100% realism settings on 1st Patrol?

oche · 03-13-07, 11:26 AM

How many of you Torpedoheads will play their first patrol with the 100% realism settings (MEANING NO EXTERNAL VIEW)?? I think i'm leaving External views "ON" for my 1st patrol since i wanna take a peek around for some eye candy...

CCIP · 03-13-07, 11:28 AM

Haha, I was about to say the same. Absolutely, I'm going the first few with the camera enabled. Wouldn't even think otherwise... :p

But besides that I don't see any reason not to go with other settings maxed-out; I needed some training wheels at first with SHIII, but assuming everything works as it should in SHIV - I'll manage without.

AVGWarhawk · 03-13-07, 11:30 AM

I'm going super vanilla with all the bells and whistles. I'll cut them off later

tedhealy · 03-13-07, 11:43 AM

If the replay system available after a patrol is complete and is what it sounds like, then I'll be 100% on my first and last patrol saving watching the action for replays once back in port.

Iron Budokan · 03-13-07, 11:44 AM

I'll leave all the bells and whistles on, too, for the first patrol or two, but then I'll bump up the realism factor.

Barkhorn1x · 03-13-07, 11:57 AM

I don't even start a career/1st patrol until I have mastered the fundimentals via the tutorials and single missions.

Then I will start a campaign close to 100% realism - everything on real except I always keep externals on as I didn't spend hundreds of $$ on a high end system just to look at the chart and Bernard the whole patrol.

tycho102 · 03-13-07, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by oche

How many of you Torpedoheads will play their first patrol with the 100% realism settings (MEANING NO EXTERNAL VIEW)?? I think i'm leaving External views "ON" for my 1st patrol since i wanna take a peek around for some eye candy...

I always play with the external camera. There's just too much time that has been spent on the graphics, I might as well enjoy them.

Don't really use it to evade escorts -- I just use it while my torps are running. I do have to say it is a bit....exhilarating to follow in the torpedo wake as it nears it's target. I'm constantly popping above the surface to see the ship, then back behind the torp, all the way through the firing solution.

ryuzu · 03-13-07, 01:16 PM

Yep. Tutorials to get the hang of the new boat, then Externals + 100% Realism (or whatever you can get with externals on).

Then, start searching for mods (or <shudder> perhaps even modding bits myself) to make the thing a proper simulation

r.

Steeltrap · 03-13-07, 02:24 PM

First career I started with SHIII was using NYGM, manual firing and with external ON. In fact that's the only way I've ever played SHIII.

I expect to do something similar in SHIV.

One thing I found with SHIII is that certain limitations in resolution make some aspects of manual fire control inordinately difficult (especially stadimeter and recognition.....might explain why the flags in SHIV are so large....I can never see the darn things in SHIII!!). If they address those then that will be great, and really remove any need for any 'external' assistance other than for the 'eye candy' value.

Worth noting, too, that the USA's TDC was significantly more sophisticated than the German one, so it should be interesting to see how that is reflected.

Barkhorn1x · 03-13-07, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tycho102

Don't really use it to evade escorts -- I just use it while my torps are running. I do have to say it is a bit....exhilarating to follow in the torpedo wake as it nears it's target. I'm constantly popping above the surface to see the ship, then back behind the torp, all the way through the firing solution.

Yea, me too. Using for evasion would be a cheat - but watching the torps. go is way cool.

tedhealy · 03-13-07, 03:08 PM

Don't forget there is supposed to be a replay system so you can watch everything after a patrol without peeking with the external cam.

Driftwood · 03-13-07, 03:23 PM

GOT TO HAVE THE EYE CANDY ON! 100% realism can come later.

One week to go and counting!!!!

Glad to hear about the replay system. Those files must take up LOTS of HD space.

Sailor Steve · 03-13-07, 03:58 PM

In SHIII I love watching my boat sail in and out of the harbors. I'm sure I'll do the same in SH4. If the replay lives up to promise I'm sure I'll change my mind quickly.

Rykaird · 03-13-07, 04:04 PM

For sure I'll do manual targeting from the get go, because that's one of the elements of the game I use most.

External camera absolutely will be on, both for training and for eye candy. For example, I always lower the scope after I shoot - I never watch the impact or the ship sinking through the scope. So I'll use the external to watch the sinkings - too much fun to miss, at least at first.

Oh, thank the Creator - I now have enough posts I no longer have the "One Night In Bangkok" avatar.

Cap'n Blake · 03-13-07, 04:17 PM

I might have external camera, but otherwise realistic all the way!

03-13-07, 11:26 AM	#1
oche Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Santo Domingo Posts: 131 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	100% realism settings on 1st Patrol? How many of you Torpedoheads will play their first patrol with the 100% realism settings (MEANING NO EXTERNAL VIEW)?? I think i'm leaving External views "ON" for my 1st patrol since i wanna take a peek around for some eye candy...

03-13-07, 11:28 AM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Haha, I was about to say the same. Absolutely, I'm going the first few with the camera enabled. Wouldn't even think otherwise... :p But besides that I don't see any reason not to go with other settings maxed-out; I needed some training wheels at first with SHIII, but assuming everything works as it should in SHIV - I'll manage without. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-13-07, 11:30 AM	#3
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,264 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'm going super vanilla with all the bells and whistles. I'll cut them off later __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-13-07, 11:44 AM	#5
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I'll leave all the bells and whistles on, too, for the first patrol or two, but then I'll bump up the realism factor. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-13-07, 03:58 PM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	In SHIII I love watching my boat sail in and out of the harbors. I'm sure I'll do the same in SH4. If the replay lives up to promise I'm sure I'll change my mind quickly. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-13-07, 11:43 AM	#4
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	If the replay system available after a patrol is complete and is what it sounds like, then I'll be 100% on my first and last patrol saving watching the action for replays once back in port.

03-13-07, 11:57 AM	#6
Barkhorn1x Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Davie, FL Grid DM 23 Posts: 544 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I don't even start a career/1st patrol until I have mastered the fundimentals via the tutorials and single missions. Then I will start a campaign close to 100% realism - everything on real except I always keep externals on as I didn't spend hundreds of $$ on a high end system just to look at the chart and Bernard the whole patrol.

03-13-07, 01:16 PM	#8
ryuzu Navy Dude Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 171 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Yep. Tutorials to get the hang of the new boat, then Externals + 100% Realism (or whatever you can get with externals on). Then, start searching for mods (or <shudder> perhaps even modding bits myself) to make the thing a proper simulation r.

03-13-07, 02:24 PM	#9
Steeltrap Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 818 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	First career I started with SHIII was using NYGM, manual firing and with external ON. In fact that's the only way I've ever played SHIII. I expect to do something similar in SHIV. One thing I found with SHIII is that certain limitations in resolution make some aspects of manual fire control inordinately difficult (especially stadimeter and recognition.....might explain why the flags in SHIV are so large....I can never see the darn things in SHIII!!). If they address those then that will be great, and really remove any need for any 'external' assistance other than for the 'eye candy' value. Worth noting, too, that the USA's TDC was significantly more sophisticated than the German one, so it should be interesting to see how that is reflected.

03-13-07, 03:08 PM	#11
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Don't forget there is supposed to be a replay system so you can watch everything after a patrol without peeking with the external cam.

03-13-07, 03:23 PM	#12
Driftwood Chief Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Western NC Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	GOT TO HAVE THE EYE CANDY ON! 100% realism can come later. One week to go and counting!!!! Glad to hear about the replay system. Those files must take up LOTS of HD space.

03-13-07, 04:04 PM	#14
Rykaird Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 356 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	For sure I'll do manual targeting from the get go, because that's one of the elements of the game I use most. External camera absolutely will be on, both for training and for eye candy. For example, I always lower the scope after I shoot - I never watch the impact or the ship sinking through the scope. So I'll use the external to watch the sinkings - too much fun to miss, at least at first. Oh, thank the Creator - I now have enough posts I no longer have the "One Night In Bangkok" avatar.

03-13-07, 04:17 PM	#15
Cap'n Blake Watch Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 21 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I might have external camera, but otherwise realistic all the way!