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Hooston · 05-16-24, 10:39 AM

Wind the realism up! The game is only worth playing with manual targeting, around 100%.
As to realism, the game has its limitations and only some of these can be tackled by the modders. The most serious ones are associated with the AI, so don't use the external views to look too closely at what the escorts are doing! In terms of "feel" the game is really good - the whole point is to have lousy situational awareness so it is difficult to work out what is going on. You may as well leave the external views enabled for entertainment but resist the temptation to use them to cheat. I can dodge depth charges really easily using the external views, but it's a lot harder with just the hydrophone and the mk 1 earhole..

At "full realism" the game gets much harder from 1943 and the allies will get you before 1945. Tonnage totals are still higher than real life, it's the price you pay for more exciting gameplay when there's no "skip to next action" key..

For supermods try:
Onealex version of GWX

Easy install. A vast improvement on the vanilla game. Escorts have the annoying GWX "laser guided" super hydrophone detection capability.

Fifi's enhanced hardcore version of NYGM

More difficult to install. I prefer the NYGM escort behaviour, although it's a matter of preference.

For downloads see the threads on the mods workshop forum.

05-16-24, 10:39 AM	#3
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 276 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Try harder Wind the realism up! The game is only worth playing with manual targeting, around 100%. As to realism, the game has its limitations and only some of these can be tackled by the modders. The most serious ones are associated with the AI, so don't use the external views to look too closely at what the escorts are doing! In terms of "feel" the game is really good - the whole point is to have lousy situational awareness so it is difficult to work out what is going on. You may as well leave the external views enabled for entertainment but resist the temptation to use them to cheat. I can dodge depth charges really easily using the external views, but it's a lot harder with just the hydrophone and the mk 1 earhole.. At "full realism" the game gets much harder from 1943 and the allies will get you before 1945. Tonnage totals are still higher than real life, it's the price you pay for more exciting gameplay when there's no "skip to next action" key.. For supermods try: Onealex version of GWX Easy install. A vast improvement on the vanilla game. Escorts have the annoying GWX "laser guided" super hydrophone detection capability. Fifi's enhanced hardcore version of NYGM More difficult to install. I prefer the NYGM escort behaviour, although it's a matter of preference. For downloads see the threads on the mods workshop forum.