy.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/sh5acopy.jpg/)

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2:

The truth is out!

Why wasn't I invited to the wedding?:cry:

[Jimbuna]

:rotfl2:

The truth is out!

Why wasn't I invited to the wedding?:cry:

Your frock was torn so we had you take the picture :smug:

[JU_88]

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2259/sh5acopy.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/sh5acopy.jpg/)

Dan must be half your age Jimbo - you filthy cradle snatcher you :haha:

[longam]

http://www.longam.net/sh4/yo.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Dan must be half your age Jimbo - you filthy cradle snatcher you :haha:

http://www.longam.net/sh4/yo.jpg

ROFLMAO x 2 :rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Méo]

NEW SCREENSHOTS!!

First posted by kemeri, but I thought it could fit better here.

http://www.buka.ru/cgi-bin/show.pl?i...pe=screenshots (http://www.buka.ru/cgi-bin/show.pl?id=487&type=screenshots)

[Bosje]

is that a health bar on that first screenshot?

please say it isn't so

[Mikhayl]

Health bars will be in the realism options, no doubt, same as the "real time enemy line of sight" thing on the map and so on.

The harbours look great on the map of the screen: http://www.buka.ru/sadm_images//game_screenshots/Silent_Hunter_5/10.jpg

I don't think they would have individually built such complicated harbours for just one location. Maybe they dropped the "harbour blocks" and made some sort of generated harbour that follows the coastline of the given area?

What's frustrating with 0 realism screenshots is that we learn nothing about the 100% realism method of targetting.

[Andrew82]

on a positive note: the graphics look beautiful! :up:


But I'm afraid we'll have to upgrade our pc's.. :rotfl2:

[Uber Gruber]

Every shot i've seen of the interface is terrible. My god, it really is the pits. It's not even worthy of a console, it would look more at home on some business application than a sub sim.

I'm sorry but i'm just not prepared to champion this product based on what I've seen so far....it really is quite bad :nope:

[HundertzehnGustav]

There you dont see a Subsim...
There you see Our work laid out for us.
That is OUR Mission.


at least the Brewster Buccaneers (Brewster Buffalo Style Torpedobomber) is modeled acceptably. They will call it a Generic US Navy Torpedo Bomber because Grumman wants Royalties for the name "Avenger"

geesus. Damn!


but wtf they be doing ona British Navy Illoustrious class Carrier anyway?
Oh no!

[Nicolas]

It's just a game, the life do not depend on it. I get it or drop it.
the 3d engine demo video :o
i will be happy if sh5 is half of that. Really beautiful.

[capthelm]

noticed icing on some of the screen shots , thats awesome , maybe winter time north atlantic we get icing on the uboats as well...:rock:

[Platapus]

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4679/zentralecopy8cqcopy6vm.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/zentralecopy8cqcopy6vm.jpg/)

There will be no ass antlers aboard my submarine!!