Playfuls.com new SH4 dev video interview

[Onkel Neal]

Playfuls.com has an exclusive new video interview with some of the Silent Hunter 4 developers from Ubisoft's Romanian studio, covering pretty much all of the game's features and innovations, and showing plenty of gameplay footage during the interview.

Click here for details. (http://www.playfuls.com/gamespace_125_download_1696_Silent_Hunter_4_video_ interview.html)

[Killjoy]

umm none of the download mirrors work :/

edit: badass interview though

edit2: Okay I need this game like now.. Neal.. I am in galveston do you take Guinness as a bribe? How about a guest spot on an Elissa sail? Donkey Porn.... anything...

[TDK1044]

Great stuff, Neal. :D

[flyingdane]

Cool video thanks. :up:

[Prientje]

nice vidio for 1 or two minutes,but then the loud music in the background make me crazy...

[Goonch]

Awesome...very informative A+++ :rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

Great video and the game looks awesome!!!!

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Great video, some things I never knew would be in there I just found out, like the crew being on the deck and the 3D career room

[elite_hunter_sh3]

love the cool music makes it sound patriotic and makes me have te urge to command a sub :arrgh!::arrgh!: uber cool video:up::rock::rock:

[fire-fox]

LOVE the stedomater.:arrgh!: it gets 5/5 Arrgh's! from me.

:arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!:

[WilhelmSchulz.]

I think im gona need a new vidio card. :o

[boatfull]

LOVE the stedomater.:arrgh!: it gets 5/5 Arrgh's! from me.

:arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!:

Yeap! Looks like I'm going to try sinking them the real way.

[Sulikate]

Nice video. It really does explain a lot, but I would be glad to have a higher-res version of it.:arrgh!:

[Hackett]

Good video, even if the Lead graphic designer looked unsure explaining recognition, TDC, and in particular Angle Off Bow.
Next best thing to a demo I suppose!

Great view of the working Stadimeter, (Although, didn't he say to get the split view, you have to raise the other scope!?) but on the whole nothing really new, say for the generally updated graphical look.

I was amased by the 500,000 polygon count statement for the submersible interiors. :o

Still! :up:

[tommyk]

Cool video! Download from planetmirror worked fast! Thanks! :up:

[Barkhorn1x]

Great vid, great stuff. :up:

[CaptainNemo]

I have uploaded the vid to our server (Aces of the Deep (http://www.acesofthedeep.com)).

You can download it here (http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Files/SilentHunter4_trailer_interview.wmv)!

Enjoy! ^^

[Fercyful]

love the video! :rock:
thanks for share the info and also for the mirror link... :up:

want to see the Destroyer command feature and finally I can... not too long but at least now I know how is it :|\\

SH4 will rock ! :arrgh!:

[Paajtor]

Great video! :yep:

The Adversarial mode sounds cool. :hmm:

[hyperion2206]

I must say that I'm really impressed by that video! if I hadn't ordered the game already I would do it now.:yep:
@Killjoy: I do undestand you, I feel the same!:lol:

[Paajtor]

Btw, watch the flags, in the graphics-part...is it me, or do they wave like they have to? :D
Well, at surface, anyway.:lol:

[boatfull]

Btw, watch the flags, in the graphics-part...is it me, or do they wave like they have to? :D
Well, at surface, anyway.:lol:

Seem o.k. to me but...I'm starting to see why Mylander thinks those flags are
huge.In the American carrier shot the flag can easily rap around its smokestack.:o

[Tigrone]

I have uploaded the vid to our server (Aces of the Deep (http://www.acesofthedeep.com)).
You can download it here (http://www.aotd-flottille.de/Files/SilentHunter4_trailer_interview.wmv)! Enjoy! ^^

That was nice to do for us. I had not really noticed how large the flags are until this video. On a couple of the small vessels, like the junk, they seemed impossible for the small masthead to support and large enough to knock them down in a wind.

[hachiman]

Good video, even if the Lead graphic designer looked incompetent explaining recognition, TDC, and in particular Angle Off Bow.


Yeah!! Just er kind of uhm point yer sub thattaway and make sure that the enemy is in the general direction of thattaway and er kind of shoot your underwater bullets and you uhm should hit the thingymajig!! :p

[Safe-Keeper]

The Captain's Room is really 3D?! Wow, I really, really, really did not see that coming:o!

[Aimbot]

After watching this video I bought two gigs of ram. It was more of a reflex than anything. That makes 3 and a happy Pat.

[Tigrone]

Safe-keeper, did you chance to misspeak, or did you hear something really interesting? A Captain's Room?

[Drebbel]

Safe-keeper, did you chance to misspeak, or did you hear something really interesting? A Captain's Room?

They are referring to the Office at the Shore Base

[Safe-Keeper]

Yesh.

[Capt.LoneRanger]

Awesome.

Thanks, Captain Nemo! :up:

[Boris]

:o Wow, best video yet!


(http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=-37.495546,144.5)

[LukeFF]

Very good!

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Great view of the working Stadimeter, (Although, didn't he say to get the split view, you have to raise the other scope!?)
The same way you get the range in SHIII I supose. :hmm:

[Kruger]

The guy was obviously nervous in front of the camera, but I would have been too. Heya...anyone interested :ping: :doh: in joining me tonight in a stealth break into the Ubi building in Bucharest ? :))))))) Bring a high capacity USB stick :)))

[kylania]

That totally rocked, great video I can't wait now!

[flintlock]

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[boatfull]

Good video, even if the Lead graphic designer looked incompetent explaining recognition, TDC, and in particular Angle Off Bow.
Next best thing to a demo I suppose!

Great view of the working Stadimeter, (Although, didn't he say to get the split view, you have to raise the other scope!?) but on the whole nothing really new, say for the generally updated graphical look.

I was amased by the 500,000 polygon count statement for the submersible interiors. :o

Still! :up:

I could be wrong(and probably am :D)"by raising the other scope"I think he ment a small instrument located on the scope itself to give you that view probably called the Stadimeter doo hicky thing.:D

[TDK1044]

The video confirms for me just how good this game is going to be, and what an awesome job the Devs have done with it. Can't wait! :D

[Hackett]

Safe-keeper, did you chance to misspeak, or did you hear something really interesting? A Captain's Room?

They are referring to the Office at the Shore Base

Aha! That is why we are not getting a modelled radio room on-board...:stare:

[boatfull]

http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/pscope/img/trans01.jpg


Looks like its fliped down instead of raised. :hmm:

[flyingdane]

I don't know about anyone else but this is going to be a long week for me.:x

[Killjoy]

I was holding this hand close to my chest man... but... Neal.. you can talk to my sister.. final offer.

[Safe-Keeper]

After watching this video I bought two gigs of ramOne for me, one for Seth. Splendid:up:.

Aha! That is why we are not getting a modeled radio room on-board...:stare:Hardly likely. Modeling one office is different from modeling six radio rooms. Even if the office was 2D, the radio rooms would still be missing.

[Iron Budokan]

Interesting video. One of the devs said it's important to "Be aggressive"! Also, apparently we now have "influence points" with our base commander rather than renown, but that may have been a translation quirk. They also mentioned "deformation" of the water wake; true hydrodynamic physics, it seems.

Darn it, I can't wait for this game! I want it NOW! :lol:

[Safe-Keeper]

The influence points are probably just another word for renown.

[Elder-Pirate]

I clicked on the first D/L I saw and thought the small size and poor resolution of the interview was bad but I did manage to click on this:

IS THIS A FISH ??? ( I hope, I hope :D )

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

I know we now have sea weed, rocks, etc. Sure wish there was some whales.

Then I found where I could watch it in The new Windows Media Player.....Awsome.

[nvdrifter]

I clicked on the first D/L I saw and thought the small size and poor resolution of the interview was bad but I did manage to click on this:

IS THIS A FISH ??? ( I hope, I hope :D )

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

I know we now have sea weed, rocks, etc. Sure wish there was some whales.

Then I found where I could watch it in The new Windows Media Player.....Awsome.

It's a mermaid. ;)

[Elder-Pirate]

Quoted by nvdrifter: It's a mermaid. ;)

nvdrifter I think your eyes are as bad as mine. :rotfl:

[THE_MASK]

Did he say american torpedo bombers . Did he say if it was calm and i could surface . Did he just say the destroyers sound an alarm when they spot an enemy sub . Check out the freakin wake on the carrier in the museum . Check out the detail on the converted merchant .

[Onkel Neal]

I clicked on the first D/L I saw and thought the small size and poor resolution of the interview was bad but I did manage to click on this:

IS THIS A FISH ??? ( I hope, I hope :D )



I know we now have sea weed, rocks, etc. Sure wish there was some whales.

Then I found where I could watch it in The new Windows Media Player.....Awsome.

Well, during the demo when Dan was showing the sea bottom, he made a coy comment about fish, something like, "we have vegetation and rocks, not and... is that a fish?..." and then he switched the subject... :)

[Crosseye76]

Wow ! Very nice ! :cool:

[CptSimFreak]

First mod for SH4, reduce size of those flags :D

[THE_MASK]

I clicked on the first D/L I saw and thought the small size and poor resolution of the interview was bad but I did manage to click on this:

IS THIS A FISH ??? ( I hope, I hope :D )

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

I know we now have sea weed, rocks, etc. Sure wish there was some whales.

