Steam vs disc question

ETAIPOS · 02-17-21, 12:07 PM

Hi!

After a long break I am trying to return to SH4... but it seems I misplaced the Gold edition disc. I do have the original, v1.1 SH4 disc though. Do you maybe know if I can link the install to Steam so I can buy U boat missions DLC? Or am I forced to buy both SH4 and DLC from Steam?

Aktungbby · 02-17-21, 12:14 PM

ETAIPOS!

Sledgehammer427 · 02-18-21, 03:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ETAIPOS

Hi!

After a long break I am trying to return to SH4... but it seems I misplaced the Gold edition disc. I do have the original, v1.1 SH4 disc though. Do you maybe know if I can link the install to Steam so I can buy U boat missions DLC? Or am I forced to buy both SH4 and DLC from Steam?

I had my disc long ago and I lost it. Safest bet is just to get both on steam and find a location of honor for your disc, as a reminder of a simpler time. (I still remember getting my dad to drag me out to Wal-Mart so I could get Silent Hunter 4 with the money he gave me for cleaning out the chicken coop

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propbeanie · 02-18-21, 10:14 AM

You can use the v1.1 disk with the Ubi "update" to v1.4, but you cannot use a Steam "U-Boat Missions Add-on" with a Ubisoft disk nor UConnect (UPlay) download. They have their own "cross-breed" version and licensing of the game in the "Wolves of the Pacific" download and that same-titled add-on of theirs. Finding a Ubisoft "U-Boat Missions Add-On" title is next to impossible. The Ubisoft download (US link) is $2.50 at this moment, which is a "Gold Edition" aka: v1.5, and is another consideration.

Bilge_Rat · 02-21-21, 01:22 PM

I still have my disc, but re-bought SH4 on STEAM for the convenience. It goes on sale regularly. I bought the whole collection: SH3, SH4+U-Boat missions, plus SH5 for can. $15.

02-17-21, 12:07 PM	#1
ETAIPOS Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 14 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Steam vs disc question Hi! After a long break I am trying to return to SH4... but it seems I misplaced the Gold edition disc. I do have the original, v1.1 SH4 disc though. Do you maybe know if I can link the install to Steam so I can buy U boat missions DLC? Or am I forced to buy both SH4 and DLC from Steam? __________________ Europa Barbarorum Historian

02-17-21, 12:14 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,999 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! ETAIPOS! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-18-21, 10:14 AM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	You can use the v1.1 disk with the Ubi "update" to v1.4, but you cannot use a Steam "U-Boat Missions Add-on" with a Ubisoft disk nor UConnect (UPlay) download. They have their own "cross-breed" version and licensing of the game in the "Wolves of the Pacific" download and that same-titled add-on of theirs. Finding a Ubisoft "U-Boat Missions Add-On" title is next to impossible. The Ubisoft download (US link) is $2.50 at this moment, which is a "Gold Edition" aka: v1.5, and is another consideration. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

02-21-21, 01:22 PM	#5
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,855 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	I still have my disc, but re-bought SH4 on STEAM for the convenience. It goes on sale regularly. I bought the whole collection: SH3, SH4+U-Boat missions, plus SH5 for can. $15. __________________