For SHIII veterans: How was the jump?

GREY WOLF 3 · 03-01-09, 08:55 AM

Still trying to get my head around sh4
At the moment GWX GOLD3 with sh3 rules

Red Devil · 03-01-09, 09:33 AM

I always had problems with SH3 mods. I refused to use SH3 in its original format, I will not sink my 'own ships' on principle. So when the pacific mod became available, I jumped at the chance. Since then I have a new pc, quad core thingy, so I am running SH4 beautifully on RSRD mod (I think, I'm not sure which version I have).

I am addicted, and love it.

TDK1044 · 03-01-09, 09:43 AM

I played the Fleet Boats for a while. but now I run U Boats in the Atlantic in SH4. Operation Monsun with Trigger Maru. Try it, it will blow you away.

Platapus · 03-01-09, 10:06 AM

The biggest problem I had with switching was the TDC.

It just seemed so much straight forward in the SH3 (with mods). I found the physical arrangement of the TDC and the data entry locations to be awkward and slow compared to SH3.

It was a pretty humbling experience to go from SH3 where I was able to do manual targeting very quickly, even with multiple targets; and then do to SH4 where I could not hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle. I am getting better at SH4 but not as good as I am with SH3.

Both games are fun though

Torplexed · 03-01-09, 11:54 AM

I think for me the biggest adjustment was all the planes. Luckily mods and patches have addressed this problem since, but the game seemed more the Atlantic war in 1944 where you were always having to pull the plug and dive every few miles. Happily the air search radar is excellent which was a good adjustment.

kiwi_2005 · 03-02-09, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Both games are fun though

Yeah agree. Just when i got manual targeting perfected in sh3, i switched to SH4 when it came out thinking the targeting wont be much different, but its a whole new ball game.

03-02-09, 06:58 AM

I liked SHIV so much that i changed back to SHIII. Playing SHIII at 100% gives me more than SHIV.

Frame57 · 03-02-09, 10:47 AM

I have tried SHIII with mods and found it a bit boring. Although I realize one could go weeks without a target opportunity in real life. Also I disliked having to rest my crew as though i were a baby sitter rather than a sub skipper. I enjoy SH4 much more and the graphics are better IMO.

03-01-09, 09:33 AM	#2
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	I always had problems with SH3 mods. I refused to use SH3 in its original format, I will not sink my 'own ships' on principle. So when the pacific mod became available, I jumped at the chance. Since then I have a new pc, quad core thingy, so I am running SH4 beautifully on RSRD mod (I think, I'm not sure which version I have). I am addicted, and love it. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

03-01-09, 10:06 AM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The biggest problem I had with switching was the TDC. It just seemed so much straight forward in the SH3 (with mods). I found the physical arrangement of the TDC and the data entry locations to be awkward and slow compared to SH3. It was a pretty humbling experience to go from SH3 where I was able to do manual targeting very quickly, even with multiple targets; and then do to SH4 where I could not hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle. I am getting better at SH4 but not as good as I am with SH3. Both games are fun though __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

03-02-09, 10:47 AM	#8
Frame57 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: 1300 feet on the crapper Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I have tried SHIII with mods and found it a bit boring. Although I realize one could go weeks without a target opportunity in real life. Also I disliked having to rest my crew as though i were a baby sitter rather than a sub skipper. I enjoy SH4 much more and the graphics are better IMO. __________________ "My Religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." Albert Einstein

03-01-09, 08:55 AM	#1
GREY WOLF 3 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Down deep avoiding drm attacks Posts: 284 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Still trying to get my head around sh4 At the moment GWX GOLD3 with sh3 rules

03-01-09, 09:43 AM	#3
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I played the Fleet Boats for a while. but now I run U Boats in the Atlantic in SH4. Operation Monsun with Trigger Maru. Try it, it will blow you away.

03-01-09, 11:54 AM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I think for me the biggest adjustment was all the planes. Luckily mods and patches have addressed this problem since, but the game seemed more the Atlantic war in 1944 where you were always having to pull the plug and dive every few miles. Happily the air search radar is excellent which was a good adjustment.

03-02-09, 06:58 AM	#7
gmuno Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I liked SHIV so much that i changed back to SHIII. Playing SHIII at 100% gives me more than SHIV.