How to find more action?

treblesum81 · 10-22-08, 04:27 PM

Hi all,

I recently upgraded to a new computer, which means I can finally really run SH4, but I've found it severely lacking in action compared to SH3. I've been running a career out of Pearl Harbor in a Gar class to the coast of Japan and southern Japanese islands and I've found only **one** Japanese merchant over the course of two full patrols. Now I know that the Pacific war is much more spread out than the Atlantic, but somehow I think this is kinda ridiculous... especially considering that running a whole patrol sucks up several hours of gameplay due to the time it takes to stop TC every hour (never really go over x256 anyway because I read you're guys won't spot over that), dive, listen, and then resurface.

Here is what I'm running as far as mods:

SH4 + UBM = v1.5
REL_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_152
TMO_SBoat_engine_Patch
RSRDC_TMOv15_V371
RSRDC_V371_Patch10
RSRDC_AuxGB_Fix
OpsMonsun_V400
OM_V400_Patch5
TMO_Enable_Uboat_ver3
#1 E5.0 Install main
#2 Other Clouds
#3 Submarines Splash Sound
#4 Ships Reflect
#5 Depthcharge Sound

So I guess I have 4 questions:

1: Is there a utility similar to "SH3Contacts.exe" for SH4 that will up the quantity and quality of received enemy contact reports to pursue?

2: Am I doing something wrong in my search procedure that could be causing many enemy ships to be slipping through my fingers, or conversely, is a career based out of Pearl in the early war just not very active?

3: Is there something wrong with SH4 that needs a specific patch or mod which I haven't got in place?

4: Is SH4 just like this on purpose to make the hunting aspect of the sim more realistic and there really isn't any way to increase the level of action?

Hopefully its not the last one there, as I really just can't afford the time to spend several hours doing little more than watch my boat ride through the waves. Anyway, if anyone can help me figure this out, I'd greatly appreciate it as I love the new graphics, but I just need more action to justify playing the game.

Thanks,
Greg

10-22-08, 04:27 PM	#1
treblesum81 Frogman Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 308 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	How to find more action? Hi all, I recently upgraded to a new computer, which means I can finally really run SH4, but I've found it severely lacking in action compared to SH3. I've been running a career out of Pearl Harbor in a Gar class to the coast of Japan and southern Japanese islands and I've found only one Japanese merchant over the course of two full patrols. Now I know that the Pacific war is much more spread out than the Atlantic, but somehow I think this is kinda ridiculous... especially considering that running a whole patrol sucks up several hours of gameplay due to the time it takes to stop TC every hour (never really go over x256 anyway because I read you're guys won't spot over that), dive, listen, and then resurface. Here is what I'm running as far as mods: SH4 + UBM = v1.5 REL_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_152 TMO_SBoat_engine_Patch RSRDC_TMOv15_V371 RSRDC_V371_Patch10 RSRDC_AuxGB_Fix OpsMonsun_V400 OM_V400_Patch5 TMO_Enable_Uboat_ver3 #1 E5.0 Install main #2 Other Clouds #3 Submarines Splash Sound #4 Ships Reflect #5 Depthcharge Sound So I guess I have 4 questions: 1: Is there a utility similar to "SH3Contacts.exe" for SH4 that will up the quantity and quality of received enemy contact reports to pursue? 2: Am I doing something wrong in my search procedure that could be causing many enemy ships to be slipping through my fingers, or conversely, is a career based out of Pearl in the early war just not very active? 3: Is there something wrong with SH4 that needs a specific patch or mod which I haven't got in place? 4: Is SH4 just like this on purpose to make the hunting aspect of the sim more realistic and there really isn't any way to increase the level of action? Hopefully its not the last one there, as I really just can't afford the time to spend several hours doing little more than watch my boat ride through the waves. Anyway, if anyone can help me figure this out, I'd greatly appreciate it as I love the new graphics, but I just need more action to justify playing the game. Thanks, Greg