View Full Version : Any news from the developers
rascal101
08-31-09, 05:21 AM
Just thought ot ask a simple question, every one here including myself is going nuts asking questions and demanding this that and the other thing.
So can we have developer update
R
Sailor Steve
08-31-09, 11:50 AM
I'm sure we'll get one when they are ready, and not a moment sooner. Meanwhile, Elanaiba posts here on a regular basis, so when he has something to offer I'm sure he'll tell us.
maerean_m
08-31-09, 02:08 PM
We're taking notes of your questions and requests. There are some features that are feasible while others are almost impossible to implement (or would require a huge effort).
Also, don't forget that there is a new First Person Camera and a live crew that require a great effort and have many implications in all areas of the game (that you'll see when playing). Yet, we're trying to make the game as moddable as possible so you can customize it as you like it and enjoy it even more :know:.
The game is not completed, not even the design. Your requests are added to the list (which is sorted by relevancy and the effort to implement).
So we hope we are all going to spend the days and the nights playing Silent Hunter 5. :arrgh!:
SteamWake
08-31-09, 02:14 PM
We're taking notes of your questions and requests. There are some features that are feasible while other are almost impossible to implement (or would require a huge effort).
Also, don't forget that there is a new First Person Camera and a live crew that require a great effort and have many implications in all areas of the game (that you'll see when playing). Yet, we're trying to make the game as moddable as possible so you can customize it as you like it and enjoy it even more :know:.
The game is not completed, not even the design. Your requests are added to the list (which is sorted by relevancy and the effort to implement).
So we hope we all are going to spend the days and the nights playing Silent Hunter 5. :arrgh!:
Glad to hear and glad to hear your listening to us.
Sounds like you got your work cut out for you.
Time flys indeed.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a75/Panzer_Kamerad/smileys/popcorncow.gif
:arrgh!: :|\\ :know: :rock:
karamazovnew
08-31-09, 02:25 PM
Where's the "hug" smiley :hmmm:?
Strange, I've never had the feeling that a game dev would actually read what I'd like to play and make efforts to give me what I want. This is new to me. SH5 almost feels like a community effort (it's not, ofc, but it feels like it). I've got a warm fuzzy feeling right now :oops:.
Now, can someone pleeaaaaase bury me in a glacier and resuscitate me when the game is ready?! Please?! :o I can't wait!! :wah:
Sailor Steve
08-31-09, 02:33 PM
Ever since meeting Elanaiba last year in Houston, I've had the feeling that all the Devs working on SH5 want to give us the best sim possible, as well as fulfilling the maximum amount of our requests as possible. If it doesn't turn out quite that way, it won't be because they didn't try, or didn't care.
They've always maintained a presence on these boards, answering questions and giving as much information as they could without compromising their work.
mookiemookie
08-31-09, 02:34 PM
We're taking notes of your questions and requests. There are some features that are feasible while other are almost impossible to implement (or would require a huge effort).
Also, don't forget that there is a new First Person Camera and a live crew that require a great effort and have many implications in all areas of the game (that you'll see when playing). Yet, we're trying to make the game as moddable as possible so you can customize it as you like it and enjoy it even more :know:.
The game is not completed, not even the design. Your requests are added to the list (which is sorted by relevancy and the effort to implement).
So we hope we are all going to spend the days and the nights playing Silent Hunter 5. :arrgh!:
That's great news and we do appreciate any and all things you're able to share with us. Thank you for the update!
elanaiba
08-31-09, 02:54 PM
Mihai, don't trust these guys, they want to make you say things, I tell you... :D
karamazovnew
08-31-09, 02:55 PM
Damn... busted :damn:
Arclight
08-31-09, 05:17 PM
Resistance is futile, spill the beans! :D ;)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6yHnNtwjAwE/ScvITkxV_cI/AAAAAAAAD88/JLktJjOJNzA/s320/spilled+the+beans.jpg
John Channing
08-31-09, 05:19 PM
Mihai, don't trust these guys, they want to make you say things, I tell you... :D
Only if he wants to see his little doggie in one piece again...
JCC
Arclight
08-31-09, 05:53 PM
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/dog_gets_it.jpg
Hey I'm a developer, and right now I'm developing the need to go pee... but keep up the good work dudes!
Task Force
08-31-09, 06:20 PM
hmm... maby one of are spy.... err... I mean umm.... I SAID NOTHING!!!:rotfl:
Elder-Pirate
08-31-09, 07:18 PM
Where's the "hug" smiley :hmmm:?
