Anyone play the vanilla game recently?

[jscharpf]

Maybe a strange question, but I'm wondering if anyone has (recently) loaded up the game and played a career in pure vanilla mode. I suppose this means no SHC ...

I'm thinking about it, as I never really played the game without mods..

Jeff

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by jscharpf

Maybe a strange question, but I'm wondering if anyone has (recently) loaded up the game and played a career in pure vanilla mode. I suppose this means no SHC ...

I'm thinking about it, as I never really played the game without mods..

Jeff

Just finishd a vanilla *based* career. Based as in I used the stock sensors, weapons/equipment (depth charges, etc.) and environment.
Lot of the rest was modded.

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by jscharpf

Maybe a strange question, but I'm wondering if anyone has (recently) loaded up the game and played a career in pure vanilla mode. I suppose this means no SHC ...

I'm thinking about it, as I never really played the game without mods..

Jeff

No SHC? What is it?

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Just finishd a vanilla *based* career. Based as in I used the stock sensors, weapons/equipment (depth charges, etc.) and environment.
Lot of the rest was modded.

Thoughts?

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Fifi

No SHC? What is it?



Thoughts?

I believe SHC refers to SH3 Commander. Re my 8k campaign, not bad, not bad at all.
The escorts still aren't strong enough (stock sensors, etc.) but it was an enjoyable campaign. One of the main reasons I set it up is because I wanted larger convoys and that's easier to do with an 8k environment pc resources-wise. Though I had no complaints of any kind with the 8k. I increased the convoy size including escorts by 50%.
Problem was for some reason the convoy column spacing reverted to the default 500m, which I don't like, even though I had it set for larger. Strange.

In the end, it was no better but certainly no worse in any way than any other campaign I've done, gameplay-wise, "realism", etc.

[Fifi]

Yes, stock SH3 wasn’t bad at all of what i remember back in the years.
Win 10 does really weird things sometimes... IE i set all my torp load before patrol and i end up with other load! Happens at least twice to me.
Other thing lately, in my last career patrol my tonnage was 27000 and in bunker log book nothing appears...tonnage zero! No medals, no experience, nada!
Win 10 is the best crap builded over last years.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Fifi

Yes, stock SH3 wasn’t bad at all of what i remember back in the years.
Win 10 does really weird things sometimes... IE i set all my torp load before patrol and i end up with other load! Happens at least twice to me.
Other thing lately, in my last career patrol my tonnage was 27000 and in bunker log book nothing appears...tonnage zero! No medals, no experience, nada!
Win 10 is the best crap builded over last years.

Well, stock Sh3 doesn't resemble a u-boat sim by any measure.
Another one of the reasons I did this campaign was to see how valid I thought some of the complaints about the stock sensors, etc. were. I.e., escorts track you no matter what, depth charges to powerful, etc. Sometimes things are the way they are for gameplay reasons, "historical" or not, which is fine with me, and making them "realistic" via historical specs, etc. can actually cause problems.

I didn't have any of the above problems (escorts tracking, depth charge strength, etc.).

[jscharpf]

Thanks for the responses!
After reading through and thinking, I decided to go with:

SH3
GWX
Magui

I really like the look of the Magui interface and GWX makes it an entirely different game, so I guess I'm calling it my GWX-Magui vanilla game ..

[acetoolguy]

Just ran my first patrol in at least 5 years 100% vanilla. 6 sunk, 26k tonnage. I forgot what a PIA crew fatigue is. I'm trying to organize an attack and 1/2 the crew are napping in quarters. The watch officer never reports to the bridge unless I drag his butt up there.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by acetoolguy

Just ran my first patrol in at least 5 years 100% vanilla. 6 sunk, 26k tonnage. I forgot what a PIA crew fatigue is. I'm trying to organize an attack and 1/2 the crew are napping in quarters. The watch officer never reports to the bridge unless I drag his butt up there.

You have to use H.sie's mod to get the watch officer off his arse.

[UKönig]

I only ever played sh3 in stock or vanilla version.
There are a few bugs I've uncovered over the last 7 years but I have figured out how to deal with or ignore them.
I have had no complaints about how the escorts behavior is simulated, as I have faced all sorts of enemies and situations, from rank amateurs to the highly skilled and determined.
I'm just not savvy enough to go for all the mega mods and upgrades, and am happy enough to have a program that launches and runs when I want it to.
So far, I have fixed the torpedo loadout bug, by selecting each torpedo in turn, choosing the type it already is, and then double clicking on the type I want. Load the mission, press I and see that it worked.
Like I said, 7 years on, found some minor bugs, but not enough to bring the game to a grinding halt.

[fly20021]

I love the vanilla version. It works!! The original is a masterpiece if you ask me. In March of 1942 now.

[Aktungbby]

fly20021! A silent run since 2013! the infamous seven-year-itch strikes again!

[Schnee]

Originally Posted by jscharpf

Maybe a strange question, but I'm wondering if anyone has (recently) loaded up the game and played a career in pure vanilla mode. I suppose this means no SHC ...

I'm thinking about it, as I never really played the game without mods..

Jeff

Thats how I consistentily play it -- stock SH3 and currently mid 42 bound for NA.


Usually start with a 7b Flot II transfer to Flot 1 when I can, stay with a 7C until fall '41 then upgrade to 9C in time for Drumbeat, then back to 7C mid '43 until I cheat a bit and modify the config txt file to give me enough renown to buy a XXI, which I finish with.