How much has Silent Hunter REALLY cost you

[swdw]

Just thinking. Not counting the game itself, how much money would you think you've spent because of the game on things like books, research materials, DVD's, hardware upgrades and other misc stuff.:D

[Torplexed]

Well...I already owned the vast majority of my sub books and DVDs before the SH series came along. I only upgrade my computer about every 4 years anyway. This game is far cheaper than some other typical leisure activities venues like attending a movie, going out for dinner or your average ball game nowadays. Plus, there are other game titles I've decided not to purchase due to interest in this one.

Compared to some forms of entertainment, this game is a money-saving bargain. ;)

[Dantenoc]

It's hard to say.... about $200 for a video card (to be able to play it) and now I'm ready to spend about $250 for a replacement one (to be able to keep playing it).

about $70 for an extra Gig of RAM

heck, those were upgrades I made on a new computer that I bought just to be able to play SHIV (I could play SHIII on the old one, but not SHIV)

So now were in excess of a thousand dollars... then theres a couple of movies (like the original uncut version of Das Boot)

But, on the other hand, it was all an investment that has been usefull for other games and programs as well, so that brings the cost down a lot.

More to the point: I'd be willing to pay $99.99 easily for the game if it was bug free, more robust and with a decent book of a manual. I'd even be willing to pay $199.99 for a collectors edition that included some extras like laminated charts and maps, a cool cronometer, and other gadgets of the day like a nomograph or slide rule... maybe even a captain's cap?. It's a niche product that will NEVER appeal to the casual masses, but they could still market it effectively if they really tried, by making it an elite product.

[CCIP]

You know, it's gotten really confusing to be honest :D

I own two computers on both of which I periodically play SHIII/IV, but they're multipurpose little beasts. Video editing for example is another big reason I keep buying techy stuff. Go figure if my latest computer purchases had been more for video editing or subsimming, or work for that matter! Tricky math there.

But I've certainly catered both my recent computer purchases, both of about $1000, to be able to run my favorite subsims specifically :yep: (and edit video. and store my music collection. and be able to take with me to classrooms to put up powerpoints for my students. and and.)

[LukeFF]

I've purchased about 200 dollars in reference books for modding, plus various hardware upgrades that were more for my other games, but nonetheless also give SH4 a little boost.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Well, I think that working so much on SH3 thrashed my last PC to death. It died January '07 IIRC... (Nearly immediately after the release of GWX version 1.01.)

...so I had the current one built for about $2700.

I think that I'm on my 5th or 6th keyboard now. (I don't pound the keyboard... I should just quit buying the cheap ones I guess.)

3-4 mouses, mousi, meese, mice, or whatever you call them.:lol:

Loads of reference books/material.

Two copies of SH3.

One copy of SH4.

I've no desire to add all that up.:huh:

...and that's just the monetary bit.

The rest I file under, "What was I THINKING!"

[joegrundman]

And let's not go into the cost to your sanity and social life

[Seeadler]

I bought my last PC(a QuadCore system) because to work also at home on the welding-robot-simulation my team an I developing as part of an EU project.

Silent Hunter III and IV were both gifts, I much prefer to play online multiplayer (action)games or MMORPG. For LOTR Online for example, I paid €230 (Lifetime Account) after I participated on the beta test because the game full convinced me already in the beta phase.

Other new games I interested in, will be rent first for some days. Most DVD/Video rental store here offered also games to rent, a good thing to test these games by myself, because I don't trust todays publishers marketing concept or reviews. ;)

[AVGWarhawk]

With the start of SH3 and going into SH4, books and upgrades...probably about $1500.00......and growing:shifty:

[Rockin Robbins]

Rescued me from playing Runescape a pointless grind of a MMORPG. I spent $1000 to build a machine for SH3 but would have been due for an upgrade anyway. I'll say $300 total cost for graphics cards and SH 3, 4 & SH4UBM. I already had all my books, but I can see future purchases coming.

