Surface Warfare MoD Poll

[W4lt3r]

Heck, im in to support the surface warfare mod as well. I want change from the constant lurking and avoidance of the escort while i can take them head on with this

I do hope though you'll implement some light cruisers, such as the Atlanta or Oakland for US. I love those beauties ^^

[The General]

I think that the work that goes into this MOD will be beneficial towards an eventual Full Global Theatre Warfare or F.U.B.A.R. for short

[peewee]

Originally Posted by geosub1978

What a sweet memory it is, isn't it?

I especially remember "GREAT NAVAL BATTLES No 2 and No4".

A rework on them is the dream of a lifetime!

Man, I had forgotten all about that game........though I played it for hours.
That and 'silent service'...me and the kids thought those little blocks of pixels that were apparantly jap battleships were SO cool

[horsa]

wow! always wanted to hear from a dev!

Thanks for the compliment but I think you might be confusing Pacific Aces with Pacific Wolves

BTW I bought UBM on the back of these playable surface ships as well.

[geosub1978]

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Man, I had forgotten all about that game........though I played it for hours.
That and 'silent service'...me and the kids thought those little blocks of pixels that were apparantly jap battleships were SO cool[/quote]

Well, Silent Service II was a phenomenon. Not only its graphics in Super VGA were very good (All the japanese Man O' Wars were better than in SH1), but also the japanese countermeasures, avoidance tactics, destroyer counter-attacks were quite realistic. I still remember that in the case a merchant detected you on surface or detected torpedo wake, it turned away with maximum speed.

In SH3/4 they zig-zag.

As for Great Naval Battles IV, if it was not a DOS game, I would still play it, as the imagination and combination of surface battles and fleet compositions were endless!!

In my opinion this is what Ubisoft should pay attention at...
A new Great Naval Battles IV which would/could/might cooperate with SH4 or SH5 in the future.

I am not very font of a SURFACE mod of SH series. SH is devoted to submarines which all of us love.

The case is a new surface battle game!

[horsa]

Bump

[nikimcbee]

It would be cool if they could turn it into DC2.

[LukeFF]

SH4 is a submarine simulation, plain and simple. While I admire the efforts of those to make surface ships playable, the fact of the matter is the game just wasn't designed for this.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

SH4 is a submarine simulation, plain and simple. While I admire the efforts of those to make surface ships playable, the fact of the matter is the game just wasn't designed for this.

It's a compromise, While we can't accomplish everything we can certainly accomplish something and play that until a real Surface Sim comes along

[thasaint]

i'd sign up for surface action in a minute, i'm loving the commerce raider and pocket BB mods, and a full fledged sim on them with a campaign, missions, and career progression would be sweet.
plus as already stated, the whole idea of a commerce raider is the same as a sub, just on the surface so not as stealthy.
these mods fully rejuvinated my interest in this sim as submarine warfare is getting stale for me atm.

[ivank]

A Prinz Eugen, Bismarck class, Sharnhorst class, HMS Hood, Prince of Wales, etc... would be amazing

[Charlielima]

Oh yeah. Capital Ships are grand but cheating death and destruction with a DD doing a torp run on a BB, Cruiser, Carrier, or other high value unit would be a kick.
If I'm going to drive a boat on the surface I choose Papa Tangos or brown water navy weapon systems. Maybe even a Sand Pebbles / Yangtze river scenario where sailors go on the beach with BARs springfields and such. but that would make it a shooter sim. CL