New to forum, looking for SH4 advice please

MartinP · 01-01-11, 05:29 PM

Hello All, I'm new to posting on this forum, but have been lurking for a while picking up tips. I'm playing SH4 v1.4 Stock, have been for some time now. I'm playing on an old PC, so have the detail cranked down to lowest setting to get a good response out of it, but I won't be competing with some of the excellent screen shots on here.

I play with auto targetting and externals on, I figure I'm the Captain, and the crew should work out how to hit what I'm manoeuvring to shoot at. Despite being at the arcade end of the gaming style I am finding the relative ease with which I've got through my first 5 patrols to be dissatisfying. Although I've just been asked to go and photograph whatever is in Hiroshima harbour, so my luck may be changing.

I'd like to experience the benefits of some of the supermods, but I need some advice from your good selves. Some questions >

1) I'm worried my PC may not be able to cope with increased demands on CPU and graphics, are any likely to be problematic, or can I solve this by keeping on low detail settings?

2) I'm not sure which Mods to get, or where from, I assume there must be some sort of Mods overview thread somewhere, but I can't find it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

3) I have v1.4 but all the Mods I have found seem to be updated for 1.5, do any 1.4 compatible Mods remain available for download, and if so where?
Will mods for 1.5 still work on 1.4 - has anyone tried doing this?

4) Which Mods would you recommend I try and get hold of?

5) I'm not sure I like the sound of RSRD as I find Stock gives me plenty to shoot at - although stock is all the same type/size/shape/pattern, so perhaps more realism on traffic would be welcome, any thoughts on this one in particular?

Any answers to any of these questions would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

01-01-11, 05:29 PM	#1
MartinP Nub Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Surrey, England Posts: 2 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	New to forum, looking for SH4 advice please Hello All, I'm new to posting on this forum, but have been lurking for a while picking up tips. I'm playing SH4 v1.4 Stock, have been for some time now. I'm playing on an old PC, so have the detail cranked down to lowest setting to get a good response out of it, but I won't be competing with some of the excellent screen shots on here. I play with auto targetting and externals on, I figure I'm the Captain, and the crew should work out how to hit what I'm manoeuvring to shoot at. Despite being at the arcade end of the gaming style I am finding the relative ease with which I've got through my first 5 patrols to be dissatisfying. Although I've just been asked to go and photograph whatever is in Hiroshima harbour, so my luck may be changing. I'd like to experience the benefits of some of the supermods, but I need some advice from your good selves. Some questions > 1) I'm worried my PC may not be able to cope with increased demands on CPU and graphics, are any likely to be problematic, or can I solve this by keeping on low detail settings? 2) I'm not sure which Mods to get, or where from, I assume there must be some sort of Mods overview thread somewhere, but I can't find it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? 3) I have v1.4 but all the Mods I have found seem to be updated for 1.5, do any 1.4 compatible Mods remain available for download, and if so where? Will mods for 1.5 still work on 1.4 - has anyone tried doing this? 4) Which Mods would you recommend I try and get hold of? 5) I'm not sure I like the sound of RSRD as I find Stock gives me plenty to shoot at - although stock is all the same type/size/shape/pattern, so perhaps more realism on traffic would be welcome, any thoughts on this one in particular? Any answers to any of these questions would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.