Aod vs CAod

[gungunx]

I have Aces of the Deep CD version and i'm wondering if i'm missing something not having command version ?

Anyone who played both can give an insight?

[Sailor Steve]

From Neal's review way back when:

With the Command version of Aces, you have: control of your deck gun; access to the Med (slipping past the British at Gibraltar is tough!); you can obtain a Type XXI elecro-boat, available upon promotion; and voice recognition. Supposedly you can set the program and issue most orders verbally. It's a nice thought but I couldn't get it to work reliably. As things began to get critical, my "Crash Dive!!" and "Set Course 3...4...6!" orders were met with a quizzical "What's that, Herr Kapitan?" Usually the game would end right there by ramming or my wife demanding I stop waking the baby with all my shouting. Thankfully you don't need to know German to swim.

http://www.subsim.com/ssr/commandaces.html

I remember reading that the sound in CAOD is actually worse, with the engine sounds not always working properly, but I could easily be misremembering that. I do own both, but my play (as with most other u-boat sims) always runs out about mid-1940, so I really can't say with any kind of accuracy what all the differences are.

[Buddahaid]

I'm running it on an old P2-400 with a 4mB "Screamin 3D" card and 16bit soundblaster. The engine sounds do cut out all the time and just pop back later, or return when you reset the speed.

[Howard313]

Never got the pleasure of playing CAOD, but along with all Sailor Steve quoted I also read that the graphics for CAOD are a little sharper, and the resolution is higher.

Although I'm not 100% sure if that's true and I could be lying to you.

[AngusJS]

CAOD can run natively in Windows (at least it could in XP). AOD would require DosBox I think.

[rooivalk]

Other than what's been mentioned already CAOD has a slightly better resolution with the rolling ocean graphics seeming more real and ships visible at a greater distance, or I should say more visible, with manual gun operation, menu graphics are different other than that no difference assuming you have downloaded and installed the expansion disk for AOD.

Rooivalk

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

CAOD can run natively in Windows (at least it could in XP). AOD would require DosBox I think.

Ya, CAOD was Win 95 compatible whereas the original was DOS only.

[CTarana]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

CAOD can run natively in Windows (at least it could in XP). AOD would require DosBox I think.

That's funny! When I switched from Win98 to WinXP I had all sorts of problems getting CAOD to run under WinXP. I ended up installing AOD under Defend Reloaded and that worked fine! I would put CAOD in the Win95 or Win98 camp for sure, AOD too. But under WinXP with the goofy sound system those old simulations need help!

Thanks!

ChristopherT