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Originally Posted by Gunnarr
1. Which game should I play? 3 or 4? I would play it modded now that I know how well mods improve games. Is 3 still better overall?
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SH4 is more stable and has improvements that I think are cool. SH3 has had the benefit of many talented people creating many great mods. I use a supermod plus a laundry list of other mods longer than my arm. For SH4 I'm able to use fewer mods, but if more were available I would certainly use many of them as well. Most of the mods I like aren't really necessary, adding visual and audio extras that make it better for me.
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2. When I tried installing Silent Hunter 3, it showed something to install checked "windows media 9 codecs" I do not know what this is. Should I leave this checked?
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I do. It doesn't seem to harm anything, so I figure I might as well let it run.
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3. After installing, is there a way to play in my 1920x1080 resolution? I have a laptop which has a smaller resolution, but it overheats a lot... and it is not a very standard resolution on it either from what I remember, but might be wrong (least it was not a standard resolution on Railroad Tycoon 3!)
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There are widescreen mods available. I don't use any of them. Is there stretching? Probably, but I've never noticed it.
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4. Eventually, I will need help picking mods to install for SH 3 or 4 , depending on which I play first.
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You have only to ask. There are many (myself included) who love to spout of about this, that or the other favorite.
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Guess that is all the questions for now. Thank you for your time, and sorry if this is a bad place to post this, I didnt see a "General Silent Hunter Discussion" subforum
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This is the perfect place. When you're ready to play SH4 you can ask the same technical questions on that forum.
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Originally Posted by bstanko6
Just my opinion on which you should play, it's SH3! I love 3 because the mods are better, and vast. I love the Atlantic campaign. You are essentially the bad boy. The trouble maker... I mean your boss is Hitler!!! Need I say more! You are out to starve an island continent to make war!
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No, your boss is Dönitz. He was a U-boatman in the last war, not an infantryman, and knows how we think. We're not the bad guys, we're just a bunch of sailors doing what we're told. Is the fact that we have fun doing it our fault?
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Originally Posted by Gunnarr
but it does not matter too much, I am mostly interested in which has the best gameplay (when including mods). So it is still silent hunter 3?
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Actually they are very similar, being the same game at heart. As I said earlier, SH4 has improved routines and better graphics, whereas SH3 still is way ahead in the available mods department.
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Originally Posted by bstanko6
I always thought so. but just wait, a lot of guys will respond to this and give u a 4 is better speech.
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SH4 is better.
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Originally Posted by pedalboat
Why not play both?
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I do.
Sorry for quoting everything on the page, but there were things in every post that I wanted to address.