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Rich60 · 08-29-12, 07:20 PM

Hi,

I'm new to the forum so I thought I would say hi.

I've been into submarine games for some time. The first one I played was Sid Meier's Silent Service. I believe it was a MicroProse game. It was a lot of fun and hooked me on sub games.
I have also played the following sub games that I can remember anyway:
Silent Service I, II
Silent Hunter I, III, V (just got it)
Wolf Pack
Ace's of the Deep
Jane's 688(I)

I had a lot of fun with 688(I). I was in a online group called Submariners. There was quite a few people in the group. We had different SUBRONS and I was a part of the team that made the custom maps that others would use for the missions. The person that ran the section of map makers was a real officer off of the Nautilus.

I still have a hard copy of Silent Hunter III but can not start the game up as I am running windows 7.

I at first bought the steam version of Silent Hunter V. I only found out you could mod it while looking for a way to fix the steam version and came across your website. I have now picked up a DVD copy of the game and hope to be able to mod it to where the game it worth playing.

On a personal note. I worked on a Sub Base for 15 years. I've worked on diesel boats, 688, 701 class and a couple of Boomers. I also worked on 555, NR1 and the Nautilus. I was at the decommissioning ceremony for the Nautilus (for about 15 mins anyway, it was during work). I think working at Mare Island is one of the reasons I have an affinity for Submarines.

That's about it

u crank · 08-29-12, 07:40 PM

Welcome to SUBSIM Rich.

Great post. Hope you stick around and join in the fun.

von Kinderei · 08-29-12, 07:47 PM

Wel-come aboard Kaleun ...

BossMark · 08-30-12, 04:37 AM

A very warm welcome

Dowly · 08-30-12, 04:45 AM

Welcome

Magic1111 · 08-30-12, 05:50 AM

Welcome aboard!!!

Sailor Steve · 08-30-12, 06:40 AM

WELCOME ABOARD!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich60

Silent Service I, II
Silent Hunter I, III, V (just got it)
Wolf Pack
Ace's of the Deep
Jane's 688(I)

Sounds like you go back as far as I do. I still play Aces from time to time.

Quote:

I still have a hard copy of Silent Hunter III but can not start the game up as I am running windows 7.

Check out the SH3 boards here. There are lots of folks who run it just fine. Something to do with setting it up outside of Program Files.

Jimbuna · 08-30-12, 06:53 AM

Install it into Program Files (x86) or better still D drive if you have one.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-30-12, 07:16 AM

Welcome aboard

Cybil · 08-31-12, 02:06 AM

Hi Rich60,
I'm new to this forum too but I couldn't avoid to comment when I saw you began with Silent Service I. Yes, it was by Microprose: I had the Commodore 64 disk version.
I still remember that, at that time, it was extremely difficult to get original copies of software here in Italy, so I had to revert to a pirated one (I'm talking about 27 years ago...

). But then I actually got a paper manual too, a hardcopy translated into italian which completely omitted manual TDC firing, so I scratched my head for years to figure out how to use it (I was about 10 years old at that time...now I'm almost 40

).

But then, since the very first time I got my hands on Silent Hunter 3, I played it at 100% realism. Now I'm approaching Silent Hunter 4.

Anyway, hi to everyone!

u crank · 08-31-12, 10:54 AM

Welcome to SUBSIM Cybil.

Jimbuna · 08-31-12, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybil

Hi Rich60,
I'm new to this forum too but I couldn't avoid to comment when I saw you began with Silent Service I. Yes, it was by Microprose: I had the Commodore 64 disk version.
I still remember that, at that time, it was extremely difficult to get original copies of software here in Italy, so I had to revert to a pirated one (I'm talking about 27 years ago...

). But then I actually got a paper manual too, a hardcopy translated into italian which completely omitted manual TDC firing, so I scratched my head for years to figure out how to use it (I was about 10 years old at that time...now I'm almost 40

).

But then, since the very first time I got my hands on Silent Hunter 3, I played it at 100% realism. Now I'm approaching Silent Hunter 4.

Anyway, hi to everyone!

Welcome

Rich60 · 08-31-12, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybil

Hi Rich60,
I'm new to this forum too but I couldn't avoid to comment when I saw you began with Silent Service I. Yes, it was by Microprose: I had the Commodore 64 disk version.
I still remember that, at that time, it was extremely difficult to get original copies of software here in Italy, so I had to revert to a pirated one (I'm talking about 27 years ago...

). But then I actually got a paper manual too, a hardcopy translated into italian which completely omitted manual TDC firing, so I scratched my head for years to figure out how to use it (I was about 10 years old at that time...now I'm almost 40

).

But then, since the very first time I got my hands on Silent Hunter 3, I played it at 100% realism. Now I'm approaching Silent Hunter 4.

Anyway, hi to everyone!

Because of that game I became a big fan of Sid Meier. For a long time I bought everything that had his name on it.

08-29-12, 07:20 PM	#1
Rich60 Nub Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Permission to come aboard Hi, I'm new to the forum so I thought I would say hi. I've been into submarine games for some time. The first one I played was Sid Meier's Silent Service. I believe it was a MicroProse game. It was a lot of fun and hooked me on sub games. I have also played the following sub games that I can remember anyway: Silent Service I, II Silent Hunter I, III, V (just got it) Wolf Pack Ace's of the Deep Jane's 688(I) I had a lot of fun with 688(I). I was in a online group called Submariners. There was quite a few people in the group. We had different SUBRONS and I was a part of the team that made the custom maps that others would use for the missions. The person that ran the section of map makers was a real officer off of the Nautilus. I still have a hard copy of Silent Hunter III but can not start the game up as I am running windows 7. I at first bought the steam version of Silent Hunter V. I only found out you could mod it while looking for a way to fix the steam version and came across your website. I have now picked up a DVD copy of the game and hope to be able to mod it to where the game it worth playing. On a personal note. I worked on a Sub Base for 15 years. I've worked on diesel boats, 688, 701 class and a couple of Boomers. I also worked on 555, NR1 and the Nautilus. I was at the decommissioning ceremony for the Nautilus (for about 15 mins anyway, it was during work). I think working at Mare Island is one of the reasons I have an affinity for Submarines. That's about it

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Cybil Bilge Rat Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Hi Rich60, I'm new to this forum too but I couldn't avoid to comment when I saw you began with Silent Service I. Yes, it was by Microprose: I had the Commodore 64 disk version. I still remember that, at that time, it was extremely difficult to get original copies of software here in Italy, so I had to revert to a pirated one (I'm talking about 27 years ago...). But then I actually got a paper manual too, a hardcopy translated into italian which completely omitted manual TDC firing, so I scratched my head for years to figure out how to use it (I was about 10 years old at that time...now I'm almost 40 ). But then, since the very first time I got my hands on Silent Hunter 3, I played it at 100% realism. Now I'm approaching Silent Hunter 4. Anyway, hi to everyone!

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,745 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Welcome to SUBSIM Cybil. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke