[GoldenRivet]

When SH4 was released i was not it's biggest fan.

In fact i almost out right hated the initial release version.

I recently Installed the game with very few mods and updated it to the latest patch. I have to say this is a vast improvement over what they doped us into buying back in March 2007.

I have had better luck with manual targeting, but i have a lot of work to do as i am acustomed to using the SH3 Kriegsmarine style TDC vs the USN position keeper type. i actually had fun playing the game this time around and look forward to trying more mods.

we are finally getting somewhere with this game.

I still have only a couple of complaints. perhaps you guys have suggestions?

1. The stop watch is massive - but thats moddable, no big deal

2. the environment seems misty, or as if looking through some sort of vail which makes the graphics very grainy or ghost like if that makes sense. i have not been able to figure out how to make the graphics more crisp in this department... though the graphics are great, it seems like there is this thin layer of fog everywhere regardless of the weather.

3. the camera view on ships as you cycle through contacts in external view is WAY too zoomed out still.

4. The crew voices - though i have had NO problems with repeating voices or sounds they either speak too slowly or they suddenly get excited for no obvious reason at all.

for example : (2 second pause between words)

"Sound Contact Bearing One......... Five...........Zero...........degrees."

or (sudden excitement)

"sound contact, BEARING THREE FIVE ZERO SIR!!!"

Its like "dude... why are you so freaking excited all of the sudden?"

my 5th and final complaint is that there is no middle ground in the targeting difficulty. its either uber 100% realism (which i like most of the time) or its arcade... no in between.

im stil working out some issues with SH4 and getting to know this game better and better each time i load it... but this is much better than initial release which more or less wasnt even playable IMHO.