Will this one do?........http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/cid_.gif
Elder-Pirate
08-31-09, 07:27 PM
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/dog_gets_it.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/oleman/pink1-1.gif
First John then Arclight, :rotfl::rotfl:bellieve me the tears are rollng.:haha:
Good ones guys, good ones..:har:...oohhh.:salute:
Ducimus
08-31-09, 07:35 PM
we're trying to make the game as moddable as possible so you can customize it as you like it and enjoy it even more :know:.
Thats good to know. I was seriously wondering if modability would be going the other direction.
I'd like to ask a more specific question that would probably be of great interest to anyone considering modding SH5 (Not that i am, im just curious), and i really dont expect an answer, but i thought id ask anyway.
Will the file structure remain the same or similar to SH3/SH4? Or will the entire directory and file structure be new and the file dependencies, interactions, and variables need to be relearned?
mookiemookie
08-31-09, 07:51 PM
Mihai, don't trust these guys, they want to make you say things, I tell you... :D
Yeeesss, yeeeeesss....tell us these things about SHV....
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/images/hypnotize.jpg
Great to know you folks are checking in from time to time. Thanks.
Hey Duci. Glad to see your back.
Payoff
Sledgehammer427
08-31-09, 09:08 PM
Will the file structure remain the same or similar to SH3/SH4? Or will the entire directory and file structure be new and the file dependencies, interactions, and variables need to be relearned?
:hmmm: ditto on this question.
SteamWake
08-31-09, 09:12 PM
Look he comes in and says yes were listening and have a huge job ahead of us.
Next thing you guys do is come in and hammer him with questions that will go unanswerd.
Give it a rest.
karamazovnew
09-01-09, 01:17 AM
Look he comes in and says yes were listening and have a huge job ahead of us.
Next thing you guys do is come in and hammer him with questions that will go unanswerd.
Give it a rest.
And they threaten his dog too. :nope: Poor show old chaps.
FIREWALL
09-01-09, 02:02 AM
Answer up ! :yep: Or we'll burn SteamWake at the stake. :arrgh!:
:har::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Elder-Pirate
09-01-09, 10:14 AM
Answer up ! :yep: Or we'll burn SteamWake at the stake. :arrgh!:
:har::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
And karamazovnew for defending the dog. :haha:
Edit: Just joking :-j in case your humor is dry or gone. :yep:
maerean_m
09-01-09, 01:04 PM
Will the file structure remain the same or similar to SH3/SH4? Or will the entire directory and file structure be new and the file dependencies, interactions, and variables need to be relearned?
We're building the game on top of SH4, so you'll recognize the structure.
And they threaten his dog too. :nope: Poor show old chaps.:har:
Seeadler
09-01-09, 01:36 PM
We're building the game on top of SH4
including the transparent "ghost" sailors? :rotfl:
We're building the game on top of SH4, so you'll recognize the structure.
Guys, please redo the water shaders to bring back the 'atlantic' feel. In my opinion, the water in SH3 was far more realistic, than in SH4.
Thank you again for your efforts. I'm buying SH5 as soon as it hit the shelves of our stores.
Mikhayl
09-01-09, 02:01 PM
We're building the game on top of SH4, so you'll recognize the structure.
Ok, now I'm worried :D
Arclight
09-01-09, 02:23 PM
And I'm confused; is the engine an overhaul or new build? :06:
I assumed new build to be honest. Nothing wrong with using previous content, but that engine really gave us grey hairs (I imagine the same can be said for the devs). :ping:
SteamWake
09-01-09, 02:34 PM
We're building the game on top of SH4,
Uth oh now hes done it.. Brace yourself.
coronas
09-01-09, 02:51 PM
Ok, now I'm worried :D
:wah: Now, we are two! :D
Task Force
09-01-09, 02:57 PM
I hope it isnt gonna just be an upgrade like Sh3 to sh4... we all know how that went...
You lot worry too much :haha:
Sh4 was build on top of SH3 -and SH3 was built on top of nothing - did you worry about that? :06:
You want whole new engine or something? - how long do think that takes (not to mention costs)?
You want whole new engine or something? - how long do think that takes (not to mention costs)?
Aaaand here is the reason why most games nowadays just plain suck. Old engine is still old engine and go only go so far.
Ducimus
09-01-09, 03:07 PM
We're building the game on top of SH4, so you'll recognize the structure.
Thanks for the info. If you'd like feedback on misc trouble items or erratic behavior in SH4; id be more then happy to provide if it would be any help to your development.
AVGWarhawk
09-01-09, 03:11 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmm....fleet boat perhaps port to SH5:06::hmmm:
Jimbuna
09-01-09, 03:42 PM
We're taking notes of your questions and requests. There are some features that are feasible while others are almost impossible to implement (or would require a huge effort).
