SH4 User Manual

TDK1044 · 03-28-07, 11:29 AM

I have no worries at all that Silent Hunter 4 will go from being a good game to a great game within a few months (after additional patching and modding) but the SH4 user manual leaves much to be desired in my view.

As I think we all realize, the continuation of the Silent Hunter series is dependant to a large degree on SH4 attracting the 'casual gamer' and therefore increasing sales over Silent Hunter 3.

The problem that I see is that the SH4 user manual pre supposes to some degree that you have come to this game from Silent Hunter 3, and the manual therefore doesn't bother to explain a lot of functionality and game play issues in any great detail at all.

Because I purchased a new computer system about 6 months ago, and because I didn't want to load the SH3 copy protection drivers onto my new system, I hadn't played SH3 for quite a while when SH4 arrived at my house. A lot of things are obviously similar in the two games and I was able to remember a lot from SH3, but there were a few things I couldn't remember, and the answers certainly weren't to be found in the SH4 user manual.

If I had been totally new to Silent Hunter 4, I would have fumbled around trying to find solutions to my problems myself and hopefully would have found my way to this excellent Forum, but I can't help feeling that the bug issues we're finding are to a large degree fixable, but the quality of the user manual is not.

I hope the casual gamers enjoy the game enough not to worry about it.

Anti-Hero · 03-28-07, 11:50 AM

I agree, I picked up SH4 since I absolutely loved SH3 although (and im ashamed to admit this) I never played SH3 on more than 30% realism. However Im trying to get that number up now and its quite hard with the limited information given. Good thing I found this site back in the day for SH3 info.

(First Post. Hurray!)

mookiemookie · 03-28-07, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TDK1044

The problem that I see is that the SH4 user manual pre supposes to some degree that you have come to this game from Silent Hunter 3...

...so much so that they print the SH3 U-boat box art on every page of the SH4 manual. I hope someone got called on the red carpet for that one. Actually, not just for that, but for the entire manual. What garbage.

03-28-07, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

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Originally Posted by TDK1044

The problem that I see is that the SH4 user manual pre supposes to some degree that you have come to this game from Silent Hunter 3...

...so much so that they print the SH3 U-boat box art on every page of the SH4 manual. I hope someone got called on the red carpet for that one. Actually, not just for that, but for the entire manual. What garbage.

What art is that??

The dimed image in every manual page in my manual is the exact same picture as is printed in color on my mouse mat that came with the Deluxe Edition. If you look closely in the background there is a sinking warship in the right side. And the coning tower is definetly a US sub.

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-28-07, 12:59 PM

I got the collectors edition and I have a Balao in the background of the manual :hmm:

mookiemookie · 03-28-07, 01:04 PM

I, and many other people, have on each page of the manual the artwork of the U-boat with the depth charge explosion in the background from SH3.

Canonicus · 03-28-07, 02:57 PM

Well folks...Looks like the manual that came with the regular retail version, (which has a glued-in binding), has the U-boat background.

The manual that comes with the Collectors Edition, (which has a stapled binding), has the US sub background.

Wonder why the difference? :hmm:

03-28-07, 11:29 AM	#1
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	SH4 User Manual I have no worries at all that Silent Hunter 4 will go from being a good game to a great game within a few months (after additional patching and modding) but the SH4 user manual leaves much to be desired in my view. As I think we all realize, the continuation of the Silent Hunter series is dependant to a large degree on SH4 attracting the 'casual gamer' and therefore increasing sales over Silent Hunter 3. The problem that I see is that the SH4 user manual pre supposes to some degree that you have come to this game from Silent Hunter 3, and the manual therefore doesn't bother to explain a lot of functionality and game play issues in any great detail at all. Because I purchased a new computer system about 6 months ago, and because I didn't want to load the SH3 copy protection drivers onto my new system, I hadn't played SH3 for quite a while when SH4 arrived at my house. A lot of things are obviously similar in the two games and I was able to remember a lot from SH3, but there were a few things I couldn't remember, and the answers certainly weren't to be found in the SH4 user manual. If I had been totally new to Silent Hunter 4, I would have fumbled around trying to find solutions to my problems myself and hopefully would have found my way to this excellent Forum, but I can't help feeling that the bug issues we're finding are to a large degree fixable, but the quality of the user manual is not. I hope the casual gamers enjoy the game enough not to worry about it.

03-28-07, 11:50 AM	#2
Anti-Hero Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I agree, I picked up SH4 since I absolutely loved SH3 although (and im ashamed to admit this) I never played SH3 on more than 30% realism. However Im trying to get that number up now and its quite hard with the limited information given. Good thing I found this site back in the day for SH3 info. (First Post. Hurray!) __________________ The Killing Fields // Pacific Ocean

03-28-07, 12:59 PM	#5
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I got the collectors edition and I have a Balao in the background of the manual :hmm: __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

03-28-07, 01:04 PM	#6
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I, and many other people, have on each page of the manual the artwork of the U-boat with the depth charge explosion in the background from SH3. __________________ 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.

03-28-07, 02:57 PM	#7
Canonicus XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In your baffles... Posts: 434 Downloads: 624 Uploads: 7	Well folks...Looks like the manual that came with the regular retail version, (which has a glued-in binding), has the U-boat background. The manual that comes with the Collectors Edition, (which has a stapled binding), has the US sub background. Wonder why the difference? :hmm: