allied ship models in SH3?

[The Skip']

Hi there,

Im a huge fan of playing with surface ships in SH3. I know that there is the Warship Mod 3.0, is there a similar mod that replaces the U-boat models with playable allied ships (even if still on the german side)? I saw that there were pics of allied ships in the WSM 3.0 thread, but I get lost so easily in that place and was hoping one of you fine people could give me some guidance. Thanks!

-modding rookie

[Sailor Steve]

I can talk about the apparent changes, i.e. what the player experiences, but I have no clue about game engines.

[fitzcarraldo]

Yes there is such a mod out there, it is called SH4

SH4 is (if I am not mistaken) to widest extents the engine of SH3 with only slight to minor changes and... allied U-Boats to play.

But this brings me to another question: Has anybody ever summarized the differences (game-engine-wise) between SH3 and SH4 ?

An important carachteristic of SH4 is the engine loads only your current portion of campaign; not the whole campaign as SH3. Because that, you don´t have the infinite loading times of a SH3 modded (and subsequent possibility of CTDs). Also, the crew management is automatic with three watches; SH3 needs manual and unrealistic crew management.

Of course, also the engine admits shaders; impossible with SH3.

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute: