Supplement to SH Survey: What should Ubi do to make SH5 the best?

[Weisia]

Another thing I just came up with: as part of the sub's damage model you should have the option to give the order to test the state of the pressure hull. I read somewhere in a u boat diary that the kaleun gave the order to find out whether the pressure hull was intact by inflating air in the room (if i remember correctly).

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Weisia

Another thing I just came up with: as part of the sub's damage model you should have the option to give the order to test the state of the pressure hull. I read somewhere in a u boat diary that the kaleun gave the order to find out whether the pressure hull was intact by inflating air in the room (if i remember correctly).

I must say that's a new one on me

[FIREWALL]

I'm surprised no one has wanted a working head.

[Weisia]

Here is the link to the captains log I was talking about:
http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB123-8.htm

On page 11 it says a low pressure test was conducted. Don´t know what they exactly mean by a low pressure test. A shallow dive?

[Paul Riley]

I agree with all the requests in here,but one thing I would like to see modelled in the game is snow and ice,and its effects on the crew and boat.Especially true if on the Arctic lanes,and around Scandinavia etc
Not sure if that has been mentioned before

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I must say that's a new one on me

In a Documentary I saw recently on the UC-3 Nautilus this was done prior to test dives. Air pressure rises is the sub it tight. In the test I saw the hatch actually sealed itself because of this, somebody had to let Peter out.



Be a neat effect in game.

[lakeskipper]

A SIMULATOR NEEDS TO BE AS REAL AS POSSIBLE!
NO ARCADE BUT SIMULATION that is my deep wish to ubisoft developers of Silent Hunter 5

[PL_Andrev]

1. Right. The game should be real. But the players should decide how realistic game should be. These settings should be fully modable, accuracy of guns, radar range, sub detection by AI at a distance - so that 100% real in a single player was not equal to 100% in another.

2) Of course, these basic parameters should be "core" and should be transferred by the host to players (as missions).

3) Maybe greater diversity of ? Today it is as flat and gently rises or falls.
Maybe sharp slope, a cliff ... especially in the shallow areas?

4) A more diverse types of sea floor, for shallow with more equatorial areas (mountains, cliffs), in warm areas more different plants, coral reefs (which damages to sub). In cold areas only sand.

5) Underwater rocks and boulders should have an impact on the ship - shock, shock at moving to the rocks, small hull damages etc.

6) Why the sub is always sunken straight and never roll on the sides on the bottom of sea?

7) Sen- Toku was sunked by 4 torpedoes... Why this unit was not added to my results? Why this unit was not added to the id book? Players should be easier to add unit to id book.

8) Illuminated id book, of course on player request. If the target is recognized at the night, the book is illuminated too much (the background of units on book). Maybe extra gamma parameters (power of light for id book) for players?

[finchOU]

Adding tidbits:

Better Convoy AI..with respect to weather and probable/real Uboat detection. Straglers in bad sea states and or fog. Have not seen this in SH3. Convoys seemed very predictable in SH3...more variance in course changes maybe?

[PL_Andrev]

The main problem on the multgame matches is not perfect rating system for players.
Is anybody use the UBI rating with multiplayers game?

First:
We cannot change the renown point system as we want. Game should allow to prepare extra rating by player request, as a similar code with parameters like:
- ship type (warship/merchant/sub/planel)
- side type of sunked unit (enemy/neutral/friend)
- tonnage of sunked units
- effectivity (damaged/sunked)
- player's status (survive, disconnect, KIA)
Now, for multiplayer mode, we must copy the final table and prepare our system to points calculating by our request.
At this moment is very simple ways to realise this goal without creation special language to calculating, f.e. java or Visual Basic.


Second:
I don't want tell you that UBI's rating system is incorrect. But maybe we request other system for multigames?
But why? Look on this example.
6 players are attacked superbattleship Yamato. 12 torpedoes hits on this targed.
7th players shoots one torpedo and his torpedo hits! Yamato is sinking now...
And only 7th player has points/renown...
I propose two methods of renown (choosed when multigame is starting)
a) renown points if the targed is sunk (as SH3, SH4)
b) renown points as taken points form ship hull/total points
If 'b' is choosen, the points will be added if torpedo hits.. and value of this points should be equal to damages on ship: if torpedo take 30% of ship's hull, the player have 30% of total point of ship's renown...
Of course not maximal becouse ship isn't sunked yet.