Playing 100% Realism with the h.sie patch

[banryu79]

I can't use the patch (and I'm sad of that), because I bought my SH3 on Steam.
But...

Originally Posted by maillemaker

No external reloading except in good weather and slow speed. Can't even reload your internals in rough weather unless you dive to 16m or below.

I enforce this rule by myself. I add the rule that I cannot do external reloads at all by night or in very bad light conditions. You know, the men need to see what they are doing...

Originally Posted by maillemaker

Now your oxygen works in two parts - what you have in the air and your compressed reserve. Start using your compressed reserve and you have to go back to base to recharge that stuff.

That's one I really miss. I can't do anything about that, but I usually try to minimize time spent underwater unless I'm really forced to keep my head down.

Originally Posted by maillemaker

And the darn periscope! Only good below 4 knots now. How will I ever pull off my famed down-the-throat shots on pursuing escorts anymore? I might be able to pull it off through the blur...

Another rule I found really interesting and alway force on myself.
In my vision I can never ever raise the periscope if my speed is higher than 3 kts. I almost always use it running at 2 kt, for conveniance, sometimes at 1 kt in situations I think keeping the speed low will help produce less commotion in the water in order to avoid been detected (I do not know if this modeled in the game).

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I'm scared to use my engines at flank speed now.

Me too, but I use the "malfuction" option of SH3Commander.
IIRC this option model engine malfuction caused by agonizing the diesels, but I do not know how differently this aspect is model with the h.sie patch.

Originally Posted by maillemaker

The only thing I did not turn on was his dud torpedo stuff. The game has so much stormy weather you'd never get a shot off with that turned on.

This one, togheter with the oxygen reserve things, is what I really miss.

Originally Posted by maillemaker

So, this adds another new dimension to the old SH3 classic. Can't wait to see if the wolfpack stuff works.

And this is another totally negleted aspect in the game.

It would rocks if I could use h.sie patch with my Steam copy of the game, but I know I can't patch the .exe.

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