View Full Version : Very Experienced GWX player switching to SHIV
Snakeeyes
08-02-07, 11:36 AM
Hi guys!
Well, ol' Snakeeyes' new 'puta arrives on the 7th. I played GWX for a month and a half straight over the Summer and then my PC just died. I'm not rusty or anything but SHIV has been on my shelf until I could play it at max settings. In a few days I'll be able. The last time I had it installed I was trying out the FSAA patch.
I'm going to be searching these forums for answers a lot I'm sure and even be bugging you all for answers to questions you guys are all old dogs on.
I want to treat this as starting as a rookie again because let's face it, there's a lot to learn. What mods do you recommend I start with?
Any start up tips for an old hand learning all over again?
SteamWake
08-02-07, 11:39 AM
There is a list of available mods in the mod forum most with a brief description. Id start there.
and the 1.3 patch of course.
mookiemookie
08-02-07, 11:42 AM
Trigger Maru is emerging as the crowd favorite. And of course, you can never go wrong with CaptainCox's work either.
Green Button mod saved my bacon and of course all those great skins as well. :D
AVGWarhawk
08-02-07, 11:50 AM
I all seriousness.....play the game vanilla first and see what you like/hate. Head over to the mod forums and see if there is a fix for you. Personally I just use Oakgrooves submarine interior texture mod. I'm some what satisfied with game play at the moment.
Snakeeyes
08-02-07, 11:51 AM
What are your personal favorites?
Well, from my personal recent re-entry into SHIV 1.3 - I'd suggest you start with Trigger Maru as base (it's a solid package, certainly improves on vanilla game!) and then go from there and customize as neccesary. At least that's the route I've taken, and I'm thoroughly pleased with the results.
Mods I've installed on top of TM include Natural Sinking Mechanics, tater's Improved Campaign Files, Foo Fighters skins, and a few other graphics/texture mods.
Seaman_Hornsby
08-02-07, 12:39 PM
Trying the stock 1.3 game first is a good idea. See what bugs you (no pun intended :D) and then check for mods for that item.
That said, here's what I'm using at the moment:
Green button mod
Battle stations/silent running on all menus mod
Living Breathing Ocean mod :up::up:
Natural Sinking Mod
Real Diesel sounds mod
And probably one or two others that I'm forgetting. :)
Good luck and good hunting! Enjoy that new rig!
NefariousKoel
08-02-07, 01:50 PM
What are your personal favorites?
Trigger Maru for me. :up:
Big mod pack with most everything you need. I tweaked a couple settings to my liking and I'm off!
I also used a loading screen mod and the smaller plants & rocks mods for when I'm looking at the ocean floor.
Rockin Robbins
08-02-07, 09:05 PM
I agree that you should play it naked for awhile. That way when you load up Trigger Maru you'll feel like the first time you fired up GWX and looked around the harbor in wonder. By that time, Ducimus may have Living Breathing Ocean and a few other tricks incorporated into Trigger Maru 1.4.
You can ignore all the criticism of Trigger Maru's too difficult AI. Coming from GWX you'll truly wonder what all the fuss is about. The American sub is 1 knot faster at silent speed (that's double!) and maneuvers just about as good as a Type VII. SH4 has thermal layers wonderfully modeled, which adds to your advantage. Just be sure to read the proviso on thermal layers from Ducimus. A thermal layer is not a brick wall. It's more like a screen door.
You're going to love the Position Keeper in the American Boats. It's actually possible and many times desirable to shoot with the periscope down, completely preserving the accuracy of your shots! With the Position Keeper it is entirely possible to kinda sorta accurately shoot torpedoes from sonar data only. Last time I did it I got four hits out of five torpedoes.
The Pacific has all kinds of challengingly shallow water to tempt you to your death. The first thing you'll say about the Pacific is "I actually thought the Atlantic was big?"
Don't scrap SH3 by any means. I think it is close to equally as good, but you are going to love SH4!
Ducimus
08-02-07, 09:15 PM
Current version of Tmaru is 1.4, its 1.5 that's in the works. It will have alot of new things, and alot of adjustments. New contruction (set of scripted missions), Natural sinking mechanics mod, Taters latest campaign, etc etc.
Coming from GWX, id imagine you woudlnt have too much troubleTmaru 1.4 since you should already be familiar with how to evade DD's coming from the atlantic theater. That said, my cavet is that weather isnt a great a factor in escorts ability to detect you as it is in GWX.
BarjackU977
08-03-07, 12:49 AM
I play both games, and won't uninstall SH3 for sure.
I love SHIV and plays it vanilla, for the moment. Just a couple of mods, to fix a small merchant CTD and to add an angle measuring tool centered on my sub on the navigation map.
But I'm aslo afraind of SHIV, with those few handy tools we didn't have on U-boats: the position keeper, the stadimeter distance measurement made easier, the default speed measurement that works great and even give you the ship course...
I'm afraidn of getting too much used to an "easier life" ;)
So I play both, because SH3 with GWX is still a really great game too, and it will remains for long on my computer.
Good thread!! For a change. :nope:
AVGWarhawk
08-03-07, 05:45 AM
I agree that you should play it naked for awhile.
Figure of speach mind you:rotfl: :rotfl:
Oh the images......:roll:
I agree that you should play it naked for awhile.
