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Prof · 03-27-07, 04:12 PM

1) Aircraft attacks. Japanese aircraft appear too far away from Japanese air bases. Last night I was attacked by a fighter 50 nm southeast of Midway. I was then sunk by lots more aircraft about 100 nm east of Midway.

2) Radar. SD radar picks up surface contacts and is generally broken. The SD display doesn't work at all. It should be an A-scope instead of a PPI, but since I've not seen the scope working at all yet I don't know if this is wrong too!

3) Damage control. AA/deck guns don't seem to be repaired. It would be nice if there was some way of telling which items were actually being worked on rather than sitting waiting for the "...repaired" message.

4) TDC. The chronometer doesn't work properly with the speed estimation. There is some sort of bug in the position keeper and in the firing solution when the target is on one side of your boat but not if it's on the other.

5) Court martial bug. Losing your boat and being killed results in you being court martialled on your 'return' to base.

6) Battery/O2/Diesel endurance. These are woefully short. I've read that fleet boat ranges (Salmon/Sargo class) were of the order 11,000 to 12,000 miles. I don't think I've seen anything like that in SH4. Batteries last about 6.5 hours at 1/3 speed on a Porpoise...this is surely too short, though I've not seen any actual data.

7) FPS glitches. I have a high-end system and usually get a minimum of 50 FPS. However, when looking in certain directions (usually into the sun) in an external camera (including bridge/binoculars) it drops to 1 fps, which is unplayable.

8) Torpedo tube doors. Not sure if this is a bug since SH3 was the same. Can we please have the ability to hold open more than one torpedo tube door at a time.

9) Hi-resolution/anti-aliasing. Let us have at least one of these allowed...both if possible!

10) Imperial/metric units. I play in imperial units but I have no idea whether the numbers I'm looking at are really imperial or if they're still metric (e.g. deck gun range).

Positives:
Easily the best water-graphics I've ever seen in a game.
Superb dynamic campaign system.
Very nice ship/submarine modelling.

03-27-07, 04:12 PM	#24
Prof Medic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 167 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	1) Aircraft attacks. Japanese aircraft appear too far away from Japanese air bases. Last night I was attacked by a fighter 50 nm southeast of Midway. I was then sunk by lots more aircraft about 100 nm east of Midway. 2) Radar. SD radar picks up surface contacts and is generally broken. The SD display doesn't work at all. It should be an A-scope instead of a PPI, but since I've not seen the scope working at all yet I don't know if this is wrong too! 3) Damage control. AA/deck guns don't seem to be repaired. It would be nice if there was some way of telling which items were actually being worked on rather than sitting waiting for the "...repaired" message. 4) TDC. The chronometer doesn't work properly with the speed estimation. There is some sort of bug in the position keeper and in the firing solution when the target is on one side of your boat but not if it's on the other. 5) Court martial bug. Losing your boat and being killed results in you being court martialled on your 'return' to base. 6) Battery/O2/Diesel endurance. These are woefully short. I've read that fleet boat ranges (Salmon/Sargo class) were of the order 11,000 to 12,000 miles. I don't think I've seen anything like that in SH4. Batteries last about 6.5 hours at 1/3 speed on a Porpoise...this is surely too short, though I've not seen any actual data. 7) FPS glitches. I have a high-end system and usually get a minimum of 50 FPS. However, when looking in certain directions (usually into the sun) in an external camera (including bridge/binoculars) it drops to 1 fps, which is unplayable. 8) Torpedo tube doors. Not sure if this is a bug since SH3 was the same. Can we please have the ability to hold open more than one torpedo tube door at a time. 9) Hi-resolution/anti-aliasing. Let us have at least one of these allowed...both if possible! 10) Imperial/metric units. I play in imperial units but I have no idea whether the numbers I'm looking at are really imperial or if they're still metric (e.g. deck gun range). Positives: Easily the best water-graphics I've ever seen in a game. Superb dynamic campaign system. Very nice ship/submarine modelling.