More playable u-boats???!!!

tiger shark · 02-02-10, 04:12 PM

http://silent-hunter.uk.ubi.com/sile...er-5/index.php

Look at the box on the side it says:
Each week discover a new playable Uboat
What does that mean?

sorry I've just discovered that it is just type VII

Thunder · 02-02-10, 04:15 PM

Different Types of the same model mate. AFAIK all are variants on the type 7.

Highbury · 02-02-10, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Thunder

Different Types of the same model mate.

I believe that would be different models of the same Type

Weather-guesser · 02-03-10, 12:36 AM

Please...let the models be better than SH4

conus00 · 02-03-10, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Weather-guesser

Please...let the models be better than SH4

They probably will be.
BUT
(I can't help going to the new SHV website, it's like looking at train wreck) I just noticed that they are putting 88cm (!!!) gun on VIIA.

WOW that's gonna be quite of a BANG! One shell (for U.S. residents: 34.65 inches) and ANY merchant meets Davy Jones' locker.

@UBI:

BulSoldier · 02-03-10, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by conus00

They probably will be.
BUT
(I can't help going to the new SHV website, it's like looking at train wreck) I just noticed that they are putting 88cm (!!!) gun on VIIA.

WOW that's gonna be quite of a BANG! One shell (for U.S. residents: 34.65 inches) and ANY merchant meets Davy Jones' locker.

@UBI:

Thats says it all - yamato didnt have the biggest guns by far.

zarj · 02-03-10, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by conus00

They probably will be.
BUT
(I can't help going to the new SHV website, it's like looking at train wreck) I just noticed that they are putting 88cm (!!!) gun on VIIA.

WOW that's gonna be quite of a BANG! One shell (for U.S. residents: 34.65 inches) and ANY merchant meets Davy Jones' locker.

@UBI:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav <- Only 80cm though. Mounting it on your Type VII will speed up crash dives but will make staying on the surface a bit of an issue

floundericiousWA · 02-03-10, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by conus00

(I can't help going to the new SHV website, it's like looking at train wreck) I just noticed that they are putting 88cm (!!!) gun on VIIA.

WOW that's gonna be quite of a BANG! One shell (for U.S. residents: 34.65 inches) and ANY merchant meets Davy Jones' locker.

I bet the refire rate will be disappointing

iambecomelife · 02-04-10, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by conus00

They probably will be.
BUT
(I can't help going to the new SHV website, it's like looking at train wreck) I just noticed that they are putting 88cm (!!!) gun on VIIA.

WOW that's gonna be quite of a BANG! One shell (for U.S. residents: 34.65 inches) and ANY merchant meets Davy Jones' locker.

@UBI:

Seriously - how could they make such a huge blunder with the measurements? This reminds me of when I was 7 yrs old and I wondered how the "USS Iowa's" guns could be only 16".

Thunder · 02-03-10, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Highbury

I believe that would be different models of the same Type

02-03-10, 02:28 AM

They omitted the VIID (6 boats) and VIIF (four boats) variants. They did the VIIA but only ten were built. I guess they got bored with the VII's and couldn't be bothered to complete the set.

TH0R · 02-03-10, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Randomizer

They omitted the VIID (6 boats) and VIIF (four boats) variants. They did the VIIA but only ten were built. I guess they got bored with the VII's and couldn't be bothered to complete the set.

I find this very childish, I am sorry but thats just how it is.

Modeling a whole interior is downright long time consuming process. And given they had, what, a year and a half to do the game. You do the math. Not to mention all the animations, of crew loading the torpedoes etc...

I may have bad feelings about this game (no it isn't a simulator), but some things I do understand why they decided for only one sub. For example, take a look at the SHIII. Each sub had only the control room specific to the type. The conning tower and the radio/sonar/cptain's bed were the same for all types. Why do you think was that?

TarJak · 02-03-10, 02:29 AM

If find it most disturbing that a software company like Ubisoft has released to the public such a poorly edited and constructed pile of XHTML.

How they could not possibly get the content written properly is beyond me. Surely someone there speaks enough English to actually understand that releasing it as it has been is a complete embarrassment?

Combined with the errors on the map of the Mediterranean posted elsewhere, it bodes poorly for the content in game.

JScones · 02-03-10, 03:36 AM

They may be minor spelling errors, but it demonstrates the attention to detail level, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Plain and simple.

Don't speak the language? Get in someone who does to at least proofread. Has always worked for me. At the least, consult Wikipedia. Even it spells country names correct!

@Randomizer: I guess the D and F variations were nixxed because they'd require model modifications - ie one size wouldn't fit all. But I hear what you are saying and fully concur.

GoldenRivet · 02-02-10, 04:58 PM

Yeah im pretty sure its going to be the

VIIA

VIIB

VIIC

and VIIC/41

02-02-10, 04:12 PM	#1
tiger shark Bosun Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 63 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	More playable u-boats???!!! http://silent-hunter.uk.ubi.com/sile...er-5/index.php Look at the box on the side it says: Each week discover a new playable Uboat What does that mean? sorry I've just discovered that it is just type VII

02-03-10, 12:36 AM	#4
Weather-guesser Lieutenant Join Date: May 2007 Location: Albany, New York USA Posts: 260 Downloads: 72 Uploads: 0	Please...let the models be better than SH4 __________________ NAVY! It's not just a job. It's a Buck Seventy-Five an hour!

02-02-10, 04:58 PM	#15
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Yeah im pretty sure its going to be the VIIA VIIB VIIC and VIIC/41 __________________

02-02-10, 04:15 PM	#2
Thunder Soundman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: cape Town Posts: 142 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	Different Types of the same model mate. AFAIK all are variants on the type 7.

02-03-10, 02:28 AM	#11
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	They omitted the VIID (6 boats) and VIIF (four boats) variants. They did the VIIA but only ten were built. I guess they got bored with the VII's and couldn't be bothered to complete the set.

02-03-10, 02:29 AM	#13
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	If find it most disturbing that a software company like Ubisoft has released to the public such a poorly edited and constructed pile of XHTML. How they could not possibly get the content written properly is beyond me. Surely someone there speaks enough English to actually understand that releasing it as it has been is a complete embarrassment? Combined with the errors on the map of the Mediterranean posted elsewhere, it bodes poorly for the content in game.

02-03-10, 03:36 AM	#14
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	They may be minor spelling errors, but it demonstrates the attention to detail level, or more accurately, the lack thereof. Plain and simple. Don't speak the language? Get in someone who does to at least proofread. Has always worked for me. At the least, consult Wikipedia. Even it spells country names correct! @Randomizer: I guess the D and F variations were nixxed because they'd require model modifications - ie one size wouldn't fit all. But I hear what you are saying and fully concur.