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Sniper297 · 12-29-09, 09:41 PM

First off, me being a Yankee Doodle Dandy from the USA the first thing I'd like to see for SHV is a USN expansion pack, me like Pacific war. Being a U boat skipper is a fun change of pace (for one thing it's a LOT more challenging to be on the losing side) but I love my US fleet boats.

My first subsim was a DOS based game called Gato, I also had Microprose Silent Service 1 and 2, as well as Silent Hunter 1, 2, 3, and 4. No real big complaints about any of them, all were pretty realistic for their times given the limitations of software. But.

The main thing that's always been missing some of the hardcore gamers have mentioned many times before - you can't sit All Stop at periscope depth indefinitely. What I'd really like to see in the ultra realism setting is some type of variable ballast tank management screen, so you could do a trim dive and flood or empty all the different internal ballast tanks, both to balance the boat and get as near neutral buoyancy as you can. "Hovering" at periscope depth or 100 feet or whatever would be possible for a few minutes anyway, how long you could hover and how fast the boat rose or descended would depend on how good your trim is. A good diving officer might be able to hold motionless at periscope depth for 15-30 minutes.

The whole point to a submarine simulator is submerging, so more realistic control over that aspect don't seem like too much to ask. Settings could easily be dumbed down for casual players, turn on "automatic perfect neutral buoyancy" and even have an intermediate setting where you could turn control over to the diving officer, and how well they can hold depth depends on their skill and experience. That way you'd get better depth control as you progressed in your career, inexperienced diving officer and planesmen wobble up and down between 50 and 60 feet while trying to hold periscope depth, can't catch a decent trim so they need at least 4 knots to hold within 5 feet. As they gain experience they only need 1/2 knot to hold within 6 inches of the ordered depth.

I'd also like to see something where you could type in an actual NUMBER, I want 61 feet I click on the dial and get 59 or 63. Other ideas have been mentioned before, direct control over the diving planes, an inclinometer showing the dive or ascent angle, throw in your favorites here.

12-29-09, 09:41 PM	#1
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	Meine Wunschliste First off, me being a Yankee Doodle Dandy from the USA the first thing I'd like to see for SHV is a USN expansion pack, me like Pacific war. Being a U boat skipper is a fun change of pace (for one thing it's a LOT more challenging to be on the losing side) but I love my US fleet boats. My first subsim was a DOS based game called Gato, I also had Microprose Silent Service 1 and 2, as well as Silent Hunter 1, 2, 3, and 4. No real big complaints about any of them, all were pretty realistic for their times given the limitations of software. But. The main thing that's always been missing some of the hardcore gamers have mentioned many times before - you can't sit All Stop at periscope depth indefinitely. What I'd really like to see in the ultra realism setting is some type of variable ballast tank management screen, so you could do a trim dive and flood or empty all the different internal ballast tanks, both to balance the boat and get as near neutral buoyancy as you can. "Hovering" at periscope depth or 100 feet or whatever would be possible for a few minutes anyway, how long you could hover and how fast the boat rose or descended would depend on how good your trim is. A good diving officer might be able to hold motionless at periscope depth for 15-30 minutes. The whole point to a submarine simulator is submerging, so more realistic control over that aspect don't seem like too much to ask. Settings could easily be dumbed down for casual players, turn on "automatic perfect neutral buoyancy" and even have an intermediate setting where you could turn control over to the diving officer, and how well they can hold depth depends on their skill and experience. That way you'd get better depth control as you progressed in your career, inexperienced diving officer and planesmen wobble up and down between 50 and 60 feet while trying to hold periscope depth, can't catch a decent trim so they need at least 4 knots to hold within 5 feet. As they gain experience they only need 1/2 knot to hold within 6 inches of the ordered depth. I'd also like to see something where you could type in an actual NUMBER, I want 61 feet I click on the dial and get 59 or 63. Other ideas have been mentioned before, direct control over the diving planes, an inclinometer showing the dive or ascent angle, throw in your favorites here.