SH5 downloaded, installed, tried & hated it!

[von Zelda]

It cost me $9.99 to download SH5 from Amazon and it played like c***.

I was an avid SH3 GWX player for quite a few years until my old computer died. So, I finally thought I'd give SH5 a try today. Got it downloaded, installed, updated to 1.2 by ubisoft and it played like it was junk. The mouse was as slow as it could be; it was about impossible to move about the boat, find the periscope, go up the ladders, fire torpedoes, plot a course on the little map, etc. That's when I gave up and uninstalled it.

I've watched a good number of youtube SH5 tutorials and people seem to have a good time playing this game; but not I.

I'd welcome any comments or suggestions since it was nonrefundable. I could always try it again.

[vdr1981]

Wait a minute? You've actually tried to play unmoded SH5??!

[coinbird]

I dont want to take anything away from the fine programmers who have worked so hard on modding this game. However, the game itself is pretty dire.

Anyone who has stuck it out this long and has not gone back to SH III/IV has my respect.

[Targor Avelany]

Mod it. It is taisty when it is modded.

and yeah, what vdr1981 said.... :har::har::har::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[von Zelda]

Wait a minute? You've actually tried to play unmoded SH5??!

I don't think any mods would have helped or improved the game play, which was incredible slow and bad.

Will SH3 load and play on Windows 7? Reading the specs, it didn't seem that it would.

[vdr1981]

I don't think any mods would have helped or improved the game play, which was incredible slow and bad.


If you really think so, then you have wasted your money...But trust me , moding can help and improve the game...:03:

[BigWalleye]

Will SH3 load and play on Windows 7? Reading the specs, it didn't seem that it would.

SH3 runs like a champ on Win7. Check the SH3 forums. There's a lot of activity. SH3 is 8 years old, but it's a very active title.

[Targor Avelany]

I don't think any mods would have helped or improved the game play, which was incredible slow and bad.

Will SH3 load and play on Windows 7? Reading the specs, it didn't seem that it would.

I don't really see the point of posting in this forum then. SH3 forum is further down the list.

[ostheim]

I believe a perfect silent hunter would be;

Silent Hunter 3s features
- Complete U Boat options
- Interface and complex but simple interface

Silent Hunter 4s Engine

Silent Hunter 5s 1st Person mode with basic simple keys to walk about and maneuver while retaining SH4 and or 3's key bindings. Also Interiors for all U-Boats available in SH3 that were available to player.

[Mikemike47]

I dont want to take anything away from the fine programmers who have worked so hard on modding this game. However, the game itself is pretty dire.

Anyone who has stuck it out this long and has not gone back to SH III/IV has my respect.

I started playing SH5 seriously about 21 months ago and I have added lots of mods. Check out the SH5 mods forum threads. Try [inf] sober's mega mod, My mod compilation by Fifi, or Sjizzle' mod list.

SH3-SH5 all have their strengths and weaknesses since I played them all, plus SH2 to a lesser extent.

[Mikemike47]

I don't think any mods would have helped or improved the game play, which was incredible slow and bad.

What did you base this on about mods NOT helping or improving game play. There is an equal or larger number of subsimmers that will say that mods have helped or improved game play.

Slow performance. Did your computer meet minimum specs or better for SH5? How about giving us your specs?
Try antilag in download section.

Bugs fixed here for patch 1.2 from another great modder (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181433)


If you really think so, then you have wasted your money...But trust me , moding can help and improve the game.

And while the developers had time to code the brand new features of crew dialogue and immersion of walking through out the sub for SH5; Ubisoft stopped them from further development due to time and/or money. Vdr1981 added the wonderful reworked submarine damage mod.

[von Zelda]

"Slow performance. Did your computer meet minimum specs or better for SH5? How about giving us your specs?
Try antilag in download section."

Yes, very slow performance. Could barely move the curser with the mouse; thus, difficulty move through the boat and clicking on things.

According to Ubisoft on install, video did not meet their suggested specs. That, perhaps, is my problem.

Where exactly is this "antilag download?"

[Mikemike47]

Where exactly is this "antilag download?"

Login with your credentials. click on the download tab near the top of the page for all download links.
OR

Login with your credentials. Click on the search tab and a dropdown menu will appear. Type "antilag" without quotes in the search downloads section.

[Sailor Steve]

You've been around long enough I would have thought you'd have read about SH5 first.

Yes, modded it plays very well and a great many people love it. As for SH3 and Windows 7, again I would think you should know that it plays very well on Win7, and again most of the SH3 players do so on that platform, and even Win8.

[inmatejason]

hello this is my first time posting but i have been on here a bit learning about moding silent hunter 5, i love playing ww2 games so when i heard of this i downloaded it right away. i thought it was crap as well but soon as i found this site and starting modding it became a lot better. i dont mean to steal your post but does anyone happen to know a way i can download more from this site? it keeps telling me i reached my limit for the day and i have not downloaded anything since yesterday around this time. thanks
and i suggest you try modding it before you close the book for good.
take care

[Targor Avelany]

hello this is my first time posting but i have been on here a bit learning about moding silent hunter 5, i love playing ww2 games so when i heard of this i downloaded it right away. i thought it was crap as well but soon as i found this site and starting modding it became a lot better. i dont mean to steal your post but does anyone happen to know a way i can download more from this site? it keeps telling me i reached my limit for the day and i have not downloaded anything since yesterday around this time. thanks
and i suggest you try modding it before you close the book for good.
take care

More posts, participating in discussions.
I believe the easiest way is to donate a small amount to the site, but it is understendable that it is not for everyone. I believe with some posts, you can download 10 times a day.

[Webster]

hello this is my first time posting but i have been on here a bit learning about moding silent hunter 5, i love playing ww2 games so when i heard of this i downloaded it right away. i thought it was crap as well but soon as i found this site and starting modding it became a lot better. i dont mean to steal your post but does anyone happen to know a way i can download more from this site? it keeps telling me i reached my limit for the day and i have not downloaded anything since yesterday around this time. thanks
and i suggest you try modding it before you close the book for good.
take care

your download clock starts and stops from the time you reached your limit so if that was 3:45pm yesterday then it will not reset until 4:00pm today since I think it takes a few extra minutes to reset.it is not based on the date but your own specific 24 hour clock

[Aktungbby]

welcome aboard inmatejason;:Kaleun_Salute: Send a smAll donation like I did to :subsim:( $5 in my case) which will increase your mod limit; For SHV, start with with Fifi or Sober's mod list for ease of immersion into the mod world! Then ask away on particular issues that arise; LOTS OF HELP HERE.:up:

[Sailor Steve]

hello this is my first time posting but i have been on here a bit learning about moding silent hunter 5, i love playing ww2 games so when i heard of this i downloaded it right away. i thought it was crap as well but soon as i found this site and starting modding it became a lot better. i dont mean to steal your post but does anyone happen to know a way i can download more from this site? it keeps telling me i reached my limit for the day and i have not downloaded anything since yesterday around this time. thanks
and i suggest you try modding it before you close the book for good.
take care
Welcome aboard! Downloads are tied to posting, so the more you post the more you can download. Also if you donate just $5 you get 25 mods per day, and more with larger donations.

[Mikemike47]

hello this is my first time posting but i have been on here a bit learning about moding silent hunter 5
Welcome on your first post. Find all mods in the SH5 mods workshop section. If you get stuck with SH5 mods, then ask in the SH5 mods workshop section and include a modlist.

[Schlageter-JG26]

I'm coming back to the fold after a few years break. I was in LOVE with SH3 and did some of the early editing on SH4 which most purists may not have liked... but I ditched the whole crew endurance issues and modded a bunch of upgrades.

I tried SH5 when it hit shelves. Prior to any mods or patches... I couldn't even get my guy up the dang ladder. It simply didn't work back then and the interface change was an affront to me so I scuttled the game.

Now I bought it again after losing or giving away the old one. Downloaded and installed it last night.

Initial impressions:
-Graphical additions to underwater and clouds are impressively cool
-Walking around the ship is a cool feature
-Walking around the ship should remain a FEATURE, not a requirement
-Looks like they add some scinematics.... interesting... but so far the characters are weak and don't really "fit" - I hope this doesn't get annoying
-Campaign "unlocks" ? Not pleased with this. If I want to jump into a scenario from the start, why can I not begin in 43 if I chose to?
-Torpedoes - granted, I only put 90 minutes into the game and did the first mission on Medium difficulty.... but why can I not better aim and set my fish? And why can we not play a campaign on a custom difficulty. I may wish to do manual plots for better damage/accuracy, but there are some settings which come with higher difficulties which do not fit my preferred gameplay style or dedication. This may become an issue.

---> MODS + FIXES -- is there an external host for the downloadable mods hosted on the forum here? I'll be honest, I want to try a lot of the options to improve gameplay but I am not going to come back here for the next 6 weeks hoping to get it to a point where I can enjoy the program. Just not going to happen. So why not host the whole mess on a file share server like every other file in the world? Will cost the site nothing and folks can get everything in one shot. <--- :hmm2::know:

[Mikemike47]

but I ditched the whole crew endurance issues and modded a bunch of upgrades.
I realize you were talking about SH4, but on a related note to the SH5 mods workshop. Reworked Morale and Abilities, Equipment upgrades fix, Repaired Equipment MOD (R.E.M).
I tried SH5 when it hit shelves. Prior to any mods or patches... I couldn't even get my guy up the dang ladder.
Patch 1.2 was released within a few months of game release. Use w,a,s,d keys. Is hatch open? Get your guy near ladder use w (up) key. Someone wrote a pictorial and text thread on how to proceed in the game in either one of the SH5 main or mods forums.
Initial impressions:
-Campaign "unlocks" ? Not pleased with this. If I want to jump into a scenario from the start, why can I not begin in 43 if I chose to?
Use silentotto feature to go right to any campaign you want. I believe silentotto works with stock or modded game. Type "silentotto" without quotes anywhere when the main campaign window comes up. (Happy times or coastal waters is displayed. No dialogue box will show up BEFORE typing silentotto on your keyboard.)

Go to the SH5 mods workshop. Open Horizons campaign even better to 1945.
And why can we not play a campaign on a custom difficulty.
Change options before starting a game.

---> MODS + FIXES -- is there an external host for the downloadable mods hosted on the forum here? I'll be honest, I want to try a lot of the options to improve gameplay but I am not going to come back here for the next 6 weeks hoping to get it to a point where I can enjoy the program. Just not going to happen. So why not host the whole mess on a file share server like every other file in the world? Will cost the site nothing and folks can get everything in one shot.

Because mods are constantly being updated. It is a continual team effort when all modders feel that the game is fixed as far as it can go, as we discover how to fix things more and more. Takes a long time to create a modpack that everyone, for the most part is happy with. Rongel's [WIP] Megamodpack
(http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=208292)
See how long SH3 and SH4 took to get to where they are now. Give us time for SH5.

For now try, [inf] sober's mega mod, My mod compilation by Fifi or Sjizzle's mod compilation.

[Schlageter-JG26]

Will try the megamods, yes.

I'm hoping to begin the modding process with SH5 now that it is at least stable.

Does it have, or is there a mod available, which offers to identify the targeted ship or make use of an in-game booklet to self-identify ships?

Mod #1... I need to get that periscope view centered in the screen, lol, not off to the right.

[Mikemike47]

Does it have, or is there a mod available, which offers to identify the targeted ship or make use of an in-game booklet to self-identify ships?

SOAN or SOAN feature in Multiple UIs for TDC (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166093). If you do NOT have the STEAM version, get TDW's generic patcher (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181433).

[Schlageter-JG26]

Hmmm, yes.... further reading of the megamods has revealed that my having the STEAM version is a hindrance. Going to order another copy.

Does the digital copy of the SH5 Gold straight from Ubi work fine with the .exe patchers?

[Aktungbby]

Welcome back Schlageter-JG26

[coinbird]

Is there a mod compilation or mod which includes shortcut buttons to quickly get to different posts in the ship? I know SH V is not III but walking around becomes cumbersome when you have a purpose and are not just staring at pretty graphics to pass the time.

[Mikemike47]

Is there a mod compilation or mod which includes shortcut buttons to quickly get to different posts in the ship?

Neither. I usually transport myself to the radio/radar station almost at the midpoint of the sub. Go through the hatch to the command room which I consider midpoint of the sub. There the engineer, navigator and XO are closest to the radioman then coming from the bosun's direction.

[GT182]

No matter how you move arond the boat in SH5 you do need to coverse with the crew members you can converse with. It increases their moral which in turn makes the boat run better.

And lIke everyone else has said, the only way to play SH5 is with mods installed. You can pick and choose which to play, but know too that you do need to install them in the correct order.... as in Sober's mega mod list. And yes there are still bugs even with mods installed, but at least the simulation is playable, where it's not without mods.

[Schlageter-JG26]

MegaMods.... where can I, ahem, find one to download? I went to Rongel's link above and read up on his combined works. It sounds good, but when I go to the Downloads section the MegaMods list is empty.

[raymond6751]

With mods, it becomes like a fine wine. You sip it rather than gulp it in.
You begin to appreciate it, not by comparing it to SH III but as a unique entity. You may also have issues due to your equipment.

If things are slow it sounds like a lack in your computer that needs attention.

[flag4]

SH3 runs like a champ on Win7. Check the SH3 forums. There's a lot of activity. SH3 is 8 years old, but it's a very active title.

the best:up:

im on windows7. it runs very smooth.:up::smug::up:

[Rancor260]

I just bought SH5 recently i've played SH3 with mods, the game is good but SH5 has better graphics and couple other features which i'm interested on. I've heard the vanilla game sucks but with mods it might be even better than SH3.

The game is probably good with mods but modding it is much harder and more frustrating than SH3. Why? Because you have to download more mods, on SH3 you could just download couple mods like GWX and you were good to go. Downloading 50+ mods is pain in the a** because of Subsim's download limit, now i'm ok with donating even 20$ to download more and support the site but of course it has to be paypal only which i won't be using in my lifetime. So i'm stuck with downloading as a free user which means no mod compilations for me, no easy one file downloads. I have to download every single mod individually and wait days and even weeks because of the download limit and then installing them is going to be tedious and long process.

So yeah that's my little rant. I understand the site needs donations to keep running but it would be nice to have more payment options. Let's be honest here you're not going to be downloading 50+ mods as a free user which means i would have to play ****ty version of SH5 and it's all because of the lack of payment options.

[Sailor Steve]

...but of course it has to be paypal only which i won't be using in my lifetime.
If I may ask, why not? I was against PayPal for awhile but now it is my preferred method of buying online.

So i'm stuck with downloading as a free user which means no mod compilations for me, no easy one file downloads.
You can also donate by mail. If you PM Neal Stevens or email him at subsim@su (subsim@subsim.com)bsim.com he will give you his new address (it's in the process of changing at the moment.

But you don't have to donate. Downloads are also tied to post count. Become an active member of the community and watch your download count rise!