Best of both worlds

[Cowboy10uk]

Hi guys, I've got the tingling in my bones and the taste of salt water in my mouth again, that only means one thing, I feel it's time to head back to sea, with the throbbing of diesel engines under my feet.

Now because it's been a few yrs since I last ventured into the world of sub warfare. I was wondering what things have improved in the SH5 world.

The reason I stopped sailing in the first place, was although I loved the graphics and the 3d sub environment sh5 provided me, I struggled with the keys and interface, missing my tried and tested SH3 UI and Key mapping. I also found that the simulated world and campaign while pretty just felt like it was missing something.

Now this is not a rant about SH5 or even trying to do a SH3 vs SH5 thread.

But I was wondering, if it is now possible, to have the best of both worlds. E.G. The Graphics and 3D virtual sub of SH5, but with the realistic feeling of GWX, and keys and UI of SH3. Also is there anything like SH commander out for SH5 yet.

Now looking at this Im guessing some of you wil ask why don't I just install sh3 and GWX. Trust me I've tried, sadly as I'm running 3 monitors in eyefinity at 5670 x 1080, SH3 just will not play even in 1920 x1080, and disconnecting eyefinity justo run one sim, isn't really an option as its a bugger to get working again.

SH5 will run on my machine, ok not in eyefinity but in 1920 x 1080, I just turn off the other two monitors. Hence why, I was trying to get the best of both using SH5 as a base.

I hope you can understand what I'm trying to do. Please understand I don't want this thread to become another sh5 vs sh3 match. I feel both have their own strengths and weaknesses and both have given me pleasure in previous yrs.

I'm just trying to get the best possible sub sim experience available.

Cowboy10uk