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05-18-24, 04:39 AM | #1 |
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First time player of Silent Hunter 4 here
Dear SUBSIM Radio Room,
As probably many once before me I saw Crimson Tide last night and remembered the whole Silent Hunter series, even though I never played them up until now. If I wanted to play native, vanilla or a patched up version on Windows 11 over the weekend, where do I actually get the game? I see downloads links that seems very impressive and interesting but lack the base game. Do I need to buy it, if so where would I do that? Thanks a lot! Jenny |
05-18-24, 10:53 AM | #2 |
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Welcome to SubSim jennw002!
Most places, such as Amazon, no longer sell the disk version of the game. Amazon also does not currently sell the download version. You can get it through Steam games, but Steam can be a little squirrelly. Steam: Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific Steam: Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions Notice that Steam sells the old v1.3 of the game (Wolves of the Pacific) and the U-Boat Missions Add-On separately, which brings the game up to v1.5. Whereas, Ubisoft has a full v1.5 (Gold) edition of the game Ubisoft: Silent Hunter 4 DLC-PC All of the links are for the respective US stores. Either is fine, and Ubisoft has been having rumblings of going all-subscription, which Steam basically already is, in that if they decide to drop a game, it is removed from the player's Steam start menu. Your choice as to who you "trust" more, but the Ubisoft way is $10US cheaper with just the one download, and since most mods are written for the v1.5 Gold Edition, the 'easy route' to go for now. Just be aware that both versions of the game will install into the Windows Program Files folder system, which are "protected" by Windows from changes, so you cannot mod the game in that folder structure. You can avoid that issue by changing your install path to a folder of your own choosing, by editing the path shown when you get to that portion of the install routine. I used "C:\Games" as my root. If you have deeper questions about any of that, just ask away. |
05-18-24, 11:23 AM | #3 |
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Welcome aboard!
jennw002!
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05-18-24, 07:10 PM | #4 | |
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05-18-24, 10:54 PM | #5 |
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Welcome to Subsim!!
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05-19-24, 06:58 AM | #6 | |
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05-19-24, 09:38 AM | #7 | |
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05-19-24, 10:09 AM | #8 |
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they want to suck the fun out of everything!
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there are only two things in the world: submarines and targets. Fortis et stabilis et fidelis, semper ------------------------------------------------------------ Silent Hunter 4 1.5 Gold Edition on CDROM LAA enabled Dell XPS with 32 GB Ram running Win10 |
05-19-24, 12:50 PM | #9 |
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Diesel U-boating was essentially less successful than oared 'longboating'
Indeed! as a true son of St Olaf and a rabid Minnesota Viking fan since the 1961 'daze' of Norm Van Brocklin, I'm thoroughly disconsolate....errr need a beer!< I'll 'suck the fun' outta these two!
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05-19-24, 01:15 PM | #10 |
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Olaf?
isn't he the snowman in Disney's Frozen cartoon?
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there are only two things in the world: submarines and targets. Fortis et stabilis et fidelis, semper ------------------------------------------------------------ Silent Hunter 4 1.5 Gold Edition on CDROM LAA enabled Dell XPS with 32 GB Ram running Win10 |
05-19-24, 02:10 PM | #11 |
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EGAD! errr Josh Gad: he voiced the character of Olaf:. Mr Gad, a consummate voice actor from balmy hurricane prone Florida, has no clue why Minnesota is the 'frigid wasteland'(-50 F) of my youth; and why I stay in sunny inferno/quake prone Napa CA!
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