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Drebbel · 12-17-05, 11:02 AM

Adding Wolfpacks will be the worst thing the dev-team can do. The day they announce that they will loose all respect and credibilty of the major part of the SubSimming communty. I sure hope they will no make that nistake !

Of course I have a zillion wishes myself. The most important ones are listed below.

GOOD beta testing
And get some wellknown respected and smart members from the subsimming community in the beta team. Because SHIII had, and still has, too many "easy to fix" imperfections

Don't make me feel alone
Although SHIII did try it, it did imho not succedd in getting rid of the feeling "I am alone". We need more radio traffic, traffic in ports, welcome messages, escort to/from base, friendly scout planes, music/news stations on radio etcetera.

Two level navigation
Havemore complicated navigation available for the hard core fans, but keep the simple SHIII navigation available as well. This could include, shooting star/sun, sextant, dead reckoning, more realistic maps, depth info on maps,....

Improve the TDC notepad thingy
Think the TDC notepad thingy in SHIII was a great improvement. First decent method for TDC ever in a subsim. Please try to make it more perfect. And please also make the "I always know the exact distance to the enemy ship" watch officer an option in the realism settings menu.

More variotion in missions
Why not include missions like: Photo recon, acting as nav beacon, landing or picking up shore parties, part of forming a picket line, evacuate/transport navy hot shots.

Enemy Artificial Intelligence
Good enemy AI. We all know the AI in SHIII is ok, but has many failures. Especially TeddyBear has researched thisvery good. One obvious example is how easy it is to enter an enemy port. But TeddyBear has found much more subtile, but not less important, omissions in the AI.

Foreign Sub Units
No really needed, but would sure be great: Why not include playable Britisch and Dutch submarine units in the sim. They played a big role in the war against Japan.

Also
Make sure you make clear to people not all ideas and wishes expressed by the dev-team will make it to the final sim. There too are many people who will accuse the dev-team for being *&^%&() if for some reason a feature that was mentioned by the team does not make it to the final release.

12-17-05, 11:02 AM	#8
Drebbel Dutch Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Almost at periscope death ! Posts: 1,665 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Adding Wolfpacks will be the worst thing the dev-team can do. The day they announce that they will loose all respect and credibilty of the major part of the SubSimming communty. I sure hope they will no make that nistake ! Of course I have a zillion wishes myself. The most important ones are listed below. GOOD beta testing And get some wellknown respected and smart members from the subsimming community in the beta team. Because SHIII had, and still has, too many "easy to fix" imperfections Don't make me feel alone Although SHIII did try it, it did imho not succedd in getting rid of the feeling "I am alone". We need more radio traffic, traffic in ports, welcome messages, escort to/from base, friendly scout planes, music/news stations on radio etcetera. Two level navigation Havemore complicated navigation available for the hard core fans, but keep the simple SHIII navigation available as well. This could include, shooting star/sun, sextant, dead reckoning, more realistic maps, depth info on maps,.... Improve the TDC notepad thingy Think the TDC notepad thingy in SHIII was a great improvement. First decent method for TDC ever in a subsim. Please try to make it more perfect. And please also make the "I always know the exact distance to the enemy ship" watch officer an option in the realism settings menu. More variotion in missions Why not include missions like: Photo recon, acting as nav beacon, landing or picking up shore parties, part of forming a picket line, evacuate/transport navy hot shots. Enemy Artificial Intelligence Good enemy AI. We all know the AI in SHIII is ok, but has many failures. Especially TeddyBear has researched thisvery good. One obvious example is how easy it is to enter an enemy port. But TeddyBear has found much more subtile, but not less important, omissions in the AI. Foreign Sub Units No really needed, but would sure be great: Why not include playable Britisch and Dutch submarine units in the sim. They played a big role in the war against Japan. Also Make sure you make clear to people not all ideas and wishes expressed by the dev-team will make it to the final sim. There too are many people who will accuse the dev-team for being *&^%&() if for some reason a feature that was mentioned by the team does not make it to the final release.