Going back to Sh3, but here's why..

fastfed · 03-26-07, 10:09 AM

First off my system doesn't play the game ALL THAT WELL, but it does play it, I just need to turn everything down.

I am going to go back to Sh3 because I thought I had every single mod, but realized I never even knew about the GWX mod, from what I hear its what made SH3 so great. SH3 is really the only reason I have my computer, lol, I played it allot when I had free time and loved it every time I played it..

I played about 10+ hours of SH4 and I don't want to sit here and bash every little thing about the game, you all know everything that is wrong with the game and I have to deal with all the wrong aswell, but to top it off I have longer load times and frame rates are not so good with my system..

I will be back to SH4 I am sure, but I am going to wait a while, atleast until I start to see allot of mods with this game come out, and of COURSE allot of patches.

With that said I wish you all luck with SH4, I hope the modders make this game great as they did with SH3 ( Though I am about to get into the GWX mod tonight )

Thanks all, and I WILL BE BACK, till then I will be over in the Atlantic, can anyone tell me if I am in for a suprise? In for some fun, being I never even knew GWX was there, and I played the game allot?

Front Runner · 03-26-07, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by fastfed

Thanks all, and I WILL BE BACK, till then I will be over in the Atlantic, can anyone tell me if I am in for a suprise? In for some fun, being I never even knew GWX was there, and I played the game allot?

If you've never played GWX before, you will probably not come back to SH4 for a long, long, time. I'll see you somewhere in the Nord See Herr Kaleun!

Play it with SH3 Weather, SH3 Gen, and launch it with SH3 Commander. It is important to read the extensive GWX manual and installation instructions carefully.

Linavitch · 03-26-07, 10:16 AM

If your lucky you'll get to join the 2nd patrol and your dead club that AVG set up

And I joined

Seriously you'll find GWX very different to stock SH3. A LOT harder but ultimately more rewarding. Enjoy. Hope we'll see you back in the Pacific soon.

Be warned though. If I see your U-Boat in my periscope sights I will launch all my tubes at you.

IRONxMortlock · 03-26-07, 10:33 AM

Just look at the great work modders have done to SH4 already. I've no doubt it will be a great title evetually. I haven't bought it yet and I don't think I will for atleast six months or so.

Till then GWX offers fantastic gameplay. All the screenshots we see of SH4 where subs surface a few thousand metres from enemy capital ships just don't occur (with any chance of survival that is!).

Nope, although I like the idea of a modern pacific based sumsim (and I really love how it is the most popular PC game ATM), I will remain in the Atlantic for awhile.

You will not be disapointed with GWX, enjoy!

________
BBW Cam

mookiemookie · 03-26-07, 10:38 AM

GWX is excellent. You will have a ton of fun with it.

But if you think that SH4 has long load times, just wait until you see the ones for SH3 and GWX. You're talking at least 2 to 3 minutes, easy. This is not a knock on GWX, because I understand the reasoning behind it....it adds so much stuff that there's no way around long load times.

John Channing · 03-26-07, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

GWX is excellent. You will have a ton of fun with it.

But if you think that SH4 has long load times, just wait until you see the ones for SH3 and GWX. You're talking at least 2 to 3 minutes, easy. This is not a knock on GWX, because I understand the reasoning behind it....it adds so much stuff that there's no way around long load times.

On a P4, 3.6 Ghz, 2 MB ram from the time I click the SH3 icon to the time I am in a campaign patrol we are talking 7 minutes.

JCC

mookiemookie · 03-26-07, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by John Channing

On a P4, 3.6 Ghz, 2 MB ram from the time I click the SH3 icon to the time I am in a campaign patrol we are talking 7 minutes.

I was being very conservative. But now that I think about it, you're right. I would have time to load a game, walk to the mailbox all the way across my apartment complex and come back and still have time to spare.

John Channing · 03-26-07, 11:02 AM

I'm not sayin' it's not worth the wait.

I'm just sayin' at my age and with my habits 7 minutes is a considerable percentage of the time I have left

JCC

Keelbuster · 03-26-07, 12:44 PM

Agreed - I'm staying with SH3. Right now I'm shadowing a westbound convoy in the shallows near the mouth of the St. Lawrence

I might consider getting SH4 if the devs ever decide to complete the project (i.e. with a few gigs of patching). Thank god I didn't buy it when it came out; I would have flipped - no bonus materials (Canada) and alpha code

Ducimus · 03-26-07, 12:51 PM

Between this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108471

and this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=24

the game's alot more tolerable.

kiwi_2005 · 03-26-07, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Channing

On a P4, 3.6 Ghz, 2 MB ram from the time I click the SH3 icon to the time I am in a campaign patrol we are talking 7 minutes.

JCC

Well with 2MB of ram im very surprised it started at all

rdhiggins · 03-26-07, 03:09 PM

Pardon me on this question....

I have SH3 as well as SH4.

What is GWX is it just a mod or something special? Also where is a good place to download it and check it out?

Thanks!

Fat Bhoy Tim · 03-26-07, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdhiggins

Pardon me on this question....

I have SH3 as well as SH4.

What is GWX is it just a mod or something special? Also where is a good place to download it and check it out?

Thanks!

http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/GWX/

Totally redesigns SH3, and it's the definitive version of it.

Sailor Steve · 03-26-07, 03:11 PM

Go to the SH3 Mods board. GWX is a huge supermod for Silent Hunter 3.

At the SH3 Mods board you'll find a very great number of threads devoted to GWX.

Antrodemus · 03-26-07, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Channing

I'm not sayin' it's not worth the wait.

I'm just sayin' at my age and with my habits 7 minutes is a considerable percentage of the time I have left

JCC

Heh... you and me both.

My habits aren't as daft as they once were, but I'm feeling the minutes being compressed as the years roll in.

03-26-07, 10:09 AM	#1
fastfed Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 786 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	Going back to Sh3, but here's why.. First off my system doesn't play the game ALL THAT WELL, but it does play it, I just need to turn everything down. I am going to go back to Sh3 because I thought I had every single mod, but realized I never even knew about the GWX mod, from what I hear its what made SH3 so great. SH3 is really the only reason I have my computer, lol, I played it allot when I had free time and loved it every time I played it.. I played about 10+ hours of SH4 and I don't want to sit here and bash every little thing about the game, you all know everything that is wrong with the game and I have to deal with all the wrong aswell, but to top it off I have longer load times and frame rates are not so good with my system.. I will be back to SH4 I am sure, but I am going to wait a while, atleast until I start to see allot of mods with this game come out, and of COURSE allot of patches. With that said I wish you all luck with SH4, I hope the modders make this game great as they did with SH3 ( Though I am about to get into the GWX mod tonight ) Thanks all, and I WILL BE BACK, till then I will be over in the Atlantic, can anyone tell me if I am in for a suprise? In for some fun, being I never even knew GWX was there, and I played the game allot?

03-26-07, 10:33 AM	#4
IRONxMortlock Watch Officer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 339 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Just look at the great work modders have done to SH4 already. I've no doubt it will be a great title evetually. I haven't bought it yet and I don't think I will for atleast six months or so. Till then GWX offers fantastic gameplay. All the screenshots we see of SH4 where subs surface a few thousand metres from enemy capital ships just don't occur (with any chance of survival that is!). Nope, although I like the idea of a modern pacific based sumsim (and I really love how it is the most popular PC game ATM), I will remain in the Atlantic for awhile. You will not be disapointed with GWX, enjoy! ________ BBW Cam Last edited by IRONxMortlock; 08-14-11 at 03:03 PM.

03-26-07, 10:38 AM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	GWX is excellent. You will have a ton of fun with it. But if you think that SH4 has long load times, just wait until you see the ones for SH3 and GWX. You're talking at least 2 to 3 minutes, easy. This is not a knock on GWX, because I understand the reasoning behind it....it adds so much stuff that there's no way around long load times. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

03-26-07, 12:44 PM	#9
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Agreed - I'm staying with SH3. Right now I'm shadowing a westbound convoy in the shallows near the mouth of the St. Lawrence I might consider getting SH4 if the devs ever decide to complete the project (i.e. with a few gigs of patching). Thank god I didn't buy it when it came out; I would have flipped - no bonus materials (Canada) and alpha code __________________

03-26-07, 03:11 PM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Go to the SH3 Mods board. GWX is a huge supermod for Silent Hunter 3. At the SH3 Mods board you'll find a very great number of threads devoted to GWX. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-26-07, 10:16 AM	#3
Linavitch Officer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hull Posts: 239 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	If your lucky you'll get to join the 2nd patrol and your dead club that AVG set up And I joined Seriously you'll find GWX very different to stock SH3. A LOT harder but ultimately more rewarding. Enjoy. Hope we'll see you back in the Pacific soon. Be warned though. If I see your U-Boat in my periscope sights I will launch all my tubes at you.

03-26-07, 11:02 AM	#8
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	I'm not sayin' it's not worth the wait. I'm just sayin' at my age and with my habits 7 minutes is a considerable percentage of the time I have left JCC

03-26-07, 12:51 PM	#10
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Between this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108471 and this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...1&postcount=24 the game's alot more tolerable.

03-26-07, 03:09 PM	#12
rdhiggins Mate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 57 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Pardon me on this question.... I have SH3 as well as SH4. What is GWX is it just a mod or something special? Also where is a good place to download it and check it out? Thanks!