Waiting for inspiration to play SH3 again

[Contact]

Haven't you guys ever felt that way ? Like you're on the break and need something to push you to start a new career suddenly ? When everything looks so well known and you know very well when and what to expect from this game.. :zzz:

I installed and uninstalled it already for couple of times. Feels like I can't concentrate on it no more, and it drives me nuts a bit :dead:

Scheisse, I hope it's not the end of me and sh3. :nope:

Arhhhh..

[ReallyDedPoet]

Haven't you guys ever felt that way ? Like you're on the break and need something to push you to start a new career suddenly ? When everything looks so well known and you know very well when and what to expect from this game.. :zzz:

I installed and uninstalled it already for couple of times. Feels like I can't concentrate on it no more, and it drives me nuts a bit :dead:

Scheisse, I hope it's not the end of me and sh3. :nope:

Arhhhh..

First, there is nothing wrong with taking a break.

Okay, you could watch a good documentary on U-Boats or the Battle of the Atlantic. Both can be found on You Tube. I do this on occasion for both SH3 & 4.


RDP

[Weiss Pinguin]

Lately I've been playing a lot of Dangerous Waters (As fun as the Atlantic is, playing hunter-killer with another submarine is equally thrilling), and sometimes I have to push myself to play SH3. When I can sit long still long enough for the game to load, though, I'm engrossed. Also helps that I'm commanding a Type XXI. :O:

Also, up until several months ago, I would've also divided my time with Il-2, but since my only good joystick broke I haven't had much interest. (Consequently, several other games haven't been touched in a while due the aforementioned joystick problems)

[Contact]

Haven't you guys ever felt that way ? Like you're on the break and need something to push you to start a new career suddenly ? When everything looks so well known and you know very well when and what to expect from this game.. :zzz:

I installed and uninstalled it already for couple of times. Feels like I can't concentrate on it no more, and it drives me nuts a bit :dead:

Scheisse, I hope it's not the end of me and sh3. :nope:

Arhhhh..

First, there is nothing wrong with taking a break.

Okay, you could watch a good documentary on U-Boats or the Battle of the Atlantic. Both can be found on You Tube. I do this on occasion for both SH3 & 4.


RDP

Yes I used to watch documentry movies about u-boats in between my patrols or careers.. I remember watching some of them again and again, studying every detail of it. But now... I don;t even want to pronounce that word. Cuz I still feel it's my part of life. U-boats, marine life and all that stuff..
If I'd say I'm not interested in it anymore it would be like retraction of part of me.
Anyway you might be right, I just need a brake I think.. How long ??? God dunno I guess I will feel it inside of me when I'm ready again :-?

[nikbear]

I do what RDP recommended,watch a good U-boat documentary on youtube,always gets me in the mood as I watch things and try them out ingame:yeah:Good for reminding me how realistic GWX is as well:03:pulse racing moments aplenty:up:

[Fincuan]

Try Sh4 for a while. A switch of theater is sometimes quite refreshing.

[Contact]

Lately I've been playing a lot of Dangerous Waters (As fun as the Atlantic is, playing hunter-killer with another submarine is equally thrilling), and sometimes I have to push myself to play SH3. When I can sit long still long enough for the game to load, though, I'm engrossed. Also helps that I'm commanding a Type XXI. :O:

Also, up until several months ago, I would've also divided my time with Il-2, but since my only good joystick broke I haven't had much interest. (Consequently, several other games haven't been touched in a while due the aforementioned joystick problems)

Yeah well for me about a year all I could think of was SH3 with GWX 2.1 :)
Damn I remember myself counting minutes till the end of work, just to plunge myself into SH3 and forget everything around haha.. :)
I even made my top work table to look like photo album with u-boats and Kriegsmarine ships :haha:
Co-workes thought I'm obsessed :haha:

Yep I thing they were so right back then..


Currently downloading adventure type game called: Secret Files-Tunguska.
Hoping solving puzzles will bring me back to SH3

[Kapt Z]

Haven't you guys ever felt that way ? Like you're on the break and need something to push you to start a new career suddenly ? When everything looks so well known and you know very well when and what to expect from this game.. :zzz:

I installed and uninstalled it already for couple of times. Feels like I can't concentrate on it no more, and it drives me nuts a bit :dead:

Scheisse, I hope it's not the end of me and sh3. :nope:

Arhhhh..

First, there is nothing wrong with taking a break.

Okay, you could watch a good documentary on U-Boats or the Battle of the Atlantic. Both can be found on You Tube. I do this on occasion for both SH3 & 4.


RDP

I've taken many breaks from SH3 in the last few years. It's not a big deal. Try a different sim or just walk away and do something noncomputer for awhile.

I usually get the itch to go back out on patrol after awhile.

[Contact]

Haven't you guys ever felt that way ? Like you're on the break and need something to push you to start a new career suddenly ? When everything looks so well known and you know very well when and what to expect from this game.. :zzz:

I installed and uninstalled it already for couple of times. Feels like I can't concentrate on it no more, and it drives me nuts a bit :dead:

Scheisse, I hope it's not the end of me and sh3. :nope:

Arhhhh..