Then I found where I could watch it in The new Windows Media Player.....Awsome.

Its the players names

[THE_MASK]

When you go to the Playfuls.com site dont click on the black screen to play . Click on one of the mirrors and when its playing on windows media player right click on the bar beside now playing and select file then select save as .

[bruschi sauro]

WELL JOB.... I CAN'T WAIT .......TROPPO BELLO....:rock: :up: :yep: :sunny:

[THE_MASK]

The battleships are signalling each other with lights on top of there towers . You can see a ship signalling back over the horizon .:rock: :rock: :rock:

[hyperion2206]

I clicked on the first D/L I saw and thought the small size and poor resolution of the interview was bad but I did manage to click on this:

IS THIS A FISH ??? ( I hope, I hope :D )

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

I know we now have sea weed, rocks, etc. Sure wish there was some whales.

Then I found where I could watch it in The new Windows Media Player.....Awsome.

I would say by the look of it that this is an Alga.:know:

[THE_MASK]

That picture is so low res and distorted . Watch it on media player and you will see that it is writing .

[AJ!]

Game is looking great so far :p

It looks even better in game then in the screenshots :up:

[Aimbot]

I thought it was a squid at first.

A lot of gamefish like the shade provided by large vessels, and blue sharks in particular would follow convoys to eat whatever is discarded and to have a go at the the fish exploiting the shade. Also pilotfish and other small fish would take advantage of water displacement to make travel easier and to feed off of scraps. Many marine mammals would take advantage of this and the food readily available. Shipwrecks would attract many oceanic sharks, particularly the blue and the oceanic white tip, which almost certainly has committed more attacks than any other species. I could get more specific, but I'm more familiar with the Atlantic. Any large ship in open water will be the center of a complex and large ecosystem. Unfortunately this would require an amazing amount of resources to render, and it's much more difficult to render organic creatures than shipping. I doubt we'll get it if they had to drop things like the radio room.


I'd be happy to serve as a resource for any would be modders though, I'd love to see the odd blue or marlin. Heck, I would jump at an opportunity to do some trolling to offset the boredom of a long patrol and provide some protien for the men.

[Safe-Keeper]

Listen to what he says at about 10:40: Look, there are the American torpedo bombers... extremely lethal if they adoid the fighters' attacks.:o

So fighters actually attack other air units now? This is getting better and better. I wonder if there'll be serious dofigths, too.

[The General]

Ubisoft should invest a few more quid in marketing 'cos they've got a landmark game on their hands. I'd like to see this sell huge, they deserve it.

[Dowly]

The Adversarial mode sounds cool. :hmm:

Yes, it sounds very cool! Do they really mean that there will be a Destroyer Command Vs. Silent Hunter kind of MP?! With REAL ability to command the DD´s? Or are you only capable of giving orders to the fleet, but not actually command a invidual ship... :hmm:

[kiwi_2005]

The Adversarial mode sounds cool. :hmm:

Yes, it sounds very cool! Do they really mean that there will be a Destroyer Command Vs. Silent Hunter kind of MP?! With REAL ability to command the DD´s? Or are you only capable of giving orders to the fleet, but not actually command a invidual ship... :hmm:

I think its just giving orders to your fleet. But i hope your right as this would be way cooler!

[hyperion2206]

The Adversarial mode sounds cool. :hmm:
Yes, it sounds very cool! Do they really mean that there will be a Destroyer Command Vs. Silent Hunter kind of MP?! With REAL ability to command the DD´s? Or are you only capable of giving orders to the fleet, but not actually command a invidual ship... :hmm:
I think its just giving orders to your fleet. But i hope your right as this would be way cooler!

In the video that Neal posted yesterday you can see that you stand on the bridge of a destroyer in adversial MP mode. So I would say that you can command an individual ship.

[ryuzu]

Well some interesting things but (there's always a 'but').... (btw I'm feeling a bit of a rant mood so please bear with me! and I have pre-ordered too!)

MP - We didn't get to see exactly how he was engaging the sub, but for this to really be any good we'll need to be able to control the depth of depth charges and have some means of detecting the subs other than just spotting a periscope. I guess all we'll get is an AI report since there were no stations on board the DDs that we were shown. I guess for the surface player, this is a little like an RTS - click over there, click to drop some DCs and wait. Anyone think that sounds interesting or deep? Personally, I'm not over-excited about that...

Survivors - We still haven't seen an example of survivors leaving a sinking ship - presumably they simply spawn :( However, being able to rescue survivors is a nice touch, but is there any limit and what happens to them? I have a bad feeling it'll be a dialog box appearing offering to rescue - click yes = they disappear and it is noted in log. No limits on how many until you dock, no concerns about extra food/oxygen usage when submerged etc. In fact, I wonder what will happen to enemy survivors - take as prisoner or no interaction at all?

Graphics - they are looking nice there is no doubt. I particularly like the crew on (or abandoning) ships although I know in a howling storm, they'll look ridiculous just wandering around the deck without a care.... I even thought the flags looked better in this video compared to the older ones.

Simulation - This is the most important part as far as I'm concerned - would have been happy with SH3 graphics if the simulation aspects were more detailed. Sadly there doesn't appear to be a great deal to mention there.

Setup, Aim, Shoot process looks largely the same as SH3 overall - I hope it is easier to turn off the aids this time round rather than requiring mods etc. Unfortunately nothing significantly new seems to have been added - no tidal action for example (although the Pacific isn't really affected by this), no moon phases for surface attacks, no mention of improved physics, AI not mentioned, less interior compartments modelled, the chart and plotting facilities look similar to basic SH3 ones again....

Seems like a fair bit of modding required yet again to incorporate what should be obvious things in a "simulation". The most irritating thing is they're not even that difficult to do - particularly with access to the source code. Instead though, Ubi are aiming for this mythical "casual gamer" that is desparate to buy an "arcade submarine" game - why would they, when an arcade *anything* game is more appealing and easily available?

Still, a week to go and perhaps we'll find Ubi has indeed thought of everything when adding all these new bells and whistles.....:rotfl:

"Modders, start your engines!"

r.

[AVGWarhawk]

I watched the video again. It is like XXX for submarines.:o I really think the developers put in a lot of effort into making a well balanced sim.:rock: I'm really looking forward to this game. It has been a long time since I have looked forward to any game.

[stuntcow]

Thanks for the link. Looks great but just makes it harder to wait.

As to what is there and what is not there, will have to wait to see what is in the game and not just some short preview.

[Barkhorn1x]

I would like more details on the single player "Cruise Mode" . I know the dev. seemed to say that this was targeted to the more casual gamer.

But - hey - we have some very detailed records for US sub cruises - far more than we do for U-boats. It might be cool to recreate an entire cruise for Flasher or Harder in excruciating detail.

[Iron Budokan]

Come to think of it, I also thought the flags looked better in this video....

[CCIP]

I suspect these war patrols are are semi-scripted with very specific mission goals, to give players a chance to pop in on some of the major action. You could do it with SHIII single missions, actually, but the devs only included quick missions and the goal/trigger system itself was somewhat lacking. I imagine it will be more functional and varied in SHIV.

The difference from campaign is that I guess goals will be scripted rather than random. In campaign, I suppose there's no guarantee you would be assigned a 'rich' patrol area or make it to that or other big battle, since it is sort of random; war patrols would guarantee action.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm impressed.

"Active deck crew. Doing things."
"Customizable crew. Different heads. Different chests. Different feet."
Missions, just so you can watch/participate in the real battles.
Split-image rangefinder.

Oh yeah, this is looking good.

[Paajtor]

The Adversarial mode sounds cool. :hmm:
Yes, it sounds very cool! Do they really mean that there will be a Destroyer Command Vs. Silent Hunter kind of MP?! With REAL ability to command the DD´s? Or are you only capable of giving orders to the fleet, but not actually command a invidual ship... :hmm:
I think its just giving orders to your fleet. But i hope your right as this would be way cooler!
In the video that Neal posted yesterday you can see that you stand on the bridge of a destroyer in adversial MP mode. So I would say that you can command an individual ship.

This is from Neal's SH4 review:

You control the escorts and the merchants. You can set escort waypoints, direct their course, and have them take up station using the top-down map or from a bridge station on the escort ships, reminiscent of Destroyer Command.
You can control fire from aft and side depth charge racks, individually.
Escort player gets sonar contacts in form of blue bearing lines.
Sometimes your contacts will be false contacts; dev team to balance.
DDs not assigned activity will process as AI (not as effective?) and prosecute a contact automatically.
I noticed that if a DD gets a contact, you could direct another DD to the area; if he gets the same contact, you have triangulated a good target area (where the two DD contact lines intersect). However, this does tie up two escorts, leaving fewer resources to search for the other two subs, and if the contact is false, then the sub players have an advantage.

[TDK1044]

I think we have to give a lot of credit to the Devs for the work they've put in here. SH4 is not going to be SH3 with transparent water and improved graphics. There are some real game play immersion enhancements here. :D

[fredbass]

Well the dev video certainly has made me look forward to playing the game more than ever. I hope it doesn't disappoint, though I'm sure it will need a patch or 2 b4 all is said and done.