But Silent Hunter rescued me from Runescape, which replaced $50k worth of therapy, hypnosis, drugs, torture or whatever else might have been necessary to do the same. I made a profit! :up::up::up::up::up::up::know:

[Major Johnson]

Just the cost of the game and the add-on really. My computer was already beefy enough to play it. Now if you want to talk about playing time hours, then we're talking money! Although recently I've been spending more time perusing the forum picking up tips than I have actually playing the game. So you can also factor in research time!! :p

[rrmelend]

I used to have to play the game on my wifes computer and I got about 3-4 fps. My plan was to build a new computer in a year or two, then I saw an ad in the Best Buy circular and picked up a new Gateway Gaming computer for $1300 after taxes. Now I play with everything maxed out and get unbelievable fps and I get to enjoy it all on a 22" widescreen monitor. Overall I think I came out better for it. Now, if I could only play it for more than an hour or two a week. I like spending time with my wife and 1 year old daughter too much though.

[Doolittle81]

About nine months ago, I invested in a brand new Computer RIG which was long overdue. I went cutting edge at considerable expense.

Yes, after firing up the Rig, SH4 was my first purchase and game installation, and remains the Number One Game/Simulation with which I am involved on a daily basis. Since the New Computer purchase was mandatory/essential for me anyway, I can't attribute the cost to SH4 directly.

I'm very happy with my RIG, and do not regret its cost one bit. I've not yet had to upgrade any component for any reason, and certainly not for SH4 alone, though I expect to double the RAM to 4Gb soon...but NOT because of SH4.

Thus, SH4 has only cost me the SH4 DVD purchase price, probably about $39 USD...plus $9.95 for the SH4 1.5 Add-on. Ohh, also I bought six DVD's of the Silent Service TV show episodes for an additional $80.

On a related point, at the risk of my being slammed for this opinion, I have to say that the folks who routinely complain (on any forum for any Game/simulation) about a moderate charge (say $10 or so) for a fairly 'meaty' Add-on always amaze me. A single decent Steak Dinner or evening of Sushi, with a glass or two of wine or Sake and you've blown Five times that much for a mere two hours of enjoyment. A better comparison: Go to a movie, alone, and 'enjoy' a medium popcorn and medium soft drink and you'll be out $20...for the privilege of watching a 90 minute Hollywood movie which is 8 times out of 10 going to be absolutely Cr&p.

imho

[Doolittle81]

......Other new games I interested in, will be rent first for some days. Most DVD/Video rental store here offered also games to rent...... ;)


Whaaaa??? You can rent PC games??!!! Take home and install, try them out?? Theoretically you would then Buy the product? Are these some sort of versions with a "Play for three days, then your installation goes Belly-Up???"

Otherwise, it seems to me that would lead to a lot of piracy...

[Seeadler]

You can rent PC games??!!! Take home and install, try them out?? The same way as you can rent a DVD movie over the weekend, the rental stores offer PC games and console games, if you don't have the hardware you can rent it too. There is also an option here in Germany to rent games online, they will be delivered by postal mail and you send them back after the rental period.

Theoretically you would then Buy the product? Are these some sort of versions with a "Play for three days, then your installation goes Belly-Up???" no that are the same versions as you can buy in normal stores, you get the DVD, manual, keycode etc.

here is a pic of the SH4 rental version:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/1280_3165326131646561.jpg

[-Pv-]

My computer is a home entertainment system. I don't own a TV so games, movies, news, research, conversation and over 100 PC games I've bought since the mid-80s is an on-going investment. Buy some games, upgrade, a few more games, upgrade, some demanding software, upgrade. More storage space, upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. I certainly cannot attribute any of my hardware/publication expenses to SH alone. I've been a sub fanatic since the 60s.
-Pv-

[aanker]

Gave me an excuse to get cable internet which I was planning to get eventually so ... the cost of the 'hard copy' DVD to have ( to hold in my grubby hands ) and the D2D download to play plus the 1.5 add-on is it.

Well worth the price ;-)

Happy Hunting!

Art

PS: I had the books et all from the SHCE days.

[JoeCorrado]

Just thinking. Not counting the game itself, how much money would you think you've spent because of the game on things like books, research materials, DVD's, hardware upgrades and other misc stuff.:D

New video card and power supply. The new monitor I was going to buy anyway. LOL

[jetthelooter]

Just thinking. Not counting the game itself, how much money would you think you've spent because of the game on things like books, research materials, DVD's, hardware upgrades and other misc stuff.:D

just the cost fo the game. ive always been fascinated by submarines in WW2 and WW1. most of my sub stuff would have been purchased regardless of the game.

if nuclear subs didnt exist and fleet subs were the norm i would prolly have joined the navy instead of the army heh.

the gato class subs are just beautiful boats while i find the new nukes ugly as spit and lifeless. i just wish i had been born earlier with enough money to buy a gato class when the govt put them up for sale.

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

SH4 didn't cost me one cent. I got it free at my pal's store as a free gift.

:yep: But it did cost me my time spent in game time when I should be modeling and animating. The wife also threatened me to spend the rest of my days in the dog house if I don't just grow up and stop playing kiddie video games. Whadda she know anyway?:lol:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Let's see, new computer, getting SH2, 3, 4 ( including the add-on ). These in no particular order: lost sleep, coffee, beer and some stuff from the SUBSIM Store
( clock, hat ). 5000 + posts, what does that equal in time :hmm::doh:

But it's all good :yep::up:


RDP

[swdw]

Just had to ask. After buying the game I've been spending money re-acquiring books I used to have for research and will be buying the Silent Service DVD's. Wound up going from a 1950 pro to the HD 3870 for the game.:doh: (Video work made me choose ATi over nvidia)

If it wasn't for the fact I know a bunch of great freeware / open source programs, there would have been money spent there to support modding :) It's one of the reasons I put the modding tools thread up- try to give pointers to free software for those who wanted to try their hands at modding.(which BTW has some new freeware audio tools listed as of Sunday)

Already had Vegas Pro 8 which lets you do a bunch of stuff, so that wasn't related to SH4

(Hey CCIP- know what you mean about keeping a system beefed up for video / audio. I'm gonna have to get a 2nd drive of 500GB or larger because I'm falling behind on getting my video's edited. Have eaten up a bunch of the space on my 320GB internal and 250GB external storing the videos so far. Will also need to add another 2 GB to speed up the editing / rendering process.)

[Nisgeis]

I bought SH4 on pre-order and had it the day of its release. I installed it, started a new mission and was dismayed that I got 5spf (5 seconds per frame). The game was unplayable on my machine :cry: . The only game I actually wanted to play was SH4, so I saved up and ten months later, in December I bought myself a new PC, so that cost about US $2000 at the exchange rates of the time.

Because it took me so long to get a PC capable of playing it, that's why I'm asking all the stupid questions now and not a year ago.

[Sailor Steve]

I'm still trying to get the money together for a memory upgrade so I can play SH4. If you count all the hours spent playing that could have been used for something productive, well, I don't even want to think about how much money that costs. But it's spent doing something you love and it's fun, so it's worth every penny.

[Dantenoc]

3-4 mouses, mousi, meese, mice, or whatever you call them.:lol:


It's mouses... during the 80's it was established that mice would refer to the rodents and mouses to the pointing devices.

[Digital_Trucker]

3-4 mouses, mousi, meese, mice, or whatever you call them.:lol:


It's mouses... during the 80's it was established that mice would refer to the rodents and mouses to the pointing devices.

According to WikiAnswers:


MOUSE is an acronym, and is short for Manually-Operated User-Selection Equipment so technically MOUSE is already the plural (... Equipments?) Most people, however pluralise acronyms, and initials in general, by adding a small s, so it would be MOUSEs, which seems a bit silly. Mice is also wrong, as it doesn't stand for anything, but it does make more grammatical sense than calling them MOUSE or MOUSEs. (NB: If a MOUSE was so called because it looked like the animal, then mice would be correct, but that isn't the case, although small body, long tail, who knows...)


Seems like the answer to an A or B question could be C:rotfl:

[STEED]

About £100 for a new graphic card and and couple of quid for the game, bought the game off a friend when it was full of bugs and he gave up on it.

I now believe he has bought the game again last month. :rotfl:

[momo55]

50€ for SH4 + 15€ for the addon and that's it . With the MultiSH4 installs with differend splendet mods its cheap as chips . The misses can't complain ...those 2 cats of her costs more than me every month .:rotfl:

[LaughingSwordfish]

Here are my expenses in US $:

SHIV: $ 63,50

U-boat Missions: $ 36

2 GB of RAM because of Vista: $70

But when I use the formula: value=money/hours of entertainment SH4 comes out very favourably compared to cinemas, nightclubs etc.

[Dantenoc]

Not that it really matters, but:

Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age
(ed. Constance Hale, HardWired, 1996, ISBN 1-888869-01-1) says:
"What's the plural of that small, rolling pointing device invented
by Douglas Engelbart in 1964? We prefer ~mouses~. ~Mice~ is just
too suggestive of furry little creatures. But both terms are
common, so take your pick. We actually emailed Engelbart to see
what he'd say. His answer? 'Haven't given the matter much
thought.'

"In fact, Engelbart shared credit for the name with 'a small
group in my lab at SRI.' Nobody among his colleagues seems to
remember who first nicknamed the device, but all agree that the name
was given because the cord ('tail') initially came out the 'back' of
the device. 'Very soon we realised that the connecting wire should
be brought out the "front" instead of the back,' Engelbart notes,
but by then the name had stuck."

The Microsoft(R) Manual of Style for Technical Publications
(ed. Amanda Clark, Microsoft Press, 1995, ISBN 1-55615-939-0)
says: "Avoid using the plural mice; if you need to refer to more
than one mouse, use mouse devices."

So, 1) the urban legend of the acronym is false... the word mouse for computer mouses really did originate from the likeness to the rodent, but is to be considered a new word of the english language, and not obligated to inherent the irregularities of the plural for small rodents. 2) the inventor of the mouse doesn't really care what you call it, but then again, the guy was a technical genius, not an english language one.

To settle the matter, we must try to understand how the english language works. Here's an examples that will hopefully settle the issue:
* Tooth
plural: teeth
* Gold tooth (still a tooth, just a particular kind)
plural: Gold teeth
* Sabre tooth (an extinct feline with incredibly big teeth, whose name originated from the word tooth, but it's in no way just a "kind of tooth")
plural: Sabre tooths (it does not inherit the plural irregularity)

Likewise:
* Mouse (the rodent)
plural: mice
* Field mouse (still a rodent, just a particular kind)
plural: field mice
* [Computer] mouse (no longer a rodent, it refers to the pointing device whose
name was insipired by the rodent)
plural: [Computer] mouses

conclusions:
* If you use "mouse devices" you're trying to be politicaly correct by avoiding the issue by pluralizing "device" instead.
* If you use mouses, as short for computer mouses, then you can correctly tell the difference between a pesky animal and an elegant and functional pointing device
* If you use mice, your just part of the masses.

Not that it really matters, since using one or the other won't give you more tonnage in SH4

[Ducimus]

In terms of manhours.....

ALOT.

[JSF]

Well...I already owned the vast majority of my sub books and DVDs before the SH series came along. I only upgrade my computer about every 4 years anyway. This game is far cheaper than some other typical leisure activities venues like attending a movie, going out for dinner or your average ball game nowadays. Plus, there are other game titles I've decided not to purchase due to interest in this one.

Compared to some forms of entertainment, this game is a money-saving bargain. ;)

Excellent response....same here.....Even though I did purchase a new video card to enhance the overall gaming experience but that includes games like FEAR and Doom3. I would have bought the card irregardless.

[DrBeast]

The only games I've been playing the last few months were SH4 and Flight Simulator X, but still I wouldn't say I bought the upgrades for those games only. For the sake of convenience though, let's say I spent 70 Euro on a graphics card to better enjoy Dave's work on ROW in November, and another 345 Euro for an emergency upgrade about a week ago (motherboard, CPU, RAM, graphics card, hard disk). The result so far is a bit disheartening: though the game runs MUCH better in general, I experience a very weird slowdown whenever I hit a ship and I zoom my camera close to it. It's a massive slowdown that persists well until the ship is sunk. And it also seems the old hard drive hates the DVD-ROM's guts; whenever they're both connected (both PATA devices so they share the same cable), I experience random resets.

[swdw]

The result so far is a bit disheartening: though the game runs MUCH better in general, I experience a very weird slowdown whenever I hit a ship and I zoom my camera close to it. It's a massive slowdown that persists well until the ship is sunk. And it also seems the old hard drive hates the DVD-ROM's guts; whenever they're both connected (both PATA devices so they share the same cable), I experience random resets.
First issue sounds like a sound related one. Between the exploding, screaming, sinking, and underwater explosions there's a continuous string of sounds being played.Try turning down the number of 3D sound channels. Also try turning off the sound delay. Last, see if there's an update for your sound card driver.

Next one on the compatibility. Check the jumper positions. If you're using cable select, go to the master/slave positions- typically HD as master and DVD as slave. Otherwise grab a seperate cable and put the DVD drive on it. You can also try going into the BIOS and manually defining the types to see if it stops the issue.

Had a friends computer where I got rid of his problems by making the DVD the master and the HD the slave as nothing else worked- go figure.

[Sailor Steve]

To settle the matter, we must try to understand how the english language works. Here's an examples that will hopefully settle the issue:
* Tooth
plural: teeth
* Gold tooth (still a tooth, just a particular kind)
plural: Gold teeth
* Sabre tooth (an extinct feline with incredibly big teeth, whose name originated from the word tooth, but it's in no way just a "kind of tooth")
plural: Sabre tooths (it does not inherit the plural irregularity)
A very bad example, since there is no such thing as a 'Saber tooth'. They are 'Sabre-toothed Tigers', or 'Sabre-toothed Cats'.

Likewise:
* Mouse (the rodent)
plural: mice
* Field mouse (still a rodent, just a particular kind)
plural: field mice
* [Computer] mouse (no longer a rodent, it refers to the pointing device whose
name was insipired by the rodent)
plural: [Computer] mouses
An interesting comparison, but just because someone says it doesn't make it so. The plural of 'moose' is 'moose', and the plural of 'sheep' is 'sheep'. The analogy only works with other words ending in 's', so if the plural of 'house' is 'houses' and the plural of 'spouse' is 'spouses', maybe 'mice' is a singular anomaly, so we're right back where we started.

Of course the plural of 'louse' is 'lice', but since nobody ever has just one that gets lost over time.

conclusions:
* If you use "mouse devices" you're trying to be politicaly correct by avoiding the issue by pluralizing "device" instead.
Why? Because somebody says so? I think the whole 'political correctness' argument is just a little...well, politically correct.

* If you use mouses, as short for computer mouses, then you can correctly tell the difference between a pesky animal and an elegant and functional pointing device
* If you use mice, your just part of the masses.
The best reason I've seen for using 'mouses'.

Not that it really matters, since using one or the other won't give you more tonnage in SH4
Spoilsport.:rotfl: This was just starting to be fun.

[Deimos01]

Game cost $29.95 us
Cost to get computer that will run good games like SH4 - $2000-3000
Cost of having your wife divorce you because you dont pay attention to her anymore - Half your net worth
Being able to play without a nagging wife interupting you on a great system - Priceless!
:sunny:

[DrBeast]

The result so far is a bit disheartening: though the game runs MUCH better in general, I experience a very weird slowdown whenever I hit a ship and I zoom my camera close to it. It's a massive slowdown that persists well until the ship is sunk. And it also seems the old hard drive hates the DVD-ROM's guts; whenever they're both connected (both PATA devices so they share the same cable), I experience random resets.
First issue sounds like a sound related one. Between the exploding, screaming, sinking, and underwater explosions there's a continuous string of sounds being played.Try turning down the number of 3D sound channels. Also try turning off the sound delay. Last, see if there's an update for your sound card driver.

Next one on the compatibility. Check the jumper positions. If you're using cable select, go to the master/slave positions- typically HD as master and DVD as slave. Otherwise grab a seperate cable and put the DVD drive on it. You can also try going into the BIOS and manually defining the types to see if it stops the issue.

Had a friends computer where I got rid of his problems by making the DVD the master and the HD the slave as nothing else worked- go figure.

Hm, turning down 3D sound channels is next on my to-do list. Soundchip drivers are already up to date. I'm also going to try out ATi's newest set of Catalyst drivers, though I have a feeling I'll return to my good old Omega display drivers.

Regarding the resets: I've checked the jumpers, HDD is set as master, DVD as slave. Issue continues. Also tried cable-select, with the same drive configuration and the jumpers set appropriately, no dice. New motherboard only has one E-IDE port, so separate cables is out of the question. But...I asked around yesterday, and a guy told me to use the DVD as master and HDD as slave, as well. It has to do with some motherboards not supporting UDMA 133 but only up to 100, so you essentially "force" the HDD to work on 100, and that solves the problems. My motherboard's manual claims it supports 133, but who knows. It's worth a try!
Cheers for the advice! :up:

[-Pv-]

" * If you use "mouse devices" you're trying to be politicaly correct by avoiding the issue by pluralizing "device" instead.
* If you use mouses, as short for computer mouses, then you can correctly tell the difference between a pesky animal and an elegant and functional pointing device
* If you use mice, your just part of the masses.

