Thank you! great mod!

Yes, people keep forgetting this. The devs haven't lived on the moon for the last five years only to pop back a few months ago and start SH5 from scratch; they've "evolved" SH3 into SH4 and "evolved" SH4 into SH5.

In essence, modders have evolved SH3 into GWX, WAC, LSH etc; the devs have evolved SH3 into SH5. Comparisons between SH3/GWX today and SH5 today are fair - the devs have had the exact same amount of time that the modders have had to improve upon SH3, but they've had the added benefit of the source code, learnings from modders, and payment as incentive.

I guess the fairer comparison is: "which one has evolved more over the last five years?" Well, in some ways I'd argue SH5 has regressed (less boats, less years, less features, less ships, more bugs). Of course, its big selling point is the "OMG amazing immersive graphics", which I think only the most ardent SH5 hater would say are worse than SH3.

Now, while there's still new mods coming out for SH3, it's pretty much reached, IMHO, the pinnacle of its life, whereas SH5 is nowhere near it (or so I would hope). In a years' time if one still says that SH3/GWX (for example) is better than SH5, then we have some serious problems. SH3 was primarily revolution, SH5 is primarily evolution (with arguably a half-a*sed attempt at revolution); people should not forget the difference this makes to modding.

Another update to Aces Mod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31p9zIUTV_I

Just so the record is straight, and for giving credit where credit is due, the coffee in the cup is from Full Open The Conning Tower Hatch by lucagaeta, and you also see flakmonkey's FM New Interiors Mod in the video.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159772
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=162631

I am so downloading that mod when I finish here:rock:

QFT (and Im to lazy to type the same answer) :up: :yep:

Im feeling man-love for JS right now :haha: :yep:

Agree with all but your last statement.

The fact that FIVE years later (5 years?) a GWX modded SH3 can even hold a candle to a NEW SH5, given the devs had MONEY, TIME, and the source code (and STILL left bugs in SH5 that were in SH3!!!) says there is a serious problem.

SH4 aint that bad, just the environmental stuff lets it down, sunsets look rubbish and cartoony like a simpsons sunset. I guess thats why ubi ditched the aweful procedural clouds for shV in favour of static textured (combined with 3d clouds)

The modders already are permanently and continuously abandoning SH3 in favor of :yeah: Silent Hunter 5

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My understanding is different....there is a growing list of modders working on both :hmmm:

That is right Jim, there are many flocking to SH3, a lot that have given up with SH5 (for now)!!:yep:
And the mods keep coming!!:up:

I'm playing Operation Monsun in the Atlantic. I don't know what environment mod that is using, but I've seen some absolutely glorius sunsets.

Only major gripe i have with SH4 enviormentals is the "ghost crew" effect when you you have all enviormental effects and volumentric fog enabled. Shoddy codinig on that one as i understand it, and not something fixable by mod.

Only way to get around it is to only enable volumentric fog. And Not enviormental effects. What you end up losing is the extra "heavy" misty fog effects that sort of float above the water, and cloud shadows, but retain the transparent water.

I remember bitching about this when it came out and Mihai told me that it was something they couldn't fix. :-?

The other way to get around it is just ignore the transparent crew.:D

On the other hand my rig is so shabby I can't run it at all unless I have all graphics effects turned off. That may change in a couple of days though...:sunny: