My ideas on what the new SH should have
 

well well, first I must say that I totally agree with you guys, but please if u don't want SH V to be World War II, please stop posting before u make Ubisoft change their mind. SH was and will stay World War II, if u don't like the setting go and buy some cheap bad looking Cold War game, but stop trying to destroy SH V thank you. Now I'll continue with what I would like to see in the game (offcourse most of this is already said here but maybe I'll add some new things):

I. Wolfpacks, this is mentioned so often that Ubi would be stupid to neglect this.
II. Atlantic setting would be good for U-boats, and considered all those Americans that would love to play with their own subs (I can understand that though) make a campaign for them in the Pacific but better then SH IV.
III. More sub interiors like Crew Quarters, Torpedo Rooms etc.
IV. For U-boats the ability to choose its number like U-262 or u-194 and for Us subs names like Skippers Son (or whatever you could think of)
V. When you dive and the deck watch needs to go down the hatch, I want to see them going down that ladder.
VI. I want my crew to speak its Native language , (yes I know that u can download all those mods, but I'll tell you guys: I suck at getting all those folders in the right place without fkng my pc up. I did that once... Dont wanna do it again. Please get something that helps you with getting mods in the correct place.) But to continue the language idea, I think it sucks commanding a U-boat and ur crew is talking English...
VII. More things I can put on the side of my U-boat not only the Flotilla's emblem as in SH III, I want German Eagles, American Flags etc.
IIX. I don't want such a short campaign as in SH IV WotP U-boat missions u started mid 1943 and the war ends mid 1945 that sucks.
IX. When I fire a torpedo at a ship, the ships hull shows a gap (thats better then SH III) but I want it to be even better, I want to see engines when I hit the engine room, or I want beds to blasted away when I hit the crews quarters.
X. When u reload ur tubes from external reserves u dont see anything happen... uhm or are they ghosts, would love to see torpmen loading tubes with external reserves.
XI. More shell types, in SH III you could have Starshells, I loved them, but except for those I want more then 1 shelltype.
XII. Then more contact with the Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote (BdU) or as Us sub commander more contact with their commander.
XIIV. As said in number VI a booklet or a digital manual that explains step by step how to install mods in the correct folder.
XIV. A limited edition like SH IV had, even if it costs 100$ I would consider buying it, I love the series and would love to have a recoqnition manual with the special edition, with all the ships that are in the game.
XV. More attention to being promoted. At SH III u will get promoted if ur very lucky. But the crew still calls u Herr Kaleun, if i am a Captain they should call me something else then if I was a Major or whatever the ranks were called in the Navy, Kriegsmarine.
XVI. Walking around would be much more cooler and instead of just clicking on the hatch and be in the conning tower having to climb down the ladder.
XVII. When water is leaking into ur sub, that it stays on the floor and not dissapears. Until you have pumped it out.
XIIX. When I warned my HQ in SH IIIthat i spotted a convoy or a taskforce I usually got the answer that there was no help coming my way... and in SH IV I mostly got the answer that support was on its way, so I followed that convoy or taskforce and guess what... NOTHING EVER HAPPENED, not even when I stalked the convoy or taskforce for over 3 days... I want more positive and real support, not only written or a negative reply all the time.
XIX. QUOTE-Greater interaction with the AI. GWX implemented a lot of this. It's not pleasant feeling like you're the only Kriegsmarine asset out there in the Nordatlantik being hunted by dozens of RN, RCN and USN vessels. Possibly the ability to implement some proper rudeltaktik would be superb; actually give the player the option to command a wolfpack when his rank reaches an appropriate level-QUOTE Man THIS IS BRILJANT the rank system in SH IV wasnt that good at all. But this would be much better.
XX. When in SH IV taskforces changed course they always turned away before turning the right way. That costs too much time if they need to be somewhere exactly at a specific time.
W00t these are my suggestions for now, i'll sure come up with loads more (allthough i wonder if Ubi even looks at this.) PLEASE I WANT A RECOQNITION MANUAL!! LOOK AT NUMBER XIV!!.

P.S. GWX is working on GWX 4.0 that is going to recreate SH IV, I don't think GWX is going to publish it any earlier then Ubi publishes SH V that would Fck SH V sell numbers. Cuz what I have seen from 4.0 so far... w00t that was sick look for urself, it looks so good. Well i'll stop bashing Ubi before they wont let me buy SH V.

I said I had more ideas
 

Okay I have come up with more ideas.

I. It would be cool to have like a jump in jump out multiplayer, like World in Conflict, HAWX (both Ubisoft games) have, but then much much much bigger and I mean really big. U can choose what u want to commandeer: Surface ships (destroyers,Battleships,Carriers) Submarines or when ur rank is high enough try to get a promotion to Fleet Commander (or whatever) then u can start sending ur countrys ships around, when players complete such orders they get renown same as for killing enemies. The game starts and takes like 6 years (1939-1945). When u get killed, u lose renown and have to start over in ur port, with a delay maybe? But this idea can be greatly changed offcourse. THE MULTIPLAYER game of the year. Create servers that can have like 10.000 people on and create like 3 of em. (USA, Europe, Asia.) Then when u have an account registered at Ubisoft, u can start roaming around in the Multiplayer world. The costs for these servers can be easily retained, through all the sold coppies ( NavyField is a free to download naval sim it is played by many (includes me) but it doesnt look that great. If SH5 or maybe use this idea for SH6(???) would have that multiplayer in it, I think many people will buy it.
II. mentioned by me before: I WANT A SPECIAL ( LIMITED) EDITION, WILLING TO PAY FOR IT!!! With a recognition manual and the lot.

Okay I have to stop now, but I will come back with more Ideas the sooner or later. B.t.w. Please if we could have that (M)assive (M)ultiplayer (O)nline (N)aval (S)imulator in the game (MMONS) it would be great.

Last idea for today
 

I. A 3D SH V or VI, I think that even more people would buy the game if it had some REAL GOOD 3D glasses, I would sure love to play a Top Notch game, brandnew, about World War 2 and with Subs, that had a high end 3D effect. Consider this when producing SH VI, I would love to put my 3D glasses on and feel like I was actually commanding that sub.

What????

3D Glasses? What's more?
DX12? 8-cored processor? 16GB RAM?

I think that many people would buy this game, because they love IIWW submarine simulations... not the "new perfect graphics, dynamic atmospheric effects, new engine"...
This is one big mistake, if I cannot play with 100% "particles density" because my 1MB internet connection is crashed in multiplayer mode.
Maybe my network is not perfect, but why graphic engine crashes interent connections?

At the best stupid idea is that I must return to my old Destroyer Command game to play historical battles with my friends on multiplayer mode against evil Japan/British/American/German submarines! With 10-yeards old graphic!!! Why my friends have no bought SH3/SH4 and want still to play DC vs. SH2?
Why? Because in no other similar product! No new legend! No new naval IIWW multiplayer!
:damn:

Would you play good game with poor graphic or poor game with good graphic?

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5132/multid.jpg

no bad comments on someones ideas, read the first post!

In a 3D SH V you would HAVE to be able to move around throughout the boat!

But I must say it could be awesome and even make the game a market changing trail-blazing classic. Imagine the feeling of coming up the ladder into the conning tower and the sudden visual and acoustic "space" of the surrounding open ocean and moving 3D clouds? That already hyper-realistic ocean in 3 D would be mind blowing as would rain, lightning and gulls wheeling at varying distances! This would also be a fantastic opportunity to enhance 3D sound direction and distance location!

GREAT IDEA! :woot:

I'd simply settle for it being :woot:BUG:rotfl:FREE:har:

:damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::d amn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::damn::dam n::damn::damn:

In case it hasnt been mentioned... Abandon ship option... for damage and surrender option....:arrgh!:

Of course I would never surrender but for the saner kaluens out there.

1. Realistic AI and ship functions!

2. Ease of modability.

3. Completed submarine interior (Similar to what Tomi is working on for SH4) with interactive crew members. (A lot can be done with this!)

--- Animated damage (water filling compartments, smoke, etc.)
--- Crew animations synchronized with activity and condiitons (reloading torpedos, damage control, monitoring the engines, playing cards in the crew quarters, nervous and quiet when being hunted from above, etc.)

4. Better sea and sky graphics and animations.

If they do make SH V, I would love to have internal view for the whole sub and watch the crew loading the torpedos and running down the sub for a crash dive.

Edit: see it's been said I few times, no surprise really lol.

A Lot like Silent Hunter 3, but with more eye candy (e.g. different sections of sub, crew loading external torps, etc.) and better graphics(e.g. No two month rain!!).

It is a cloudy March weekend in 2009, time 22. Players are ready on the voice channel. Now need time to choice the mission, launch games and synchronization. Now, the choice of ship ... and start. Today's mission: "The battle of Gigants."

17 minutes after patrol start, HMS Swordfish see and recognize the primary target. Her torpedoes are missed but position of target is transferred to other ships. Prince of Wales is the first opening fire, inaccurate yet. German team turns right… but there is a waiting British submarines... Win the British team is almost certain. Meanwhile, HMS Hood sees traces of torpedoes. Emergency back does not help - the British dreadnought is hit two times by U-113 and one by U-154. Few seconds later HMS Swordfish has submarine contact at a periscope depth…

Part of report from SH2 vs. DC game, 5 players + 3 AI
Maybe similar will be produced from SH5 soon…

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What do you do if you will see this text on SH5 box?:

Multicontrol: Create real convoy battles with control to 8 independent submarines in wolf pack as single player at this same time!
Sea raiders career: Use submarines, auxiliary cruisers or whole naval task forces controlled by you to attack your enemies and crush his power!
New improvement of AI: Your enemy are not sleeping - use the weather conditions and your weapon to lose or destroy everyone who is hunting you!
Advanced multiplayer mode: Control several naval units, with cooperation or competition of other players in the execution of the orders by tasks!
Confrontation: Sink human controlled task forces or find and destroy human controlled wolf packs with your friends. Use all your experience to protect or attack convoys!
All naval units on your order: Control submarines, destroyers, battleships and even individual planes to crush your enemies in one hit!
Great battles: Play with friends in the greatest battles between allies and the axis and change the face of history with the potential to control max 32 units by 16 different players.

It is sleep? Miracle? No! Maybe it will be new Silent Hunter 5!

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Comments:

* Single player mode / multicontrol:

I do not agree with standard opinion, AI in SH4 AI (1.5) is bed. The differences between the difficulty levels are highly visible (especially on multiplayer tests), and only what can be changed is the level of enemy detection - fortunately, this value is corrected by fans. Unfortunately, the AI works with standard war ships and merchants. I have the impression that the AI is not controlled enemy - because how to explain lack of response if AI sub is attacked by artillery fire from another sub? Implementation of AI to sub shouldn’t generate a problem, for example:

Is hard AI implementation to submarine AI control?
Let's look… For example:
AI submarine should attack when:
1) The target is closing or keep distance
2) AI calculate optimal speed and use (if distance is higher than 20km keep course, lower: use surface max speed, closer than 2/3 max visible range use depth)
3) Attack the most rating ship if possible (if not possible attack most rating ship in possible range).
4) Torpedo attack if the target is closer than 500meters (fog), 1500meters (day), or 2500 (night) with two torpedoes (T5 or better and electric if possible) with 10 seconds delay between periscope up and shot + attack of other nearest targets with 5 second delay, run silent and deep to reload.
5) If the level of sub is lower, then "perfect" accuracy of "weapon officer" is lower (f.e. +-5% for every level, real value calculated with random mistake), more delays, more allowed speed to catching the target
6) If sub is attacked by escort (run to 2/3 max depth, change course and depth with minutes delay depended form sub difficulty level.
7) If sub is attacked but high-rated target is very close (1000m) try to attack use "emergency surface", shot and emergency depth".
It is very, very simple implementation, only if…then conditions…

Good solution is build the “intelligence” as simple language with if…then conditions to easy change/build/rebuild by fans.