First, there is nothing wrong with taking a break.

Okay, you could watch a good documentary on U-Boats or the Battle of the Atlantic. Both can be found on You Tube. I do this on occasion for both SH3 & 4.


RDP

I've taken many breaks from SH3 in the last few years. It's not a big deal. Try a different sim or just walk away and do something noncomputer for awhile.

I usually get the itch to go back out on patrol after awhile.

My longest break from SH3 was like a week.. Now it's almost a month and I can't get a grip on it. Maybe I'm trying too hard..

Nevermind going to fetch some beer and order pizza. Got to take my thoughts somewhere else I guess.

Thanks for support guys :up:

[gordonmull]

Das boot is always good inspiration! So is coming here. There's been plenty of gaps in playing I've had ended by reading through the forums.

Sounds llike you're not cure-able by that though, so like RDP says, nothing wrong with a break. Play some different games. Treat yourself to some new ones, maybe. Try some completely different genres.

And one day you'll go on to subsim, read some posts and think, "I want to sink things too!" Chill, don't let it worry you.

[Wintahs]

Watching Das Boot helps alot.

[Chad]

Contact,

I'm going to be sending you somethin via PM here in a couple of hours.. That might help you out :D

[Sub146]

Yea , i recommend watching Das Boot to revive your uboat passion. :salute:

[Murr44]

Sounds like you need some "shore leave".:arrgh!: As others have said, take a break from the game for a while.

[Larry U-136]

Okay I have run into this from time to time. Get some new mods in there, then have a ubootwaffe DVD viewing night. Das Boot, U-571, documentaries like The Battle of the Atlantic and U-Boat Wars, etc.

If that doesn't help order some U-Boat uniforms and drink a case of Becks......:doh:

[Jazer]

Pretending that your car is a u-boat while driving will help give you the itch to play the game again!:yeah:

[Task Force]

I know the perfect way.

YOU WILL PLAY SH3 AND LOVE IT SO MUCH YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like sh3 now, or do I need to contenue.:rotfl:

[GoldenRivet]

Watching Das Boot helps alot.

i cant make it through the full film before im in front of my computer :nope:

[A Very Super Market]

Taking a break is perfectly fine, just don't start playing any other games...:O:

[Contact]

Pretending that your car is a u-boat while driving will help give you the itch to play the game again!:yeah:

:haha: A good one. Will try it today, in the empty parking lot, on the snow with still summerly tires on. :yeah:


Thank you everyone for your advices, Guess I'll be cool soon. Yesterday I was in the depressed mood, so today is better day already.

Happy Valentines Day! :)

[TheSamuraiJedi]

I found that playing SH4 helped quite a bit, as did switching over to Jutland (Distant Guns: Jutland, here on the forums) helped quite a bit. Sometimes..tho, the urge will hit, it could be something minor like hearing the word "gray" or Das Boot being on TV.

The last thing that helped me was The Hunt for Red October, go figure :06:

[Lzs von swe]

Last summer work, and inspiration, kept me away from ShIII/GWX.
Raced GRID on-line and drove trucks in ETS (still do) and killed the enemy in ARMA.

But now I´m back in the U-Boat Waffe, meaner then ever:arrgh!:

So, take a break, play something else and report back to base:salute:

[popcorn2721]

Watching Das Boot helps alot.
true that...

I had been taking a short vacation from SH3... In doing so I purchased SH4, and low and behold... after being disappointed with SH4...Ive come full circle, back to loving SH3.

[Platapus]

SH3 is a game.

You should only play games when you are in the mood to play a gam
You should only play a specific game when you are in the mood to play a specific game.

The best advice on this thread was to take breaks. Don't worry about the game. When you are ready you will come back. The good thing about a game is that the war will still be there for you.

Do not, under any circumstances, allow any computer game to run your life. That is a set up for disaster.

Taking a break from SH3 does not make you any less a sub game lover.

Take a break when you feel like it, come back from your break when you feel like it.

Playing other computer games is not cheating on UBIsoft (They already have your money)

SH3 is a great game. Really fun and I like to play it a lot... but it is still just a game.

[Faamecanic]

You could always stay in WWII , but try this MMO out www.battlegroundeurope.com (http://www.battlegroundeurope.com) . Its a simulation of the war from 1939 to 1941 with France, UK, and Germany.

Its the MOST realistic simulation of WWII equipment and infantry units around. The world map is actually a 1KM of game worl = 3 km of REAL world. The game is so realistic that it actually simulates the round that you fire (say from a Sherman) to the armor thickness you hit (say a PzIVD), to how much angle that armor has realitive to the angle you shot from, to how much penetration that round got, to how much spall that would generate INSIDE the tank and if it hits any of the crew...

Very real... has a steep learning curve so the best thing you could do is hook up with an online squad (if you want to play allied hook up with me mrwinkie or any in the 7th Allied Strike Team or 7thAST. Website www.7tharmy.us). We would be happy to show you around the game, and I think there is a 14 day free trial.

[Otto Heinzmeir]

I never care to much for learning a new game. I was new to subsims when I got SH3 and at first I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. When my sub took damage I didn't know how to assign crew to repair.

I am now in the phase where the game is still fresh and I have a decent understanding of how to go about things. So the game for me is in what I would term its peak entertainment phase. Where I am confident in my understanding to bring great devastation to the AI enemies but not having played through an entire campaign, I still get the unexpected curve now and then.

I think I understand the original poster in that they have seen all the curves the AI can throw at them and the game gets a bit predictable. I always feel a bit sad when I get to this point in one of my favorite video games. Disciples 2 is one of my favorite games. Played it on and off for years and when it was in my peak entertainment phase, it was as fun for me as anything. But there came a time when I would play it and it was just too predictable or routine.

So the 1st phase in a game is learning it, which can be frustrating. Then you know the game but not how the campaign plays out so the game is still challenging. Then at some point you reach the point where you have met all the challenges the game can present and its more routine.

What I try to do to keep the games I play fresher for longer is I rotate between 3 or 4 games. Currently I play Crysis, MOH Airborne and SH3. As I start to get tired of one of these I rotate in a new game.

I am looking forward to playing the SH3 mods after I finish a stock campaign. One of the things you might consider, is if your a bit tired of playing SH3 you could try modding it. Mpdding can be a joyful experience and adds another dimension to the game.

[AVGWarhawk]

I switch up on games when one gets a bit stale. Right now I'm spending more time doing frag-fests online with COD WaW. Once I get satisfied shredding a few people and me getting shredded as well, I go play SH4 for a relaxing time.

[Contact]

Usually when I get tired from the ordinary gameplay of SH3 I used to create my own (disastarous :D ) missions via mission editor just to see my FPS killed :D . And I hate my out of date PC too :shifty:

I hate when I get CTD in the middle of the patrol without knowing wtf just happened. Anyway..

I'm starting to collect my new rig from this month, due to this financial crysis it could take some time. But I'm hoping to have it built untill the release of GWX4 :sunny:

[TheDarkWraith]

The Witcher: Enhanced edition - that'll get your mind off SH3 for awhile. It's bad, I sit down to play the above and 12-15 hours later I get up to get something to eat. It's soooo engrossing and just awesome. One of the best RPG's ever made so far and I'm just starting Act II.

[Steeltrap]

If you want some medieval hack/slash gameplay, try Mount and Blade. (http://www.taleworlds.com/)

It's done by a husband/wife team (hard to believe, but true), and I think it's infinitely better than that over-hyped Oblivion crud. It's perhaps the best 1st person/over the shoulder sim of medieval combat I've seen, it's cheap, and it's great fun!

[TheDarkWraith]

If you want some medieval hack/slash gameplay, try Mount and Blade. (http://www.taleworlds.com/)

It's done by a husband/wife team (hard to believe, but true), and I think it's infinitely better than that over-hyped Oblivion crud. It's perhaps the best 1st person/over the shoulder sim of medieval combat I've seen, it's cheap, and it's great fun!

that does look interesting. Downloading (388MB in 2 hrs). Good recommendation!

[Steeltrap]

If you want some medieval hack/slash gameplay, try Mount and Blade. (http://www.taleworlds.com/)

It's done by a husband/wife team (hard to believe, but true), and I think it's infinitely better than that over-hyped Oblivion crud. It's perhaps the best 1st person/over the shoulder sim of medieval combat I've seen, it's cheap, and it's great fun!
that does look interesting. Downloading (388MB in 2 hrs). Good recommendation!

You can try it for free up to level 7, I think. After that, you need to purchase an activation key.

There's a wiki (http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mount&Blade) as well.

[Raptor U-505]

Whenever there's a huge T strom outside just pretend that the cracks and ripples are depth charges exploding around your hull and the lightning flashes is the bursting fire. :rotfl: It always works for me ha! ha!

[Steeltrap]

Whenever there's a huge T strom outside just pretend that the cracks and ripples are depth charges exploding around your hull and the lightning flashes is the bursting fire. :rotfl: It always works for me ha! ha!

And if your PC doesn't have a surge protector, I suppose it getting fried due to a close lightning strike means a direct hit??

[Red Heat]

Haven't you guys ever felt that way ? Like you're on the break and need something to push you to start a new career suddenly ? When everything looks so well known and you know very well when and what to expect from this game.. :zzz:

I installed and uninstalled it already for couple of times. Feels like I can't concentrate on it no more, and it drives me nuts a bit :dead:

Scheisse, I hope it's not the end of me and sh3. :nope:

Arhhhh..

Hello, people

Same situation here...me and my crew we are at the harbour since the begining of this new year...and no interested to see Das Boot was well (wich is a film wich i love) no sh4 too...
Im traying to play and enjoy another kind of games: Call of Duty 4, Assassins creed, and Far Cry 2 and everything its fine for now!

This pause allow me to assemble all so a new machine: Pentium 4 3.0 dual core duo, motherboard: Asus P5 de luxe, 4 gb ocz ram ddr2 800 mhz dual channel , 2 ati radeon 4870 crossfire, 2 hard disc raid 2 tb wich, sound: creative 7.1 surround and its all...i think! :hmmm: