What the first five things you will do when you load up SHV for the first time?

[JU_88]

ME... In the following order

1) Watch Intro.
2) Check out ALL the units in the Museum
3) Naval Accademy
4) Start a 1939 Career and complete 1st patrol.
5) explore mission editor and test the AI submarines to the limit :D

I got it all planned out .....Cant wait :salute:

[SteamWake]

1.) Check for a patch
2.) Play the game
3.) See if there are any mods out

[IanC]

You guys better also take some in game video and post it up on youtube, for us poor souls who probably won't be able to play it right away (I need new rig).

[Blood_splat]

Find something to complain about and immediately post it here.:O:

[longam]

run around in the sub like a mad man

[Task Force]

1 put hand on mouse

2 click new career thingy.

3 start new campaign...

[Gotmilk]

The first thing i am gonna do is get into my sub. Go somewhere deep and sink my sub. I wanna see how the crew reacts. I wanna see how do we all die :D

[GoldenRivet]

1. Watch the intro

2. Que up a naval academy mission and walk from bow to stern of the boat... get a feel for the first person movement and check out all the compartments etc.

3. complete all the naval academy missions if possible.

4. practice with a few dry runs on some single missions

5. launch a career

[GoldenRivet]

oh yeah and...

RTFM:yeah:

[JU_88]

oh yeah and...

RTFM:yeah:

What - both pages? :D

[GoldenRivet]

What - both pages? :D

thats more of a pamphlet - but yeah... whatever resource material they put out - however brief - i'll be running through during the install.

[TheDarkWraith]

Before even running the game for the first time I'm going to see what kind of copy protection they put on it and try and remove it or disable it. I don't want that crap polluting my computers. Someday software developers will learn that where there's a will there's always a way. Instead of investing $ in that crap put that money into the game development :arrgh!:

[SteamWake]

You sure you want to post that in an open forum read by the developers?

[TheDarkWraith]

It's to express the point of quit wasting $ on crap and put it into the game. Look at SH4 - with patch 1.4 they effectively took out the copy protection. So ALL the money and time and man-hours spent putting it in was removed. That time, money, and man-hours could have been put to better use making the game better or fixing other bugs.
Maybe you like having that crap infect your computer. I don't. It can sometimes wreak havoc on installed devices and other software on your computer. I don't like troubleshooting software problems because someone 'thinks' I need to have this or that with something I legitimately bought.
I have nothing more to say on this subject. Enjoy your new game when it comes out :yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

Find something to complain about and immediately post it here.:O:

Old school :up:

[PL_Andrev]

Download patch 1.4 of course...
:rotfl2:

[FIREWALL]

I'm going to wait until the New and Improved "Collectors" Edition is released. :woot:


Until then I will be busy reading all the Moans and Groans and Ooohs and Ahhhs here. :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

First thing I have to do is explain to my wife were $49.99 disappeared to. :oops:

[Lt.Fillipidis]

Hold it there peeps.
You cant build a house without setting up the substructure. If you do so you'll be running from one problem into another.

The first 5 things ill be doing is building the substructure.

1: Go to the super market and get a month's food, water and alchohol supply.

2: Format the PC and put on only the vital software for the game to run with the latest updates.

3: Turn off cellphone.

4: Unplug the phone.

5: Lock the door, unplug the ringbell and nail a warning sign on the door.
Oh, and cover the windows with something dark. Pitch is good.

Then tell everyone im in a middle of a major project and i want to be alone.
Then i'll enjoy the game for quite some time since none is gonna disturb me.:shucks:

[EgoApocalypse]

1)look at install menu :hmmm:

2)Press Install

3)Watch progress bar
(Screaming at the screen cause I want to play it now:damn::damn:)

4)Finish install and restart PC

5)Finally after all this time waiting, play and enjoy
( Until the novelty wears off and I start screamin at the screen waiting
for SHVI to be realeased:damn::damn:)

Cant wait. Should be cool.

[Sledgehammer427]

oh boy, already I'm being pressured into predictions.