Other method is multicontrol – the players love it! This is known form Destroyer Command when player can control multiple units, with course, depth, speed… and control from hull every ship to attack when he want (other ships f.e. are hunting by escorts or re-loaded torpedoes).

It can be imagine as shown by two ways: as units with class, course, speed, depth, last info from crew on the main map and as mark/link/bookmark on the others view with last comment of crew (highlight on few seconds if new info like under attack, new contact etc). Click on the link make changing ship form actual to linked. To protect by overflowing of information and keep easy control, most standard new orders should be accepted on the main map - by click on unit to mark (not choose) and give new orders: course, speed, depth, attack by guns.
Special possible command: control by AI - if player doesn't want to control this unit longer.
Single player mode / sea raiders career:
There is many mods for SH3 and SH4 which allow to control naval units (naval it means battleships, cruisers, destroyers etc) as independent career mode. If something like this is existing it means that players want to play naval unit as alternative to submarine career.
In combination in last point, the player can order to group of subs (wolf pack / control 8 units in this same time) or as task force of naval ships.
Of course if we think about task force the AI support is needed - it is known that the task force can be find by enemy submarines, group of planes or enemy task force (on the IIWW the second side always sent the special group to find and destroy).
Is possible to use German task force to attack on British port? Why not. But if the task force is closer and closer to the enemy borders, the planes attack often and often...

Now the players which used "surface" mods can only attack enemy merchants / single destroyers / single planes (or find the convoy) by one ship. If we add maximum 7 others units, coordinated attacks by group of enemy planes and attacks of enemy submarines and naval units... my God, it will be wonderful game.
Can you imagine that your Tirpitz see the enemy convoy, the enemy escort is attacking you... and at this moment you see... track of torpedoes running to your capital ship?
OK, stop dreaming - this alternative line of game career development seems to be extremely promising...
Confrontation / cooperation / great battles:
With the environment now where you can play as a mechanism to ensure sufficient detection submarines by the escort led by a man, and the ability to choose the parties to the conflict to do something that will succeed the multiplayer SH2/DC system, which still has active player although 10 -year-old graphics.

The last thing that I would like to raise a question of mods created by fans. In my case I have set: SH4 + UBM + TMO163 + OM711 + SpaxSpeech71
With this set I must say that I lack only for multi-mode uboots campaign. Currently, the game is really great, with excellent graphics, a huge number of units, and by the addition of UBM and mod OM can play well as a party, in any region of the world. IF the game was released as the times from such a set would be a real hit, worth any price.

Confrontation / cooperation / great battles:
Proposed environments almost perfect. Almost.
The game with advertising mode is not popular in SH4 because... this is boring mode! The players are looking for something else... What it is?
Game against other humans, which control other naval ship (in SH4 only host can play naval units, others can control subs)
Active game against other humans, which control enemy submarines (in SH4 the host cannot detect submarines by self)
Game with friends against other side (in SH4 only host can play naval units, and ONLY against American subs)

Sub detection, coordinated attack with friends and against other humans on different nationality (GER/GB or JAP/USA or GB/ITA) with the full control of weapon, and searching mode is key power. It looks perfect on multiplayer SH2/DC system, which still has active players... Game with 10-year-old graphics!

The final thing that I would like to tell is something about mods, created by fans.
In my case: SH4 + UBM(bugs fix, uboats) + TMO163(harder) + OM711(new units, Atlantic theatre) + SpaxSpeech71(German speaking)
With this set I must say: the SH4 game is really great, with excellent graphics, a huge number of units, and with the addition of UBM expansion and mod OM can play well as a party, in any region of the world. If the game was released as this form it had a chance to be a real hit, worth any price. I need only one: multiplayer mode for uboats....
Additional comments

1) Network:
I am surprised with observation that the maximum detail of "density particles" makes disconnecting players during multiplayer mode. Strange. Please remember that everyone have not perfect and fast connections to network. The game should use minimum data transfer between players, allowing a large number of players (up to 16) and many units in game (convoy's ships and planes).
I know and I understand that developers hate pirates. Maybe good solution is registration game by STEAM machine to use patches and allow multiplayer mode by LAN?

2) Signatures in multiplayer mode
Both solutions in SH3 and SH4 are not perfect. In the SH4 is better but my proposals:
- active or inactive signatures mode created by host when multiplayer game starts
- observer mode: turn on signatures (to full enjoy with views of the battles which offer SH).

3) Naval units
Many people are waiting for DestroyerCommand2 but... there have it in Silent Hunter environment! We need only:
Play as sub/naval with teams with friends and again humans
Play side and theatre as we want
Looking for subs and attack by human DD
Many people against themselves (up to 16)
Multicontrol if needed.
...The environment, graphics, engine, many units, atmosphere we have already...

4) Multicontrol mode
If the multicontrol (control up to 8 units at this same time) will be allowed, few method of control should be implemented:
*) Full AI control (if more free units than humans, and humans don't want control them or multicontrol is not allowed by mission author)
*) Full human control, with possibility of AI control, if request
*) Full AI control if player is disconnected from server (keep balance game)
*) Partial human control for convoy (small change of course, change speed, max speed for convoy, max ship per every ship in convoy, split)
*) Partial human control of planes (course, allow to attack, change target) and planes (launch few planes in some frequency)
Partial human control means that all contacts and attack are controlled by AI: unit reports contact automatically to owner and team like enemy contact, torpedoes, autoattack on closer contact, correction course and speed to avoid hitting by torpedoes or enemy artillery...

Of course plane should be used if the weather is good, and launch from plane is possible when the ship's course is about +- 20 degrees to wind direction...

5) Fan's mods:
Do you think to implementation fan's mods even greater than it is today? The fans actually improves everything possible to improve, increasing the quality of the final product. Still, there is an opinion that "not a good play on the basic version - but with mods SH4 is really good game", Now, with the mods SH4 show his leadership. Unfortunately, SH4 changes opinion about his developer... We can only regret that the fans creating a groundbreaking projects and mods are not invited to participate in the creation of next product. This may well, because this way everyone can choose to mod their needs, as in my case. I was happy when subsim give the information about Sh5: not in 2009 but in 2010! More time to wait... but maybe we're waiting now for the perfect product...

6) AI language
I know that AI is hardcoded in SH4. Maybe the better idea is creating it at open source which can be modified by users?
For example, used if..then operations in txt files which be uploaded to CPU at checked for one second per ship...
Modders will can implemented more different strategies for merchants / warships / submarines, where AI is decided which target is more optimal, especially if the target of AI is controlled by human...
But the AI is not bad, with TMO163, the elite DD is always destroying player's submarine...

Probably in September will be available official version of "surface supermod", offering the naval battles between two enemy sides (again, there is an analogy to the familiar atmosphere of SH2/DC).
The first battle will be played will duel Hood + PrinceOfWales Vs. Bismarck + PrinzEugen...

:woot:

OPTAMISED!!!:DL yes, optamise the game.... I got 200fps almost in sh3 why should I be getting 40 fps in sh4...

Wish list
 

1/ Diving control improved
- diving planes (divin control surfaces) manual control
- ballast manual control

We want the sub sim to be more realistic.
When one had to change rapidly from depth, one had in previous version of the sim to go at full speed.
In reality, even with slow speed one could fill the ballast tanks, which is not possible in previous SH thought done automatically but not enough in certains cases.
Please include manual control of the ballasts as well as diving planes (the diving surfaces angle). This feature means that changing depth at close from no spead should be possible at the vertical speed we want. Previously, going from 200 to 10 meters took ~2 mins at full speed and 15 mins at reduced speed. By mean of manual ballasts, one can vary the vertical speed and get from lowest depth to periscope depth in a reasonable ammount of time, which used to be only possible by pushing the E motor in the previous SH.

2/ Multiplayer is important
- in general, the AI does not what humans do
- human vs human is much more interesting than human vs AI

Pease do something that allows to have like previously (SH III) the battles hu/hu (DD/SUB) which made the sub sim 10 times more interesting in my sense than SH IV, simply because those battles are much more difficult/complex in a certain way.

3/ Dynamic campaign or at least non linear campaign

In the way SH III did the things, the fun was really high, because of the fact that linear campaign within such a sub sim where one can do whatever he wants, is really not suitable.

We want to have freedom and encounter the traffic as we could, given the informations transmitted by radio, or given the chances that convoys are passing through certain critical paths.

Simply linear scenario is really not that interesting in campaign mode.

4/ We want to be able to customize as much as possible the ship loadout such as type as torpedoes, ...

5/ We want a much larger scale of type of mission such as
- intercept
- rescue
- recon
- other special missions
- milk cow (receive or give for example)

6/ We want a much better AI
- If our sub is discovered and localized, one should go in the opposite direction (even if this means turning from 120° for ex), making our attack hopeless but going at surface and changing position again without being noticed
- the direction change could be much more clever if our sub is localized, in order to avoid the situation where we are able to have a good firing position, and not only starting to zig zag, keeping the same direction more or less ( I mean instead og going 90° then zigzagging 60/120 one could turn completely heading 180° if our sub is located at 10 o'clock or making zig zags that are constantly changing in degree and in duration)

7/ Pushing realism further
- Why not including a realism campaign mode where calculating our position in the only way, this might be done by a crew member of course, however simple accurate plot on the map is graphically nice, but really too easy. Realism mode should not plot position, rather calculate inaccurate location of our ship, however should manual position calculation be possible (by instruments, stars etc), we could try to understand how difficult was life in those ships.
- In general, using the intruments to get informations out of the sub is really something nice, for example, such as other sims, why not to include depending on the realism level, a difficult mode where reading depth out of the mano is the only way to know our depth ?

In summary

Yes graphics are important,
Yes it is nice to implement new features, but
Don't forget that we are now used to difficult subsim games and
That we need a much more interesting challenge, "sim"ly speaking.

In that sense, SH will stay the leader of this kind of sim, as is IL-2 for air sim of the 40's.

Thanks for notice.

Footnote :

(1) And Yes, related to an above post, please Open Source of what can be, such as AI code.

(2) As well, in general, please produce a High Quality game, this is really a major point after SH IV missed to do that (I personally prefer SH III, except for the graphics)

(3) Very special care on the hydrophone is really appreciated since this is, when one knows how to listen, a precious help to locate and extract informations such as type, gross speed and direction of the unit just by listening to the propeller.
* Only earing a noise, always the same, without any parameters adapted to the reality of the ship is annoying. Earing the propeller from front, side or from rear is really not the same, just for example.
* At high speed, the propeller cavitates, which is a really specific noise.
* Taking the time to make a really accurate and complex to understand and manage sound system is really something that would improve by 10 times the interest of the game, since "hard simmers" are certainly going to do a wide use of this in order to locate and go in the right position of convoys, even in the deep, below the temperature layers, without being noticed.
* The noise of the waves and the rain could be something really disturbing if it is bad wether as well
* Screw skill on the hydrophones should change the accuracy of the informations we receive
* Implementing simple black and red lined on the map, showing the direction of the ships, is in my sense not a good way to proceed. Rather simplify the things and segregate the hydrophone informations from the map ones, keeping in our hands the task to manage the phone's informations and ploting what can be.

(4) Finally, keeping in touch with the community, and in particular giving the feed back about all the features that are going to be implemented could be something we appreciate during development phase.

In the end, Listening about each and every community comment and question is now really a mark that this game will be emphasized by us or not who are the customer in the end. Taking the time to have the reflection about what should be done in design phase is worth, sure.

Weather conditions in multiplayer missions set by the host, with default author's parameters (hour, cloudy level, intensity of rain or snow, wind direction and strength, visibility / fog)

In addition option: "random" to lazy hosts

This will allow to fast change of weather conditions for multiplayer mission.
Second issue: with different conditions the nonlinear way of mission development is more possible.

NB
 

Although one hopes that it is by this time obvious to them all, it is still worth stressing to developers, money men and game designers whom we hope read these Fori for feedback, research and strategic target marketing, that the subsim community is unique in the simulation world in one regard. "Virtual submariners" are generally unusually patient, intelligent, mature (in years or attitude) and knowledgable people with long attention spans, quite at ease with steep learning curves, who take pleasure in historical research, realism and increasing their background knowledge of submarine warfare.

