1.4 released

-Pv- · 11-28-07, 01:20 AM

Ok all you doubters and complainers. Delivered on time.

1st reaction playing from autosave in port out of Pearl is nothing obvious except internal periscopes animate. Water looks the same to me so far. Time will tell.
-Pv-

Propy · 11-28-07, 03:28 AM

Just want to be sure; do I have to reinstall the game before I patch. Sounds unnecessary to me. Cant I just install the 1.4 patch directly? (I have 1.3 now...) It works this way with almost every other game...

maerean_m · 11-28-07, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Propy

Just want to be sure; do I have to reinstall the game before I patch. Sounds unnecessary to me. Cant I just install the 1.4 patch directly? (I have 1.3 now...) It works this way with almost every other game...

yes, you install the 1.4 patch over whatever version you're running (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3)

Propy · 11-28-07, 04:30 AM

Many thanks! Thought it was like that. But you guys are the expert on SH4 so it is best to ask first...

The General · 11-28-07, 04:56 AM

Thanks maerean_m

Front Runner · 11-28-07, 06:48 AM

I haven't had time to play with SH4 for several months as I have been out at sea in real life, working on my USCG Masters License and my sailing instructor's credentials, successfully, I might add.

It has been rather fun playing with all of my real world chart tools and plotting DR, running fixes, set and drift, etc. All of that practice can only help my torpedo targeting in the SH4 world.

Note to the DEV Team....add tides and tidal currents and ocean currents in patch 1.5 as a difficulty level setting in order to affect torpedo tracks in and around straits and harbors....

Now that 1.4 is released, I am looking forward to some stormy weather so I can spend some time on the computer. The WX here in Florida has been really excellent with very few days on which I have been unable to get out on the water.

Even the cold fronts that have moved through have been rather mild and not too breezy to sail. That usually changes in December when we actually get some cold weather and I will have to put on a sweater

Oh, and I have found an excellent way to simulate life aboard a diesel boat! It requires one to have their own boat with a diesel engine. I set up my laptop at the nav station, which is right over the diesel fuel tank, great for residual diesel odor.
Then I start SH4 and when I am on the surface in the game, I run the diesel engine on board my boat and do a battery charge. Clonking my head on the overhead while going through passageways on the boat also adds to the effect. Maybe I should install a periscope on the sailboat, what do you think? I could use it to get relative bearings and plot attack profiles on my manuevering board.

Oh great, now I've got another project for the boat, Add Periscope and Radar....

Downloading now.......

11-28-07, 08:10 AM

I can still find plenty copys at my local stores - their boxes are dust covered. When this train wreck first appeared I visited all the sites about SH4 and quit counting the gripes about it when the count got over 50. So I figured I'd wait until modders had a chance to do something with it and until SH4 1.4 came out - which I must admit I thought WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. But it has!

11-28-07, 04:30 AM	#4
Propy Seaman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Many thanks! Thought it was like that. But you guys are the expert on SH4 so it is best to ask first... __________________ - Chelnak! ---- U3 - Swedish submarine from 1939 (stricken 1965) http://www.malmo.se/kulturbibliotek/...800076850.html

11-28-07, 04:56 AM	#5
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Thanks maerean_m __________________ *THE GENERAL*

11-28-07, 06:48 AM	#6
Front Runner XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The FREE State of FLORIDA Posts: 401 Downloads: 217 Uploads: 0	Great news!! I haven't had time to play with SH4 for several months as I have been out at sea in real life, working on my USCG Masters License and my sailing instructor's credentials, successfully, I might add. It has been rather fun playing with all of my real world chart tools and plotting DR, running fixes, set and drift, etc. All of that practice can only help my torpedo targeting in the SH4 world. Note to the DEV Team....add tides and tidal currents and ocean currents in patch 1.5 as a difficulty level setting in order to affect torpedo tracks in and around straits and harbors.... Now that 1.4 is released, I am looking forward to some stormy weather so I can spend some time on the computer. The WX here in Florida has been really excellent with very few days on which I have been unable to get out on the water. Even the cold fronts that have moved through have been rather mild and not too breezy to sail. That usually changes in December when we actually get some cold weather and I will have to put on a sweater Oh, and I have found an excellent way to simulate life aboard a diesel boat! It requires one to have their own boat with a diesel engine. I set up my laptop at the nav station, which is right over the diesel fuel tank, great for residual diesel odor. Then I start SH4 and when I am on the surface in the game, I run the diesel engine on board my boat and do a battery charge. Clonking my head on the overhead while going through passageways on the boat also adds to the effect. Maybe I should install a periscope on the sailboat, what do you think? I could use it to get relative bearings and plot attack profiles on my manuevering board. Oh great, now I've got another project for the boat, Add Periscope and Radar.... Downloading now....... __________________ "It is well war is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it" - C.S.A. General Robert E. Lee "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato Gone but not forgotten, RIP Dave "LeoVampire".

11-28-07, 08:10 AM	#7
Wave Skipper Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	looks like I will FINALLY buy a copy I can still find plenty copys at my local stores - their boxes are dust covered. When this train wreck first appeared I visited all the sites about SH4 and quit counting the gripes about it when the count got over 50. So I figured I'd wait until modders had a chance to do something with it and until SH4 1.4 came out - which I must admit I thought WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. But it has!

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11-28-07, 01:20 AM	#1
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Ok all you doubters and complainers. Delivered on time. 1st reaction playing from autosave in port out of Pearl is nothing obvious except internal periscopes animate. Water looks the same to me so far. Time will tell. -Pv-

11-28-07, 03:28 AM	#2
Propy Seaman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 42 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Just want to be sure; do I have to reinstall the game before I patch. Sounds unnecessary to me. Cant I just install the 1.4 patch directly? (I have 1.3 now...) It works this way with almost every other game...