SH3 vs SH4 loading time...

arnahud2 · 10-23-10, 03:28 AM

HI all,

Is there anybody here who know why SH3's mission loading time is dramatically much longer than SH4, which have much more 3D graphics data to load than SH3 ?

Regards

Sailor Steve · 10-23-10, 09:10 AM

SH3 has to load every ship and every plane that can appear during the entire war. Loading times go up with a mod like GWX because it adds a much larger number of ships.

SH4 was specifically designed to fix that problem. It only loads the 6-month period surrounding the start date. This leads to people who only refit and never end the patrol suddenly complaining that there are no more targets.

Schwieger · 10-23-10, 04:26 PM

So which do you think is better?

FIREWALL · 10-23-10, 04:37 PM

Both. Why do these posts continually want peeps to choose?

Sailor Steve · 10-23-10, 05:24 PM

Oh, I think SH4 definitely is better.

For loading times.

Schwieger · 10-23-10, 05:55 PM

STEED · 10-23-10, 07:13 PM

SH4 is faster but you don't get time to brew up a nice hot cuppa, unlike SH3 and open a box of jaffa cakes as well.

arnahud2 · 10-24-10, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

SH3 has to load every ship and every plane that can appear during the entire war. Loading times go up with a mod like GWX because it adds a much larger number of ships.

SH4 was specifically designed to fix that problem. It only loads the 6-month period surrounding the start date. This leads to people who only refit and never end the patrol suddenly complaining that there are no more targets.

Ok, thx for your answer.

Regards

fitzcarraldo · 10-24-10, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schwieger

So which do you think is better?

If you want a subsim with realistic approach, immersivity and great mods, SH3 (with GWX), is the best subsim ever.

If you like a more "Hollywood" approach, and you think in yourself as Cary Grant in "Tokyo Destiny" or "Operation petticoat" (without the women), the SH4 PTO is your sim. SH4 is a very good sim (with mods - TMO- RFB- RSRDC), and I play it, but SH3 GWX is...better.

For SH4 - ATO Operation Monsun - good mod, but with some bugs - SH3 is more immersive and realistic.

And for times of charge: My SH3 with all the mods, I obtain 30-35 FPS; with SH4 TMO RSRDC, 60 FPS sinchronized...

I think and think about the realistics environments of SH3 and SH4. Is SH4 more realistic? Uhmmm...The atmosfere is more realistic than SH3, but the waves in SH4 TMO aren´t realistic at all. And the ports and bases are poor in comparission with that in SH3 GWX (and more in LSH3V5).

And - over all - is the "magic feeling" of play SH3 - more an adventure than the professional navy career of SH4).

Regarding SH5: comic heroes, FPS drops drops, only a sub, poor immersivity...I bought SH5, installed, played a campaign and uninistalled. Quickly return to SH3 (I love this game...).

Regards.

Fitzcarraldo

10-23-10, 03:28 AM	#1
arnahud2 Frogman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 308 Downloads: 724 Uploads: 0	SH3 vs SH4 loading time... HI all, Is there anybody here who know why SH3's mission loading time is dramatically much longer than SH4, which have much more 3D graphics data to load than SH3 ? Regards __________________ Last edited by arnahud2; 10-23-10 at 05:19 AM.

10-23-10, 09:10 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	SH3 has to load every ship and every plane that can appear during the entire war. Loading times go up with a mod like GWX because it adds a much larger number of ships. SH4 was specifically designed to fix that problem. It only loads the 6-month period surrounding the start date. This leads to people who only refit and never end the patrol suddenly complaining that there are no more targets. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-23-10, 04:26 PM	#3
Schwieger Commodore Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: U-142 Posts: 624 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	So which do you think is better? __________________ Support U-Boot_HAHD: Install Dropbox Click Here & Increase The Teams Dropbox space and get 2.25GB of free online Storage space for yourself.

10-23-10, 04:37 PM	#4
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Both. Why do these posts continually want peeps to choose? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

10-23-10, 05:24 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Oh, I think SH4 definitely is better. For loading times. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-23-10, 05:55 PM	#6
Schwieger Commodore Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: U-142 Posts: 624 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	__________________ Support U-Boot_HAHD: Install Dropbox Click Here & Increase The Teams Dropbox space and get 2.25GB of free online Storage space for yourself.

10-23-10, 07:13 PM	#7
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	SH4 is faster but you don't get time to brew up a nice hot cuppa, unlike SH3 and open a box of jaffa cakes as well. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!