SH5 players, Introduce yourself: roll call I

[robbo180265]

Hello all. Just wanted to say hi. Ive played SH4 before but could not really figure it out. Just brought SH5 and in my opinion is it's much easyier to play and get into for the newbi's, a little too easy now. Thanks all for all the info thats posted here, would be lost without it.

Welcome aboard Steve:salute:

[scratch81]

Donald Hogan, I live in Dallas, TX, though when my lease is up in Aug. my wife and I will be relocating to Savannah, GA. I've been involved in living history since i was 15, mostly US Civil War and WWII. Returning to college with in the next year to finish my degree, and hopefully, start teaching US history or English Lit.

Played SH3, 4, and now 5. Somewhere in the transition to SH5 i actually learned to fire a torpedo manually, well... 90% of the time now. couldn't hit the broadside of a stationary battleship at a 1000m in previous titles.

[krashkart]

Glad to have you aboard Donald. Make yourself at home. :salute:


For those that don't know me yet, I'm krashkart. I spend more time in GT than anywhere else on the boards, but I drop in from time to time to see what's new in the SHV world.

Happy hunting. :DL

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard matey http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Radar]

Been lurking in the Atlantic for 2 months in SH5 and decided to post up and say cheers to you all. 36 kerl from Canada pleased to be aboard:salute:

[kylania]

Been lurking in the Atlantic for 2 months in SH5 and decided to post up and say cheers to you all. 36 kerl from Canada pleased to be aboard:salute:

Welcome aboard Radar! :salute:

[Lister471]

Hi all been playing SH5 for about 2 weeks and really enjoying it. Not really much to tell, i am 29 and from Leeds in the UK, i have mostly played FPS and most of the tycoon stuff, i stumbled onto the SH series when a few people i know where playing SH4, i went to buy Sh4 but they did not have it in stock so got SH5 instead and must say i love it.

[kylania]

Welcome aboard Lister471! :salute:

[convoy hunter]

Welcome all

[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard guys:salute:

[TomWulf]

just arrived here, I am 43 old german living in Scotland and always loved sims. Apart from sneaking under water I currently play a bit Arma2 and Rise of Flight.

My first contact with sub sims was silent service and it got me hooked big time and had a look at most sub sims thereafter.

I played SH3 quite intensive with GWX3 and absolutely love it still. At first I wasn't very enthusiastic about SH5 as I read quite a bit of bad reviews but couldn't resist and got it finally.

Then of course while researching for mods and tips for SH5 I came across this site and been reading it a lot and must say this is one wicked place with lots of knowledgeable and creative persons and everyone seems very polite so I thought I'd say hello and stick around.

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

[Karasunx]

Greetings everyone from the land of beer and cheese. Joined the forums a few months ago and thought I probably should finally say hello and participate. My name is Patrick, 28, from Wisconsin, and I've been sub-simming since the days of Wolfpack on floppy disks. Anyways, it's very cool to be a part of such a great forum.

[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard guys:salute:

[SimForPleasure]

I'm Dave from Ontario, Canada. I'm 61 Yrs (Geez how is that possible)
I've been messing around sub sims for a while I think I had one before SNN 688 or whatever it was. I love this series, am really liking SH5, when it is finished it will be spectaular. Haven't gotten into mods yet, but am certainly considering it after reading some posts and seeing some screen shots. A little leary though. Really appreciate all the knowledge and assistance given on here. You folks are AWESOME. I work midnight audit in a hotel.:salute: later...

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD, Dave!:sunny:

Don't worry about the age. I'm right behind you, and we have several here who call us 'kids'.

As for mods, pick up the too called JSGME.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=169092

It will make it simple to load up mods, it will warn you of a possible conflict (which usually only means that one mod might make another one stop working), and it will let you take them right back out again if anything does go wrong. No muss, no fuss, no hassles, no worries.

It's the gamer's dream come true.

[Herr_Pete]

just arrived here, I am 43 old german living in Scotland and always loved sims. Apart from sneaking under water I currently play a bit Arma2 and Rise of Flight.

My first contact with sub sims was silent service and it got me hooked big time and had a look at most sub sims thereafter.

I played SH3 quite intensive with GWX3 and absolutely love it still. At first I wasn't very enthusiastic about SH5 as I read quite a bit of bad reviews but couldn't resist and got it finally.

Then of course while researching for mods and tips for SH5 I came across this site and been reading it a lot and must say this is one wicked place with lots of knowledgeable and creative persons and everyone seems very polite so I thought I'd say hello and stick around.


excellent mate. Where abouts in Scotland do you stay? I stay 20 minutes west of Glasgow up on the top of the Clyde Valley.

Im Peter by the way guys. I have been around this forum for a good year or 3 haha Loving SH5 at the moment. Plenty of massive Model threads down in the forum.

[ustahl]

I'm Uffe living in Oulu, Finland, born over 65 yrs ago in Germany, when my dad served in the Kriegsmarine. He served throughout the whole war, thankfully surviving it. At first, due to suitable body size, he was in training for U-Boats, but luckily got transferred to minelayers and later Schnellboote, one of which he commanded towards the end of war. I remember several of his war stories. I keep his original Kriegsmarine service book (Führungsbuch) as a dear artifact of him.
Myself, I'm retired by now from international sales -> plenty of time for SH3, SH4, and now SH5, besides flightsims (IL-2/FB, MS FSX) and ever-tweaking my PC. I guess I actually also spend more time modding & tweaking my games than actually playing them:hmmm:. Right when I got my game how I want it, there's a new mod(version) to try out, but I guess there are plenty of other like me, but mostly somewhat (a lot) younger.:sunny:

[Sailor Steve]

Wow, ustahl, that's an awesome story! Sounds like your dad had an interesting life. I'd love to here more about his side of the war. :rock:

[Jimbuna]

Same here....and welcome aboard http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[ustahl]

Wow, ustahl, that's an awesome story! Sounds like your dad had an interesting life. I'd love to here more about his side of the war. :rock:

Well, over in the SH4 forum I remember reading several corresponding US Navy stories, so maybe here on the U-Boot side the equivalent for the Kriegsmarine might be in place.
Off hand, I remember my dad talking about the North Atlantic, Norway (visiting Tirpitz), North Sea, Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland (history's biggest naval mine operation ever, against the Red Fleet), rescuing civilians at Baltic ports from Red Army advance in end phase. Is this thread OK for stuff like this?
I'm lucky he moved off U-boats early enough, as chances to survive turned out slim and thus I might not exist.;)

[Sailor Steve]

Is this thread OK for stuff like this?
Probably better to start your own thread. That way this one doesn't get too cluttered and you have the freedom to both go into as much detail as you want and answer plenty of questions.

[Jimbuna]

Probably better to start your own thread. That way this one doesn't get too cluttered and you have the freedom to both go into as much detail as you want and answer plenty of questions.

I suspect Steve and I will have plenty questions :yep:

[ustahl]

Probably better to start your own thread. That way this one doesn't get too cluttered and you have the freedom to both go into as much detail as you want and answer plenty of questions.OK. Thanks for your interest.
I'll dig into his service book once more for some details, but will have difficulty deciphering some entries in old German handwriting ("Sütterlin"):doh:, those letters being quite different from what's used nowadays.

I'll try to compose my entry for a "Kriegsmarine stories" thread some time soon, but some summertime RL matters might take precedence. :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

Looking forward to it http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[sarelsopbeen]

Hi All

I am 36 yeals old and hail from East London, South Africa.

I am i big fan of SH3 but was never able to really get into SH4, not even after the expansion.

Bought SH5 yesterday and although it looks great i have absolutely no bloody idea how to get anything done ! :damn::damn:

I see that there are various mods out for SH5 but am still trying to figure out which ones i need to get started.

A big thanks to the modders and the moderators.

Regards

Sarelsopbeen aka Jacques

[voss]

Hi All

I am 36 yeals old and hail from East London, South Africa.

I am i big fan of SH3 but was never able to really get into SH4, not even after the expansion.

Bought SH5 yesterday and although it looks great i have absolutely no bloody idea how to get anything done ! :damn::damn:

I see that there are various mods out for SH5 but am still trying to figure out which ones i need to get started.

A big thanks to the modders and the moderators.

Regards

Sarelsopbeen aka Jacques
You are not alone. We have all had to go through a long process of learning how to play the game because the included manual is almost worthless. Check out some of the stickied threads. They have the basic info on how to get through the tutorial, such as it is, and how to enable a lot of the necessary commands and controls that were left out of the original game. Once you get to the point where you can actually play the game, dive into the mods and start to enhance the experience. It really is a terrific U-boot simulation, but, unfortunately, you'll need to put some work into it. Luckily, there is a vital and wonderful forum (this one) to help you, and the rest of us, enjoy this game!

Welcome aboard and good hunting!:salute:

[Sailor Steve]

I am 36 yeals old and hail from East London, South Africa.
WOOHOO! Original home of the South African Grand Prix!:rock:

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard guys :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[sarelsopbeen]

Ever so slightly off topic, but yes the racecourse is in East London and races are still being held here !

[Truckerich]

Hi everyone,
The sign said introduce myself so I'm Richard [truckerich]
I'm a fan also SH3, SH4. I have the limited edition in the medal box of sh4 and now running SH5. updated to v.1.1 and installed v.1.2-EU a few days ago.
TheDarkWraith for NewUIs_TDC_2_9_1 is great. I choose the sh3 style. You know the one with 3-dials. I have installed alot of mods, lol
That is a super mod. I HOPE I hadn't stepped on any toes. . The choise was hard to choose but the one that tickeled my fancy is the TDC 2.9. I hope THEDARKWRAITH " will continue to update it.
Pleased to meet everyone. rich

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Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty X-treme Sound Card
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[robbo180265]

Hello Truckerich and welcome:salute:

[blkdimnd]

Hello Everyone!

I've been lurking these forum for a few weeks now, and I just can't believe all the great work the moders have done. Seeing the mods actual convinced me to buy the game!!

I'm 37, and currently live in Vermont.
I'm a pilot for a fractional ownership airline, flying the CE-560 Ultra.
(affectionately called the U-Boat!!:DL)

The last subsim I played was Silent Service on the Commodore 64/128/Amiga!!:har:

[edit: corrected phraseology]

[indy]

Hi everyone,
My name is Mark, AKA Indy, I live in the USA, Florida. I'm 50ish (I know I know), and work in a O.B. ward as a Health Unit Coordinator, a glorified a clerk, I use to be a boiler maker, but age and a bad back have caught up with me, needed a set down job! I enjoy all kinds of music except Country.

Currently studying Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic and trying to stuff Latin in on top of that, as you can tell I love the study of languages and also love history, mainly WW I and WW II.
I currently play. IL2 1946, Silent Hunter 4 and 5, Rise of Flight, Call of Duty - United Offensive Multiplayer. Have a great Day, Guys. Indy:salute:

[robbo180265]

Hello Everyone!

I've been trolling these forum for a few weeks now, and I just can't believe all the great work the moders have done. Seeing the mods actual convinced me to buy the game!!

:har:

I rather suspect you meant lurking rather than trolling :O:

Welcome aboard guys - don't be afraid to ask questions , the people here are reet friendly:up:

[blkdimnd]

I rather suspect you meant lurking rather than trolling :O:


Post corrected. :O:

[TomWulf]

excellent mate. Where abouts in Scotland do you stay? I stay 20 minutes west of Glasgow up on the top of the Clyde Valley.

Im Peter by the way guys. I have been around this forum for a good year or 3 haha Loving SH5 at the moment. Plenty of massive Model threads down in the forum.


I stay in Edinburgh, sorry couldn't reply earlier been in the states for a week

[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard indy:salute:

[liebstandarte]

Hi to all,
Glad I`ve found the forum as the silent hunter series is one of my favourites, been playing SH since version 2 & remember silent service on my old 48K spectrum !
During the day I support adults with learning difficulties, during the night I try to rack up some tonnage with SH, though being a family man I try to restict that to weekends !
When I`m not on SH 5, I re-enact WW2 Axis forces. All the fun with panzers & guns during the battles, but also informing the public about what it was like back then !
Lastly I need to thank the modders that have taken a broken product & made it into a thing of beauty ! I had my reservations about SH5, but now ? I love it !!
MFG !
Roy

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD!:sunny:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Roy http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

Cool nick your using....I'm suprised nobody else has used it.

[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard Roy:salute:

[liebstandarte]

Thanks guys,
As you can see, i`ve downloaded a mod or two :ping:

[Purplerainman]

Hi
My name is Trygvi. Age 39.And I am from the Faroe Island.
Married and father of two.
I work as a deck officer in the danish offshore fleet. Currently working in the Northsea.

I have been playing sub sims - among many onther games - since I had Silent Service on my brothers Amstrad.
Jane's fleet command is still a favourit of mine. But I also play Company Of Heroes, IL2 1946 and Total war a lot.
SH3 and SH4 also get a lot of attention every now and then.
On SH5 I only have on thing to say - I wan't my money back!

regard

[Jimbuna]

Hi
My name is Trygvi. Age 39.And I am from the Faroe Island.
Married and father of two.
I work as a deck officer in the danish offshore fleet. Currently working in the Northsea.

I have been playing sub sims - among many onther games - since I had Silent Service on my brothers Amstrad.
Jane's fleet command is still a favourit of mine. But I also play Company Of Heroes, IL2 1946 and Total war a lot.
SH3 and SH4 also get a lot of attention every now and then.
On SH5 I only have on thing to say - I wan't my money back!

regard

Welcome to SubSim http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Sailor Steve]

Yes, welcome! :sunny:

[tonschk]

Hi to all,


Lastly I need to thank the modders that have taken a broken product & made it into a thing of beauty ! I had my reservations about SH5, but now ? I love it !!
MFG !
Roy



Welcome aboard :salute:



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[the_tyrant]

I everyone, I am a new guy here
my name is Sihan or in Chinese 思涵. I am currently a high school student in Canada
I just started Silent hunter 5, I have also played silent hunter 4 for a long time
I'm also a big fan of HAWX, Total War, Hearts of Iron, Command and Conquer and Battle stations Pacific
If any one here uses Baidu tieba(for those of you who don't know, its a huge Chinese forum) my account there is 联合国独裁者(it literally translates to the dictator of the united nations)
And for those of you who are wondering how i got this screen name, I was listening to Arch Enemy's Rise of the Tyrant the first time I played Silent Hunter

[tonschk]

I everyone, I am a new guy here
my name is Sihan or in Chinese 思涵. I am currently a high school student in Canada
I just started Silent hunter 5, I have also played silent hunter 4 for a long time
I'm also a big fan of HAWX, Total War, Hearts of Iron, Command and Conquer and Battle stations Pacific
If any one here uses Baidu tieba(for those of you who don't know, its a huge Chinese forum) my account there is 联合国独裁者(it literally translates to the dictator of the united nations)
And for those of you who are wondering how i got this screen name, I was listening to Arch Enemy's Rise of the Tyrant the first time I played Silent Hunter


Hello there :DL , nice to have you with us :up: , Welcome :yeah:

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[E.Luden]

Elo guys,
, I live in the UK and I'm currently a student in Southampton. I've just joined the site, I've been playing sub sims ever since I picked up Aces of the Deep, in fact I played aces of the deep right up to when I bought SH3, and have taken things from there. At the moment I'm really trying to get into SH5 but the manual targeting systems is frankly doing my head in as well if I'm honest I miss all of the dials and knobs on the TDC but oh well I'l crack it eventually (or die trying)
John

[voss]

Elo guys,
, I live in the UK and I'm currently a student in Southampton. I've just joined the site, I've been playing sub sims ever since I picked up Aces of the Deep, in fact I played aces of the deep right up to when I bought SH3, and have taken things from there. At the moment I'm really trying to get into SH5 but the manual targeting systems is frankly doing my head in as well if I'm honest I miss all of the dials and knobs on the TDC but oh well I'l crack it eventually (or die trying)
John
Welcome and good hunting! :salute:

You might want to try using this terrific mod from The Dark Wraith:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1582

You might feel more comfortable.

Although, I prefer to use the more interactive interior dials and crew as my UI. I turn off the too-modern-looking HUD as much as possible. :D

[DeadPixels]

( cough ) hi ! I'm Dead Pixel :dead: . I played with SH 1 , SH 3 and now inside of SH 5.
Living in London , but without fixed abode. I like to congratulate you guys on one of the most civilized and helpful forum I come across in my lifetime , and trust me there were many.
thank you :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

( cough ) hi ! I'm Dead Pixel :dead: . I played with SH 1 , SH 3 and now inside of SH 5.
Living in London , but without fixed abode. I like to congratulate you guys on one of the most civilized and helpful forum I come across in my lifetime , and trust me there were many.
thank you :sunny:

Welcome aboard http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Fraxture]

Hello,

I have been away for awhile. And have found the time to play some Silent Hunter and I am greeted with SHV.

But I see also that the reviews are not glowing for this game. So I have been reading that 2 patches have surfaced so far.

Is the game playable with the current patches?

Thank You for your time. :)

[voss]

Hello,

I have been away for awhile. And have found the time to play some Silent Hunter and I am greeted with SHV.

But I see also that the reviews are not glowing for this game. So I have been reading that 2 patches have surfaced so far.

Is the game playable with the current patches?

Thank You for your time. :)
The short answer is "Yes!" :yeah:

However, you'll want to check out the various mods now available that will greatly enhance your playing experience! :rock:

You'll also want to read the various Tips, Tricks and How-To threads to make up for the pathetic manual. Happy hunting! :salute:

[Hooch]

Short intro.
just bought SH5 special edition and have downloaded some mods already and must say it looks pretty awesome.
My nickname was coined when I was in the Australian Navy as a radioman aboard the O class Submarines, The sub I served on was first put to sea in 72 and in looks and design wasn't all that different from the u boats of the second world war.
So you can see why this game is of such interest to me. enjoying it immensely.
:ping:

[leutenant-ottoman]

Hello I just want to say hello to you guys.
I didn't play for a year but now I want to make some time for SH 5.
My previous name was Hans-Weber. But I lost the password of my e mail account and so... Now its Leutenant-ottoman :)
Played mutch on multiplayer on sh 4 hope to do the same on sh 5..
Well gonna leave you all now

Greetings from Belgium

[tonschk]

Welcome aboard :salute: leutenant-ottoman :up:

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[robbo180265]

Welcome aboard guys:salute:

[Seeadler]

I'm already being here for a while, since the days of SHII / DC!:)

So my name is Frank, currently 45 years old and I live in a small village south of the German city of Hamburg. Until the early 90s, I served eight years as a Anti Submarine Warfare Petty Officer on these two destroyers.

D184 FGS Hessen
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/6663376535613161.jpg

D183 FGS Bayern
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/6131343934366333.jpg

After that I studied computer science and after three years as an employee for a software company, I change my status 1996 into a freelance software developer. Since then I've worked in various development projects mainly for defense, federal agencies and industry. Anyone who has purchased a new Porsche within the last six years can assume that alot of parts was welded by welding-robots controled by a software I developed.:D

My gaming career began in 1980 with the Atari VCS and went on various home computers and PCs until today.

That's me:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/91/3063991/3434633466656138.jpg

[voss]

Short intro.
just bought SH5 special edition and have downloaded some mods already and must say it looks pretty awesome.
My nickname was coined when I was in the Australian Navy as a radioman aboard the O class Submarines, The sub I served on was first put to sea in 72 and in looks and design wasn't all that different from the u boats of the second world war.
So you can see why this game is of such interest to me. enjoying it immensely.
:ping:
Pretty cool! :yeah:

I've only ever had the virtual submarine experience. Although, with each new iteration of Silent Hunter, it keeps getting better and better!

Welcome aboard! :salute:

[[501]Otto]

Hi, my name is Luis, I´m from Spain, 38 years old.
Been playing sims since.....pfff, :hmmm: can´t remember the old days... (earlier than Chuck Yeagers air combat:03: )
Lately I´ve been playing as infantry man on Red Orchestra and Arma II: Combined Operations, but missing Lock on and IL2.
While I was looking for them, I founded down there, in the bottom of the cardboard box my SH 3, installed it, applied some mods, played for 2 hours....and purchased a copy of SH V :D
Nice to meet you all :salute:

[tonschk]

.Bienvenido :salute:

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[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Otto http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[jctrnacty]

Hi I am 32, i am from czech rep. and played sims since good old Microprose times. (my favorite game studio)

I am more of a flight sim (falcon 4, FC 2, IL 2, Black shark, FSX) fan but always played other sims (SH II, Arma II)

Never had time to play SH III (played a bit) and SH IV (skipped), but i bought SH V to support subsim genre so I registered here and hope someone will help he with my rookie skills in sub simulators.

[tonschk]

Welcome jctrnacty:salute: , Silent Hunter 5 is improving day by day with Mods :DL and therefore becoming better and better

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[Kptlt. Siegmann]

Kapitänleutnant Siegmann back from the grave!

Hello everyone. Glad to be back after a fairly length hiatus. I'm Brian, age 21, residing in Bloomington, Indiana. Favorite sports are golf and auto racing (specifically F1). I'm usually seen with a camera in hand or reading a book. I actually just got my hands on an English translated copy of the U-Boat Commander's Handbook, 1942, so I've been buried in that.

Just now beginning to study engineering with the end goal to be an F1 designer. We'll see, lol. Hope to get reacquainted with everyone here and hope to share many a wonderful tales from the Atlantic! Best wishes and regards!

Edit: I'm sure I'll figure it out soon enough once I dig through the forums, but anyone care to briefly enlighten me as to what GWX is up to these days? :)

[HueyKAU]

Hi everyone :salute:,

my name is Huey, born in Germany some 40 years ago. My father served in the Navy during WWII but not on an U-Boot, myself some eight years in the Armed Forces doing some logistics.

Since the Olympics 2000 I'm in Sydney, Australia. My first game I bought was Sim City 2, enjoyed playing Wings, Doom etc. Mostly sims now, Football Manager since 08, Sim City 4 plus a ton of mods, Anno 1404 etc.

Loved F1 racing games and Helicopter and other flight sims such as EF2000, Apache Helicopter.... so many games, so little time :DL

Ah, and I played Silent Hunter III with the great Grey Wolves plus some other mods, then Silent Hunter IV and now somewhat dissapointed new with number V... need to download and install some mods I guess.

[Sgt_Raa]

Hi everyone :salute:,

my name is Huey, born in Germany some 40 years ago. My father served in the Navy during WWII but not on an U-Boot, myself some eight years in the Armed Forces doing some logistics.

Since the Olympics 2000 I'm in Sydney, Australia. My first game I bought was Sim City 2, enjoyed playing Wings, Doom etc. Mostly sims now, Football Manager since 08, Sim City 4 plus a ton of mods, Anno 1404 etc.

Loved F1 racing games and Helicopter and other flight sims such as EF2000, Apache Helicopter.... so many games, so little time :DL

Ah, and I played Silent Hunter III with the great Grey Wolves plus some other mods, then Silent Hunter IV and now somewhat dissapointed new with number V... need to download and install some mods I guess.
Hey dude.. im in brisbane.... i only play sh3 but

[voss]

Hi everyone :salute:,

my name is Huey, born in Germany some 40 years ago. My father served in the Navy during WWII but not on an U-Boot, myself some eight years in the Armed Forces doing some logistics.

Since the Olympics 2000 I'm in Sydney, Australia. My first game I bought was Sim City 2, enjoyed playing Wings, Doom etc. Mostly sims now, Football Manager since 08, Sim City 4 plus a ton of mods, Anno 1404 etc.

Loved F1 racing games and Helicopter and other flight sims such as EF2000, Apache Helicopter.... so many games, so little time :DL

Ah, and I played Silent Hunter III with the great Grey Wolves plus some other mods, then Silent Hunter IV and now somewhat dissapointed new with number V... need to download and install some mods I guess.
Yes, mods are necessary to really enjoy this game. They shouldn't be, but they are. Luckily, there are a host of great mods available that make SH5 the best of the series (IMHO).

Welcome and happy hunting! :salute:

[wxdoppler6]

Hi, I'm John original from Chicago, moved to Alaska to go to Grad school. I have watch Das Boot a billion times and still love it today. I was hoping for SH5 to be more of an great experience, but was dissappointed in the new things that were add and the old stuff that was not kept.
I was hoping the the interior of the entire sub to be a bit more cozy if you get what I mean. The engine room to be dirty and the sub to be darker. The lighing is awesome but not spectaluar in the sub. :(. A more realistic approuch, but beside that the game is alright thank you for modding all the modders out there it help a lot.:damn:

[tonschk]

. The engine room to be dirty and the sub to be darker. The lighing is awesome but not spectaluar in the sub. :(. A more realistic approuch, but beside that the game is alright thank you for modding all the modders out there it help a lot

.

I agree :DL, more dirty and more rusty spots :up:

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[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Kaleuns http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Nufsed]

Hi all, I'm Mike Collins been playing sub-sims since AOTD, there is just somthing about submarines...........I am 59 years young and have just moved back to the UK from Tenerife where I lived with my beautiful wife for 7 years. I have a BSc in computer science and true to form for this day and age, can't get a job! I honestly believe SH5 is going to be the best sub-sim ever, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank "all" of the modders that have made this hobby so enjoyable and also Neil for this website. I have several other interests including SCUBA, Archeology and Quantum Theory. In June of 2011 I am lucky enough to have been invited to join the dig on the Pyramid of Sun in Visoco Bosnia, I can't wait to get into the 20 plus kilometres of tunnels they have started to clear. I think there could be some Earth shaking discoveries to be made there. Also like to offer my services as a tester for anyone who needs new mods tried out, just email me at the address in my sig. Nice to meet you all.:arrgh!:

[Takeda Shingen]

Hi all, I'm Mike Collins been playing sub-sims since AOTD, there is just somthing about submarines...........I am 59 years young and have just moved back to the UK from Tenerife where I lived with my beautiful wife for 7 years. I have a BSc in computer science and true to form for this day and age, can't get a job! I honestly believe SH5 is going to be the best sub-sim ever, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank "all" of the modders that have made this hobby so enjoyable and also Neil for this website. I have several other interests including SCUBA, Archeology and Quantum Theory. In June of 2011 I am lucky enough to have been invited to join the dig on the Pyramid of Sun in Visoco Bosnia, I can't wait to get into the 20 plus kilometres of tunnels they have started to clear. I think there could be some Earth shaking discoveries to be made there. Also like to offer my services as a tester for anyone who needs new mods tried out, just email me at the address in my sig. Nice to meet you all.:arrgh!:

Welcome back to SubSim, Mike.

[Ghostieguide]

I guess, as I have popped my head above the parapet for the first time in ages. Its polite to say hello. I have been lurking on this board i guess around five years or so. I play SH3 GWX Gold mostly.. and a bit of SH4 however I am gradually finding myself sucked into SH5 since I upgraded my pc, and the mods made it playable. I live in Fremantle, Australia where I am an historic tour guide around the town. Plenty of submarine history here. I just want to thank you lot for the Mods over the years.. its been a great distraction on the rare moments when I find ME time. Nothing better than the sound of bulkheads collapsing on a peaceful day off.

[Nufsed]

Welcome back to SubSim, Mike.

Thank you my friend, it's good to be back

[voss]

I guess, as I have popped my head above the parapet for the first time in ages. Its polite to say hello. I have been lurking on this board i guess around five years or so. I play SH3 GWX Gold mostly.. and a bit of SH4 however I am gradually finding myself sucked into SH5 since I upgraded my pc, and the mods made it playable. I live in Fremantle, Australia where I am an historic tour guide around the town. Plenty of submarine history here. I just want to thank you lot for the Mods over the years.. its been a great distraction on the rare moments when I find ME time. Nothing better than the sound of bulkheads collapsing on a peaceful day off.
Welcome aboard, Herr Kaleun! :salute:

It is really nice to see SH5 turning into such a fine game.

[Jimbuna]

Hi all, I'm Mike Collins been playing sub-sims since AOTD, there is just somthing about submarines...........I am 59 years young and have just moved back to the UK from Tenerife where I lived with my beautiful wife for 7 years. I have a BSc in computer science and true to form for this day and age, can't get a job! I honestly believe SH5 is going to be the best sub-sim ever, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank "all" of the modders that have made this hobby so enjoyable and also Neil for this website. I have several other interests including SCUBA, Archeology and Quantum Theory. In June of 2011 I am lucky enough to have been invited to join the dig on the Pyramid of Sun in Visoco Bosnia, I can't wait to get into the 20 plus kilometres of tunnels they have started to clear. I think there could be some Earth shaking discoveries to be made there. Also like to offer my services as a tester for anyone who needs new mods tried out, just email me at the address in my sig. Nice to meet you all.:arrgh!:

Welcome back Mike http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[609_Avatar]

Well, I'm now a reluctant owner of SH5. Unintentionally, I've gone against my stance of holding out until the DRM was removed. How you ask? Well my wife was away on a mini vacation with a couple of her girl friends and she wanted to buy me a little gift. She knows a little about the games I play and usually stays away from buying anything like that for me due to my finickiness.

Well, she just happened to see me playing SH4 before she left and showed an unusual amount of interest in it and what it was called, etc.... Guess what I got for a present? Needless to say she was a bit surprised by my lack of enthusiasm when I opened that bag she handed to me... I had to quickly explain why and then jokingly/sheepishly asked if she could return it. No, she was not going to drive 8 hours to return something! At least she got it for under $20US. :D

So now I'm sitting here with this copy trying to figure out what to do. I've already played it a few times on my brother-in-law's account when I got him set up with it so I have a basic feel of the game and I've started to download mods for it. I just haven't decided if I'm going to install it yet or wait until/if the DRM is removed... I'll probably cave but am currently too busy with the few games I do have time to play to do it now.

So I thought I'd jump in here to say that I am now an owner of SH5! My name is Doug, mid 50s, main gaming passion is for flight sims- WW2, Modern, WW1 in that order of preference. I've owned all SH games and usually right after release, except this one. I also bought Silent Service and AOD. Love the looks, the mods are great for it that I've seen, I just don't agree with the principle of the chosen DRM but at least I now have a complete collection. :)

(sorry for going on so much again about the DRM stuff, just felt a need to explain based on previous posted stance on it from me and now owning the game)

[Sailor Steve]

Back when it came out and a bunch of us were refusing to buy it, one player posted that he had bought it, but was refusing to play it. I asked him why; the point was to vote with our wallets and if they already had his money they didn't care if he played it or not.

So, while a sympathy refusal to play is nice for my ego, and anybody else who still hasn't bought it, if you have it in your hands it would be silly not to play it. Either that, or figure out a way to return it yourself; but that would probably be equally silly.

You have it, so play it. :sunny:

[609_Avatar]

Back when it came out and a bunch of us were refusing to buy it, one player posted that he had bought it, but was refusing to play it. I asked him why; the point was to vote with our wallets and if they already had his money they didn't care if he played it or not.

So, while a sympathy refusal to play is nice for my ego, and anybody else who still hasn't bought it, if you have it in your hands it would be silly not to play it. Either that, or figure out a way to return it yourself; but that would probably be equally silly.

You have it, so play it. :sunny:

You're completely right SS, and that's why I said I'll probably cave as I was thinking the same general thing, kind of silly not to under these circumstances. So I'm sure once real life calms down a bit I'll install it and check it out more in-depth than I did before. Thanks for the validation! ;)

[Nemesis1024]

Hey everyone, thought I'd pop into this thread and introduce myself.

My names Andy Mackay, I'm 27 years old and live in Fife, Scotland (would name the town but it's embarrassing lol). The first game I remember playing was the Battleships for the ZX Spectrum and also battle chess on an old DOS system. Just finished a computing course at college no less than two months ago and due to start the next level course in September, no idea what area on computing I would like to enter into though :hmmm: ....anyway, been playing the SH series since SH/2 and have 3, 4 + 5 also. Currently enjoying SH3 again (after dual booting my win7 pc with XP so I could play it without hassle :up: ) with the GWX3.0 and various other mods....loving it btw (praise to the modders :yeah: )

I do have SH5 installed and playable, waiting to see if other fixes come out for it though...very tempted to install that SH3 UI mod for it though since I find the SH5 UI hard to get used to... :doh:

http://i34.tinypic.com/2uhy545.jpg <--- mugshot

On a side note I'd like to say that this is one of the best communities I've been part of in a number of years :DL

[voss]

Hey everyone, thought I'd pop into this thread and introduce myself.

My names Andy Mackay, I'm 27 years old and live in Fife, Scotland (would name the town but it's embarrassing lol). The first game I remember playing was the Battleships for the ZX Spectrum and also battle chess on an old DOS system. Just finished a computing course at college no less than two months ago and due to start the next level course in September, no idea what area on computing I would like to enter into though :hmmm: ....anyway, been playing the SH series since SH/2 and have 3, 4 + 5 also. Currently enjoying SH3 again (after dual booting my win7 pc with XP so I could play it without hassle :up: ) with the GWX3.0 and various other mods....loving it btw (praise to the modders :yeah: )

I do have SH5 installed and playable, waiting to see if other fixes come out for it though...very tempted to install that SH3 UI mod for it though since I find the SH5 UI hard to get used to... :doh:

http://i34.tinypic.com/2uhy545.jpg <--- mugshot

On a side note I'd like to say that this is one of the best communities I've been part of in a number of years :DL
Welcome aboard, Herr Kaleun!

I hope you enjoy SH5 as much I do.

[Wolfling04]

Hey, Nate here, been playing subsims since AOTD, unfortunately I don't own it anymore. Although I still have Grey Wolves, SH2, 3, 4, & 5.

24, Live in Nebraska, currently a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force. By the AF's definition I'm a Aerospace Maintenance Engineer, but I prefer the term crew chief which mean I fix & break jets for a living. :D

I finally bought SH5 after I found it 50% off on amazon, so I couldn't resist. Honestly, I never played the vanilla SH5, as soon as it was installed and the patch was installed I started downloading mods, and I must say looking at the progression on the mods already and what great mods are already out there, SH5 has the potential to be an amazing game.

-Wolf- :salute:

[Hkitajim]

Hello all!

Excited to be in this forum and post my greetings to everyone.
I am Hiroshi from Tokyo, Japan, 45 years young, addicted sim games:DL

Used to play in flight sim world but shot down to the bottom of the ocean recently. Subsim is my new place.

Now I am trying to settle myself under water so this forum and your posting will be great help for me.

[voss]

Hey, Nate here, been playing subsims since AOTD, unfortunately I don't own it anymore. Although I still have Grey Wolves, SH2, 3, 4, & 5.

24, Live in Nebraska, currently a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force. By the AF's definition I'm a Aerospace Maintenance Engineer, but I prefer the term crew chief which mean I fix & break jets for a living. :D

I finally bought SH5 after I found it 50% off on amazon, so I couldn't resist. Honestly, I never played the vanilla SH5, as soon as it was installed and the patch was installed I started downloading mods, and I must say looking at the progression on the mods already and what great mods are already out there, SH5 has the potential to be an amazing game.

-Wolf- :salute:
Happy hunting! :yeah:

[voss]

Hello all!

Excited to be in this forum and post my greetings to everyone.
I am Hiroshi from Tokyo, Japan, 45 years young, addicted sim games:DL

Used to play in flight sim world but shot down to the bottom of the ocean recently. Subsim is my new place.

Now I am trying to settle myself under water so this forum and your posting will be great help for me.
Nice to have you aboard, mate! :salute:

[wa2ddl]

New to the forum; from the Jensen Beach, FL. area. Have been CO of the 10th with ubootwaffe@googlegroups.com since forever (1990's) and probably the most interesting thing is that I am an honorary crewmember of U-664, with a certificate signed by Oblt. Graef. Got that a few years back with 3 others (including my, then, 7 year old son) for doing online history on that particular boat. Kommandant was still alive in Germany and in communication with one of the crewmwmbers who coordinated this for us. When someone mentions the 9th or the Laughing Sawfish, I feel that I have a special connection to it all.

Commercial pilot for 30+ years, lived aboard my boat with family for several years, newly re-married (hey, eat, drink and remarry!), sims began with C-AOD...remember that? I can still hear the synthesized music of the Emperor Waltz as I dived for battle on my windows 98-SE computer. Somehow, I feel like I am reliving a past life with these games.

Anyway, glad to meet you all. Sharkhunter for over 10 years, Life member.

[CaptainMattJ.]

well then, nice to know theres no teens who enjoy Subsims. all they care about is call of duty and Halo. and porn. LOTS of porn. (excuse the reference to it). honestly, there are VERY VERY few people under 18 who like subsims or most any kind of sim, especially one so complex and tactical (for the most part).

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Kaleuns http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[tonschk]

:DL Welcome aboard wa2ddl :salute:

[tonschk]

SH5 has the potential to be an amazing game.

-Wolf- :salute:

:DL I Agree :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

:DL I Agree :yeah:

Now there's a suprise :DL


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[NavanCarver]

Calling the role....

Hi peeps, no pic today, but words will do, im not that handsome anyways.

40 years old, Dutch but immigrated to Canada late 2007. Took a while to settle, now balancing out.

Playing since the days of AOD, on my then kickass 386DX2 (not sure, im actually confident it was the Pentium Pro 200 Mhz...), still regretting not having the FLOPPIES anymore :) wish i'd could reinstall that piece of software. I skipped SH2, moved to SH3 when it released and have been playing that for a long while with the GWX mod.

Skipped SH4 and actually refused to buy SH5 till a few days ago, yet, as I had a financial easteregg I just bought a new kickass machine and... could... not... help... myself... walking... to... the... gamesection... of... the... shop...

To be blunt..., in my personal opinion, SH5 vanilla is a 50 dollar joke, an insult and the ultimate sign of contempt from Ubisoft towards its paying clients.

So... here I am... trying to make the best out of the basic framework SH5 vanilla provides me... I wont be a grabber... Here to stay and hopefully being able to contribute...

See ya'll around

Take care.

[Hunter691969]

Hi there sub fans, My name is Kaywood Parsons. Born and Raised in Newfoundland. Currently residing in Kitchener Ontario. I am 41 years young lol.
Now with that out of the way, What can i say about sh5? Oh yeah! Can't reuse my #%@* CD kEY,SAYING IT IS BEING USE BY ANOTHER, YEAH....ME!
Piss me right off mate, I formated my computer and now can't even play the 50 dollar game. Hope someone has an answer, or just may have to play sh3 again with GWX.

[Highbury]

Welcome to the forums guys, and even though I am a few years late, welcome to Canada NavanCarver! (I am from Vancouver).

As for your CD Key Hunter... try emailing Ubi... it may help.. may not, but if you are just going to play SH3 you may as well try. Even though this is the most popular forum for the SH series, it is not the official one. Nobody here can actually help with an account issue. ;)

[tonschk]

Nice to have you aboard, mate! :DL

[BrutalCanon]

Hi All,
Installed the game last night, thought I'd say Hello.
Slowly working it out.
I'm new to sub sims, so it is a bit of a steep learning curve.
Have just installed JGSME and am now wondering which mods I should install.
Thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum. It has been quite helpful so far.
Without you guys I would still be wandering around the pen trying to board my U-boat.
So I'm off and running, not very silent nor very deep.
Cheers Ben

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Kaleuns http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[AdeptCharge]

Welcome aboard Kaleuns http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gifHow fascinating, you use a coloquial term in order to develop a productive rapport. With you I will adopt a similar vocabulary, greetings member, I will board, welcome acknowledged thanks.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

How fascinating, you use a coloquial term in order to develop a productive rapport. With you I will adopt a similar vocabulary, greetings member, I will board, welcome acknowledged thanks.

Yes, and we do it in purpose out of our wicked will to corrupt every newcomer's unexpecting and innocent mind with our sub-neo-Nazi ideology of blowing up everything around (unless its name starts with U and numbers).

Shrinks are also welcome, there's never ending need for them on your doomed boats with zombie crews (go on, try some beans).

Welcom abo... on our forums, Kal... newcomer!

[AdeptCharge]

Yes, and we do it in purpose out of our wicked will to corrupt every newcomer's unexpecting and innocent mind with our sub-neo-Nazi ideology of blowing up everything around (unless its name starts with U and numbers).

I shall commence by pointing out to you that my demeanour is not one which could be described as nonsensical.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

I shall commence by pointing out to you that my demeanour is not one which could be described as nonsensical.

That's perfetto! It reassures me that my selection of words was proper. I shall hereby refrain from calling you a Kaleun - only nonsensical mad minded lunatics find pleasure in depicting themselves as soldiers of a lost cause, the last Europe's Don Kichots riding steel coffins instead of lazy steeds. Have you ever seen a windmill in North Atlantic?

[AdeptCharge]

Consequently I can attest you have no cause to reprimand me on. :rotfl2:

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Consequently I can attest you have no cause to reprimand me on. :rotfl2:

But let me ask you a question: if you - as you seem to be insisting on - are not a madman, then what are you doing here?

What is your name?

What is your quest?

What is your favourite colour?

[AdeptCharge]

But let me ask you a question: if you - as you seem to be insisting on - are not a madman, then what are you doing here?

I come straight from BDU, I am no kaleun.

[AdeptCharge]

if you - as you seem to be insisting on
It was my purpose to accentuate, not insist.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

I come straight from BDU, I am no kaleun.

I don't believe you. If that was true, you would know how to spell BdU correctly. :88)

You can't run from the truth
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1105/502by.jpg

[AdeptCharge]

:yawn: :yawn: Marvellous a genuine struggling kaleun, attempting to push through the boundaries of creative expression. These efforts will be a defiant stand against formulaic dumbed down ..... :down:

[Abd_von_Mumit]

:yawn: :yawn: Marvellous a genuine struggling kaleun, attempting to push through the boundaries of creative expression. These efforts will be a defiant stand against formulaic dumbed down ..... :down:

I asked you 3 questions, which you ignored. Would be a gentleman's gesture to answer them instead, as at least 2 of them are deeply justified given your tone and openly hostile attitude:
- What is your name? - as I'm sure this is not your first account on these forums.
- What is your quest [here]? - as it seems you have one.

Good night and have fun. Abdu out.

[AdeptCharge]

I asked you 3 questions, which you ignored. Would be a gentleman's gesture to answer them instead, as at least 2 of them are deeply justified given your tone and openly hostile attitude:
- What is your name? - as I'm sure this is not your first account on these forums.
- What is your quest [here]? - as it seems you have one.

Good night and have fun. Abdu out.You were merely inquiring about the possibility of me answering a question. :doh: QUOTE post 358 " But let me ask you a question." I did not state I would answer, therefor I shall point out "ignored" to be an inappropriate assumption. Hostile ? My inaugural remarks I thought were very apropos and logical, I dispute your attestation. :yep:

[lcplduckling]

hello one and all,

I started playing silent hunter at the 3rd edition, recently got the 5th one. Was looking for some tips for the new silent hunter and, as embaressing as it is stumbled across subsim =P..

had a quick read and theres some good people and convo's so decided to join..

peace =D

Oh and a little extra info, Im 21, from birmingham UK, and im currently in the British forces based in Germany :yeah:

[tonschk]

Hiya lcplduckling :salute: and welcome to subsim :up:

[Jimbuna]

hello one and all,

I started playing silent hunter at the 3rd edition, recently got the 5th one. Was looking for some tips for the new silent hunter and, as embaressing as it is stumbled across subsim =P..

had a quick read and theres some good people and convo's so decided to join..

peace =D

Oh and a little extra info, Im 21, from birmingham UK, and im currently in the British forces based in Germany :yeah:


A brummy eh?

http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[reignofdeath]

Im Casey Smith from Indiana, signed up for the US Navy around March. Im 18 about to be 19 and am shipping out around next June, my rate is Navy Nuke. I dont have a pic to throw up here, maybe some other time.
and to answer Abd_von_Mumit..

Ive already told you my name.

My quest is to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and Im all out of gum :)

My favourite colour is blue.. now let me ask YOU a question..

What is the air speed of an african swallow?? (I love that movie)

[Abd_von_Mumit]

What is the air speed of an african swallow?? (I love that movie)

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

What do you mean? An African or European Swallow?

And what is the capital of Assyria?

I knew someone would recognize these questions. :up:

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

Good Day, my name is Davy and I'm an Alcoho......oops wrong place!:D

[lcplduckling]

A brummy eh?

http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

Certainly am.. damn proud of it too! :O: although ze germans dont like the accent much hehe

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Certainly am.. damn proud of it too! :O: although ze germans dont like the accent much hehe

I would prefer to be talked to death by 100 Brits than 1 Yankee. :88)

Welcome to SubSim!

[lcplduckling]

I would prefer to be talked to death by 100 Brits than 1 Yankee. :88)

Welcome to SubSim!

ooooooh... now thats not very nice lol hehe

[Madox58]

I would prefer to be talked to death by 100 Brits than 1 Yankee. :88)



Me too.
And I'm a Yankee.
:haha:

Welcome aboard lcplduckling!
:salute:

I hope you enjoy your stay.
Just watchout for Jimbuna and Sailor Steve!
I met both of them once.
Those are some shadey characters.
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[reignofdeath]

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

What do you mean? An African or European Swallow?

And what is the capital of Assyria?

I knew someone would recognize these questions. :up:
I thought in the beginning of the movie they argue over wether a swallow carrying a coconut could make it to europe. then it turns into if its an african or european swallow. somethin like that :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Certainly am.. damn proud of it too! :O: although ze germans dont like the accent much hehe


I stayed there for a conference a year or two back...The Jury Inn.

[lcplduckling]

hello one and all,

peace =D

Oh and a little extra info, Im 21, from birmingham UK, and im currently in the British forces based in Germany :yeah:

Just thought id let u see the face behind the duckling lol :rock::salute:

http://i54.tinypic.com/t0qfyh.jpg

[Philipshari]

Hi! my name is Philip and I am 56 y/o located in York, Pa. I 've had a love affair with ships since I was in grade school, have an obsession with the story of the Bismarck and the battles of the north Atlantic. I am currently building a 1:200 scale model of Bismarck that is 99 % finished. I totally love the naval sims especially the Silent Hunter series. I still pl ay III under Grey wolves expansion. Learning to enjoy V a little bit more every day. I am a Jethro Tull fan, Oakland Raiders fan and I roast coffee for a high profile coffee company. I'm glad to be here !

[voss]

Hi! my name is Philip and I am 56 y/o located in York, Pa. I 've had a love affair with ships since I was in grade school, have an obsession with the story of the Bismarck and the battles of the north Atlantic. I am currently building a 1:200 scale model of Bismarck that is 99 % finished. I totally love the naval sims especially the Silent Hunter series. I still pl ay III under Grey wolves expansion. Learning to enjoy V a little bit more every day. I am a Jethro Tull fan, Oakland Raiders fan and I roast coffee for a high profile coffee company. I'm glad to be here !
Happy hunting, Philipshari! :salute:

Are you a fellow Bay Area SH5 fan? I guess one can be a Raiders fan without living near Oakland. :D

[tonschk]

welcome :DL

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard Philipshari http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Time to introduce myself after a couple of years on SubSim:

Description
I live in Warsaw, Poland. I have no truly useful skills, thus in whatever publishing house or IT company I work I pretend to be a professional editor and copywriter - although I prefer to consider myself a proofreader, or just Dilbert.

Less useful skills include knives and razors sharpening (+7), game designing (+3), listening (maxed), finding excuses for not having sex (1 less than maxed), doing homework with my daughter (-9, explains the previous skill), winning WW2 on land and seas, and occasionally other armed conflicts too (+6.66, not +10 because I don't fly), reading (maxed), pretending to know foreign languages (+5), calling and performing artillery strikes (+8), speech (+2), smoking (+9).

Main interests/hobbys include: insomnia, boldness, belly growing, not moving too much.

Main identity traits include: a human, a secular-materialist, a European, a Slav, a Thornian, a Pole, a graduate of my University.

Documentation
This guy holds a statuette of me in an African warrior outfit. Screenshot taken about a year ago in my birth-city of Toruń (Thorn), the true capital of Kuiavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3163/avmsocial.jpg

And this guy is the famous Vladimir Ilyich himself (archival screenshot courtesy of Kremlin Museum, author was executed):
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6113/avmduties1.jpg


Known issues/conflicts
Supposedly snoring.

Credits
No credits incurred.


Finally a photo of me: http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4344/crazy2.gif

[tonschk]

Zelo Dobro = Very Good :salute:

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Zelo Dobro = Very Good :salute:

The closest Polish sentence resembilng "Zelo Dobro" is "Zioło dobre!", which translates to: "Good weed!". :|\\

[tonschk]

Yes ,I think " Zelo Dobro " is from Slovenia language, similar to Polish

[Sailor Steve]

I have no truly useful skills,
You left your excellent sense of humor off that list. :salute:

How old's your daughter?

[Abd_von_Mumit]

How old's your daughter?

How dare you ask a woman's age?! "She's allready a grownup!", 13 years old. :O:

[Jimbuna]

How dare you ask a woman's age?! "She's allready a grownup!", 13 years old. :O:


LOL :DL

Good intro :up:

[pickinthebanjo]

just bought my copy, should be done downloading from steam in about an hour and a half. Now if only I get a couple days off, they seem to like to give me seven day work weeks

[Sailor Steve]

:yep: And I'm sure she reminds you of it all the time.

I've always been fond of the quote attributed to Mark Twain:
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

[tonschk]

:DL Good to have you here with us :up: pickinthebanjo

[pickinthebanjo]

well it seems like a good game, after playing SH3 and SH4 I have no idea how to do anything anymore but i'll learn. How do you start a new patrol when you are back in port (in the sub pen) and is there a tdc or something similar because I put manual targeting on but all it seemed to let me do was point and fire

Also what are some favorite mods that people use

[tonschk]

Also what are some favorite mods that people use


I think ,here at subsim are many different sorts of subsim users, and everyone have his own way/preferences about how to play SH5, therefore I think only you and nobody else can tell you how you want to play your own SH5 simulator, I suggest you to see the SH5 Mod forum and choose your mods, of course the JSGME tool is a must to have to quick enable or disable the mods

[pickinthebanjo]

well I did have a look at the download page and the mods workshop, but what I was really looking for are those must have mods like for example sh3's commander and GWX.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Plese, gentlemen, you're not newbies on this forum. This is "SH5 players, Introduce yourself: roll call" thread - there are quite a few threads dedicated to SH5 mods already. :har:

[ariel30]

U.S.S. Gato "Rock" 274 :)
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4960/ussgato.jpg

[Cap'n Mitch Buttscar]

Hi, Im Simon from London, UK. Im 29, a Satellite engineer and Ive been playing games since the C64 days in the mid 80's. SH5 is my first crack at a sub sim but i'm loving it apart from the bugs... Mostly been into FPS over the last few years but they seem to be getting a bit samey, so thought i'd give blowing ships up a go.

When Im not wasting my life playing games I like travel (doing lots of road trips in Europe recently) Drinking with mates and playing a bit of guitar and drums.

[Jimbuna]

Hi, Im Simon from London, UK. Im 29, a Satellite engineer and Ive been playing games since the C64 days in the mid 80's. SH5 is my first crack at a sub sim but i'm loving it apart from the bugs... Mostly been into FPS over the last few years but they seem to be getting a bit samey, so thought i'd give blowing ships up a go.

When Im not wasting my life playing games I like travel (doing lots of road trips in Europe recently) Drinking with mates and playing a bit of guitar and drums.

Welcome Aboard Simon http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[tonschk]

Hi, Im Simon from London, UK. Im 29, a Satellite engineer and Ive been playing games since the C64 days in the mid 80's. SH5 is my first crack at a sub sim but i'm loving it apart from the bugs... Mostly been into FPS over the last few years but they seem to be getting a bit samey, so thought i'd give blowing ships up a go.

.

I agree :up:, the FirstPersonShooters games become bored fast, I only play the Silent Hunter 5 with my PC because with mods and tweaks I can modify this simulator to fit the way I want to play it

[Abd_von_Mumit]

When Im not wasting my life playing games I like travel (doing lots of road trips in Europe recently) Drinking with mates and playing a bit of guitar and drums.

:o Wasting your life? You call actually enjoying this miserable existence we have on Earth a waste? Oh man!

Welcome to SubSim. http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4344/crazy2.gif

[DeepLijer]

Hi there,

I'm Arnold, 41, from Julianadorp, the Netherlands.

My 1st subsim experience was Silent Service on the C64.
Since then I've been playing Wolfpack, 688, Sub Command, Dangerous Waters, Destroyer Command, SHIII, SHIV and now SHV.
I guess you might say that I love naval sims! But I also play RTSs and FPSs.

A request to you SHV modders:

Please don't release mods so fast! ;) I can't finish a single patrol, because every two days, or so, I have to restart the patrol with improved mods!! :har:

But seriously, you modders are truely enhancing gameplay and I'm really thankful for that!

In real life I am an airline pilot flying across europe (Boeing 737). I am married to my beautiful wife and have two great kids.

It's allways a pleasure to be in these forums. People are very helpful and there's tons of information on the games. Lately I'm spending more time here reading stuff than actually playing the game!

Happy hunting!

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Lately I'm spending more time here reading stuff than actually playing the game!

That's what they did in real life on the submarines, ain't it? :hmmm:

Welcome to SubSim. http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/4344/crazy2.gif

[jenny66]

Yo guys I'm Nicolas I'm 14 happy to be here.

[Takeda Shingen]

Yo guys I'm Nicolas I'm 14 happy to be here.

Welcome to SubSim, Nicolas.

[Jimbuna]

Yo guys I'm Nicolas I'm 14 happy to be here.

Welcome Aboard Kaleun http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[FJR9]

Been lurking for quiite awhile, thought I would finally say hello...
I think I will be needing your help in the near future...I'm going to give Silent Hunter 5 another chance after researching some of the great info to be found on this forum, and getting some ideas for making it run better on my machine.
Happy hunting to all!

Regards,
Chris

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Aboard Chris http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[pzrshrek]

Hi all,

I was member on this site from back at the SHIII days and before that, but that account died since i havent logged here for 1 year or 3.. I got involved in the cod series, thus have played cod3,4,5 and mw2 later years, probably getting CODBO aswell..

Now i have purchased both sh4 will addons and sh5 and i am finding sh5 to be as good as any previous sumbsims if not even better, yet i havent seen the worst bugs yet, only have 3 patrols behind. sh4 feels old already in comparance..

I will mod up my game further, only using a few essential ones as of now.

Hope this community will last long with sh5! :up:

/pzrshrek

[gully36]

Hello all,

Signed up to this excellent site back in 2004, should have said hello back then after I started playing SH3...was this site going during the days of SH1/2? Thoroughly enjoyed SH2, SH3 along with GWX3 gold. Dabbled with SH4 and then stuck on The Fall of the Rising Sun but never consistently played it as I'm interested in U boats and the Atlantic Campaign.

Anyway my names Steve, 46 years young, living in the UK up north up in the Pennines...well off the flood plain, with my second wife and her pan lid whose a know it all teenager. The wife just can't get her head round the Silent Hunter series though, but has no problem following football which I don't understand and vehemently despise.

I have a keen interest in PC's, anything optical - cameras, astronomical telescopes and periscopes of the simulation variety, global politics, philosophical thought, social injustice, unicorns, fairies and hobgoblins.

Currently working for a large UK charity (which was set up the day after the outbreak of WW2) and has offices based within our local hospital, all cheery stuff. In the main it helps people sort out their debt, death and welfare problems...business is currently booming!

Wasn't going to get involved with SH5 mainly due to DRM, final release problems and poor reviews on Amazon and the like. However after checking back in here, doing my own research and seeing the mods so slavishly produced; I recently took the plunge modded it up and have not regretted it...although despite her understanding the wife might.

Thanks to all you mod developers out there, if it wasn't for you guys I'd still be playing COD4.

Take care folks

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard to you both http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

From a Geordie (true northener) Kaleun http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Chaplain Lovejoy]

Wasn't going to get involved with SH5 mainly due to DRM, final release problems and poor reviews on Amazon and the like. However after checking back in here, doing my own research and seeing the mods so slavishly produced; I recently took the plunge modded it up and have not regretted it...although despite her understanding the wife might.

Wow--as David Letterman says, "It's like I have a twin!" So I might as well join the roll call. Have played WWII sub sims since the MicroProse days. Never knew why they held such fascination for me until I read a line in a review of Aces of the Deep. The line read something like, "A successful WWII submarine commander requires the skill of a surgeon and the nerves of a riverboat gambler." Hmmm...have I learned something about my personality, or just the Caspar Milquetoast self-idealized version of my personality?

Anyway, it's back to wading through the mod swamp. But that's not a complaint--I'm finding the wading to be quite a pleasant experience. Thanks for all the modders' hard work! Now I'm feeling guilty for not paying you for your efforts.

[divittor]

Hi my names Chris from the UK. Age 48
Have played Silent Hunter III and IV. Never used MODS with those two platforms tho.
Play Silent Hunter 5 now and trying a few MODS out, Kudos to the modders your work is awesome.
Totally unfamiliar with script and the such so no mods coming from me.
But hope i can input positively on your excellent work.

See u in forums hopefully divi.

[GatorNavy80-87]

My name is Bruce.... I'm a disabled Veteran and now retired in a small town in GA. USA.

These are the places that I served: U.S.S. Iwo Jima LPH-2 (83-85) MARG-2-83 Multi Nat. Peace Keeping Force/ Beirut, Lebanon May - Nov. 83 Supply Dept. S-5 DCPO(Damage Control P.O., Repair 3, Officers Mess, Ships Self Defence Force) Earned 2 Medals, 4 ribbons... Caribbean Cruse (84) Nassau, Bahamas.,Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (water in fuel blew out our boilers, called home from there) MARG-2-85 -- Med Cruse- Opp. Bright Star Egypt . FCTC. Damb Neck,Va.Beach V.A. (82-83) San Diego CA. "A" School (81, gpa 3.7 top 5%)Records Keeping School, Norfolk, VA.(83) Fire Fighting School, Manditory each year, Qualified for Ship's Selfdefence Force M-14/ .50 cal.

[voss]

Welcome aboard, Herr Kaleuns! :woot:

And happy hunting! :salute:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome aboard :yep::up:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome aboard to you both http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[TheDarkWraith]

My name is Bruce.... I'm a disabled Veteran and now retired in a small town in GA. USA.

welcome aboard from another disabled veteran (US Navy Nuke EM 1st class) :up:

[Subhuman230]

I'm a bit afraid but am hoping these mods will fix any problems it does have...Michael I'm a mentally disabled enthusiast, Bi polar/Aspergers/???

[Denis4510]

I am a bit of a lurker too :03: Have used these forums to find Mods for SHV which have been excellent. I see a few people here I know from the Ubi forums (which BTW I can no longer access - can't login).

I played SHIII a few years ago and recently bought SHIV which I also enjoy. I tend to play SHIV in the afternoon and SHV at night.

61 this month, been a gamer for over 10 years - played a few of the FPS BF series but am too slow now.

Hope the photo doesn't frighten anyone :D (Taken on ANZAC Day this year 25th April)

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6665/denis4510s.jpg

Yeah it's still all my own hair :haha:

[Gerald]

:salute:

[shark11]

SH5 UBISOFT should have there ass kick big time for pasting the of as a WW11 sub sim what a joke:damn:

[Sailor Steve]

61 this month...
Welcome aboard, old man!
:rotfl2:

No offense intended - just my bad sense of humor. You only have six months on me. :sunny:

[Denis4510]

Welcome aboard, old man!
:rotfl2:

No offense intended - just my bad sense of humor. You only have six months on me. :sunny:

No offense taken mate :haha: - good to see some oldtimers around here as well as the younger folk (that's anyone under 50 in my estimate :D)
Actually my Dad is the old fella at 90 - 91 on 3rd Jan 2011

[Sailor Steve]

Fantastic! Mine will turn 83 on December 11th.

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

I should say hello here, I have been lurking here but more active on SH III, SH IV and some really old areas and sims here.... I bought V a while ago not knowing if it would work on my system and then I upgraded and now have a fairly decent card and system and it seems happy.

I now hope to learn the rope, gather in the essential mods...and launch ..fairly soon.

I am very interested in things naval, coming from naval stock on both sides...US, Brit and German...which gave me some very interesting insights into those times now moving in the the past. Two of my cousins were U boat commanders and both were lost with their boats....another cousin on my mom's side was skipper of USN BB 39 at Pearl and remains at his post. My grandfather was early into the US sub program and wrote some of the then early doctrine on sub nets and anti sub theory....tho he was mostly a surface commander..

From what i see so far of V, it is super. And the mod work is making it better. I am a white knuckle skipper myself still, no pro but very interested esp in the U boat side of things and hope to contribute in time as i can from what i know from what i learned from family history. Cheers and hello and thanks to all for the great mod work all around.

I am an oldie somewhat myself, age wise...just turned 58, older but not really wiser...just glad to be here.:salute:

[Denis4510]

Welcome mate - what an interesting story - thank you.

I played SH5 for many months and then bought SH4 which I am happily playing at the moment. Played SH3 many years ago. Yeah SH5 needs a good rig - I also bought a new one to play SH5 as well but even SH4 on full graphics gives the card a workout.

All the best!

PS I am older than you by about 3 years. :DL

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

Hi and thanks ....i have been shy partly as i am older and feel much less skilled than many here, my love of naval history and knowledge and experience have been with real men and ships....but certainly not in operational command as we are here in the sim.... and i have been shy at trying some of the things that many seem to be very good at.... but i will keep trying.

It is quite amazing what we can experience here in this sim...and the mods and improvments being made are equally amazing.

thanks for the reply...and i shall endevour to keep learning. Partly for me the chance to experience things that i have heard about and read in letters and journals and logs kept in the family really intrigues me..... and Op Monsun in SH IV even came to include the last engagment of my cousin's boat the U 223, the mod maker was kind enough to include it.... so there is a real personal aspect to this all for me. ... i hope to be able to get good enough to see so much more.

[xnavytc]

Hi, just signed on, great forum, the game is interesting, not to many glitches so far, have patch v 1.2 so it helps i think, hope to chat and get to know u guys on here. Retired U S Navy submariner, ETC(SS), retired in 1995.

[dash141]

I'm Ross. Was introduced to the game by Steam - and the recommendation of a few friends of mine.

Finding it a pretty tough game to get into, but I'm sticking with it and hope it pays off.

[Jimbuna]

Hi, just signed on, great forum, the game is interesting, not to many glitches so far, have patch v 1.2 so it helps i think, hope to chat and get to know u guys on here. Retired U S Navy submariner, ETC(SS), retired in 1995.

I'm Ross. Was introduced to the game by Steam - and the recommendation of a few friends of mine.

Finding it a pretty tough game to get into, but I'm sticking with it and hope it pays off.

Welcome to you both http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Ryanjames170]

i recently go back into silent hunter,

i have been in it since SH2,

i have SH2-5

[Denis4510]

Welcome mate!

[alexclcheung]

Hi pals,

Glad to know this site, I am Alex Cheung, 34, from Hong Kong. Being a long Silent Hunter fans (in fact, since silent hunter) I have just ordered my copy from Steam Server. When I was disappointed with the interface and all the bugs that I can find, I start to search for MODs for it then I was brought here!
:arrgh!:

Let's keep in touch and stay contact!

Cheers
Alex

[Darathar]

Hello, Subsim mates!

First off, I'll start by saying the community here impresses me in many different aspects. I have been to many different game community websites and this one by far seems the most mature, professional, and informative that I have come across.

I am new to the Silent Hunter series, having bought SH5 on sale from Steam. I am enjoying every minute of it and it is definately hard to pull away from the computer while playing it. I remember seeing silent hunter games on the shelves back in the day, and I had no idea what I was missing. I am only experimenting with a few mods right now, but I can tell I will dabble in many more.

For now, I must commence radio silence. I will renew contact in 2 hours. Out.

[tonschk]

:salute: WELCOME :woot:To ALL

[RemairTamec]

Hi guys, I only recently started playing subsims with SH5 a week ago. Since day one I've been looking at these forums for answers to questions and technical work arounds, some excelent stuff around. Right now I'm completely hooked on SH5, it is one of the most immersive games I've played in a while.

Happy hunting all :)

[Gerald]

Welcome,and good luck! :salute:

[Walle]

My name is Chris (actually Christoffer, but when speaking English i usually short it to Chris for simplicity), i live right outside Stockholm, Sweden. Been living on and off in short intervals in Miami (on the beach, actually) last 10 years.

I'm an excavator operator by profession, photographer by heart, but educated to be a flight mechanic. Nothing's right there...:hmmm: I also have electronics as a hobby, I like making things from scratch! I also like playing my guitar (or more like it; trying to play my guitar) and playing Snooker. Not simultaneously though..that'd be..weird.

I haven't been playing subsims all that long (not counting Hunt for Red October (or whatever it was named) back when I was a kid in the 80s), SH4 on and off a year or so. What I've missed is the "running around the boat" thing, so when I saw that SH5 was like that, I ordered it right away. Now, I won't say I'm disappointed, but it's like I have a hundred ideas on how it could be really cool, and I wonder if none of the developers had the same ideas...Gonna have to see what mods to get to address the worst issues.
Would it be legal to sell a car where the doors would fall off sometimes, or where the car wouldn't ever start again if you closed the door in the wrong sequence?

So well, ranting on...that's a little about me anyway.
About pictures, I'm not so often on that side of the camera ;) But I got one for ya. It's me with my precious (that'd be the mint condition -66 Hasselblad 500C with the -67 Carl Zeiss Sonnar 150mm I'm holding).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/655744/blogg-4-2.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Aboard Chris http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[jamsac]

James, aged 51+, Gibsons, BC, Canada. I love boats, boating, being on or in the water. I like computers and playing sims, especially the SHs. I started with SHI when it first hit the shelves, I was hooked. Heard II was a waste of time so didn't bother. Loved III, I preordered the SE version of SHIV, am totally disappointed with V. I am a student of of the military and have a very large library of fact based histories in print and disk.
I have populated the UBI SH forums since 2005, but apart from downloading mods, this is my first posting on SUBSIM.

James

[Jimbuna]

James, aged 51+, Gibsons, BC, Canada. I love boats, boating, being on or in the water. I like computers and playing sims, especially the SHs. I started with SHI when it first hit the shelves, I was hooked. Heard II was a waste of time so didn't bother. Loved III, I preordered the SE version of SHIV, am totally disappointed with V. I am a student of of the military and have a very large library of fact based histories in print and disk.
I have populated the UBI SH forums since 2005, but apart from downloading mods, this is my first posting on SUBSIM.

James

Welcome to SubSim....from your namesake :sunny:

[nix]

Ahoy mateys! (Clichéd enough for you all? ;))

I'm Nix (Rich), 22 and got into SH3 a while ago. Then the whole moving out bit of life took part and it appears i've lost all my skills for the seas upon installing SH5!!

I live just outside of London in Hertfordshire and looking forward to being a fellow subsimmer! But definitely have a lot to learn:yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Rich http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[CBDennis]

My name is Red. I got SH5 several months ago but got frustrated with it and moved on. Now Im back and trying to give it another try. I have never played a sub sim game before and I find it all new, but fun.

[AWo]

Hello, my name is Andreas from Germany. I live near Cologne and started with SH II, like to play III and I don't know what do do with V. IV is not opened, yet.
I'm very interested in submarines, the technical and historic aspects of them.

I'm member of the German submarin museum in Cuxhaven Altenbruch which is well known and a great source for diving into all submarine subjects: http://www.dubm.de

AWo

[kraszus]

Hmm...registered here in 2005 and dont think I've ever introduced myself.

Started off with sub sims with Red Oktober back on the C64 a long time ago.

Graduated to Aces of the Deep and Silent Service, before upgrading to SHIII. I stopped playing SHIII a while back but with the release of SH5, I bought it (SH5) but it just didn't feel the same as SHIII.

I re-installed SHIII with GWX recently and have been enjoying it. Having said that, I have given SH5 another chance...

... with TDW's mega mod and a couple of other mods. Well, I have to say I love it. Now if the campaign is as good as SHIII I will stick with SH5.

Just wish there was a SH5 commander :)

[silent shadow]

Hi all,

My name is Richard. I have been playing the Silent Hunter Franchise since SH2. I have been at periscope depth for quite a while now and thought I had better say hello and thanks to all the people who have spent the time writing/posting tutorials and or Mods.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Aboard to you all http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[ReallyDedPoet]

Hi all,

My name is Richard. I have been playing the Silent Hunter Franchise since SH2. I have been at periscope depth for quite a while now and thought I had better say hello and thanks to all the people who have spent the time writing/posting tutorials and or Mods.

Welcome to SUBSIM :yep::up:

[StarTrekMike]

I would post a picture but I have no digital images to share at this time.

My name is Mike and I have been playing PC games since I was about 14, I started with Mechwarrior 2 and other sci fi sims and moved to Jane's combat sims because I liked the idea of learning about the featured platforms.

For a long time I played 688(I) and got pretty good at it for a kid of that age, then I saw Das Boot...

I craved that kind of experience but at the time I was unaware of the Silent Hunter series so that interest kind of took a backseat to getting better at Counterstrike and the like.

For a long dark time I was really only able to play console games (xbox and xbox 360) because my computer just could not handle any new games, though I did find out about Silent Hunter and purchased SH3 from direct2drive.

I was blown away, the amount of immersion was so amazing and the ability to apply real tactics that the WWII aces used was something that I could not get enough of.

Now that I have a new computer up and running, I have been playing SH4 and SH5 and really enjoying both of them. (sugar boats FTW!!)

When I am not commanding a S-boat or a U-boat, I am working at home depot, reading various books, playing blues and jazz guitar and trying my hand at writing (expect some patrol reports!)

Born and raised in VT but living in Providence RI...I gotta get over to battleship cove sometime to see the Sub they have...anyone care to attend with me?

[JaxOfNone]

Hello :)

My name is John but most refer to me as Jack or Jax. After a famous quote from Al Pacino in Scent of a woman where he wanted the bar in his room covered with bottles of John Daniels and his counterpart answered "don't you mean Jack Daniels Sir?" Pacino said, He may be Jack to you son, but when you've known him as long as I have...

Hence...Jax

I am a nearly 50 year old kid and and being of that age immersed in what mayhem WWII brought to our parents and elders. Then school and books furthered and deepened the knowledge or stories from our elders. Our generation or much of them at least, got fascinated. Both fascinited and appauled by its horrors and the people whom suffered them or implied them, the technical novelties it brought, sometimes its beauty too or the heroism on either part, the sheer bestiality of it. On many issues as humans it brought us back centuries to what man really is, a beast, an animal. Kill or be killed, eat to not get eaten. And out of that mayhem, out of that horror a new world humanism rose. A better one, not yet perfect but surely a better one. That in part explains my fascination to SHIII and 5. The duality of it. The kid playing a U boat captain with all his chevalry and loyalty to his nation or ideology yet destroying vessels with people on board to win a war. The kid trying to win over an artificial intelligence and when done so upping a level in realism to win again. We, I, see this as playing but when I really start thinking about it, it amazes me what I actually am. How the hell can I be so exalted after sinking a vessel with 1500 people on board. Or with tons of food that would stop people from starving? The kid that wants to beat the AI I hope.
That said, I am not a lunatic or a depressed human wreck, I just enjoy beating the AI. And well, the enemy I beat is computer generated. No lives are taken or destroyed. The theater of war when the kid plays is virtual and luckely so. The 50 year old man is an IT manager from Belgium whom likes to travel, whom is happy with his wife. Even expecting a newborn! Reads, watches movies, loves football(soccer) a good glass of Champagne or a decent beer with his best friends. In short, the small things in life which makes it worth living. :DL

A man and a kid that is who I am....and I do so love them both. Duality.....
Btw...I am so envious of all in this forum that can play an instrument or have an artistic talent! I really suck at that:cry:

Jax

[Gerald]

Nice to meet you John! I hope that your presence will be comfortable, :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim John http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Loganrocks7]

Hello,

I'm Logan. I enjoy games with good graphics, I'm a flight instructor for the United States Navy. I enjoy playing flight simulation games and Silent Hunter 5 whenever I am not deployed. I am also into Intermediate HTML, and I live in Charleston, South Carolina.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Aboard Logan

[Loganrocks7]

Welcome Aboard Logan

Thanks

[Gerald]

Hello,

I'm Logan. I enjoy games with good graphics, I'm a flight instructor for the United States Navy. I enjoy playing flight simulation games and Silent Hunter 5 whenever I am not deployed. I am also into Intermediate HTML, and I live in Charleston, South Carolina.

Welcome Logan, :salute:

[VWFKamikaze]

Made the introduction in the general area, but haven't done so here.


Jonathan here, just picked up Silent Hunter 5. Installed a couple of mods on it, listed below, and still on the lookout for any ideas for any other good ones. I messed with Silent Hunter 4 Gold Edition a while back, but haven't played the game in a long time.

Nice to meet you all!

SH5 Mods Installed:
Accurate German Flags
BRF 1.3 Full
Capthelms Audio + Steel Viking Touch Ups
Compatible Conus00's Graphic Mod + Steel Viking Touch Ups
Environment 5.0 Mod
Shadow Improvement Mod
Sobers Smaller Water Drops
Steel Viking & Com Underwater Mod
Steel Viking's Interior Mod

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim VWFKamikaze

[Gerald]

Made the introduction in the general area, but haven't done so here.


Jonathan here, just picked up Silent Hunter 5. Installed a couple of mods on it, listed below, and still on the lookout for any ideas for any other good ones. I messed with Silent Hunter 4 Gold Edition a while back, but haven't played the game in a long time.

Nice to meet you all!

SH5 Mods Installed:
Accurate German Flags
BRF 1.3 Full
Capthelms Audio + Steel Viking Touch Ups
Compatible Conus00's Graphic Mod + Steel Viking Touch Ups
Environment 5.0 Mod
Shadow Improvement Mod
Sobers Smaller Water Drops
Steel Viking & Com Underwater Mod
Steel Viking's Interior Mod Welcome Aboard VWFKamikaze! :salute:

[Archie]

Hello all. It's Archie here, some may remember me from the dark side (the SHIV threads), unbelievably, after getting out of SHIV about 12 to 18 months ago, I completely missed SH5's arrival, until now, just installed it today with a decent swag of mods and I am back on deck. :salute:

[marek01m]

Hi all! From Croatia and starting to be SH5 addict.
One week and I'm hooked :)

[Gerald]

:yeah: and I hope SH5 gives you pleasure.

[Xsphoghead]

Hi, I'm a SH5 newbie from the Sonoran desert of Tucson, AZ. I've been doing ‘train simulations’ since I am a disabled former Locomotive Engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad and Amtrak, the American passenger railroad. I enjoy historic computer simulations and think Silent Hunter 4 and 5 are fantastic though I don't' know how to use them - yet. I hope I can learn lots tips to using them from you guys here at the Subsim forum. Besides sims with the PC, I work part time as an astronomy teacher at the National Observatories west of Tucson, AZ. Thanks for all the info posted which will help me get going with the subs of Silent Hunters.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome to SUBSIM :yep::up:

[THE_MASK]

Hi, I'm a SH5 newbie from the Sonoran desert of Tucson, AZ. I've been doing ‘train simulations’ since I am a disabled former Locomotive Engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad and Amtrak, the American passenger railroad. I enjoy historic computer simulations and think Silent Hunter 4 and 5 are fantastic though I don't' know how to use them - yet. I hope I can learn lots tips to using them from you guys here at the Subsim forum. Besides sims with the PC, I work part time as an astronomy teacher at the National Observatories west of Tucson, AZ. Thanks for all the info posted which will help me get going with the subs of Silent Hunters.
This is the best site for train sims by far .
http://razorbackrailway.com/forums/

[Netbackup]

Hi there. First post here. Born in Argentina, living in sunny Miami Beach FL. I used to play occasionally Silent Hunter III and Silent Hunter IV, mostly at around 85% realism (in case anyone cares).

I'm an old rusty gamer whose first naval sim was Strike Fleet for the Commodore 64/128. I think my first sub sim was Hunt for Red October or Red Storm Rising... Oh, the good old times.

I just got Silent Hunter V when I saw the price tag finally dropped to 18 bucks plus taxes at Best Buy and after reading about the awesome work the modders did to make it enjoyable. They deserve all the credit for SH5. Whoever designed SH5 deserves credit too. Whoever executed on the design, was most likely pushed too hard by the suits at Ubisoft to release it on schedule despite the unfinished state. In the end, we got an expensive Alpha version on the market with a DRM a little too strict for most people's taste. It ended up being neither a sim nor a game: just an unfinished piece of software. At least it's moddable and there's people with enough time and interest in their hands to patch it up and enhance it (thank you, guys).

So here I am, probably to start posting newbie questions soon.

Cheers.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim

[Kapitan_Kaput]

I'm Steve From Boston, U.S.A.....I'm a gamer...been playing sims since I got my 1st pc back in 1986...fooled around with SH3 and SH4 a lil bit...but I just discovered SH5 and it's got potential...great graphics, but poor effects, and the UI is horrible...thank Posiden for all you fine modders...you made this game worth playing

[Gerald]

:salute:

[rsegrell]

Hello, my name is Bob. Love the game, looking for better ways to play.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Bob.

[glw1960]

So glad I found these boards! I'm Gary from Houston, TX. I'm 54 and have been playing the SH series since the days of SH to SH5. I really enjoy SH5. The thing I miss most is using the external view to focus on my boat (instead of having it just running off into the horizon) so I can take screenshots.

All in all, I think it's a great game.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of ya. Peace!

Gary

[Gerald]

Welcome glw1960! :up:

[Jimbuna]

So glad I found these boards! I'm Gary from Houston, TX. I'm 54 and have been playing the SH series since the days of SH to SH5. I really enjoy SH5. The thing I miss most is using the external view to focus on my boat (instead of having it just running off into the horizon) so I can take screenshots.

All in all, I think it's a great game.

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of ya. Peace!

Gary

Welcome to SubSim Gary, I'm 53 and was in Houston a couple of years back...big place.

[glw1960]

Hiya jimbuna...oh yes, Houston is HUGE. It's the largest city in Texas and the 4th largest city in the country. Just a little Houstonian pride trivia. LOL.

Gary

[stoianm]

Hiya jimbuna...oh yes, Houston is HUGE. It's the largest city in Texas and the 4th largest city in the country. Just a little Houstonian pride trivia. LOL.

Gary
I was manny time in Houston in my way to Laredo ... nice town

[Jimbuna]

Hiya jimbuna...oh yes, Houston is HUGE. It's the largest city in Texas and the 4th largest city in the country. Just a little Houstonian pride trivia. LOL.

Gary

I was manny time in Houston in my way to Laredo ... nice town

Rgr that....loved The Flying Saucer bar :DL

[mr.artur_96]

Hi guys ! Im Artur from poland Gdynia. Im 24 and I play SH series since SH2. Im really a maniac of II WW and the game, also I always play 100% realism so I have some experience to be a cpt,Lieutenant :O:

Im looking forwart to all of you moderers :)

Cheers , pozdro !

[Gerald]

:DL I hope you find what you want.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Artur.

[cobra43]

Im mark from Pennsylvania. And this is my very first post here. I really enjoy the game and all the mods that yall take the time to make to make the game more enjoyable. I look forward to seeing many more mods for silent hunter 5

[sturmer]

hi im thierry, im from Antwerp, Belgium.
im 24 atm, im wondering arround this forums a while now.
ive been playing this sim from sh3, there is something about seeing those ships sink that i really love :D (is it sadistic? perhaps but some people love to see buildings collapse or stuff, i love this hehe :smug:)
i tried to post this before but it didnt post for some reason.
so here it is, im trying to be as active as possible. but with a future kid on its way its a bit hectic :D

sturmer

[drakkhen20]

im clark from Mississippi, USA
27 years old and still playing these sims since silentrunner and enjoy modding them and playing them.:salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to you all http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[Jaguar]

I´m from Brazil, gaucho from the south, near Uruguay and Argentina.

Played IL2: Forgotten Battles series a lot, also call of Duty 4. Since I´m getting old to play pilot or soldier I decided to try my hand as a submarine commander. Liking it a lot so far.

I´m also a WWII buff ready do debate everything related :salute:

[zenker]

I am Kenn from Columbus, Ohio. I have always loved sub sim games since Silent Service for the Atari.

SH5 is growing on me, I seem to have trouble with some mods, if they don't use the JGSME, I have no clue how to install them. Like the real german flags for example. I am also trying to figure out how to set the Lut torpedos.

I admit I am really used to the controls of SH3 and I have yet to figure out how to set the pattern for these torpedos.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim guys.

[tonschk]

Welcome :salute:

[Off the Rails]

I'm 29, from Gloucester in England.

Sub games:

Silent Service II
SHIV
SH5 arrived 2 days ago

Yep, I'm a Kriegsmarine virgin. Never even seen Das Boot :o

[Jimbuna]

I'm 29, from Gloucester in England.

Sub games:

Silent Service II
SHIV
SH5 arrived 2 days ago

Yep, I'm a Kriegsmarine virgin. Never even seen Das Boot :o

That'll soon change...welcome to SS http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/welcome.gif

[bubbaisagod]

I’m from Belgium, 29 yr old and this is my first sub sim game.
I played SH5 a few times on a friends PC so I know how (not) to sink my u-boat :)

[TorpexXIII]

Im Chris from UK.

Im a MASSIVE SH4 fan with plenty of mods and love for the game. Ive held off from buying SH5 due to its bad press. As we speak Im now loading it up. Ill soon find out for myself!!!

First stop..patches and mods LOL!!!


:)

[lewilewi]

Hello to all

I'm lewilewi aka lewi and been playing SH2 and DD god I miss the mix of top side versus Subs onto SH3 big gap now this SH5 .

Some may known my name from IL2 :yep:

no... ok then cheers

lewi

[Jimbuna]

A warm welcome to SubSim to you all.

[RedMonkey]

Hello to everyone,
Been a longtime reader of this forum and they have helped me immensely in getting up to speed with both SH3 and now SH5. So I'd just like say a big thankyou to all of you and especially all the modders who have done some truly brilliant work on these sims.
Regards
Dan

[Gerald]

:up:

[jonmixwell]

Just started playing and thanks for the great MOD, it makes the game more enjoyable. Keep up the good work!

[Gerald]

Just started playing and thanks for the great MOD, it makes the game more enjoyable. Keep up the good work! Yes,good luck :DL

[KampfSchwimmer]

Not new here but new to SH5. From Virginia, currently stationed in Hawaii but pcsing to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina June 6th. Big WWII buff. Its amazing what you guys are capable of. Still trying to play with the mods to get them all to work.

From deployment to Iraq.
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