[BellJack95]

After viewing this latest developer interview, I am fired up and it will be difficult to be patient for the mailman to deliver my pre-ordered copy of the game into my eager hands. I agree with some other posted comments that there will most likely need to be a patch or two to tweak issues in the game and also I look forward to some upcoming, no doubt outstanding, mods created by the gifted modding community to add additional punch to the game.

I am definately looking forward to spending all my upcoming spare time commanding a US submarine in the Pacific in the dynamic campaign.

[malkuth74]

Man this looks great. I love all the Crew on deck. Damage models, the graphics.... Boy this is going to rock. Can't wait till next week. :ping:

[LukeFF]

Well some interesting things but (there's always a 'but').... (btw I'm feeling a bit of a rant mood so please bear with me!

:roll:

Save the ranting for when you've actually played the game. Only then can you give it a fair evaluation.

[Shaffer4]

Anyone notice the effect when the Virtual Camera leaves the water; how the water runs off the screen? :rock:

[Sulikate]

Anyone notice the effect when the Virtual Camera leaves the water; how the water runs off the screen? :rock:
I did. Sweet feature:arrgh!:

[Elder-Pirate]

That picture is so low res and distorted . Watch it on media player and you will see that it is writing .

At the bottom of my post you probably did not read, for I did say I found it on the Windows new media player and it was awsome. After finding it on WMP I replayed those scenes five times and never got really good resolution on that particular object.

That fish or whatever I had the small hand with finger pointing to was not a persons name in MP and at times there were two, then three of the said possible fish. Maybe it was not anything to do with the game for even with fairly good resolution in media player this thing was allways a blur because of how the Dev was moving the 'Ship Camera'.

Did you not read Neals post after mine ?

Well whatever it was will keep my curiosity up till I get ahold of the Sim and then I'm takeing along my fishing gear just in case. :yep: :lol:

[THE_MASK]

Whatever :roll:

[Captain_Jack]

"and here we see that the target is at 500m"...

Metres! Yikes! US Subs and Meters!

I hope there is an option for a more authenitic Imperial System...Yards! :up:

But in all the previews i read and watch I only see them mentioning meters.....:down:

[Barkhorn1x]

"and here we see that the target is at 500m"...

Metres! Yikes! US Subs and Meters!

I hope there is an option for a more authenitic Imperial System...Yards! :up:

But in all the previews i read and watch I only see them mentioning meters.....:down:

It's been stated elsewhere that you get to choose.

[Elder-Pirate]

Imperial and Metric measure are discussed here:

Check out post #15

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=101425&highlight=Imperial+measure

[Captain_Jack]

"and here we see that the target is at 500m"...

Metres! Yikes! US Subs and Meters!

I hope there is an option for a more authenitic Imperial System...Yards! :up:

But in all the previews i read and watch I only see them mentioning meters.....:down:

It's been stated elsewhere that you get to choose.

Ahhh..yes, I've seen people who are "guessing" you can choose...Nothing confirmed from the powers that be..:oops:

[Elder-Pirate]

"and here we see that the target is at 500m"...

Metres! Yikes! US Subs and Meters!

I hope there is an option for a more authenitic Imperial System...Yards! :up:

But in all the previews i read and watch I only see them mentioning meters.....:down:

It's been stated elsewhere that you get to choose.

Ahhh..yes, I've seen people who are "guessing" you can choose...Nothing confirmed from the powers that be..:oops:



Really? you did not read my post above yours and then read post #15 in that thread. I believe thats pretty offical.

[cmdrk]

This is pure speculation on my part, but the Adversarial Mode may be the hook into a DC2. It is a basic interface to control ship elements in the the game. You can issue commands to these ships, manage an attack. There is feedback to the escort commander by way of blue sonar bearing lines. This covers the basic inputs/outputs needed to interface two games. DC2 would be a filled out Adversarial mode plus extra DD stuff to do.

[Elder-Pirate]

This is pure speculation on my part, but the Adversarial Mode may be the hook into a DC2. It is a basic interface to control ship elements in the the game. You can issue commands to these ships, manage an attack. There is feedback to the escort commander by way of blue sonar bearing lines. This covers the basic inputs/outputs needed to interface two games. DC2 would be a filled out Adversarial mode plus extra DD stuff to do.

A hook into a DC2 eh, well it's people like you that my wallet is empty. :rotfl:

Please Devs make this person right. :)

[NealT]

Thanks for the upload of the video to the site. None of Neal's would work for me...

NealT