1) wonder where I got 50 bucks from
2)shrug. good luck, I guess
3)change in game speaking language to GERMAN
4) Play a single mission.
5) Exit and start looking at how to mod this beast

:D

[JU_88]

4)Finish install and restart PC

No need for that is there? I havent restarted after a game install for about 5 years lol

[EgoApocalypse]

No need for that is there? I havent restarted after a game install for about 5 years lol

Ah! I Know just habit at this stage........Better safe than sry.

[totodog]

1. install the game
2. start a campaign, or mission, it doesn't matter
3. walk into the engine room
4. "Ausserste kraft voraus"
5. marvel at the two diesel engines

[longam]

Find a way to punch that soup guy

[Sailor Steve]

1) Load it up.

2) Explore.

3) Find out what merchants are in the game.

4) Find out how the merchant names are structured.

5) Start working on the new Ship Names mod.

[subvers4]

Find a way to punch that soup guy
Come on, at least try the soup first, he did offer it nicely and you never know, it may be quite good ! :DL

[Platapus]

Load it up

Start either a training mission or a campaign

Notice all the bugs

Exit SHV

Fire up SH3 and wait for the SHV patches

Fire up SHV with the patches

Start a campaign

Notice all the missing features

Exit SHV

Fire up SH3 and wait for the wonderful modders to work their magic on SHV :salute::salute:

Fire up SHV with the patches and some excellent mods

Have fun! :yeah:

[piri_reis]

1. install the game
2. start a campaign, or mission, it doesn't matter
3. walk into the engine room
4. "Ausserste kraft voraus"
5. marvel at the two diesel engines

Exactly!
Check the engines and the torpedo loading/firing sequences..
Try some soup to shut him up:D

[Snestorm]

1: Unplug internet. Start computer. RTFM.
2: Clean and defrag. RTFM.
3: Restart computer. RTFM.
4: Install. Restart. Clean and defrag. RTFM.
5: Restart. Load SH5.
Naval Accademy, as "Player", to get the feel of things.

[Arclight]

1. Toss out the manual.

I'll wing it after that. :lol:

[THE_MASK]

Fire up the new computer . Fire up sh5 and go to the settings screen and turn the music off and set the graphics to mind warpingly god smackingly awsomely beautiful setting . Set the difficulties to 100% . Type my name in and sit in awe and wonder because there wont be any bugs . :yeah:Sorry , dreaming again .

[Jimbuna]

1) Install

2) Have a bloody good neb around

3) Load it up

4) Write down or make a mental note of my observations

5) Inform the family they can resume voice communications

[sharkbit]

1. Explain to my wife why I need another submarine game.
2. Load SH5 on computer and play some.
3. Explain to my wife why we need a better graphics card.
4. Play some training missions to get a feel for the game.
5. Start a campaign and hit the high seas.

:DL

[mookiemookie]

1. Unless it's absolutely awesome, figure out how to replace the main menu music with the GWX menu music. That music has just become so ingrained in me that I don't think it would be Silent Hunter to me without it. :yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

1. Unless it's absolutely awesome, figure out how to replace the main menu music with the GWX menu music. That music has just become so ingrained in me that I don't think it would be Silent Hunter to me without it. :yeah:
:rotfl2:

I'm just the opposite. One of the first things I did with SH3 was replace the menu music with the one from the original SH2 DBSM. When I load up SH3 I hear the scene from Das Boot with the three leads walking through the u-boat bunker.

[Jimbuna]

:rotfl2:

I'm just the opposite. One of the first things I did with SH3 was replace the menu music with the one from the original SH2 DBSM. When I load up SH3 I hear the scene from Das Boot with the three leads walking through the u-boat bunker.

A link to that would be very much appreciated my friend.

[iambecomelife]

1) Install the game.

2) Crack open my copy of Talbot-Booth's Merchant Ships (1942 edition).

3) Look at the merchant ships in Museum mode, oohing, ahhing, & griping.

4) Open the data folder, or its equivalent.

5) Start toiling on new merchant ship skins (or models, depending on what's possible.) :D

[W_clear]

1]Wearing a sailor uniform.

2]Say good-bye with my wife.

[JScones]

Interesting how many people have listed "install" as "the first ... you will do when you load up SHV for the first time?". :hmmm:

Me, I would have already installed it (hard to load it up otherwise ;)), so I guess the first thing I'll do is watch the intro movie. That should fill in 20 seconds.

Once the game finishes loading, I'll prolly stare a bit at the main menu screen for a few seconds. Having by then read all three paragraphs of the game manual (the remaining 30 pages cover Ubi copyright and the 1900 support number at $6.50 a minute), I will select the "Options" option and tweak to my desire, while being quietly chuffed that there are both malfunctions and sabotage options available.

I'll then check out the Museum, hoping to see an interface more akin to SH3's than SH4's. I will be disappointed, but not surprised, when I don't see a Bathurst Class adorning the Aussie Roster. I guess I should just be happy with the fact that there will at least be an Aussie Roster included.

Then I'll start a new Sep 1939 career and complete one patrol.

That's the first five things covered.

Then I'll exit SH5 and visit here to read all the complaints about Wolfpacks being either a) not in at all b) too arcadish or c) too few.

Then I'll spend the next <insert lifespan of game here> modding/testing and essentially doing everything *but* playing the game! First (personal) mod will be to remove the intro movie.

[TarJak]

Kiss the wife and kids goodbye
Check out the intro
Start the Naval Academy and go round the boat looking for soup.
work out how to turn on and off the annoying bits.
Fire up a career game in 1939 and go hunting.

[Reaves]

1. Wait 3 weeks for my beard to grow to an acceptable level
2. Start playing

[Reece]

Take it into the toilet, with a glass of wine for a good examination & read!:yep:

[Darkbluesky]

1a. Check if it works with NVIDIA 3D Vision!!!

1b. Check if it works with NVIDIA 3D Vision!!!

1c. Check if it works with NVIDIA 3D Vision!!!

2a. If it works, drool extensively by exploring the museum and all the sub stations checking all minimal details with my 3D glasses on...:D:woot:

2b. If it doesn't work correctly. Blame developers and Ubi, and wondering why they didn't it compatible !! After all ubi, signed the nvidia 3d vision endorsement... :stare:

3. Academy

4. Start patrol 1939

5. Enjoy (I hope) during hours/days/months...

Seriously, why developers don't answer a "simple" question about if it will have support or not for 3D Vision?? The fact SH5 is developed on the platform of SH4 scares me. SH4 was not very compatible with 3D Vision...

[Uber Gruber]

1) Go and have a pooh whilst it loads.
2) Make a cup of coffee
3) Might phone a mate to see if he fancies a pint later
4) Check the football results
5) Spank the cat.

[gordonmull]

1 Open beer
2 Go to the options screen and ramp up the graphics quality
3 Change speech to German
4 Work throught the tutorials
5 Sink 'em all :arrgh!:

[Reece]

5)Uber Gruber said:
Spank the cat.The pussy! .. Kinky!!:o:03:

[IanC]

Take it into the toilet, with a glass of wine for a good examination & read!:yep:

Don't ever sell that copy on ebay.

[cappy70]

1 Install it & check for patch :|\\
2 Look at intro:|\\
3 Change to German:rock:
4 Start a career:salute:
5 Look for a weapon and start shooting inside everwhere and then I'll blow up the door and then I'll toss a couple of handgrenads around the corner and run down to the torpedoroom of the sub and :fff: ,,,erhmmm ooops,,no FPS here,,hehehe, I mean I'll look at the map and do the mission briefing and I'll start my first mission with Wolfpack,,I hope.:ping::ping::ping:

[karamazovnew]

1. Options -> Realistic Difficulty
2. New Career
.....
4. Die of lack of sleep/food after 2 weeks of constant playing. :dead:

[Venatore]

Start modding it :yawn:

[Carotio]

3.) See if there are any mods out

I think, I'm going to release a SH5 mod a couple of days before SH5 is for sale, now that I have seen some of the game data folder at the subsim meet.

Just for fun... :woot:

ME... In the following order

1) Check folders and files, particularly some texture files...
2) Start game and watch Intro video till the end
3) Set game audio and text to German
4) Naval Academy
5) Start a 1939 Career and complete 1st patrol
6) Check out ALL the units in the Museum

[JU_88]

6) Check out ALL the units in the Museum

I cant belive that me and Carotio are the only two people who are gonna do this :oops:
perhaps the rest you dont weant to spoil the suprise?? :06:

[kptn_kaiserhof]

i agree with GOTMILK

[joeljansson]

look for enemy sub to sink me and the soup nazi on my boat:yep:what:06: we are the germans so he must be the soup nazi:D

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2:

Good point!

"I am NOT a Nazi! No soup for you!...Sir!"

[Webster]

i wont even open a file for at least a month and no mods until after patch #1 at least

first thing is to get bored with the single missions for fast action then a few patrols, maybe create a few missions but modding i have learned is a waste of time until at least the 3rd patch because each patch makes your mods not work or become no longer needed.

once i start modding then i will disect everything in the game but until then im not looking under the hood, let the girl keep her dress on :D

[cappy70]

just dating the "grl" for some time:D:salute:

[Brag]

1.- Organize a machine
2.- load SH5
3.- Walk from stem to stern. check every space, make sure that Bernard has not smuggled himself in disguised as a farting banana.
4,- Celebrate the commissioning of my boat
5.- Celebrate assuming comand of the boat
6.- Celebrate arrival at Naval Academy
7.- Celebrate that I really have SH-5 operational
8,- Celebrate that I'm sober enough to celebrate:D

[ivank]

love number 8

[Obltn Strand]

1. Order replica kriegsmarine captains hat
2. Install game & making it run
3. Extensive schooling at the academy
4. Start careeer in -39 with type II boat
5. Stop showering & shaving
(6. Rent museum subrarine Vesikko for two weeks to personal use)

[Kaleun_Endrass]

Order replica kriegsmarine captains hat
I already did few weeks ago. :D

[JScones]

I want a replica U-boat Badge. Is it a pipedream to think such a replica could be included in a deluxe SH5 package?

[Obltn Strand]

I want a replica U-boat Badge. Is it a pipedream to think such a replica could be included in a deluxe SH5 package?

And knight's cross with 1,4b patch;)

[mookiemookie]

I want a replica U-boat Badge. Is it a pipedream to think such a replica could be included in a deluxe SH5 package?

The fact it has a swastika on it would probably nix that idea at Ubi corporate. Unless they de-Nazified it. :hmmm:

[cappy70]

Well,,you could de-soupifie it and then you could wear the badge...:haha:

[JScones]

The fact it has a swastika on it would probably nix that idea at Ubi corporate. Unless they de-Nazified it. :hmmm:
Actually, I think the likelihood of a deluxe edition containing any metal outside of the tin itself and obligatory (non-working) pen would be very slim.

[ivank]

Does it matter. As long as the game works I am good. Then again a working U-boat with a unique number with live torps would be cool:yeah:

[oscar19681]

1 unpack the package it came in in record time (useing my teeth if needed)
2 install the game
3 buy some mariuana and a case of beer while installing
4 start training missions
5 light up the joint and open a beer and look at sh-5 with open mouth and amazment!

[Arclight]

If there's 1 thing I learned it's that it's a lot easier to skipper a sub when you're not high as a kite. :rotfl2:

"Tutorial: Click the dial in the bottom-right of the screen to set your depth"
...
"OK..." :yawn:
...
...
"Wait, what?" :doh:
...
:zzz:

[WilhelmSchulz.]

1. Watch intro movie.
2. Watch Load screen.
3. Stare at menu screen and compare to SHIII
4. Open museum and see how either amazing or horible the ships and Aircraft are moddled.
5. Start Acadamey missions.
6. Start single missions
7a. Start Campaign
7b. Make new missions for game.
8. Check for patches and or mods.

:arrgh!:

[Hartmann]

install , start, see the intro and configure settings to medium or high

start an academy or a single mission

Test performance

unistall

buy a new Pc

Install again

apply a patch

Test performance, interiors, water dynamics , weather, weapons , and how behave the boat in different situations, dive very deep, rough weather , aceleration, damage, crew ...

