The best Silent Hunter for mods.
 

I vote Silent Hunter 4 to be the best out of the silent hunter series for mods.

Why?

1. You can play as either side with the uboat expansion.
2. The graphics are far better than SH3 and comparable to SH5.
3. Instant death screen from compartment destruction is removed.
4. Torpedo bombers work.
5. Controllable AI units. Currently only as Axis.
6. Sailor abilities not implemented in SH3.
7. Missions such as dropping off cargo and doing reconnaissance.


Remember, I'm mentioning the games stock features for ease of modifications.

Tell me your favorite Silent Hunter engine and list why.

Silent Hunter 4,

1. Familiar system from SH3
2. UPC system makes it easier to make new playable units, and campaigns, and all sorts of other things that makes it really accessible to modders like me
3. shorter loading times

short list but 2 and 3 really are the biggest for me, I once waited almost an hour to try something new in SH3 and it ctd'd, it's much faster for SH4, and I can test my mods before I release them.

Hmmm, interesting, if not provocative poll.


I abstain. :know:

This thread is pointless.

:rolleyes:

So is decaffinated coffee, yet it exists.

Shorter loading times. Yeah I forgot to add that one. SH4 loads faster than SH5 too by far. SH3 took obnoxiously long to load. Even with a computer that dominates the required specs.

All of the above. They are all moddable so one is not better than another.

There are restrictions in each game engine. Such as the 20km atmosphere of SH4, Slow load times and "Instant death" by compartment destruction in SH3. They all have their weaknesses. But which one is most tolerable to you?

Makes no difference except that for several reasons I won't touch SH5. It doesn't deserve my help.

I'm not to picky.
I slum around all of them.
:haha:
But I don't play any of them.
Just quick test Missions.

Come on RR, your getting weak dissing SH5 with every post! :D

I like both SH3, and SH4. Still play both games with the uber mods. At the moment, because of a dodgy internet service, I have to fore-go SH5.

I think SHIII is a better simulator, the level of detail in gameplay is superior to SHIV. However SHIV crew management, load times, graphics and theater options push it in SHIVs favour for me. I think some levels of crudeness in SHIII make it inferior, but this is doubtlessly flavoured by my playing SHIV first so no getting used to these flaws or time to appreciate virtues.

agreed.

Try modding SH3 or SH5 to be able to play as the US or UK. Good luck! SH5 it's possible but it will take you ages.

Try giving SH4 a atmosphere higher than 20km.

If you were to achieve these they would be considered .exe hacks and therefore banned from the forum. So no... "They're all moddable" does not apply. :nope:

I think we need more friendship...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVoCJJFuS60&NR=1

All the SH's are good, I miss DC. Boomp boopmp boopm...:smug:

Silent Hunter 5 has the potential to be far better than both 3 & 4. I know it's not quite there yet, but after a few months there are gonna be some amazing Mods and I urge you to please give it another try.

I voted SH3.

SH4 is the better platform, has better graphics, lets you play both sides, has much better crew management, faster loading times, crews on the the target ships, better radio graphics (love that clipboard as opposed go being taken to a new screen) and a host of other things.

But SH3 has the full harbor supermods, which no one has done for 4 yet, and it has SH3 Commander, which gives the huge variety of crew names and ship names (and we all now how I feel about that last one), and it has the Simfeeling 6-Dials mod, which is my favorite GUI. SH4 and 5 don't have those (yet).

So I like SH4 and play it just as much as 3 (probably more once I reach 1942 in my campaigns).

I completely agree, and as soon as I can play it I'll be buying it. I think it's going to end up blowing them all way.:yep::rock:

I actually agree. SH5 could potentially blow away the previous engines.

I'll give SH5 a few years. It looks potentially good.