Tried that. I didn't play any better or worse, but did get cold eventually, which I would expect in the Atlantic but not in the Pacific. Is this mod-able?:smug:
Canonicus
08-03-07, 07:19 AM
I agree that you should play it naked for awhile.
Tried that. I didn't play any better or worse, but did get cold eventually, which I would expect in the Atlantic but not in the Pacific. Is this mod-able?:smug:
Funny you should mention that...I believe there is a WIP for this....
called, if i'm not mistaken....
The Bare Bottomed Buck Naked Shiver Me Timbers mod ...V1.0
Seaman_Hornsby
08-03-07, 04:33 PM
I agree that you should play it naked for awhile.
Now I understand why there is so much discussion of "torpedoes" around here! :lol:
Snakeeyes
08-03-07, 04:57 PM
I can see it now on the main page... WARHEAD ADJUSTMENT MOD RELEASED!
When it goes gold will be called "Viagra mod 1.23"
Ducimus
08-03-07, 05:07 PM
"Location: Type IX Club"
LOL. You know, i seriously wonder if im the jackass who started that. Of course, nobody would beleive me if i said that i did anyway. May as well admit it..... One of the biggest reasons i was always in a type 9 is because it was the closest thing to a gato., and the carribean the closest thing to the pacific. :88)
I agree that you should play it naked for awhile.
Now I understand why there is so much discussion of "torpedoes" around here! :lol:
:o
Don't think :up: would be aproprieate at this time...but then again :down: wouldn't either when you're using a laptop.. :hmm: getting way to far 'down' off topic.:oops:
When you read most of the threads on the forum about the 1.3 patch (besides the moaning) a few Mod's arn't that bad to start with.
I'd suggest the TM 1.4 mod by Ducimus, living breating ocean Mod by Leovampire (a must have), Captain Midnight CBS Mod by Captain COX (my helmsmen stops the sub to be able to listen to Capt. Red story, the news and the comercials :rock:) and the R&L periscope fix by Anvart.
huh?!?:hmm: did I read that correctly....Ducimus's 1.5 Mod is on it's way?
Oke, :shifty: going to follow that one like a hawk.
Good work by the way, like it a lot... same goes for all the other Modders out there!
Snakeeyes
08-03-07, 05:28 PM
"Location: Type IX Club"
LOL. You know, i seriously wonder if im the jackass who started that. Of course, nobody would beleive me if i said that i did anyway. May as well admit it..... One of the biggest reasons i was always in a type 9 is because it was the closest thing to a gato., and the carribean the closest thing to the pacific. :88)
Me too!
Green Button mod will not work with TM 1.4... it crashed my SH4. But Green Button (Green Lock and Position Button) is already in TM 1.4 so no need for the GLPB mod by itself installed.
Snakeeyes
08-03-07, 10:48 PM
Green Button mod will not work with TM 1.4... it crashed my SH4. But Green Button (Green Lock and Position Button) is already in TM 1.4 so no need for the GLPB mod by itself installed.
Whoah! Thanks for letting me know GT!!! It would have given me a heart attack if I started her up the first time and she crashed!
Thanks man!
Ducimus
08-03-07, 11:00 PM
I dont release mods with obvious bugs like that. If i have a bug, it will be more incidious and harder to find :smug:
Snakeeyes
08-04-07, 12:21 PM
Someone make a video of the living breathing ocean mod! Ive got to see this!
Ducimus
08-04-07, 02:17 PM
Does this count?
http://www.ducimus.net/sh4/water_test2.jpg
Snakeeyes
08-04-07, 03:45 PM
Movie! Movie! Movie!
Let's see those waves a-movin'!
Hi guys!
Well, ol' Snakeeyes' new 'puta arrives on the 7th. I played GWX for a month and a half straight over the Summer and then my PC just died. I'm not rusty or anything but SHIV has been on my shelf until I could play it at max settings. In a few days I'll be able. The last time I had it installed I was trying out the FSAA patch.
I'm going to be searching these forums for answers a lot I'm sure and even be bugging you all for answers to questions you guys are all old dogs on.
I want to treat this as starting as a rookie again because let's face it, there's a lot to learn. What mods do you recommend I start with?
Any start up tips for an old hand learning all over again?
err ... you know what "puta" means in portuguese right ? so you got a new one lol !!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl ::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
CaptainHaplo
08-04-07, 09:33 PM
Ducimus - correct me if I am wrong, but beginning with 1.3 didnt you include the LBO mod? I thought I read you did - if so its a waste to overlay it on TM....
Am still using 1.3 until I get a chance to catch up on whats changed.
Snake - just play - add mods as ya like man, no matter how ya play you'll love it. :up:
Snakeeyes
08-04-07, 09:53 PM
Hi guys!
Well, ol' Snakeeyes' new 'puta arrives on the 7th. I played GWX for a month and a half straight over the Summer and then my PC just died. I'm not rusty or anything but SHIV has been on my shelf until I could play it at max settings. In a few days I'll be able. The last time I had it installed I was trying out the FSAA patch.
I'm going to be searching these forums for answers a lot I'm sure and even be bugging you all for answers to questions you guys are all old dogs on.
I want to treat this as starting as a rookie again because let's face it, there's a lot to learn. What mods do you recommend I start with?
Any start up tips for an old hand learning all over again?
err ... you know what "puta" means in portuguese right ? so you got a new one lol !!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl ::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Steady there tiger.
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