Silent Hunter 4 Development Diary Part 3

[Ship Hunter]

The third part of the Silent Hunter IV Development Diary is online,

download it here (ftp://ftp.ubi.com/emea/silenthunter4/videos/SH4_Dev_Diary_3.zip)

or watch it now at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnRIiI7HSg4)

[John Channing]

The third part of the Silent Hunter IV Development Diary is online,

download it here (ftp://ftp.ubi.com/emea/silenthunter4/videos/SH4_Dev_Diary_3.zip)

or watch it now at Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_id=tnRIiI7HSg4&eurl=http%3A//www.silent-hunteriii.com/de/home.php&iurl=http%3A//sjl-static14.sjl.youtube.com/vi/tnRIiI7HSg4/2.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskI9Lco3NTME80cEVx8_WNJ_)

WOW!

Now this is going to be one impressive simulation.

JCC

[LeafsFan]

Too bad there isn't a drool smiley.

HB

[stabiz]

I love these little teasers!

And just seeing men on the deck ... :rock:

[CCIP]

Special ops! :rock:

Actual diversity of crew models! :rock:

Very nice wake effects! :rock:

It's looking very excellent if I say so myself.

[Phil]

why were there marines on the deck of the sub at the end?

[Schatten]

Oh my, oh my, oh my!

That's looking pretty spiffy now. Definately like the idea of the crew being happy or scared...I just hope we can avoid them looking like they need nap time though.

The wakes do look incredible.

As for why there are Marines on the sub at the end, US boats were sometimes used to deploy Marine Raiders as well as Coastwatchers and other sneaky sorts of deals. The Raiders that attacked Makin Island were deployed by submarine. :up:

[The Noob]

Too bad there isn't a drool smiley.
http://www.dgemu.com/forums/html/emoticons/drool.gif
LoL!

SH4 will pwn royally! :up:

[The Avon Lady]

:up: SH4: The next best thing to being there. :up:

[TwistedFemur]

why were there marines on the deck of the sub at the end?

could be deck crew doing some maintenence

[ook]

why were there marines on the deck of the sub at the end?


Maybe beach landing mission? Evacuation mission? We will see.

[STEED]

I had a rotten day until I checked my email and saw part 3 of SH4 now I feel a better, great stuff really looking forward to this one.

[Laffertytig]

i really hope they're puttin as much time into the AI as they are with graphics and crew animations otherwise we'l end up with an eye candy game like SH3 was outa the box!

im defo gonna wait till i see lots of player reviews b4 i buy this one

[elite_hunter_sh3]

LMAO the download link is so flooded it wont even display a page rofl never mind downloading it lol.

youtube link is fubar fyi. WWW00000000TTT sh4:rock::rock::rock::rock::rock:

[Sulikate]

Sweet:up:

[Sailor Steve]

Schatten said it: it looks like they're on an insertion mission. If they really have special missions, complete with graphics to match, it's getting better and better.

[Pants]

It's looking very nice, very nice indeed:rock:

[Safe-Keeper]

why were there marines on the deck of the sub at the end?That'd be the commando insertion special mission.

i really hope they're puttin as much time into the AI as they are with graphics and crew animations otherwise we'l end up with an eye candy game like SH3 was outa the box!Really. Path-finding and friendly fire were both fairly pathetic in Silent Hunter III. Let's hope they'll get that fixed - which I'm sure they will:up:.

I love the graphics, especially the different facial expressions in the concept sketches. Very, very good! Those troops look awesome!

But yes, graphics are secondary and do not matter a bit if game-play isn't good. So let's hope it is!

[AS]

What impresses me most is the work they put into the crew... I mean, actually it´s just an eye-candy immersion feature...:huh:

What I really love is the sub interior. In some shots they are almost photorealistic. Great!

[geetrue]

Makes me want to go sink some japs ... :rock:

[Safe-Keeper]

I wonder if they've modelled damage effects such as flooding and fire, too.

[Payoff]

This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII. I also noticed that each head model appears to have a clean shaven & a scruffy bearded look. I wonder if this will transition throughout a patrol. Did'nt U.S. Navy crews stay clean shaven on patrol? Maybe Sailor Steve can shed some light on this.

[Hylander_1314]

Now all we need are likenesses of Clark Gable, and Burt Lancaster.

[Schatten]

Now all we need are likenesses of Clark Gable, and Burt Lancaster.

Don't forget Cary Grant and Tony Curtis too. :D

[Safe-Keeper]

This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII. Indeed. I also loved the chubby guy in the first interior screenshot released. Good work:up:.

[TDK1044]

Looking at the gameplay and graphical enhancements, I think we can see just how good this game is going to be. :D

http://www.tothegame.com/res/game/4072/logo.jpg

[geetrue]

This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII. I also noticed that each head model appears to have a clean shaven & a scruffy bearded look. I wonder if this will transition throughout a patrol. Did'nt U.S. Navy crews stay clean shaven on patrol? Maybe Sailor Steve can shed some light on this.

Kind of hard to stay clean shaven without any fresh water and hot water would be preffered. In 63 (20 years later) they turned on the water once a day for about an hour on the USS Salmon (almost the last diesel boat).

If your weren't awake ... tough titty said the kitty, but six weeks is the longest patrol I had to make without water. You get use to the smell after awhile ... lol

The Fresh water stills made the water for coffee and keeping the engines cool ...
and that was all.

Later on in the late sixties I graduated to nuc's and you could grow a beard, but it had to be just right (no scraggly beards alowned) and you had to shave it as soon as we came in.