View Full Version : Curious...how is SH 5?
Bubblehead1980
10-04-10, 02:45 AM
Long time Sh 4 player.I prefer the PTO but enjoyed Op Monsun for ATO.Been a few months since SH 5 has been out.How is it with the patch and mods? Major CTD issues and flaws been worked out yet? Advise waiting some more to get the game? (hopefully DRM) will be gone. etc Thanks in advance.
THE_MASK
10-04-10, 02:55 AM
I have never had a ctd since march . It is 100% stable if you have a system to run it . With mods its just as playable as SH3/4 .
Venatore
10-04-10, 04:15 AM
All good here, modding at full steam ahead :up:
Takeda Shingen
10-04-10, 10:51 AM
I also enjoy it for what it [currently] is. With love and care from the modders, it will be a worthy successor to the previous games. The system requirements are steep, but if your machine can handle it, it is definitely worth adding to your collection.
With both patches and a nice selection of mods, SH5 is terrific fun and completely playable! :yeah:
I still have some small, frustrating technical issues because I am using a CPU and graphics card that are just barely able to handle the game. This will change in the near future...Christmas? Oh yeah! :rock:
soldat32
10-04-10, 02:47 PM
Don't waste your money.Stick with what ya got.
AdeptCharge
10-04-10, 04:32 PM
With love and care from the moddersI see you champion! "With much intrest and enthusiasm from the modders" befits yes? perhaps adulation, over shadows admiration. :hmmm:
Don't waste your money.Stick with what ya got.In the opinion of some players, this may be undoubtedly so, however bubblehead1980 advise waiting some, there is no mention of the possible transfer of cash!! Thus, you assumed, if your still desirous to hold strength of said post, I would suggest that you rephrase your original statement to recognise and incorprate this important distinction. :yep:
Takeda Shingen
10-04-10, 06:12 PM
I see you champion! "With much intrest and enthusiasm from the modders" befits yes? perhaps adulation, over shadows admiration. :hmmm:
The modders are already hard at work. Been that way for about six months now, and we are beginning to see the fruits of the labor. I've seen this cycle happen enough times to know what is going on and when to be patient.
AdeptCharge
10-04-10, 07:09 PM
The modders are already hard at work. Been that way for about six months now, and we are beginning to see the fruits of the labor. I've seen this cycle happen enough times to know what is going on and when to be patient.I am in full cognition to the work, efforts etc, and need not reminded. However I am sure some may be apt to batten on/upon, to express statements, even when presented in avuncular fashion. You accentuate on patience, and as I know when to bridle, will agree with you comprehensively on waiting it out. :yep:
Ducimus
10-04-10, 07:19 PM
Personally, i'm waiting for one or two things to happen before diving into SH5 again.
1.) Ubi patch's out the online all the time DRM requirement.
and/or
2.) First supermod is published.
Takeda Shingen
10-04-10, 07:25 PM
2.) First supermod is published.
A supermod from Ducimus would be nice. :D
Please? Pretty please? With a cherry on top?
Trigger Maru is magnificent. It displaced SCX* as my all-time favorite supermod.
*EDIT: And SXC made Typhoons driveable, so that's saying a lot.
Ducimus
10-04-10, 07:33 PM
A supermod from Ducimus would be nice. :D
Please? Pretty please? With a cherry on top?
I have found the perfect video response (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o19CaOSuD8) to that request (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im_5QdHp04E). :O:
Takeda Shingen
10-04-10, 07:33 PM
I have found the perfect video response (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im_5QdHp04E) to that request (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im_5QdHp04E). :O:
:haha:
Said with style.
Bubblehead1980
10-04-10, 08:31 PM
I have found the perfect video response (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o19CaOSuD8) to that request (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im_5QdHp04E). :O:
:har:
pzrshrek
10-08-10, 12:51 AM
Old timer with most of subsims there has been, and this is the best version if you like ww2 sub sims! The bitching and complaints about this game is NOT fair with todays mods!
Still it requires a quite hvy rig to run it, just upgraded to a 470gtx gpu and finally the game runs flawlessly.
Played for a week constantly and had 1 ctd, and no ingame calc. problems.
I say get it definately! :arrgh!:
fastfed
10-09-10, 10:02 PM
Tried to get back into the silent hunter series after a good few years away.. Got right back into it starting with sh5, graphics are good ( far from great ) i tried really hard to enjoy it, but knowing the potential for what simulators should be (not arcade games) i did not like it at all.. I took some more time off and decided to add the many mods.. It made a difference and im grateful the modders are at work, but imo its far from anything good(the game that is) the modders have their work cut out on this one for sure.. But i went back to sh3gwx3 and couldnt be happier.. Even back to sh4 as well.. I keep the sh5 disk on the shelf where it belongs for now..
Venatore
10-10-10, 12:12 AM
the modders have their work cut out on this one for sure
fastfed,
Your right there my friend. One of the problems we have as modders at SHV is that many of the great individual modders & modding Mega teams of the grand SHIII days are gone. In some cases they gave their heart & soul into SHIII & in the end & at the peak of the SHIII modding days many had retired from modding, & some could not go through the headache & personnel sacrifice in developing mods for SHV. I hope one day they come back.
JCWolf
Diving Duck
GWX team
The above mentioned modders & teams where my Jedi Sith Lord Instructors during my SHIII days, I prey one day we will serve along side each other again as modders in whatever Silent Hunter it be.
tonschk
10-10-10, 02:12 AM
I have never had a ctd since march . It is 100% stable if you have a system to run it . With mods its just as playable as SH3/4 .
I totally Agree :DL , I never had a CTD with SH5, SH5 just need some modifications and tweaks to fit your own personal tastes :up: and the specific way you want to play your SH5 simulator
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z58/tonschk/SH5Img2010-10-02_154024-1.jpg
Jimbuna
10-10-10, 10:16 AM
Personally speaking, I'm looking forward to a supermod but doubt it'll be in the short or even medium term unless Ubi set back to working on the game and release a final patch.
The longer the delay the less chance of this happening I'm afraid.
Personally speaking, I'm looking forward to a supermod but doubt it'll be in the short or even medium term unless Ubi set back to working on the game and release a final patch.
The longer the delay the less chance of this happening I'm afraid.
Obviously, a super mod like GWX would be a Godsend for SH5.
But, while we wait, a nice interim collection mod might be nice. A lot of new players are overwhelmed by the many fine and, sometimes, overlapping mods currently available. Some veteran players, who have a nice fat list of mods, that all work together well, could publish a list of their mods on this forum. It would be especially helpful if this player could describe the overall purpose or philosophy for their particular selection of mods: say, Most Realistic Graphics, More Aggressive Gameplay, More Immersive Environment, More Intuitive User Interface, etc.
My two cents.
TheDarkWraith
10-10-10, 12:12 PM
Obviously, a super mod like GWX would be a Godsend for SH5.
Get off the GWX kick. I'm glad to see nothing of the likes of it here in SH5 and hope it stays that way :shifty:
Im with Ducimus, but I also want more units and enviromental stuff. :woot:
better merchies, planes and some PT boats would be nice.
Privateer and co seem to be making some good progress with GR2 export/imports, hopefully they can open the 3d flood gates. :)
Get off the GWX kick. I'm glad to see nothing of the likes of it here in SH5 and hope it stays that way :shifty:
I agree TDW, the scripting is the trick. So much has been resolved from this I don't see where a mega mod is needed.
Get off the GWX kick. I'm glad to see nothing of the likes of it here in SH5 and hope it stays that way :shifty:
No need to beat a dead horse, the past is in the past.
A super mod can be a compilation of the mods already out there,
it just makes simpler for most users, sometimes supermods can tie up loose ends for modders too - For instance, I could release a bunch of new NPC units, but there is bugger all point unless someone can script them in to the campaign.
Unless your were refering to GWX as a 'private club' in which case you can chill, as I dont think we will be seeing that sort of thing again. Sure it was abit anti-social, but it got **** done for the most part.
Anyway its late 2010 and for better or worse everyone has moved on from that saga.... I hope :up:
nervouspete
10-10-10, 07:42 PM
I've reinstalled it now that the first wave of mods have been polished and Darkwraith's super UI mod has reached a fine maturity. With the radio mods installed and the new UI and bug fixes its just as good as SHIII with the added bonus of extra eye-candy. I love listening to the events radio and just listening to the war unfolding. And then there's SteelViking's realistic interior mod. I was reluctant to install that at first as I figured that although realistic the white paint on everything would ruin the dark and moody atmosphere. To my surprise his careful texturing and attention to detail has enhanced it more than I thought possible. And the ability now to write and export your own journals is wonderful.
To my mind its as good as GWX SHIII now, only prettier. My only headache is that the U-Boat still looks undermanned and there isn't enough food and bobbins modelled on the inside - but I don't think there's much that can be done about that.
Takeda Shingen
10-10-10, 07:58 PM
Let's not make this another thread about GWX.
The Management
FIREWALL
10-10-10, 08:35 PM
How cheap do you want it. :haha: $17.99 + free shipping : http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Hunter-Battle-Atlantic-Pc/dp/B002PAIPQO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1286759538&sr=1-1
The only thing stopping you is your computer.
diesel97
10-10-10, 11:22 PM
I'm of the same opinion as Ducimus - more so with the relaxing of the on-line requirement. Any news on that ?.
FIREWALL
10-11-10, 12:48 AM
UBI dropping DRM ain't gonna happen until, it interfers with something more lucritive.
Jimbuna
10-11-10, 02:16 PM
UBI dropping DRM ain't gonna happen until, it interfers with something more lucritive.
I fear you may well be right :hmmm:
Ducimus
10-11-10, 03:07 PM
RE supermods:
It occurs to me that the conditions set by the community in SH3 that gave spark to supermods in the way people think of them.. were... perhaps... unique? The right combination of personalities, at the right place, at the right time, saying the wrong things to each other? :O:
What about SH4, that didn't involve that scene, right? When i think about it.. i think it did, just indirectly, or as a result of. But even then it wasn't to the scale of SH3 because the teams involved were SMALL. That is not to diminish any of the work done in SH4. It is to say though, that from a community aspect, there were alot less people involved.
My point is, don't expect the same as supermods go. The conditions within the community are really what dictate the outcomes.
UBI dropping DRM ain't gonna happen until, it interfers with something more lucritive.
Yep, and they are now reaping the rewards from it, and their server being down. I wonder what the loss in sales is from having their requirements to play the sim? Tho I expect the loss is substantially more than SH3 or 4 combined.... tho they'll never say or admit it.
FIREWALL
10-11-10, 07:06 PM
Yep, and they are now reaping the rewards from it, and their server being down. I wonder what the loss in sales is from having their requirements to play the sim? Tho I expect the loss is substantially more than SH3 or 4 combined.... tho they'll never say or admit it.
They,UBISOFT, relied on the initial preorder sales. Then with sites like SubSim to give hope.
People still buy SH5 even if their internet or Computer isn't up to the challenge just to have it if, situations change. Or just to complete their collection.
Sailor Steve
10-11-10, 10:55 PM
RE supermods:
It occurs to me that the conditions set by the community in SH3 that gave spark to supermods in the way people think of them.. were... perhaps... unique? The right combination of personalities, at the right place, at the right time, saying the wrong things to each other? :O:
What about SH4, that didn't involve that scene, right? When i think about it.. i think it did, just indirectly, or as a result of. But even then it wasn't to the scale of SH3 because the teams involved were SMALL. That is not to diminish any of the work done in SH4. It is to say though, that from a community aspect, there were alot less people involved.
My point is, don't expect the same as supermods go. The conditions within the community are really what dictate the outcomes.
You may well be right, though SH3 is still benefitting from modding that SH4 never recieved, and this goes far beyond the supermods. It probably comes from the initial bad reaction to SH4, but people are still creating things for SH3 that they just don't seem to care about for the later game(s). Of course I'm not talking about you or any of the other talented people who poured their love into it and made it right, but all those little things I always complain about, i.e. the details that don't make it work better but just make it feel better.
I hope SH5 will eventually see that same attention, even if SH4 does not.
ShoCkwaVe
10-19-10, 04:50 AM
blahblah.. sh5 sucks
1) takes too much space
2) memory hog (((crunchycrunchy))
..takes too long to load up + lags because all the retardedly large textures/files all loaded at once. :damn:
3) the missions/gameplay isn't worth the effort
there are far better games out there to play
while we all wait for the meteor.
stick to sh3 + gwx
Takeda Shingen
10-19-10, 09:11 AM
No, you should listen to them. These guys know what they are talking about and have given some very good advice. SH5+mods does not suck.
AdeptCharge
10-19-10, 11:59 AM
while we all wait for the meteor.
No, you are incorrect. I do not wait. :nope:
No, you should listen to them. These guys know what they are talking about Am I correct in assuming from your (present), and post love of modders, hence with your admirable demeanour that your excursion to the portals of this forum and mods forum has been one featuring tribulations of noteworthy magnitude ??? :cool:
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