Not that it really matters, since using one or the other won't give you more tonnage in SH4"


I use a TOUCH PAD on my PC and do away with the pesky mouse altogether.
It uses 1/4 of the desk space and I never have to pick it up and put it back down. I never have to grip anything. I don't move more than my finger and I can play or work without anyone ever hearing a mouse click. For graphic work it cannot be beat. I just roll my finger on the pad and I can move the pointer pixel by pixel effortlessly without a single error. No moving parts, no dirty mouse pad, no concern about the surface I place under it. I can even set it right on my keyboard and with my pinky finger move the pointer while I type without moving my hand more than an inch.
While watching a movie on my PC, I can set the pad in my lap and relax back on my chair away from the desk.
I've been using it this way for 7 years now and will never go back to a mouse. I know a lot of people hate laptop touch pads, but a lot of that is due to the poor pads built into laptops and the popular misconception they are pressure sensitive when they are not. They are heat sensitive. By pressing harder you are saturating the area with retained heat causing it to be less sensitive, not more. This also makes laptop pads less sensitive because the heat from the laptop heats the pad reducing its sensitivity.
-Pv-

[thefretmaster]

i just spent £650 on my pc to play the game. its about £20 on amazon atm so i will get it soon.
thats about my expendiature on pc's in general. this is my first pc i have bought myself so.


also in the way of the mouse debate:
i have tried using a graphics tablet to play but didnt find it as good just because it has no real continuous scroll efect like on a mouse (for panning around the scene) i do however find it much better in graphics/3d work and general computer use.

[Capn_Sinky]

SH IV Wolves of the Pacific game $29.95

22" Wide screen HD monitor $325

BFG 8500 GT 512mb video card $99



Watching "MY" Gato class submarine slink away under the soft moonlight after sending 30,000 tons of Tojo's housewares, china, guns, bullets and other assorted widgets to the bottom of the sea.....PRICELESS! :up:

[skookum]

SH4 Gold Edition: $34.95

Apple Imac 24" 3.06 Mhz Dual Core with 4 megs of RAM: $3000.00

The sacrifices we make.

[SteamWake]

My biggest 'investment' has got to be time...

Time I should have been mowing the lawn, cleaning the pool, that sort of thing.

[Defiance]

Just over 2k sterling, And what did i spend it on !! ...................

New rig Lian-Li based watercooled

100% all new parts from the mon down to the lowly mouse mat

Ohh well i don't drink as such so this money i guess gets spent on pc stuff (almost given up smoking too which is a bonus)

(on my 2nd vidcard though)

And early next year i will be doing another rig with the new cpu's/gpu's etc

All my spare time is used up on the pc in one shape or form so i don't see the money as accessive, And no i'm not rich but do spend on stuff i like and that will get used

[kylania]

SH3, SH4 Collectors, SH4 Gold, probably about $300 in actual books, $500 in models and model supplies since I started making them again, $100 or so in DVDs. Luckily my job allowed me to get the graphics cards I needed to upgrade to for free though, otherwise that'd been another $300-400. :)

[Task Force]

New PC = 2,500+$

New graphic card that didnt do its job the way i wanted it to=100+$

New graphic card to replace old one=400+$

SH 3= 9$

Two copys of SH4 40+$

Power Bill= I dont want to think about it

Fun ive had with the SH series= Priceless.:D

[Kloef]

Ok lemme think,i played SH3 and bought a 22' widescreen,then SH3 looked all messed up,and i made the step to SH4,so indirectly thats 360 Euro...usually these kind of games absorb me totally for a period of time,so i bought some submarine books to add to my(now roomsize)collection,including the new submarine encyclopedia(yummy),it was about 50 euro.

New mouse,old one was dying....69 Euro.

But hey it makes it a better experience,it looks great so i'm a happy sailor..

And i allready convinced 2 clanmembers of mine to buy SH4,one has alot of experience with SH3 so its gonna be alot of fun!

[Hylander_1314]

Needed a new rig anyways, but around 4k US for everything inclusive.

But BoBII and O.F.F. are an added bonus as they run real smoothe now. I n BoBII I can actually partake in the air battles over London in late August ,and early September with close to or over 1000 planes in the air battling it out. With all the graphics maxed out.

[jazman]

And let's not go into the cost to your sanity and social life
Not having those to start with can be a real help here.