Also, don't forget that there is a new First Person Camera and a live crew that require a great effort and have many implications in all areas of the game (that you'll see when playing). Yet, we're trying to make the game as moddable as possible so you can customize it as you like it and enjoy it even more :know:.
The game is not completed, not even the design. Your requests are added to the list (which is sorted by relevancy and the effort to implement).
So we hope we are all going to spend the days and the nights playing Silent Hunter 5. :arrgh!:
That is good to know maerean and really appreciated http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif
THE_MASK
09-01-09, 04:39 PM
We're building the game on top of SH4, so you'll recognize the structure.
:har:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kTWwJ9NQbY&feature=related
Hmmmmmmmmmmm....fleet boat perhaps port to SH5:06::hmmm:
Hell - why not!
Though I just read that all 5 of the S-1 lend lease boats were used as Anti Submarine training vessles by the RN :(
My dreams of historically using one to hunt Axis ships in the ATO have been ruined.
http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=206&navy=HMS
Ducimus
09-01-09, 05:52 PM
Hell - why not!
Though I just read that all 5 of the S-1 lend lease boats were used as Anti Submarine training vessles by the RN :(
My dreams of historically using one to hunt Axis ships in the ATO have been ruined.
http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=206&navy=HMS
There's always Gato's, though the role they played in the atlantic was very minor.
Scroll down to the yellow block here:
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_6/silent_victory.html
another bit here:
http://www.subvetpaul.com/SAGA_6_98.htm
We're building the game on top of SH4, so you'll recognize the structure.
Cool, less bugs to stomp and more time to develop new content. :yep:
skwasjer
09-01-09, 06:14 PM
Nice to know there will be more modability and S3D will work with some editing .
But who will do the editing... :hmmm:
:()1: I'm buying skwasjer
THE_MASK
09-01-09, 06:24 PM
But who will do the editing... :hmmm:Come on skwasjer , your da man :salute:
Captain Vlad
09-01-09, 06:36 PM
Thanks for the info, maerean, we appreciate it.
And don't worry; the dog is being well cared for. For now.
skwasjer
09-02-09, 07:30 PM
I don't intend to... Just because it seems to be using the same file structure doesn't mean the whole code base is similar. It could take me many more months and I'm not up for that anymore. I'll just be 'playing' the game...
Webster
09-02-09, 07:47 PM
since sh5 is built on the sh4 file structure, with luck s3d will work flawlessly with sh5 and at best need only a minor tweak to add a new feature or two
THE_MASK
09-02-09, 10:02 PM
I don't intend to... Just because it seems to be using the same file structure doesn't mean the whole code base is similar. It could take me many more months and I'm not up for that anymore. I'll just be 'playing' the game...I understand , thankyou for S3D anyway .
JScones
09-03-09, 05:15 AM
Aaaand here is the reason why most games nowadays just plain suck. Old engine is still old engine and go only go so far.
:yep:
I'm hearing alarm bells, yet my screen isn't playing SH3...
Ducimus
09-03-09, 04:23 PM
You know it may not be as bad as you guys may think. Keep in mind that at its core, SH4 is still very much a uboat game since its derived from Sh3. Fleet boats work entirely different from uboats on many levels so with sh4, what you had was a uboat game, that was shoehorned to fit into a fleet boat paradigm. Of course its not going to work out all that great.
With the uboat mission addon, you had uboats being shoehorned back into the mix, which had already been cobbled around a paradigm it wasn't originally designed for. Again, of course its not going to work out all that great.
If i was a betting man, id wager that the SH4 engine being used, is a patched/fixed version of Sh4 1.4 with the changes for fleetboats peeled back and culled to remove that layer of abstraction that didn't work so well. And really, aside from bug fixes added in 1.5, theres only four or so issues off the top of my head that would have to be resolved to have a rock solid platform. The dev's have had plenty of time since the uboat mission addon to fix those issues, and i would think they'd have to done that first before trying to add anything else.
Besides that, uboats with improved eyecandy with full interactive and rendered interior? The majority here will eat that up and ask for more regardless of release state :DL
Webster
09-03-09, 05:14 PM
If i was a betting man, id wager that the SH4 engine being used, is a patched/fixed version of Sh4 1.4 with the changes for fleetboats peeled back and culled to remove that layer of abstraction that didn't work so well.
agreed but isnt it much more likely they would start off with the v1.5 game with the fixes built in?
in my mind they are going to replace everything fleetboat with the sh3 uboat stuff and then jazz it up for using the newer game engine and grafics.
for a long time we have been thinking "why doesnt ubi use sh4 game with sh3 content added" so maybe thats what we will finally get now.
it stands to reason the quick developement time for this game is due to having most everything they need already built (sh3 files) or can be easily cloned and the main work to be done is to debug everything for the new game engine
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