[RustySubmarine]

I agree to some of Golden Rivet's comments about all the Silent Hunter series not actually being a proper Simulator. I personally think that if Microsoft had produced Silent Hunter instead of Ubisoft, then it would have been a completely different box of tricks. I have been an avid player of Microsoft Train Simulator since it came out in 2002 and still play it. Thanks to the trainsim community MSTS has improved no end and still has a huge following world wide. Microsoft was in the forefront of simulation programmes for the PC with their first very successful Flight Simulator, then MSTS. A new version of MSTS was in the pipeline until Microsoft pulled the plug on making simulation games, which would have been on par with FSFX if it had been allowed to continue. Instead we now have Rail Simulator 2013, which graphically is better than MSTS but is lacking in terms of correct signalling and realistic playability.
I think Ubisoft jumped on the Simulation bandwagon after the success of Microsoft, but the Silent Hunter series was not actually a proper simulation compared to FS & TS.
I have all versions of Silent Hunter and play SH3 more than SH5, because of the brilliant super mod GWX Gold, which really makes it as good as it can get. I would like to see one big supermod for SH5 come to fruition because although there are now lots of mods for SH5, some of them are difficult to get to work for people who are not so computer literate, because a lot of the mods need certain files altered to get them to work, such as TDW interface mods which I am still unable to fathom out to get them JSGME ready before installing them. I am using one of the earlier interface mods for SH5 which is a big improvement on the stock interface, but not on par with the one from The Dark Wraith, which I can't get to work because of having to alter some of the files. A little bit beyond me to get to grips with. Yes I have followed the tutorials and watched the videos, but I still can't get the hang of how to change things.
One complete GWX sort of mod that can be installed as an exe would be much better for everyone. Whether this will eventually happen, I don't know, but it would make things more straight forward to install and would probably make SH5 as enjoyable as SH3, maybe that much better because of the improved graphics of SH5.