what did V1.3 do?

Gigalocus · 10-11-07, 02:40 PM

I've been away from SHIV recently (you know, land issues) and found v1.3 out, and got all excited and installed it straight away.

So, after playing around abit ... i feel, well cheated. And i ask my self, what has it done? Planes still come at midnight right on top of me. I can't be based from pearl harbour, as this just ruins time itself. And... to top it off, the one thing it said improved is the AI.

IMO, the AI hasn't increased, it just 'knows' more. Sat at 0knts, Periscope depth, 9:00pm 2700 metres from the convoy i was stalking, its escorts acted normally, but as it got within 2300 metres, all the DD's simply turned staright towards me, knew exactly were i was and began to Depth charge me. I was completely still, silent running. But they jus found me.

Don't get me wrong, im not brilliant, but im not utter pants either, i enjoyed 70ish% realism pre 1.3 .. and enjoyed it greatly, but now im just .. 'seen' I mean comon, Japanese ASW isn't up to scratch to simple know ere a sub is siting.

The final thing i want to say is .. well my periscope is now broken. Im sat waiting for a convoy (this time without my periscope up, after learning from my 'mistakes' beforehand) following the sound lines, i figure a perfect attack move, i silently raise my periscope, find my target and prepare to attack. I switch to map view, now following the sound lines, and the ships confirmed by my periscope on the map.

I go to my periscope, move 5 degrees left, and they'res a destroyer 7metres away from me. It didnt make a noise according to my radar/hydrophone, it does appear on my periscope map, which seems to notice a DD behind me, despit never me moving the scope, but it can't see a DD 5 degrees away. WTF?

So, after all that, i just want to ask, what does 1.3 do? it just seems to make the game boring. Key bugs not fixed, and silly cheap ass ai improvements made.

Thanks - Gigalocus

10-11-07, 02:40 PM	#1
Gigalocus Seaman Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Plymouth Posts: 40 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	what did V1.3 do? I've been away from SHIV recently (you know, land issues) and found v1.3 out, and got all excited and installed it straight away. So, after playing around abit ... i feel, well cheated. And i ask my self, what has it done? Planes still come at midnight right on top of me. I can't be based from pearl harbour, as this just ruins time itself. And... to top it off, the one thing it said improved is the AI. IMO, the AI hasn't increased, it just 'knows' more. Sat at 0knts, Periscope depth, 9:00pm 2700 metres from the convoy i was stalking, its escorts acted normally, but as it got within 2300 metres, all the DD's simply turned staright towards me, knew exactly were i was and began to Depth charge me. I was completely still, silent running. But they jus found me. Don't get me wrong, im not brilliant, but im not utter pants either, i enjoyed 70ish% realism pre 1.3 .. and enjoyed it greatly, but now im just .. 'seen' I mean comon, Japanese ASW isn't up to scratch to simple know ere a sub is siting. The final thing i want to say is .. well my periscope is now broken. Im sat waiting for a convoy (this time without my periscope up, after learning from my 'mistakes' beforehand) following the sound lines, i figure a perfect attack move, i silently raise my periscope, find my target and prepare to attack. I switch to map view, now following the sound lines, and the ships confirmed by my periscope on the map. I go to my periscope, move 5 degrees left, and they'res a destroyer 7metres away from me. It didnt make a noise according to my radar/hydrophone, it does appear on my periscope map, which seems to notice a DD behind me, despit never me moving the scope, but it can't see a DD 5 degrees away. WTF? So, after all that, i just want to ask, what does 1.3 do? it just seems to make the game boring. Key bugs not fixed, and silly cheap ass ai improvements made. Thanks - Gigalocus