Realy tried my best with SH5

FIREWALL · 07-05-11, 12:15 AM

Title of thread says it all. Installed Magnum Opus and patch.

To many features overload for me and, nothing looks close to familiar for a WWII U-Boat.

TDW's and gangs mod is Fantastic BTW.

And Thank You for all your hard work.

There must be some really good players out here that can understand and play a heavily modded SH5.

I'm just not one of them sadly. And I took to SH3 and SH4 easily Stock and Heavily SuperModded.

Maybe in the future some kind modder with some time on their hands will, make a Mod Pak with the Fixes and, Familiar VII Controls and basic F-Key teleports while still, being able to walk around and enjoy the Graphics and other cool things.

Once up to speed if they want can, go the other modded way

Until then it's back in the box.

Happy Sailing to all SH5 Players and... SINK THEM ALL !!!

firefox · 07-05-11, 05:23 AM

I agree with you Firewall and actually did same thing.
I got the game (long story in itself) installed mods and patches (also took some time) and to my surprise i found out that i enjoy playing Silent Hunter 4 much more then SH5. No CTDs no "hidden" controls no bugs no lots of things that make SH5 way less fun to play. I like the graphics in SH5 and great "submarine walk" along with many other innovative things but SH4 not that far from it considering gameplay. Besides playability and "realism" of SH4 somehow feels better. In SH4 i installed only 2 mods TMO and RSRDC. And the game is so "realistic" and enjoyable.
In SH5 i installed full load of mods and game still not feel realistic. I use autotargeting to spare myself headache and that's a heavy burden since i have to move periscope for torpedo to set its angle (which is so war from autotargeting). Besides just installing all these mods makes me uneasy about the game. But i agree all these mods are great!

I hope modders will made one or two mods that will fix all these things althogether like they did with SH3 and SH4 and made them best subsim games ever.
Until then SH5 on shelve and i continue to hunt Japanese ships with SH4.

Captain Titanic · 07-05-11, 06:36 AM

Silent Hunter 5 was more of a tech demo than a game it was just the developers wanting to show off their abilities in Graphical quality which is currently the thorn in Modern gaming i've seen lots of people who think games suck because they have bad graphics but alot of games that i've played and had good graphics have often been craptastic luckily we still and always will have good ol' Silent Hunter 4/3 also SH5 is a pain to install having to sign up to various websites is really irritating in current PC gaming luckily i bought it 2nd hand and it was rather cheap thankfully so i would'nt have to pay the £15 asking price on Steam

FIREWALL · 07-05-11, 09:44 PM

I took out the big mod pak and installed the SH3 Old Stile Gauges.

Better for me, things look more familiar. Now to see about the Peri and UZO.

Then figure out crew.

I know I said I was going to Shelve it but...

Feuer Frei! · 07-06-11, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I know I said I was going to Shelve it but...

Mods, delete thread.

Krauter · 07-06-11, 02:17 AM

Tbh I kind of felt the same way you did Firewall (mod overload). I bought 5 when it first came out and enjoyed it stock, then when TDW and the rest of the modders started working on it I loved it. I couldn't get enough of it. I kept myself up to speed and loved all the new aspects of it.

Then I went away for school and couldn't play it (PC Mac conflicts

). When I got back for christmas I tried to play it with the latest of TDWs UIs and all the old mods I had + Magnum Opus. After about an hour and a half of fiddling with files trying to figure out how I had my game set up last time, plus trying to figure out what new features had been added (I'd been following the thread for a few months so I thought I was up to speed) as well as installation and compatibility issues just had me swamped. So, onto the shelf it went.

Tried it again when I got back for summer break and same story. Great game, and with the right mods and such I'm sure it's even better then what I remember it, but until a guide or a true Mega-Mod emerges I'm afraid I won't be wasting my time when I get home for breaks.

Anyways,

Cheers

Steeltrap · 07-12-11, 11:43 PM

Well, I said I'd never buy it, and I never have.

Always thought it was going in the wrong direction with a lot of gimmicks that in no way improved what was achieved with SHIII plus GWX or NYGM.

From what I've seen/read, was pretty much correct with that view, enough for me not to have any intention of buying it.

When you need to mod the crap out of something to make it a half-way decent version of what you had before, that = waste of time and money in my books.

Then there was the entirely retarded "constant connection".

I moved this to the same category of Total War. Excellent concept let down by a failure to address some nagging issues, while introducing a lot of crap that was in no way central to a sim. SHIII was the high point for me. SH4 was a shoddy piece of work. SH5 just plain bollocks. As I said, same with Empire Total War. Stopped buying anything from either house after those abominations.

Sad, as I was an active contributor to discussions around here for a long time. Not necessarily good contributions all the time, lol, but active. Kind of miss my Subsims, but won't touch this thing if you gave me a copy.

Cheers
p.s. I just noticed I had my 10 year anniversary in this site in March.

07-05-11, 12:15 AM	#1
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Realy tried my best with SH5 Title of thread says it all. Installed Magnum Opus and patch. To many features overload for me and, nothing looks close to familiar for a WWII U-Boat. TDW's and gangs mod is Fantastic BTW. And Thank You for all your hard work. There must be some really good players out here that can understand and play a heavily modded SH5. I'm just not one of them sadly. And I took to SH3 and SH4 easily Stock and Heavily SuperModded. Maybe in the future some kind modder with some time on their hands will, make a Mod Pak with the Fixes and, Familiar VII Controls and basic F-Key teleports while still, being able to walk around and enjoy the Graphics and other cool things. Once up to speed if they want can, go the other modded way Until then it's back in the box. Happy Sailing to all SH5 Players and... SINK THEM ALL !!! __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

07-05-11, 09:44 PM	#4
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	I took out the big mod pak and installed the SH3 Old Stile Gauges. Better for me, things look more familiar. Now to see about the Peri and UZO. Then figure out crew. I know I said I was going to Shelve it but... __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

07-05-11, 05:23 AM	#2
firefox Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 11 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I agree with you Firewall and actually did same thing. I got the game (long story in itself) installed mods and patches (also took some time) and to my surprise i found out that i enjoy playing Silent Hunter 4 much more then SH5. No CTDs no "hidden" controls no bugs no lots of things that make SH5 way less fun to play. I like the graphics in SH5 and great "submarine walk" along with many other innovative things but SH4 not that far from it considering gameplay. Besides playability and "realism" of SH4 somehow feels better. In SH4 i installed only 2 mods TMO and RSRDC. And the game is so "realistic" and enjoyable. In SH5 i installed full load of mods and game still not feel realistic. I use autotargeting to spare myself headache and that's a heavy burden since i have to move periscope for torpedo to set its angle (which is so war from autotargeting). Besides just installing all these mods makes me uneasy about the game. But i agree all these mods are great! I hope modders will made one or two mods that will fix all these things althogether like they did with SH3 and SH4 and made them best subsim games ever. Until then SH5 on shelve and i continue to hunt Japanese ships with SH4.

07-05-11, 06:36 AM	#3
Captain Titanic Watch Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 5 was more of a tech demo than a game it was just the developers wanting to show off their abilities in Graphical quality which is currently the thorn in Modern gaming i've seen lots of people who think games suck because they have bad graphics but alot of games that i've played and had good graphics have often been craptastic luckily we still and always will have good ol' Silent Hunter 4/3 also SH5 is a pain to install having to sign up to various websites is really irritating in current PC gaming luckily i bought it 2nd hand and it was rather cheap thankfully so i would'nt have to pay the £15 asking price on Steam

07-12-11, 11:43 PM	#7
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Well, I said I'd never buy it, and I never have. Always thought it was going in the wrong direction with a lot of gimmicks that in no way improved what was achieved with SHIII plus GWX or NYGM. From what I've seen/read, was pretty much correct with that view, enough for me not to have any intention of buying it. When you need to mod the crap out of something to make it a half-way decent version of what you had before, that = waste of time and money in my books. Then there was the entirely retarded "constant connection". I moved this to the same category of Total War. Excellent concept let down by a failure to address some nagging issues, while introducing a lot of crap that was in no way central to a sim. SHIII was the high point for me. SH4 was a shoddy piece of work. SH5 just plain bollocks. As I said, same with Empire Total War. Stopped buying anything from either house after those abominations. Sad, as I was an active contributor to discussions around here for a long time. Not necessarily good contributions all the time, lol, but active. Kind of miss my Subsims, but won't touch this thing if you gave me a copy. Cheers p.s. I just noticed I had my 10 year anniversary in this site in March.