I have been playing SH IV for several days and not encountered any really serious problems. The sim is remarkably well made for a new product (although I realize it borrows heavily from SH III technology). In addition to a few things others have noted I will add these to the list:
(1) At certain times the range as shown on the position keeper to a locked ship is grossly in error. For example, just now a vessel at 500 meters is showing a range of 13000 meters. I have been caught on this a few times. Perhaps this is simulation of an actual device glitch when target is at close range(??)
(2) A couple of times my indicated and actual speed = 0 knots even though the screws are rotating and the telegraph is set at "standard" (or any other speed). Happened only twice and you can free it up by toggling speed a few times.
(3) Radar does not work. The controls are grayed out and unresponsive. I can live without radar but would be nice to have.
I am running the patched, unhacked original-DVD game so no problems with popping eyeballs etc. The crew looks just fine.
Graphics are absolutely superb. UBI did a real job with the water. These effects would do justice to a HiDef movie and add enormous realism to play. In another thread I reported (whined) about very poor frame-rate like about 5 fps. After my system was ridiculed by some younger captains I figured "if the shoe fits, wear it" and purchased an ATI X1650 and now the sim is perfectly smooth. Quite amazing. Blows the doors off my Radeon 9800 Pro. I recommend this card to anyone with an older machine provided you have a reasonably fast P4 and enough RAM. Upgrades work so anyone else having this problem take note;-) There's virtue in humility.
Even with a few glitches (which are by no means show-stoppers) I am giving this sim 9 out of 10. A lot of fun, history and visual excitement for essentially pocket-change.
best wishes,
Cpt. J. Hazelwood
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