Accordingly we are a market tailor-made for "Special Edition" products, realism enhancement MODS, history based campaign add-ons, sub skins, avatars, medals, crew pictures and super-realistic AI. Also, as subsims come out extremely seldom and the SH franchise has long really been the only game in town, we are prepared to pay and wait for quality and "depth". (!!!!) Indeed these "wish list" threads attest to this in every way and almost every post.

bathymetrie
 

I present myself, ilatan, I thank you all for your ingeniousness in your councils which I read the every day in the forum. I play my first campaign, and thanks to you, I leaves itself there well.
To contribute to your suggestions, here an idea:
On the chart of navigation there is not the depth of water,
During the patrols, the boats and the submarines must bring back to the services information army, their discoveries, and in particular the depth of the water met along their way.
- therefore, has each time the submarine ping with the sonar the water , the depth should be registered on the chart, and with each new mission, this depth should appear. This is logical, because each commander keeps his book of edge and his information with new charts updated .
If the player filled the chart since the first mission of campaign, with the last mission of campaign, it does not need to set out again with a blank card, since it already passed to certain places.
I thank you for having read my first intervention, and I hope that it will have many interests, among all your brilliant suggestions.
ILATAN.

WELCOME ABOARD, ilatan!:sunny:

Welcome aboard ilatan http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...es/welcome.gif

SH5
 

Unfortunatelly I can't read all the previous posts so I may repeat things that have already been mentioned.

1. Of course...interaction with BDU (interception of warships and convoys and change patrolling areas) and ability to respond to the callings of other Uboats in order to form a wolfpack, while the BDU would give the order to attack.
2. For the sonarman to be able to give a good estimate of the speed after the recognition of the target and also to be able to track more targets. Also he has to be able to distinguish junk ships like fishing boats and trawlers from valuable targets. Generally speaking a more usefull sonarman.
3. Something like the Assisted Plotting Mod with graphic representation of the sound bearings, even when the periscope is raised. This would give an almost realistik matching of visual and audio contacts, as the player handles an "all in one" position and needs some help without reducing realism.
4. True bearings on the periscope and UZO and able to directly plot them on the navmap by a "plot bearing" click. This click has to be availble on Periscope/UZO/SONAR.
5. Able to activate the chrono on the plotting map.
6. Able to set directly the desired gyro angle not by adjusting the other parameters (full manual no TDC attack).
7. Thermal layer.
8. Realistik behaviour of attacking DDs and warned targets.
9. Individual handling of right/left propeller.
10. Realistik optics
11. Realistik weather
12. Able to obtain a fix from landmarks and update your position. Your true position could be a diffrent one from the dead reckoned. When in open sea you could ask from then navigator to set a cellestial fix if the sky is clear!
13. The navmap should really be a "map" this means:
Charted depths.
Full plotting tools.
Lighthouses
Axis/Allied mined areas distinguished to "known" and "possible"
Axis/Allied Aircraft range
14. Manual Open/Closing of torpedo tubes and not "automatic" when selecting individual shot and swift from one tube to another.
15. When in manual targeting the weapon officer should provide a suggested "spread angle".
16. Big variety of merchants that depart and arrive from and to ports and not just appear.
17. Representatives from all warship classes of CV-CVL-BB-CA-CL- level.
18. Realistik traffic and realistik naval operations, plus some additional entries to give chance to action.
19. Addition of italian submarine classes used against east med-aegean traffic in 1940-41. As add-on later there could be releaze of UK-SOVIET-POLISH-GREEK submarines against axis.

I am not font of adding missions other than "sinking" as these were very rare and the one and main use of the uboots was this "TONNAGE". Furthermore, I believe handling of surface ships (except S-boats maybe), is a subject of other games, not of Silent Hunter Series. It is better I think to spend game's volume and cleverness to other things.

Things that exceed the general needs and would be nice surprises are:

Diving Planes handling
Ballast Handling
Mooring Lines Handling
Searchlight Handling

That's all.
Thanks for hearing.