My personal wishes:
1) Ability to pre-set crew watches for different conditions, and set as well their duty times so that they automatically under normal patrol conditions rotate, but still have the option to override that when necessary.
2) Freedom to move throughout the entire sub, and control things from the individual compartments. For instance, loading torpedoes from the torpedo compartments. I liked the ability to 'immerse' by commanding the officers in the control room instead of just using keystrokes and shortcut clicks (although they come in handy too --grins--) and I'd love the ability to do that throughout the entire boat.
3) Better internal and external visual and auditory damage effects. I hate seeing and hearing water spraying in the command room because I still have damage in the stern quarters.
4) Have the ability to dump oil and air to fake being damaged and sunk.
5) Better modelled and more realistic weather conditions and visual effects of weather.
6) Have chances of losing externally stored ordanance (especially torpedoes) when shelled or depth charged, and also if forced to dive when reloading an external torpedo.
7) Better detailed and informative manuals. I still can't believe how much was left out of the SHIII user manual. Even things like explaining what the different symbols, like the ones that appear when a compartment is damaged, mean. Yeah, sure, after a bit I figured out what they mean, but I shouldn't have to play guessing-games to determine what various symbols and indicators mean. Or what the option of 'synchronizing' does or doesn't do.
8) More 'interaction' with fellow Allied forces and bases.
9) Change the way navigation is done. As it is, I can set waypoints on the map and, with no sun for a week still manage to navigate dead to the meter. Same if I'm submerged; I can set waypoints and hit them dead on. I'm not looking for navigation to become overly complex, but just a bit more realistic.
Okies, I guess that's enough for now.
