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XLjedi · 12-16-08, 08:48 PM

Related to the horizontal positioning of SH4 controls vs the vertical SH3 layout...

1) I don't see it as any sort of gameplay improvement, and was basically a change for the sake of changing in my opinion (I hate those types of changes). Additionally, some of the icons are the same and can be confusing. There's an arrow for instance that appears on different tabs that means different things. I preferred clicking on the officer icons.

2) If anything, there's a better argument for vertical control placement given the proliferation of widescreen monitors! In a perfect world you could just dock the things where they suit you.

The map drawing tool icons are just plain irritating. The nice clean SH3 drawing tool interface is far superior. Thankfully, I believe there's a mod out there that puts those back, I haven't installed it for 1.5 yet, so not sure if it's still working or available.

Biggest dissappointment in my opinion, when compared to SH3, is the lack of adjustable TDC (or position keeper) dial inputs on the Attack Map for the US fleetboats! To me that is just inexcusable... thankfully, at least the 1.5 addon (or Gold Edition) includes the SH3 TDC dials on the attack map when your driving the German boats.

If you never got into manual targetting or playing with the TDC in SH3 it won't bother you too much.

12-16-08, 08:48 PM	#5
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	Related to the horizontal positioning of SH4 controls vs the vertical SH3 layout... 1) I don't see it as any sort of gameplay improvement, and was basically a change for the sake of changing in my opinion (I hate those types of changes). Additionally, some of the icons are the same and can be confusing. There's an arrow for instance that appears on different tabs that means different things. I preferred clicking on the officer icons. 2) If anything, there's a better argument for vertical control placement given the proliferation of widescreen monitors! In a perfect world you could just dock the things where they suit you. The map drawing tool icons are just plain irritating. The nice clean SH3 drawing tool interface is far superior. Thankfully, I believe there's a mod out there that puts those back, I haven't installed it for 1.5 yet, so not sure if it's still working or available. Biggest dissappointment in my opinion, when compared to SH3, is the lack of adjustable TDC (or position keeper) dial inputs on the Attack Map for the US fleetboats! To me that is just inexcusable... thankfully, at least the 1.5 addon (or Gold Edition) includes the SH3 TDC dials on the attack map when your driving the German boats. If you never got into manual targetting or playing with the TDC in SH3 it won't bother you too much. __________________ Last edited by XLjedi; 12-16-08 at 08:50 PM.