Start a career or unistall

:haha:

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Test crush depth.
Get disappointed with creaking noises.
Start modding Thomsen's Sound Pack V4.

[Ducimus]

Assuming i buy it before it hits the bargin bin:

1.) D/L latest patch. I imagine that might be numbered 1.4 or 1.5
2.) Watch intro
3.) Explore and examine all menu options
4.) Try the sub school to see what all the hub bub is about with the UI and rendered interior
5.) Sit back with a cup of coffee (or a 6 pack of beer), and carefully examine the file structure at a liesurely pace out of curiosity.
6.) Change the command hotkeys to that of SH3's layout of feasible. (did the same with SH4, its hard to change up after so many years of mashing the same hotkeys)
7.) One of three things will happen at this point:

A. I D/L the latest mod and enjoy someone elses hard work for a change. (I still say GWX will reappear in some form. Modding is an addiction, just like any other)

b. I end up being happy with the stock unmodded game. ( :haha: )

c. I end up on the endless modding loop again in some shape or form. I have no intention of it, but i know modding is addictive, and if you have an idea of what your doing, once you start cracking the files open, your kinda screwed.

[joeljansson]

3.- Walk from stem to stern. check every space, make sure that Bernard has not smuggled himself in disguised as a farting banana.


Well,,you could de-soupifie it:haha:
Or he can soupifie the farting banana disguised as bernard:hmmm:

[Rosencrantz]

1. Start up career at Kiel August 15 or something, 1939 (hope so)
2. Set realism to full minus external camera
3. Get orders from FdU to deploy to the Atlantic for waiting positions
4. Get departed from Kiel, notice couple small problems before Kiel-Holtenau locks, and set course back to berth.
5. Report FdU: "Waiting for modders coming in,Sir!"


That's what I'm gonna do... ;)



Greetings,
-RC-

[kiwi_2005]

1) Start a rerun of Das boot on video player few feet away from pc
2) boil the jug have coffee supplies ready
3) Load up SHV & watch intro and drool
4) check out the interface menu and museum & drool some more
5) start a new career skipping the training missions on purpose. (I ain't got time for training i need to get out to sea in my brand new VIIC!)

Reality will be like it was with SH3 and SH4 as soon as i got the games and played them for the first time, my gametime was anything from 18 to 22hrs with coffee breaks. SH5 will be no different, probably much longer :D

[Lord Justice]

(1) run game (2) have a coffee ovor selection, appropriate stats und rankings ov mein chosen crew to report to docking bay, wherapon ze offizers vil de louse, check kit, line all for inspection. (3) make a worthy speech to mein 22inch flat screen about duty, dedication, devotion, comradere to the f...land, das boot , and ... er donitz. (4) fall out to boot und correct stations. Eye ball my offizers to let them no whose the capt. Alas after all initial inner, outer and operational inspections are completed, CHECK ze toilet is clear of some provisons way b4 1st dive!!! (5) :hmmm:Run down to my electricity meter lol, lock the door, put on ze skippers hat, assign crew to deck for higherarchy , band, departure send off. put on a fake smile as i stand with an air of importance. order ahead slow, face the other way wipe the smile off as i gaze into kiel , the war machines, nurses, sky, children waving, of whats to befold of us in a few days!! one smashing a keyboard or one racing to beat prien to scapa and glory.

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Lock my bedroom door so no one disturbs me for 5 days.

Come out after 5 days, grown beard and stinking, just like the sailors.

[Sevrin]

This might be 1.)

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx43/sevrin2009/becks.jpg?t=1256834314

2.) Probably be watching the Intro video...
...

[MRV]

1. watch intro movie
2. watch load screen
3. still watch load screen
4. watch my desktop
5. completely reinstalling my whole system and then starting again with 1.

[oscar19681]

If there's 1 thing I learned it's that it's a lot easier to skipper a sub when you're not high as a kite. :rotfl2:

"Tutorial: Click the dial in the bottom-right of the screen to set your depth"
...
"OK..." :yawn:
...
...
"Wait, what?" :doh:
...
:zzz:

From fictionate u-boat hand book:

" When as high as a kite , move to 40 meters and sit it out "