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Bethune
01-22-10, 03:54 PM
Hello,

My real name is Mike and i'm from Belgium. I recently got the game silent hunter 4 and i got hooked. Never was a fan of the sim genre, until now.
I am not very good at it, but today i finished my first succesful war patrol so i'm getting there. I found this site looking for info about the game and decided to join up, since i'll probably spent a lot of hours playing the game :)

anyways, i'll leave this introduction with this. If you guys want know anything else just ask.

(ps:dont know if this is in the wrong forum section)

Armistead
01-22-10, 04:44 PM
Welcome aboard, your're at the right place. The game is great and with all the mods the game improves 200%, just check some of the better graphics in the screenshot thread.

Need any help let us know.

Bethune
01-22-10, 04:52 PM
Thanks for the welcome armistead :DL i'll check out those mods like you suggested. They look very interesting.

FIREWALL
01-22-10, 04:52 PM
Welcome Mike :DL Are you # 40,000 ? :hmmm:

Will explain later. Nothing bad I just want SubSim free mug.

Bethune
01-22-10, 04:55 PM
Thanks firewall :)

Randomizer
01-22-10, 05:03 PM
Welcome aboard, no doubt somebody will come by and advise you to "SINK 'EM ALL" or "BE MORE AGRESSIVE".

Until that happens I'll just say Hi.

Good Hunting

FIREWALL
01-22-10, 05:09 PM
What that was all about is if your the 40,000 member to join the first member to catch it gets a free KOOL SubSim mug. I think you get one too.

sergei
01-22-10, 05:47 PM
Welcome aboard skipper:DL

Armistead
01-22-10, 06:40 PM
Welcome Mike :DL Are you # 40,000 ? :hmmm:

Will explain later. Nothing bad I just want SubSim free mug.

I said hey first....that's my mug.:D

G2B
01-22-10, 06:46 PM
Welcome Aboard Bethune


@ Firewall and Armistead :timeout: I only see a count of 39,701 or is my browser a few days behind :hmmm:

Bethune
01-23-10, 06:23 AM
Thanks for the welcome guys,

lol and am i the 40000 member? :p

Andrew82
01-23-10, 07:32 AM
Welcome aboard!

Keep on practicing, soon you'll be sinking whole convoys! :salute:


Happy hunting

SteamWake
01-23-10, 08:45 AM
Welcome !

Might I suggest before you start messing around with mods to play the game a while un modded?

Two reasons... First you can be assured you have a stable installation (no crashes) Secondly you can get a feel for what you might want to change.

But if your modding inclined and know how then by all means go ahead.

Whatever you do have fun ! :rock:

Bethune
01-23-10, 10:46 AM
That is a good suggestion steamwake and i am currently playing the unmodded version. I'll gues i'll try out my first mod in a few weeks when i'm getting the hang of it, and know what i want.

Armistead
01-23-10, 10:56 AM
I say go for it, why eat a hotdog when you can have steak...Just pretend your playing it out of the box the way it should've been and learn it that way from the beginning. That way you don't develop bad habits.

Course a few days playing stock doe's add to the wow factor of mods, so you know what you're getting.

Bethune
01-23-10, 11:02 AM
yeah i have the feeling that i dont know the game enough to go out and play mods. I mean i have auto target on and i still miss 2 out of 3 boats with the torpedoes :oops:

lorka42
01-23-10, 11:22 AM
Welcome aboard, Mike. dont feel too bad about missing a few, thats how you learn, keep your periscope up as little as possible and get close (1000 yards).
that way they dont have time to dodge :salute:

Bethune
01-23-10, 12:37 PM
Thanks lorka,

I just was on patrol and found a lonely merchant so i decided to take it down. After i fired a torpedo i saw it was an american merchant :damn: offcourse this torpedo does hit and the whole ship blows up, i guess i hit it in a critical spot.

Armistead
01-23-10, 12:47 PM
We've had a few US skippers here that are good at sinking US Carriers...for some a shameful act with their level of experience.:haha:

Bethune
01-23-10, 03:16 PM
Glad to know i'm not alone :D

Bethune
01-23-10, 04:07 PM
I've read alot about this TMO mod does it chanche alot of the game? and if you guys recommend it, were can i download it from and is it difficult to install? (i have stock version 1.4)

Armistead
01-23-10, 06:05 PM
The most current ver of TMO 1.9 is for ver 1.5 only. I can't remember what older TMO version works with 1.4, but go to the mods forum, look for the mod's sticky and you'll find it there.

Armistead
01-23-10, 06:08 PM
Glad to know i'm not alone :D

First time I played mods and was using RSRD, I sunk two. I didn't have cams on, so couldn't see the flags, just stated "Fleet Carrier" I spent a few hours in the attack and was overjoyed in sinking two. I finally ID a DD and it was a Fletcher class DD....I knew I goofed.

peabody
01-23-10, 08:03 PM
Welcome Mike :DL Are you # 40,000 ? :hmmm:

Will explain later. Nothing bad I just want SubSim free mug.

I guess you didn't read the fine print. If you catch it first you get a FREE mug, if you guess wrong you have to BUY a mug. That will be $16.00 plus $48.00 shipping and handling. Check's in the mail?

Peabody

Bethune
01-25-10, 02:37 PM
I have patch 1.4 of the game, and i am looking to download TMO 1.4. but do i need another TMO patch before i install TMO 1.4?

Armistead
01-25-10, 04:09 PM
Here's the mod for TMO 1.4...read the directions and changes..You don't need a patch before it.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1101

Bethune
01-25-10, 05:06 PM
sweet, i will download it, thanks for the help Armistead, you guys sure are friendly over here. I hope in time i can become a valuable member of this nice community to :)