Back to SH4 for a try - questions graphics and torp. attacks

Catfish · 05-05-09, 08:03 AM

Hello,

after shelving SH4 for a while because my old computer was not up to the job graphic wise, i re-installed SH4 recently and now run it on an E8400 3 GHz dual core proc. with 2 Gb dual channel Ram and a decent graphic card (nvidia 512 mb).

Seems this new system is almost worse than the last, i cannot even switch on one of the checkboxes in the graphic settings menu withou getting a slide show. And this is with relatively low resolution - 1024x768, 75 Hz. Which Cray computer did they have in mind when they made this game ?!
OK, all setting to lowest possible, with my lonely sub near the empty coast of the Philippines i get some 15 fps - great.

Then i seem not to be able to choose personal realism settings when starting a career. I want to make it all realistic, despite the exterior view to "on". In school and single missions it all works, but not in campaign - either all settings including torpedo attack are "easy", and exterior view is possible, or it is set to anything but easy (difficult, realistic etc.) and exterior view is off. Hmm.

Now the torpedo attack itself - the manual is a bit cryptic here. So what is the correct order of what to do? I thought it is:

Identifying target
Distance to target
Relative position to target
Course o.T.
Speed of target

Submit all settings to the TDC ok, switched that to "follow target", and update settings now and then. Open a torp. tube, short re-check, and fire.
I guarantee you no torpedo will hit the target, instead they all run to the left, or right, 90 degrees right or left from my bow direction and rough targetting "solution" lol. So ... what am i doing wrong here ? I know the Mogami cruiser zig-zags and changes speed in the school torp mission, however none of my torps go at least in its rough direction.

But the worse is this graphic thing, the mouse is somehow "elastic" and you cannot even hit the rigth buttons without careful aiming ?

P.S. patched to version 1.4, no mod yet installed.
Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

05-05-09, 08:03 AM	#1
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Back to SH4 for a try - questions graphics and torp. attacks Hello, after shelving SH4 for a while because my old computer was not up to the job graphic wise, i re-installed SH4 recently and now run it on an E8400 3 GHz dual core proc. with 2 Gb dual channel Ram and a decent graphic card (nvidia 512 mb). Seems this new system is almost worse than the last, i cannot even switch on one of the checkboxes in the graphic settings menu withou getting a slide show. And this is with relatively low resolution - 1024x768, 75 Hz. Which Cray computer did they have in mind when they made this game ?! OK, all setting to lowest possible, with my lonely sub near the empty coast of the Philippines i get some 15 fps - great. Then i seem not to be able to choose personal realism settings when starting a career. I want to make it all realistic, despite the exterior view to "on". In school and single missions it all works, but not in campaign - either all settings including torpedo attack are "easy", and exterior view is possible, or it is set to anything but easy (difficult, realistic etc.) and exterior view is off. Hmm. Now the torpedo attack itself - the manual is a bit cryptic here. So what is the correct order of what to do? I thought it is: Identifying target Distance to target Relative position to target Course o.T. Speed of target Submit all settings to the TDC ok, switched that to "follow target", and update settings now and then. Open a torp. tube, short re-check, and fire. I guarantee you no torpedo will hit the target, instead they all run to the left, or right, 90 degrees right or left from my bow direction and rough targetting "solution" lol. So ... what am i doing wrong here ? I know the Mogami cruiser zig-zags and changes speed in the school torp mission, however none of my torps go at least in its rough direction. But the worse is this graphic thing, the mouse is somehow "elastic" and you cannot even hit the rigth buttons without careful aiming ? P.S. patched to version 1.4, no mod yet installed. Thanks and greetings, Catfish