Easter Eggs in SHIV Addon

[Lord_FLB]

Ahoi Kaleuns,

modding the *.cfg/txt files I've found this:

NR.1:
--menu.txt--
Strategic Messages:
7624= As one of the most successfull Commanding Officer of the U-Boat Fleet, world ever seen, you'll be a well respected Admiral in the NATO. In the 21th century Ubisoft use your knowledge to develop Silent Hunter III.

HarHar... nice joke... but why Ubi didn't have done like they had promised ?:rotfl:

Did someone else found other eggs ?

[Idaeus]

lol! Is that for real? :D Thats funny!

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Hmm, shall I make an easter eggs sticky? :hmm:

[Lord_FLB]

Hmm, shall I make an easter eggs sticky? :hmm:

Ahoi,

that would be nice... Happy Easter!:up:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Done :up:

[Biggles]

Don't know what you lads would think of this, but I didn't name my Captain myself, and suddenly realized his deafult name was Bernard...

[stabiz]

Don't know what you lads would think of this, but I didn't name my Captain myself, and suddenly realized his deafult name was Bernard...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=131992

Hehe

[Torplexed]

Ahoi Kaleuns,

modding the *.cfg files I've found this:

NR.1:
--menu.cfg--
Strategic Messages:
7624= As one of the most successfull Commanding Officer of the U-Boat Fleet, world ever seen, you'll be a well respected Admiral in the NATO. In the 21th century Ubisoft use your knowledge to develop Silent Hunter III.

HarHar... nice joke... but why Ubi didn't have done like they had promised ?:rotfl: They did! Ubisoft is retroactively making history come true with that file. The German U-boat ace, Jurgen Oesten (U-106) was used as a technical advisor on the making of SHIII. ;)

[Lord_FLB]

Ahoi Kaleuns,

modding the *.cfg files I've found this:

NR.1:
--menu.cfg--
Strategic Messages:
7624= As one of the most successfull Commanding Officer of the U-Boat Fleet, world ever seen, you'll be a well respected Admiral in the NATO. In the 21th century Ubisoft use your knowledge to develop Silent Hunter III.

HarHar... nice joke... but why Ubi didn't have done like they had promised ?:rotfl: They did! Ubisoft is retroactively making history come true with that file. The German U-boat ace, Jurgen Oesten (U-106) was used as a technical advisor on the making of SHIII. ;)

That's an idea!!! Well done!:up:

[E.Hartmann]

Not sure if this is a SH4 or the add-on but was on Patrol off Japan and had enemy warship sighting. I had outside views on and so a long way off in the dark moonless night something was glowing and as I got closer I couldn't believe what I saw. it was a four masted sailing ship glowing in the dark and under full sail. Pretty funny stuff. I got a screen capture of and will post later. The Flying Dutchman live!

[M. Sarsfield]

It's the Flying Dutchman. Someone posted a video of the encounter a few months ago. I think the Dutchman even fired off a volley of its cannons.

[E.Hartmann]

oopps! Just saw your post. Yep it was funning and I couldn't catch them either.

[LukeFF]

There are two different textures for the Type IX. Navigate to the /data/submarine/nss_Uboat9 folder, and look for the DDS files with the T01 and T02 line in them. The game only uses the first one, but you can always rename the second one so that it shows up in-game. The only drawback to this is the Tarnmatte anti-sonar coating won't show up when it's fitted.

[Dowly]

Possibly another easter egg or personal remark from the artist?

In the Textures/Tnormal/Tex, there's a file called Captainroom_captainslog and in it, there's one blank page, with "In the sumer, we go to make history" written on it. I tried looking for it ingame, both US & German offices, but didnt find it. :hmm:

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee274/Finnish_Ferret/CaptainRoom_CaptainsLog.jpg

[LukeFF]

Possibly another easter egg or personal remark from the artist?

In the Textures/Tnormal/Tex, there's a file called Captainroom_captainslog and in it, there's one blank page, with "In the sumer, we go to make history" written on it. I tried looking for it ingame, both US & German offices, but didnt find it. :hmm:

You'll see it very briefly when opening up the captain's log in either office.

