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Hooston · 09-02-24, 02:29 AM

I guess that SH3 is still making Ubisoft a thousand dollars or more a month in return for no effort. I'd estimate they would give it up in return for about 3 years revenue, but they may not actually own all the rights needed to do so and would not be willing to spend more money untangling the issue.

The modern thing seems to be to release a "remastered" version to squeeze a few more dollars out of ageing titles. This is typically little more than a recompiled 64 bit release with a few graphics tweaks. Whilst not as good as an open source release it does make the game available to modern users not prepared to fight against Windows.
My observation is that uboat is now about on a level with modded SH3 and it is based on the Unity engine so has the potential for massive modding whilst Unity remains stable. It is still painful at times: Belfast with no ships in port - not even a trawler, brightly lit modern office buildings in 1940, how many times to rescue a stranded uboat, how many merchant ship types... I get the feeling most of these are due to a shortage of the manhours which the community can provide.

The time has finally come to move on i think. Unless the new version of GWX is really spectacular....

09-02-24, 02:29 AM	#3
Hooston 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2020 Posts: 281 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Remaster? I guess that SH3 is still making Ubisoft a thousand dollars or more a month in return for no effort. I'd estimate they would give it up in return for about 3 years revenue, but they may not actually own all the rights needed to do so and would not be willing to spend more money untangling the issue. The modern thing seems to be to release a "remastered" version to squeeze a few more dollars out of ageing titles. This is typically little more than a recompiled 64 bit release with a few graphics tweaks. Whilst not as good as an open source release it does make the game available to modern users not prepared to fight against Windows. My observation is that uboat is now about on a level with modded SH3 and it is based on the Unity engine so has the potential for massive modding whilst Unity remains stable. It is still painful at times: Belfast with no ships in port - not even a trawler, brightly lit modern office buildings in 1940, how many times to rescue a stranded uboat, how many merchant ship types... I get the feeling most of these are due to a shortage of the manhours which the community can provide. The time has finally come to move on i think. Unless the new version of GWX is really spectacular....