First Impression of SH4

Penelope_Grey · 03-26-07, 10:24 AM

Its complicated. Too complicated. The HUD is really bizarre and tricky to get used to compared to the SH3 interface, also the crew management screen is just WHAT!?

I think I will be sticking to SH3-GWX and I will occasionally dabble with SH4 training till I get 100% used to it. Because at the moment, I can barely start the engine, much less figure out how to manage the crew or anything else.SH3 was so much easier to use by comparison.

RedHammer · 03-26-07, 10:27 AM

yep we know, had alot of other guys already saying that.

S!

RH

gord96 · 03-26-07, 10:30 AM

the basic setup is the exact same. Just a few little differences. Nothing that makes the game much more difficult to get into compared to SH3.

Ducimus · 03-26-07, 11:07 AM

Give it some time. Much has changed. Personnaly ive been modding the game so the controls are as close to SH3 as i can get them. The crew management screen is acutally a wondeful thing.

Normally subs are divided into three watch's, that go onduty for what i beleive is 8 hours. What the crew management does is divide the crew into 3 watchs, and then autorotates them from their duty stations to their bunks.

Its really cool because if your active in the 3d view at certain points in time you'll hear the ship whistle, and then someone on an intercom announce, "releive the watch", and the active crew changes, with new faces at the stations. If you have the damage control team, you can acutally see them working on stuff in the control room. Its like the ship has a living crew that has their own routines. Unfortunatly we don't have the direct interaction like we did in sh3 when they looked at you when clicked on.

03-26-07, 11:45 AM

I agree! I'm an SH1 veteren, never played SH2 or 3, so I'm really behind the learning curve. Never seen such a complex interface.

Iron Budokan · 03-26-07, 12:11 PM

Well...it looks pretty. They obviously worked a long time on that.

Eh. I'm like most guys here. I haven't given up on the game, but I'll give our modders (and the devs) time to fix some of the more outrageous problems.

I do believe in time this will be a rocking game. But right now...meh.

AVGWarhawk · 03-26-07, 12:38 PM

Play the game for 12 hours like me and you will find the interface fairly easy. Some of it even makes sense

. I like it and it is not as easy as SH3 but you get accustom to very quickly.

Now my wife hates this game as well

Spaxspore · 03-26-07, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Play the game for 12 hours like me and you will find the interface fairly easy. Some of it even makes sense

. I like it and it is not as easy as SH3 but you get accustom to very quickly.

Now my wife hates this game as well

AGREED!

First 5min of play, was like WTF, where is my side bar like SH3...

1hr later, sinkin bitchs like there was no tommorow....

NefariousKoel · 03-26-07, 12:47 PM

I love what they did with the crew. I loathed micromanaging them. Now all I have to do is move some to damage control if something happens. Yay!

I really like the TDC setup while in periscope view. Though sliding the dials needs to be done in short strokes, I can input manual data pretty damn fast.

OneTinSoldier · 03-26-07, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Now my wife hates this game as well

Maybe they'll make a Destroyer Command 2 so she can depth charge the crap outta you!

03-26-07, 10:24 AM	#1
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First Impression of SH4 Its complicated. Too complicated. The HUD is really bizarre and tricky to get used to compared to the SH3 interface, also the crew management screen is just WHAT!? I think I will be sticking to SH3-GWX and I will occasionally dabble with SH4 training till I get 100% used to it. Because at the moment, I can barely start the engine, much less figure out how to manage the crew or anything else.SH3 was so much easier to use by comparison. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

03-26-07, 12:11 PM	#6
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Well...it looks pretty. They obviously worked a long time on that. Eh. I'm like most guys here. I haven't given up on the game, but I'll give our modders (and the devs) time to fix some of the more outrageous problems. I do believe in time this will be a rocking game. But right now...meh. __________________ "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

03-26-07, 12:38 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Play the game for 12 hours like me and you will find the interface fairly easy. Some of it even makes sense. I like it and it is not as easy as SH3 but you get accustom to very quickly. Now my wife hates this game as well __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-26-07, 12:47 PM	#9
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I love what they did with the crew. I loathed micromanaging them. Now all I have to do is move some to damage control if something happens. Yay! I really like the TDC setup while in periscope view. Though sliding the dials needs to be done in short strokes, I can input manual data pretty damn fast. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

03-26-07, 10:27 AM	#2
RedHammer Loader Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 88 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	yep we know, had alot of other guys already saying that. S! RH

03-26-07, 10:30 AM	#3
gord96 Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	the basic setup is the exact same. Just a few little differences. Nothing that makes the game much more difficult to get into compared to SH3.

03-26-07, 11:07 AM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Give it some time. Much has changed. Personnaly ive been modding the game so the controls are as close to SH3 as i can get them. The crew management screen is acutally a wondeful thing. Normally subs are divided into three watch's, that go onduty for what i beleive is 8 hours. What the crew management does is divide the crew into 3 watchs, and then autorotates them from their duty stations to their bunks. Its really cool because if your active in the 3d view at certain points in time you'll hear the ship whistle, and then someone on an intercom announce, "releive the watch", and the active crew changes, with new faces at the stations. If you have the damage control team, you can acutally see them working on stuff in the control room. Its like the ship has a living crew that has their own routines. Unfortunatly we don't have the direct interaction like we did in sh3 when they looked at you when clicked on.

03-26-07, 11:45 AM	#5
oldgoatsboats Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I agree! I'm an SH1 veteren, never played SH2 or 3, so I'm really behind the learning curve. Never seen such a complex interface.