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Originally Posted by Ducimus
Off the top of my head, some of the subtle improvements in SH4:
- There is no master RND layer, only a master CFG file, that connects all the different MIS files together. Traffic is seperated by year and type (merchants, convoys, task forces, etc). You can also create sea battles and edit them into the master CFG so they appear in the campaign at a specified date.
- Harbor traffic is not scripted. Its dynamic. It uses an RND layer now. This means, harbor contents change, even during a patrol.
- Random, only the fly mission assigments via submitting contact or status reports.
- "millk cow" support is built iinto the game,and can be done, "on the fly" during a patrol. It does not requrie you to dock and end your patrol.
- Varying missions, other then the usual, "Go here, sit there for X time" grid assignment type missions.
- built in thermal layers that work (a little too well if you ask me  ) |
I'd Have to agree.
Everyone says that SH3 is the best (er this IS the SH3 forums ;P) because it is finished and there are mods which add to the game already out. Stock SHIV is much better than Stock SH3, and given time and mods will be better than GWX. People like to say that SHIV is just eye candy, and atm they are mostly correct, but isnt that the hardest part for modders? Number crunching and mission tweaking is something more people can do without an SDK when compared to adding normal mapping/transparent water/3D wakes and other graphical resources. I can see possiblities with SHIV despite its buggy/unfinished state. Even the mini-super mods have improved the game drastically so I am eager to see what lies ahead
I hope that someone does make a U-Boat War mod for SHIV and hopefully do as much as possible from scratch because that always leads to a better final product rather than "simply" converting it. If anyone has seen the differences between Half-Life Source, and Half-Life 2 mod Black Mesa Source you know what I mean(
http://blackmesasource.com/ ).
Kinda off topic:
I read that a lot of the atlantic ports in SH3 are there and fairly complete and some even better than thier SH3 equivilants. Anyone Confirm this?
Also as far as this "buy shiv to keep the sub sim alive" deal goes, I dont think you need to worry about that
SHIV is UBI's 2nd top selling PC game by April 22nd.
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