[Dowly]

Possibly another easter egg or personal remark from the artist?

In the Textures/Tnormal/Tex, there's a file called Captainroom_captainslog and in it, there's one blank page, with "In the sumer, we go to make history" written on it. I tried looking for it ingame, both US & German offices, but didnt find it. :hmm:
You'll see it very briefly when opening up the captain's log in either office.

Aye, I knew it was somewhere in the logbook, but never got a glimpse of it. But, I claim this as an easter egg! Now, give me my cookie! :stare:

[Crosseye76]

/cookie Dowly.


There ya go !

[Defiance]

Hiya's,
Dunno if it's only in 1.5, But if you hold the shift key down when using radar, The blip or blips turn into a big smiley lol

If this has already been noted just del this post ;)

Happy Huntings

Ciao

Def

[Sailor Steve]

The radar smileys are in the stock game.

But don't worry; it's cool that you pointed them out again.:sunny:

[Petur]

It's the Flying Dutchman. Someone posted a video of the encounter a few months ago. I think the Dutchman even fired off a volley of its cannons.

i have heard of this few times and i realy want to see a picture of it. :hmm:

[Takao]

While working to change the German Names to Japanese names, I came across this

[CrewMember 36]
ID= Agent
NameDisplayable= Austin Powers
CrewMemberNameIDLinks= NormalUSNames,CommonUSNames
DateOfBirth= 1918-01-01
Head= 1
Voice= 3
Tatoo= NULL
Rank= USAgent
CurrentExperience= 0
Qualifications= NULL
SpecialLocalAbilities= NULL
SpecialGlobalAbilities= NULL
IntelligenceCoef= 0.5
LeadershipCoef= 0.8
MechanicalCoef= 0.5
ElectricsCoef= 0.1
GunsCoef= 0.6
WatchmanCoef= 0.5
Medals=
Patrols= 0
Morale= Normal
FatigueCoef= 0
Hitpoints= 5
RenownCost= 0

Austin Powers is in the game!

[Herr_Pete]

i have never really read much or looked into but what is thhis whole Easter Egg thing :-?

[Sailor Steve]

An easter egg in this context is something placed into the game by its makers that shouldn't be there. In SH3 there was a submarine under construction in the home ports, and underneath it were a couple of equipment crates with the logo of the band U-2 on them. In SH4 there are...well, that's what this thread is about.

You find them in almost every game, and it's a game in itself just to spot them and point them out to other players.

If you have a DVD of Star Wars Episode II (I think it is), when the ships are descending to the planet for the big battle if you freeze-frame it, through the window of one of the ships you can see the pilot is Homer Simpson. That's an easter egg.

[FIREWALL]

That they didn't put Homer Simpsons name in the crew list of SH4 is unforgivable. :p :yep: :rotfl: :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

That they didn't put Homer Simpsons name in the crew list of SH4 is unforgivable. :p :yep: :rotfl: :arrgh!:

You can just imagine it....Herr Homer :lol:

[kylania]

Ahoi Kaleuns,

modding the *.cfg/txt files I've found this:

NR.1:
--menu.txt--
Strategic Messages:
7624= As one of the most successfull Commanding Officer of the U-Boat Fleet, world ever seen, you'll be a well respected Admiral in the NATO. In the 21th century Ubisoft use your knowledge to develop Silent Hunter III.

HarHar... nice joke... but why Ubi didn't have done like they had promised ?:rotfl:

Did someone else found other eggs ?


Way necro, but this is a sticky. ;) Anyway, that's talking about Herr Oesten, the guy they got to help design SH III. You can see some of the videos with him here:

http://www.silenthunteriii.com/uk/videos.php

[Kipparikalle]

Not sure if this is a SH4 or the add-on but was on Patrol off Japan and had enemy warship sighting. I had outside views on and so a long way off in the dark moonless night something was glowing and as I got closer I couldn't believe what I saw. it was a four masted sailing ship glowing in the dark and under full sail. Pretty funny stuff. I got a screen capture of and will post later. The Flying Dutchman live!
Pix or it didnt happen

[SteamWake]

Not sure if this is a SH4 or the add-on but was on Patrol off Japan and had enemy warship sighting. I had outside views on and so a long way off in the dark moonless night something was glowing and as I got closer I couldn't believe what I saw. it was a four masted sailing ship glowing in the dark and under full sail. Pretty funny stuff. I got a screen capture of and will post later. The Flying Dutchman live!
Pix or it didnt happen

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=140989

[Kipparikalle]

Awesome

[Jimbuna]

The old Flying Dutchman :lol:

Came across her a few times...even put her in SH3 once :up:

[Flamingboat]

The chief's belt buckle is a USMC one. Don't ask me why I had me head down there when I shift f-2'd.

[SteamWake]

The chief's belt buckle is a USMC one. Don't ask me why I had me head down there when I shift f-2'd.

Stock game puts you down there by default... Possibly a subliminal message?

"You can only ride on this sub if you are this tall!".

Thankfully most of the major mods place you at eye level. :rotfl:

[GOZO]

Well if you start a new German career, the default name is;

"Bernard von Unfall" :rotfl:

Translated:

"Bernard von Accident":rotfl:

/OB

[Shoe]

To me the Easter Egg is the included U-Boat Missions. At least that's what it says on the box. :huh: What missions? You would think UBI could come up with a few missions. :down: Its more like they added on SH III career mode. Its a shame that we have to depend on others or fabricate our own missions. UBI is a bunch of pirates.:arrgh!:

[elanaiba]

Shiver me timbers!

[Dowly]

:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

To me the Easter Egg is the included U-Boat Missions. At least that's what it says on the box. :huh: What missions? You would think UBI could come up with a few missions. :down: Its more like they added on SH III career mode. Its a shame that we have to depend on others or fabricate our own missions. UBI is a bunch of pirates.:arrgh!:

Do you never consider there would be no game to mod if Ubisoft hadn't created and developed then released the game in the first place. :hmm:

[GOZO]

Do you never consider there would be no game to mod if Ubisoft hadn't created and developed then released the game in the first place. :hmm:


Wise man has spoken. Ugh! :|\\

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[TarJak]

http://www.jimwarren.com/images/fine_wiseman.jpg
Jimbuna in wise guy mode

[Jimbuna]

http://www.trufax.org/paradigm/paradigm/graphics/einstein.gif http://www.1milliondollarpyramid.com/Animation1einstein.gif http://www.nbi.dk/~theussl/figs/einstein.gif

[gimpy117]

Well if you start a new German career, the default name is;

"Bernard von Unfall" :rotfl:

Translated:

"Bernard von Accident":rotfl:

/OB

some of the devs must have been surfing these forums...

[Petur]

I want to see the Flying Dutchman in game!

[Armistead]

Have any of you met MacArthur yet...?

I still haven't been to New York to see the Statue of Liberty yet..anyone got SS's. The Ice Shelf is pretty cool. The artic forest...not really a egg, but the ice covered tree's OK. Still haven't found the autumn forest. I assume it's tree's changing colors. Course the Golden Gate Bridge is cool.
Seen the Dolphins once in SH4, but I think it's common in 3.

[Pacific_Ace]

Have any of you met MacArthur yet...?


Is he really in the game? If so, where?

[Giuseppe]

Hello. About easter eggs, the first time that was playing the SH 4, i was sailing with my Balao class along the surroundings of the Philippines when I found a sign in the radar. On having approached to see what it was, I saw a galleon of the 18th century!! Approaching more I could see to the nose of a transparent blue, with his crew, apparels, cannons... The curious thing is that I have not returned to see nevermore, and it that I have installed the game several times, and I it have finished several times also. Can someone say to me if it has seen it also? Greetings from Zaragoza, Spain.:arrgh!:

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD!:sunny:

Yes, that's the Flying Dutchman ghost ship. Many here have seen it and posted screenshots, and it has been discussed since the game was new almost three years ago. It was also mentioned earlier in this thread.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

They did! Ubisoft is retroactively making history come true with that file. The German U-boat ace, Jurgen Oesten (U-106) was used as a technical advisor on the making of SHIII. ;)

HOLY CRAP!!!! he's alive!!! Ninety six!!!!!

[TabbyHunter]

Hello. About easter eggs, the first time that was playing the SH 4, i was sailing with my Balao class along the surroundings of the Philippines when I found a sign in the radar. On having approached to see what it was, I saw a galleon of the 18th century!! Approaching more I could see to the nose of a transparent blue, with his crew, apparels, cannons... The curious thing is that I have not returned to see nevermore, and it that I have installed the game several times, and I it have finished several times also. Can someone say to me if it has seen it also? Greetings from Zaragoza, Spain.:arrgh!:

You sir,...have found the Flying Dutchman!:arrgh!: Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirates life for me!:cool:

[FIREWALL]

Is he really in the game? If so, where?

You stay awake 24\72 hrs playing like some of these geeks do and, you'll start seeing things too. :o :haha:

[Akula4745]

Spend some time in the Luzon Straits in mid 42'. It will show as a warship - but the greenish glow gives it away at a fairly good distance.

http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/flyingdutchman.jpg (http://www.jimdeadman.com/images/flyingdutchman.jpg)

[Kipparikalle]

awesome

[Asachiel]

Yeah, I found this when translating SH4 ... :)

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

[Torplexed]

Like the Spanish Inquisition, nobody expects the Flying Dutchman.

http://people.csail.mit.edu/paulfitz/spanish/tt3.jpg

[jtdude100]

sry if this has been posted already but i remember when modding i found a funny comment and a :D smile but i cant remember where now.... lol they have alot of funny things hidden in those filies :)

[tibilli]

awesome !!!!

[Webster]

the smiley pops up on the radar sometimes

[arief.satriyo]

I'm new SH4 player and I'm coming from playing Dangerous Water RA mod, thus I'm still learning where all the button, knob, valve in this game.

Is this vessel (picture bellow) also another easter eggs? I've encounter this vessel in grid QC 718. All the shell I've shot went straight trough, the vessel do keep firing her starboard canons thus I approached her from the port

https://i.imgur.com/1RTq0qB.png

https://i.imgur.com/rbY3G7k.png

[mikesn9]

It's the Flying Dutchman.
You find it in Luzon Straits now & then.
That sailboat can outrun you.

[arief.satriyo]

It's the Flying Dutchman.
You find it in Luzon Straits now & then.
That sailboat can outrun you.

Even against the wind? The Black Pearl could easily outrun her if it's against the wind

Anyway, does her canons still bite?

[mikesn9]

Flying Dutchman doesn't need wind.
I've never been fired on by the Dutchman.

[RJL6834]

lol! Is that for real? :D Thats funny!

a Jay Leno special for "What's your Line"
great picture!!:haha: :yeah:

[Havan_IronOak]

They did! Ubisoft is retroactively making history come true with that file. The German U-boat ace, Jurgen Oesten (U-106) was used as a technical advisor on the making of SHIII. ;)

Ahoi Kaleuns,

modding the *.cfg/txt files I've found this:

NR.1:
--menu.txt--
Strategic Messages:
7624= As one of the most successfull Commanding Officer of the U-Boat Fleet, world ever seen, you'll be a well respected Admiral in the NATO. In the 21th century Ubisoft use your knowledge to develop Silent Hunter III.

HarHar... nice joke... but why Ubi didn't have done like they had promised ?:rotfl:

Did someone else found other eggs ?



Pretty sure that they were referring to
Friedrich Guggenberger. Not only was he a U-Boat captain and a twice escaped POW, he went on to attend the Naval War College (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_War_College) in Newport, Rhode Island (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island), and became the Deputy Chief of Staff in the NATO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO) command AFNORTH (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Forces_Northern_Europe)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Guggenberger


There's even a short you-tube video about him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KEPtY_vbU&list=PLdGiiI-URV5g6d6g9pTbxePBt4AAShbPy&index=6

[Aktungbby]

RJL6834!:Kaleun_Salute: