Ship Simulator 2006 Demo now available

[Sonarman]

Get over to the Ship simulator 2006 site (http://www.shipsim.com/)to get the demo.

The game is due out in Europe next week and in the US sometime in August.
European gamers can purchase it though the Amazon UK link in the Subsim store.

[Drebbel]

So anybody already tried this demo ? How good/bad is it ? Sailing model ? Graphics ? Let us know please.

http://www.shipsim.com/img/demo.png
Download here --> http://www.shipsim.com/

[Sir Big Jugs]

Downloading now!:yep:

[Safe-Keeper]

Y-E-S!
I've been dreaming of this for years, and I hadn't even heard of it!

Downloading as soon as possible!

First Congress turns down the bigot "anti-homo-marriage" constitutional amendment, then this! Gawd, this is a good day!

Hope there's a sailing model!

Oh, and an accurate depiction of European cities (I'm eagerly awaiting a Europe-edition, allowing me to sail into an accurate Bergen, Norway, complete with Bryggen and everything).

GOOD day!

[CptGrayWolf]

This was way overdue!
btw notice how the ShipSimulator 2006 font is the same as FlightSimulator by microsoft, yet I can't see microsoft anywhere on the shipsim.com...are they trying to fool us? :hmm:

[bradclark1]

Demo looks pretty good. I might get this.

[Kurushio]

You're all joking, aren't you? I saw this game on budget, for the price of a couple of sandwiches. :lol:

[Highbury]

Since this game is not out yet, it probably was not the one you saw.... :roll:

[Kurushio]

Since this game is not out yet, it probably was not the one you saw.... :roll:

You were saying?

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1021522/-/Product.html?searchstring=ship+simulator

;)

[Sonarman]

The game has been out in Germany for some time, the forthcoming release on 16th June is the new English language version with many added features and yet they are releasing it at a very attractive price of £19.99 in the UK (£14.99 +p&p via the Amazon link in the Subsim store.) They plan on releasing in the US in August.

Also the talk is of a 2007 version around Jan /Feb with waves,night, the abillity to sail between ports etc, depending on sales of this title.

[Kurushio]

The game has been out in Germany for some time, the forthcoming release is the new English language version with many added features and yet they are releasing it at a very attractive price of £19.99 in the UK (£14.99 +p&p via the Amazon link in the Subsim store.) They plan on releasing in the US in August.

Also the talk is of a 2007 version around Jan /Feb with waves,night, the abillity to sail between ports etc, depending on sales of this title.

£14.99 at Play.com delivered free...;)

[Seeadler]

The game is out here in Germany since March, I bought it ...and after some hours of play it became boring and went to Ebay ...this version was not worth the money. Virtual Sailor is the better choice for a civil ship game.

[Kurushio]

The game is out here in Germany since March, I bought it ...and after some hours of play it became boring and went to Ebay ...this version was not worth the money. Virtual Sailor is the better choice for a civil ship game.

You are right...I read what it was and thought it sounded boring as hell. Would never buy it personally. Anyway, if you wait 6 months you'll pick it up for £1.99 in the bargain bin.

[bradclark1]

Virtual Sailor is the better choice for a civil ship game.

Are you serious?

[Highbury]

Since this game is not out yet, it probably was not the one you saw.... :roll:

You were saying?

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1021522/-/Product.html?searchstring=ship+simulator

;)

From your link....

availability: Due for release on 16/06/2006

I was saying it is not out yet. :lol:

[Mr.Werner]

Since this game is not out yet, it probably was not the one you saw.... :roll:

You were saying?

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/1021522/-/Product.html?searchstring=ship+simulator

;)

From your link....

availability: Due for release on 16/06/2006

I was saying it is not out yet. :lol:

Don't worry Highbury, we are all starting to see that Kurshio likes to post mainly to get reactions. Even his ugly yellow sig is to get reactions 'electronic incests' :nope:
Carefull kurshio, the moderators here won't tolerate much more...

[Sir Big Jugs]

No-

This game isn't worth it.:nope:

[Enigma]

Virtual Sailor is the better choice for a civil ship game.

Well, thats enough for me then. Since Virtual Sailor lasted 15 minutes on my machine. :nope::down:

[Drebbel]

Yes, already asked the one and on;ly moderator of this forum to break up this thread. I hope he replies soon.

[bradclark1]

Yes, already asked the one and on;ly moderator of this forum to break up this thread. I hope he replies soon.

Whats wrong with this thread?

[Drebbel]

Ship Simulator appears to have better physics (including twin engine control) ....

But do not expect any damage model. My steel boat was rammed by a small tupperware sailing yacht, I was turned over and the yacht continued without a scratch :-)

[Sonarman]

But do not expect any damage model. My steel boat was rammed by a small tupperware sailing yacht, I was turned over and the yacht continued without a scratch :-)

That's true, there appears to be a financial penalty but it's unclear as yet as to the meaning of this in the game

[Seeadler]

My steel boat was rammed by a small tupperware sailing yacht, I was turned over and the yacht continued without a scratch :-) Address this to the developers, VSTEP is a Dutch company headquartered in Rotterdam:lol:

[bradclark1]

The damage model of Ship Sim seems to be nonexistent and based on a monetary cost system. Virtual Sailor, you sneeze and you are sunk.
I do kind of like the missions in SS.
Problem with these type of games you play the hell out of them for a few days to a week then you never touch them again.

[Sonarman]

Problem with these type of games you play the hell out of them for a few days to a week then you never touch them again.

At £14.99 it's the same price as a movie which you watch for two hours and never watch again, a few days is still better than two hours, everything's relative.

[Drebbel]

My steel boat was rammed by a small tupperware sailing yacht, I was turned over and the yacht continued without a scratch :-) Address this to the developers, VSTEP is a Dutch company headquartered in Rotterdam:lol:

Yep, dutch are real good builders of sailing ships ----------> Volvo Ocean Race ! :-)

[docnobby]

Hi!

I have played the german version of ShipSim for about two weeks and never touched it again! :-?

What I was missing?!
Na, only some little unnecessary things like: The Ocean, Waves, Weather, Traffic, "Time of Day"... things like that. :huh:

But the developers sayed, those will be available in "ShipSim 2007"! :smug:

Maby they'll add some of these "features" to the international version of SS2006.

See ya! :arrgh!:

[Henchman]

What I was missing?!
Na, only some little unnecessary things like: The Ocean, Waves, Weather, Traffic, "Time of Day"... things like that.

Hear, hear...

I like this concept a lot but I think I'll wait until 2007 when they finish it. I'll be happy to pay full price for something in this genre that includes some of these obvious basic "features" in it. The demo was very disappointing and as much as I would like to support this small "niche" market... I'd rather buy a DVD movie than pay for this game in its present state.

It gives me great sadness to have to rate this game with a big :down:

[Sonarman]

Hi!

I have played the german version of ShipSim for about two weeks and never touched it again! :-?

What I was missing?!
Na, only some little unnecessary things like: The Ocean, Waves, Weather, Traffic, "Time of Day"... things like that. :huh:

But the developers sayed, those will be available in "ShipSim 2007"! :smug:

Maby they'll add some of these "features" to the international version of SS2006.

See ya! :arrgh!:


Yes, weather has been included in the International version, to quote the site: "dynamic weather system including wind force and rain" on the forum they also said fog was included now too and judging by the amount of collisions people are talking about there may actually be too much traffic now!

If you have a German version I believe that you will be able to pay the difference between your version and the new international version and receive the extra features see the shipsim forum (http://www.forum.shipsim.com/viewtopic.php?t=133) for details

Looks like release has been put back a week, Amazon and Play are now listing release date of 23rd June

[Sonarman]

Update... Whilst the game seems to have been put back a week in online stores such as Amazon and Play it is available now directly from www.shipsim.com (http://www.shipsim.com) as a download or boxed edition by post with free p&p to anywhere on the planet.

[NeonSamurai]

Ok split up this thread. Try to stay on the topic of Ship Simulator 2006 please :) If you want to talk in general use the other thread :)

[Palindromeria]

aha so a few of you have come across this.

potential is there.
currently way too pedestrian to be considered a "simulation".
Best used as "shiprace" or to merely enjoy scenery ...
One of the designers is quite happy that "even an 8 yr old can have fun within 10 seconds". so that should give you some idea of the difficulty level..

However, the background scenery is truly amazing. As a new yorker i am truly blown away by the NY harbor. On that level , the ability to just tool around NY harbor without the expense of an actual boat , its kinda ok...

There are some nice new skins for the customizable p6 here
www.shipsim.net (http://www.shipsim.net)

(note that ship 13 is corrupt - dont bother dl ing it.)

came across some links of other ship simulators that might be useful to some of you. they seem to be much more professional grade apps rather than games

If shipssim2007 incorporates things like this it may be a worthy buy.

without them it is a simulator in name only.

http://www.milsoft.com.tr/en/products/simulation/shipsim_ship_simulator.php

http://www.pivotmaritime.com/sim1.html

http://www.h-scientific.co.uk/shipsim2-text.htm

[Palindromeria]

for those who havent tried this product and also play dangerous waters ive come up with a good comparison.

Imagine the contact madness scenario with show truth on, but without getting any actual info that should be provied by various systems.
go here go there yawn yawn .

this describes the entirety of the game.

Additionally the US retail version once installed takes up about 340 mb.
after dl - ing a 200 mb patch and a 130 mb patch the total in the folder is now around 390 mb. point being is that all that downloaded content was to replace rather the majority of the files contained on CD.
had i known i was dealing w a company that thinks it ok to sell a beta version ...
:grr:

ive just DL'd the v7 virtual sailor demo. www.hangsim.com (http://www.hangsim.com)

Ive yet to load it but it appears have everything the shipsim2006 community is asking for.

ie - dont buy the wrong game , like i did ;p

at least i was amused by the following review.

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060617 (http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060617)