PERFECT SIM! What can we make out of SH5/SH3?

There are ongoing projects by many to rape.........
I mean 'borrow' from SH5 for both SH3 and SH4.
Not that I have anything to do with that.

And one day, things will be placed in SH5 PROPERLY, from SH3 and SH4 also.

The old slugfests between SH3 - SH4 seem to be a thing of the past.
Lets not start a Ménage à trois between SH3/SH4/SH5!

[FIREWALL]

I enjoy all 3 Silent Hunters. Each one has it's own flavor depending how it's modded.

I'm just thankfull for all the talented people at SubSim and their wonderful gifts.

With Multi-Install I have all versions to enjoy.

I only have one big problem.

I can only play them one at a time.

Get 2 more systems, a divorce, and your good to go!

[Tigershark624]

Is there any chance, however slim, that GWX4 could be revived with a fresh team of eager young modders guided by the wizened involvement of as many of the old team that would be interested and able? If enough people got behind this I'm sure that the project could progress without burn-out. How close was it to being finished when it was abandoned?

Not close enuff.


And I've no idea how much of major parts may have been saved.
The Campaign work for one.
The 3D work on Harbors and Regalbau.
The new 3D modeled Subs and Ships and other Objects.
Your talking about a mass of work by many different Dev's,
all working thier specialty,
that was never complied into a collective group for safe keeping
to my knowledge.

I have bits and pieces, mere crumbs of what it was.
Prototype Tools that require the final files to be further edited.

But the Holy Grail is not real anymore.
Like the Knights Templer?
It will probably turn into a Myth.

GWX 4, for all that it was planned to be,
all the work in many radical areas,
(Which are being worked on daily now)
all the drive and real sacrifices each Member of
The Grey Wolves
made to try to further push a bar?

It's gone.
GWX 4 is a fantasy now.
I doubt any group could put together the right people,
in so many areas of knowledge,
keep them working nearly 40 hours a week,
place dead lines on them,
and they meet them.
And all for the weekly pay check of
ZILCH! ZIP! NAGDT!

So let GWX 4 remain where it is.
It's not the thing anyone should be worshipping or missing.
It should inspire the New modders if anything.
Just as the original GW inspired me,
Rumors of GWX 4 should inspire others.

Just my thoughts.
With Regards,
Privateer

[Tigershark624]

Originally Posted by privateer

Not close enuff.


And I've no idea how much of major parts may have been saved.
The Campaign work for one.
The 3D work on Harbors and Regalbau.
The new 3D modeled Subs and Ships and other Objects.
Your talking about a mass of work by many different Dev's,
all working thier specialty,
that was never complied into a collective group for safe keeping
to my knowledge.

I have bits and pieces, mere crumbs of what it was.
Prototype Tools that require the final files to be further edited.

But the Holy Grail is not real anymore.
Like the Knights Templer?
It will probably turn into a Myth.

GWX 4, for all that it was planned to be,
all the work in many radical areas,
(Which are being worked on daily now)
all the drive and real sacrifices each Member of
The Grey Wolves
made to try to further push a bar?

It's gone.
GWX 4 is a fantasy now.
I doubt any group could put together the right people,
in so many areas of knowledge,
keep them working nearly 40 hours a week,
place dead lines on them,
and they meet them.
And all for the weekly pay check of
ZILCH! ZIP! NAGDT!

So let GWX 4 remain where it is.
It's not the thing anyone should be worshipping or missing.
It should inspire the New modders if anything.
Just as the original GW inspired me,
Rumors of GWX 4 should inspire others.

Just my thoughts.
With Regards,
Privateer

For all you've done for the community, your word is sufficient. Let it rest in peace. Thanks.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Tigershark624

Is there any chance, however slim, that GWX4 could be revived with a fresh team of eager young modders guided by the wizened involvement of as many of the old team that would be interested and able? If enough people got behind this I'm sure that the project could progress without burn-out. How close was it to being finished when it was abandoned?

It would be possible for the people who created a lot of the best mods for SH3 to translate them to SH4.

Though as much as I wish for something like that, I don't see it ever happening.

[dcb]

To me, SH5 has the one single thing SH3&4 didn't have: a competent Uboat AI, hence the possibility of wolfpacks that behave like they should (sort of). After bugging and pestering the devs with it last year, after almost forcing them to spend a couple of months to hastily write the code, at a time when this whole feature had been dropped, I think we should give SH5 the chance to become the great sub sim it should have been in the first place. If not for something else, at least for the wolfpacks.

[Hitman]

I think we should give SH5 the chance to become the great sub sim it should have been in the first place. If not for something else, at least for the wolfpacks.

That is right, and of course I hope that SH5 gets further developed by modders, but to answer the question from the OP, I wanted to highlught how much Sh4 was a missed opportunity. Of course Sh5 might become a true star someday, but the thing is, the effort needed to make SH5 shine is proportionally much bigger than with SH4, since for the latter a lot of tools and knowledge from SH3 could be used directly.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I enjoy all 3 Silent Hunters. Each one has it's own flavor depending how it's modded.

I'm just thankfull for all the talented people at SubSim and their wonderful gifts.

With Multi-Install I have all versions to enjoy.

I only have one big problem.

I can only play them one at a time.

You'll learn your wife any of the games, and the rest you can teach your nearest neighbor,

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Vendor

You'll learn your wife any of the games, and the rest you can teach your nearest neighbor,

[Gerald]

Nothing to concern itself only one element of fatigue