Not much on the hardware front; I had a really old machine (6+ years old) that was due for an upgrade anyway, so I built a new one. Another box was running SH4, it was creaking and groaning with no room to upgrade, but it was just workable (and SHIII ran great). I moved SH4 over to the new box and it runs really nicely there. I wouldn't say that was done for SH4, though.

I bought a stack of books, almost all used, though, about $125 all told?

[Kloef]

emergency upgrade

I like that one....'Honey i need a emergency upgrade!'

'Ok,we'll buy some food next month':rotfl:

[tater]

I remodeled my basement.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o222/tatersw/case_window.jpg
Now carpet, sofa, 46-52" LCD TV, and a new monitor for the PC need to get added.

Cost? More than the BMW in the carport outside, lol.

PLease, shoot me. :damn: :lol:

But, hey, I needed more bookcase space. before my library was mostly aviation and age of sail (and general pacific war stuff). I've since added many many sub books. That's what I've been telling the wife, anyway.

[AF Msgt (ret)]

My marrige,haha.

[Takeda Shingen]

Between the numerous sims (Janes 688(i), SH 1-4, Sub Command, Dangerous Waters, Fleet Command, et al), various machines over the years, quite a few card and RAM upgrades, books, and movies, I'd put the figure around $4000 US. Me likey the submarines.

[Monica Lewinsky]

The original $49 bucks and about 1,000 hours of research time here and elsewhere. No complaints other than the hours.

[kiwi_2005]

Not long after SH3 came out i came across 30 books while browsing the main auction site in our country to me i hit the jackpot every book was on submarines of world war 2 from Edward beachs to unknown authors of Uboats and few on British submariners. Favourite book is 'U boat Far From Home' by David Stevens, ive read it 3 times now! :roll: . Some are non fiction too alot are stories taken from interviews with ex Uboat commanders/sailors after the war. One i should mention is of a famous British submarine "Unbroken" by Alastair Mars, thats a good story. Im yet to see a mod/missions based on the travels of Unbroken im surprise no one has ever done it. Unbroken went on 4 top secret missions during 1942.

All up the 30 books sold as a bundle cost me $25 all paperbacks some have seen the years but worth every cent.

Apart from that ive gone through 3 graphics cards, 1 sound card 2 gigs of ram added, 19inch montior upgrade from an 15inch. And many many hours on subsim & other sub-based sites, plus lots of good mbs on downloading mods :)

[cgjimeneza]

I'm still trying to get the money together for a memory upgrade so I can play SH4. If you count all the hours spent playing that could have been used for something productive, well, I don't even want to think about how much money that costs. But it's spent doing something you love and it's fun, so it's worth every penny.

well, lets see:

A good enough CPU: $500

EDIT: It was ACTUALLY a new motherboard, and a 160 gigs HD, and a 500 Watts power supply after I accidentaly burned (adn I really mean BURNED) my old equipment... luckily after all this the P-IV processor was fine as was the video card and the secondary data HDisk... but let me tell you the meaning of horror... white tendrils of smoke coming out of your main hard disk...

more memory (two weeks later) $80

a nice video card $65 (offer in amazon)

an even nicer card $110

taxes paid to bring in country said cards $60

a new 19" LCD monitor $240

the game $25 in amazon...

books, movies and the like... priceless, they are interesting... any book I can get my hands on.. . having Clay Blair two opus magna by me... say $250 (but I think extremelly well spent)

high quality prints on color $40 of IJN ships silouettes

2 meter long printout of german type IX U-boat $10 - discovering wall not long enough embarasing

time spent on skype discussing upcoming war with both my excellent XO´s (one in Pearl, one in Manila).... abot 20 hrs during the last two weeks


So my friends, is it worth it?

you bet, Im so busy those two-three hours each night I dont make comments I might later regret on my beloved wife soap operas....

:rotfl:

[cgjimeneza]

All up the 30 books sold as a bundle cost me $25 all paperbacks some have seen the years but worth every cent.


If you ever die, will you put your books in the Will for me, plus shipping to Costa Rica?, I´ll pay the taxes :)

:smug:

[badaboom]

@TATER,Beautiful job on the basement.Is that Cheery wood and Granite countertop I see?Very nice sanctuary!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Task Force]

Funny basement, Its got a window.:huh:

[aanker]

That's what you get when you live on a hill... lol - Yeah, nice basement. I thought Tater was a little older than that though.

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