I miss surface battles...

speed150mph · 04-07-15, 01:15 PM

So I was watching all the new videos this morning on world of warships, praying that soon ill get accepted for closed beta, when I started thinking back of when I used to play Enigma: Rising tide. The more and more I thought about it the more I wanted to play it. Unfortunately the new windows I have will not run it.

So long story short, Im left wondering what is out there for surface command sims like enigma rising tide. I know there is battle stations pacific but that's more of a fleet oriented. What I really want is like silent hunter goes to the surface. where you command one ship as captain. Anybody have any suggestions besides mods for SH?

CCIP · 04-07-15, 03:07 PM

Unfortunately, not really anything modern and particularly simulation-y. Have you looked into World of Warships or the (soon-to-be-made) naval part of War Thunder? Those sound like they might be good for you, although they're both massively-online games.

Red October1984 · 04-07-15, 04:44 PM

I still occasionally play Enigma on my windows 7 laptop. It's fun.

I'd love an HD remake/overhaul someday.

Julhelm · 04-08-15, 02:39 AM

If you could have a new game similar to Enigma, what would you want to change/improve about it?

speed150mph · 04-08-15, 10:07 AM

You wouldn't believe how hard I've been trying to get into world of warships closed beta.

And as for what I'd like in a game like enigma, I loved it's interface, and how you could order the crew to battlestations or take control of guns yourself. I also loved the depth of the gameplay. What I would change though was make it more historically accurate. The whole prewar America vs Germany vs some weird combo of Japan and the uk didn't fit. Make it based off of real naval battles. Also I would have liked if they added more controllable ship types, and ships in general. We never saw any cruisers or carriers, and there is a huge gap between destroyers and battleships.

With the fairly good work they've done, I'd say someone should get ubi to take what they learned with silent hunter and make a similar surface ship game.

Red October1984 · 04-08-15, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by speed150mph

With the fairly good work they've done, I'd say someone should get ubi to take what they learned with silent hunter and make a similar surface ship game.

They tried with Destroyer Command...but I doubt we'll ever see another good naval release from Ubi...

Julian · 06-12-15, 08:53 PM

I still have Destroyer Command running under Windows 7.

I made several copies as backup on an Exterior hard drive. this way I was able to add most of the mods I wanted they have in the Download section here.

And should I have any problems with the mods, I can always go back and recopy the originals again and try to redo them again.

I got the Kriegsmarine and Sealords mods added, which allows you play the big ships of the German navy. And missions in the Atlantic.

A few years ago, I came across another mod Italian. MARE NOSTRUM. A great mod with well detailed Italian ships. Missions in the Meditterrean.

With the added mods for water, sky, land, sun, the game runs and looks a lot better than when it first came out.

I'm enjoying the playability of Destroyer Command for now, since there are not too many naval sims out other than Silent Hunter. Way too much submarine sims and not enough Surface action.

Keep an eye out for Atlantic Fleet coming out.

Julian · 07-10-15, 10:50 PM

Destroyer Command still remains the only playable naval sim for me to play. It may have some gliches in it, but still a worthwhile game.

I downloaded the extra mods like Sealords and Kriegsmarine which allow you to play and command the big ships of the German Navy in World War Two. Like Bismarck, Graf Spee, Scharnhorst. etc.
There are other mods in the Download section worth looking into.

Also click on the following link to the old, original Subsim Download mods
http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files/p...l#destrcommand

I also have the Italian mod, MARE NOSTRUM, with missions in the Meditterrean Sea. Command ships of the Italian Navy and British.
I'm not sure if Mare Nostrum is still available. I still have the executable file
on my computer as a backup should anything happen.

I have othe naval sims like Fighting Steel, Enigma Rising Tide, but Windows 7 seems to interfere in trying to play them.

With the new online game World of Warships, I keep getting this CRITICAL ERROR OCCURRED message popping up each time I try to load the game.

Another naval sims to look into is ATLANTIC FLEET/PACIFIC FLEET that is suppose to be better than World of Warships. Has historical value to it.

04-07-15, 01:15 PM	#1
speed150mph Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 132 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	I miss surface battles... So I was watching all the new videos this morning on world of warships, praying that soon ill get accepted for closed beta, when I started thinking back of when I used to play Enigma: Rising tide. The more and more I thought about it the more I wanted to play it. Unfortunately the new windows I have will not run it. So long story short, Im left wondering what is out there for surface command sims like enigma rising tide. I know there is battle stations pacific but that's more of a fleet oriented. What I really want is like silent hunter goes to the surface. where you command one ship as captain. Anybody have any suggestions besides mods for SH? __________________ Americans make better submarines? No my friend, Russia makes better submarines, Americans just make better computers

04-07-15, 03:07 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Unfortunately, not really anything modern and particularly simulation-y. Have you looked into World of Warships or the (soon-to-be-made) naval part of War Thunder? Those sound like they might be good for you, although they're both massively-online games. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

04-07-15, 04:44 PM	#3
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I still occasionally play Enigma on my windows 7 laptop. It's fun. I'd love an HD remake/overhaul someday. __________________

04-08-15, 10:07 AM	#5
speed150mph Electrician's Mate Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 132 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	You wouldn't believe how hard I've been trying to get into world of warships closed beta. And as for what I'd like in a game like enigma, I loved it's interface, and how you could order the crew to battlestations or take control of guns yourself. I also loved the depth of the gameplay. What I would change though was make it more historically accurate. The whole prewar America vs Germany vs some weird combo of Japan and the uk didn't fit. Make it based off of real naval battles. Also I would have liked if they added more controllable ship types, and ships in general. We never saw any cruisers or carriers, and there is a huge gap between destroyers and battleships. With the fairly good work they've done, I'd say someone should get ubi to take what they learned with silent hunter and make a similar surface ship game. __________________ Americans make better submarines? No my friend, Russia makes better submarines, Americans just make better computers

06-12-15, 08:53 PM	#7
Julian Sailor man Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Woodstock, Ontario Posts: 50 Downloads: 271 Uploads: 0	Destroyer Command game and mods I still have Destroyer Command running under Windows 7. I made several copies as backup on an Exterior hard drive. this way I was able to add most of the mods I wanted they have in the Download section here. And should I have any problems with the mods, I can always go back and recopy the originals again and try to redo them again. I got the Kriegsmarine and Sealords mods added, which allows you play the big ships of the German navy. And missions in the Atlantic. A few years ago, I came across another mod Italian. MARE NOSTRUM. A great mod with well detailed Italian ships. Missions in the Meditterrean. With the added mods for water, sky, land, sun, the game runs and looks a lot better than when it first came out. I'm enjoying the playability of Destroyer Command for now, since there are not too many naval sims out other than Silent Hunter. Way too much submarine sims and not enough Surface action. Keep an eye out for Atlantic Fleet coming out.

04-08-15, 02:39 AM	#4
Julhelm Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Icy North Posts: 693 Downloads: 189 Uploads: 0	If you could have a new game similar to Enigma, what would you want to change/improve about it?

07-10-15, 10:50 PM	#8
Julian Sailor man Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Woodstock, Ontario Posts: 50 Downloads: 271 Uploads: 0	Destroyer Command - still playable for me Destroyer Command still remains the only playable naval sim for me to play. It may have some gliches in it, but still a worthwhile game. I downloaded the extra mods like Sealords and Kriegsmarine which allow you to play and command the big ships of the German Navy in World War Two. Like Bismarck, Graf Spee, Scharnhorst. etc. There are other mods in the Download section worth looking into. Also click on the following link to the old, original Subsim Download mods http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files/p...l#destrcommand I also have the Italian mod, MARE NOSTRUM, with missions in the Meditterrean Sea. Command ships of the Italian Navy and British. I'm not sure if Mare Nostrum is still available. I still have the executable file on my computer as a backup should anything happen. I have othe naval sims like Fighting Steel, Enigma Rising Tide, but Windows 7 seems to interfere in trying to play them. With the new online game World of Warships, I keep getting this CRITICAL ERROR OCCURRED message popping up each time I try to load the game. Another naval sims to look into is ATLANTIC FLEET/PACIFIC FLEET that is suppose to be better than World of Warships. Has historical value to it.