AOD Still Rocks

08-20-08, 01:06 PM

I started a new AOD game today, mainly because I want to see some wolfpacks. In April 1941 I was transferred to the 3rd Flotilla in La Rochelle and given command of U-114, a Type IID boat, with orders to patrol Grid AM97. I reached AM97 and soon afterwards U-398 reported a convoy heading into English waters north of me. Hours later Bdu gave me orders to intercept the convoy. After diving to avoid several aircraft I sighted a heavily escorted convoy in shallow waters. Depth under keep 18 meters, not good. Nevertheless, I positioned myself at periscope depth in front of the convoy and stopped my engines. Remaining undetected I found myself in perfect position to attack a 15,000 ton troop ship, 500 meters away. I launched all 3 of my torpedo tubes. All three hit the target and sunk the ship. Great first kill. Just minutes later my sonarman detected high speed screws. Upon checking my periscope sure enough a destroyer was heading my way. I rung for silent running and begun to move away. While at silent running my bilge pumps overflowed and I hit the bottom. I decided to stay at the bottom, and wait for the escorts to give up. After hours of pinging and a few depth charges the escorts finally gave up and continued with the convoy and I was able to escape. Despite it's age AOD is still a lot of fun to play.

The last line of the SHII review said "Silent Hunter II will be replacing Aces and SH1 as the new WWII subsim benchmark." Come on, SHII didn't even have a dynamic campaign. SHIII on the other hand is a great game, but there are features that I sill miss from AOD. Mainly wolfpacks, and a more complex and interactive radio system. Not to mention you could abandon ship when the going gets tough. AOD is still a great game.

Sailor Steve · 08-20-08, 05:02 PM

As is SH1, and for the same reasons. The main reason I prefer SH3 over AOD is simply that part of being in the navy for me was actually being on the water, and seeing the sights going in and out of port; something that only comes with the newer graphics.

I agree - AOD is still well worth playing, and in some respects is still the best of them all.

MarkShot · 08-20-08, 05:35 PM

AOD had game play and atomosphere. A very immersive balance.

Also, certain modeling regarding LOS & acoustic detection probably were better modeled in AOD than SH3 (with or without any of the total mods).

And don't forget you got all of that out of the box!

I do play SH3/GWX2 and I have to say that the graphics are a form of immersion in themselves. I only wish the game play was more solid.

In my opinion, AOD, SH1, and SH3 (+mods) each has strengths to offer and respective weaknesses. So, I play them all.

Sailor Steve · 08-20-08, 06:35 PM

Mark, you're alive! Good to see you still read these threads. Good to hear from you, too!

Eugene · 08-20-08, 07:56 PM

Mark is indeed alive. And everywhere! He is an active and primary voice at the Matrix Forums.

MarkShot · 08-20-08, 08:21 PM

This must be yank my chain day.

What's this "Mark's alive"? Did someone pronounce me dead?

And where/how do you guys, Sailor Steve and Eugene know me from?

---

I haven't dived for a while. I tend to go from genre to genre. I went from subs to trading/money/strategy games to geo-political games, but I think it's time to go back out on patrol. I definitely don't want the War to end without me!

Ich bin zeruck gekommen!

johnlax · 01-31-09, 12:41 PM

guys can someone help me out here what do I have to do ( or get ) to make CAOD work on my PC. I have XP and really want to get back into CAOD. Someone told me that we need some kind of free software patch or program to make this work we attempted to load CAOD and it started up but did not go very far. Can someone help with this?? Thanks. I had SH III but had a hard drive crash and every time I go to relaod it it tells me my id number is not correct and frankly I am unwilling to once again add the many mods I had on it to make it workable. I would be happy to do CAOD at this point thanks!!!!!

h.sie · 08-24-09, 09:34 AM

If you have a modern PC with much memory, you need a memory allocator (see Alloc.exe on my Mediafire page) to reduce the amount of free memory. For me this works.

IanC · 09-20-09, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by johnlax

guys can someone help me out here what do I have to do ( or get ) to make CAOD work on my PC. I have XP and really want to get back into CAOD. Someone told me that we need some kind of free software patch or program to make this work we attempted to load CAOD and it started up but did not go very far. Can someone help with this?? Thanks. I had SH III but had a hard drive crash and every time I go to relaod it it tells me my id number is not correct and frankly I am unwilling to once again add the many mods I had on it to make it workable. I would be happy to do CAOD at this point thanks!!!!!

I don't know about CAOD, but you can simply play AOD with DOSBox. I use the frontend D-Fend reloaded. Loading up DOS games with D-Fend can't be any easier, I love it.
Besides, AOD is better than CAOD. You can play it in fullscreen, no sound glitchs and other reasons I forget right now.

Hitman · 09-20-09, 08:56 AM

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You can play it in fullscreen, no sound glitchs and other reasons I forget right now

True, but in CAOD you can use the 2:1 mode and actually have double pixels than the original 640x480, giving you a working resolution of 1280x960

IanC · 09-20-09, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Hitman

True, but in CAOD you can use the 2:1 mode and actually have double pixels than the original 640x480, giving you a working resolution of 1280x960

With D-Fend Reloaded (DOSBox) you can play around with all kinds of resolutions.

ZBrisk · 09-30-09, 08:03 PM

I got the CAoD memory problem fixed by going to msconfig, boot.ini, advanced, and setting /MAXMEM.

Unfortunately it still crashes whenever I try to program FATs/LUTs.

How the heck do you form wolfpacks?

08-20-08, 01:06 PM	#1
Kraut Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	AOD Still Rocks I started a new AOD game today, mainly because I want to see some wolfpacks. In April 1941 I was transferred to the 3rd Flotilla in La Rochelle and given command of U-114, a Type IID boat, with orders to patrol Grid AM97. I reached AM97 and soon afterwards U-398 reported a convoy heading into English waters north of me. Hours later Bdu gave me orders to intercept the convoy. After diving to avoid several aircraft I sighted a heavily escorted convoy in shallow waters. Depth under keep 18 meters, not good. Nevertheless, I positioned myself at periscope depth in front of the convoy and stopped my engines. Remaining undetected I found myself in perfect position to attack a 15,000 ton troop ship, 500 meters away. I launched all 3 of my torpedo tubes. All three hit the target and sunk the ship. Great first kill. Just minutes later my sonarman detected high speed screws. Upon checking my periscope sure enough a destroyer was heading my way. I rung for silent running and begun to move away. While at silent running my bilge pumps overflowed and I hit the bottom. I decided to stay at the bottom, and wait for the escorts to give up. After hours of pinging and a few depth charges the escorts finally gave up and continued with the convoy and I was able to escape. Despite it's age AOD is still a lot of fun to play. The last line of the SHII review said "Silent Hunter II will be replacing Aces and SH1 as the new WWII subsim benchmark." Come on, SHII didn't even have a dynamic campaign. SHIII on the other hand is a great game, but there are features that I sill miss from AOD. Mainly wolfpacks, and a more complex and interactive radio system. Not to mention you could abandon ship when the going gets tough. AOD is still a great game. Last edited by Kraut; 08-20-08 at 03:37 PM.

08-20-08, 05:02 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	As is SH1, and for the same reasons. The main reason I prefer SH3 over AOD is simply that part of being in the navy for me was actually being on the water, and seeing the sights going in and out of port; something that only comes with the newer graphics. I agree - AOD is still well worth playing, and in some respects is still the best of them all. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-20-08, 05:35 PM	#3
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	AOD had game play and atomosphere. A very immersive balance. Also, certain modeling regarding LOS & acoustic detection probably were better modeled in AOD than SH3 (with or without any of the total mods). And don't forget you got all of that out of the box! I do play SH3/GWX2 and I have to say that the graphics are a form of immersion in themselves. I only wish the game play was more solid. In my opinion, AOD, SH1, and SH3 (+mods) each has strengths to offer and respective weaknesses. So, I play them all. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!

08-20-08, 06:35 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Mark, you're alive! Good to see you still read these threads. Good to hear from you, too! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-20-08, 07:56 PM	#5
Eugene A-ganger Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 78 Downloads: 229 Uploads: 0	Mark is indeed alive. And everywhere! He is an active and primary voice at the Matrix Forums. __________________ i7-2700; ASUS P8Z68-V PRO; GeForce 1060Ti; Windows 10; 16 gig RAM; WinWingHOTAS

08-20-08, 08:21 PM	#6
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	This must be yank my chain day. What's this "Mark's alive"? Did someone pronounce me dead? And where/how do you guys, Sailor Steve and Eugene know me from? --- I haven't dived for a while. I tend to go from genre to genre. I went from subs to trading/money/strategy games to geo-political games, but I think it's time to go back out on patrol. I definitely don't want the War to end without me! Ich bin zeruck gekommen! __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!

01-31-09, 12:41 PM	#7
johnlax Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 172 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Command AOD guys can someone help me out here what do I have to do ( or get ) to make CAOD work on my PC. I have XP and really want to get back into CAOD. Someone told me that we need some kind of free software patch or program to make this work we attempted to load CAOD and it started up but did not go very far. Can someone help with this?? Thanks. I had SH III but had a hard drive crash and every time I go to relaod it it tells me my id number is not correct and frankly I am unwilling to once again add the many mods I had on it to make it workable. I would be happy to do CAOD at this point thanks!!!!!

08-24-09, 09:34 AM	#8
h.sie Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,192 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	If you have a modern PC with much memory, you need a memory allocator (see Alloc.exe on my Mediafire page) to reduce the amount of free memory. For me this works. __________________ My Mediafire page: http://www.mediafire.com/hsie

09-30-09, 08:03 PM	#12
ZBrisk Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got the CAoD memory problem fixed by going to msconfig, boot.ini, advanced, and setting /MAXMEM. Unfortunately it still crashes whenever I try to program FATs/LUTs. How the heck do you form wolfpacks?