how many play both SH3 and SH4?

03-24-09, 09:08 AM

Will only play SH3 till I feel the Atlantic Campaign is fully complete for SH4. The new environment by kriller and w_clear looks scrumptious and with GWX's Tomi producing such a great U-Boat interior then I feel the day may come when i'll move to SH4.....but for now, i'm doing what i like doing best and thats U-Boating it around the Atlantic.

Sharkley · 03-25-09, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

Will only play SH3 till I feel the Atlantic Campaign is fully complete for SH4. The new environment by kriller and w_clear looks scrumptious and with GWX's Tomi producing such a great U-Boat interior then I feel the day may come when i'll move to SH4.....but for now, i'm doing what i like doing best and thats U-Boating it around the Atlantic.

you took the words right out of my mouth..

skookum · 03-25-09, 11:56 AM

I'm playing SH4 now because SH3 has issues with high resolution widescreen displays. I guess the race is on. If they ever find a good solution to the widescreen issue then I'll go back to SH3. If GWX 4 ever arrives, I'll likely stick with SH4.

You know what I miss about SH3? Handwritten messages from my radio operator and the constant flow of messages from BDU and other ships. Even if they were scripted they added a lot to immersion.

andy_311 · 03-25-09, 04:00 PM

Just play sh4 now,.But sh3 had it challenges "France being overrun and you had to go out and make Norway the only thing that were in the way were the allied DD's in Lorient as i remember oh and all the bombers that give you a very bad day,those were the days.

Onkel Neal · 03-25-09, 10:33 PM

I've been rexploring SH2 lately...not bad. Cannot hold a candle to 3 or 4 but fun in a way.

03-25-09, 11:01 PM

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sunvalleyslim · 03-26-09, 12:41 PM

Play both SH3 and SH4......Was a torpodoeman on the old Diesel Fleet Boat USS Segundo SS-398 until she was decommisioned.......I like SH4 because its Fleet Boats, but for the best play it's SH3 with GWX Gold

Sharkley · 03-30-09, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Sharkley

you took the words right out of my mouth..

Do to some mod glitches in SH3 (100% my fault) I will be trying SH4 for the first time in the year I have owned it. Until I reinstall SH3, then back to the atlantic I go..Unless GWX 4.0 comes out..oh the choices !?!

msalama · 03-30-09, 08:52 AM

Only playing SH4 w/ RFB at the moment. Did previously play the hell out of SH3 with all the supermods too, but the bugger has frankly speaking grown a bit old on me lately...

Armistead · 03-30-09, 09:24 AM

Have never played 3. Have played the uboat missions in 4, but didn't play long enough to learn how to operate the sub, about an hour I left. Is playing 3 the same layout of the uboat missions in 4?

Also, how realistic it towards the end of the war...anything like the book "Iron Coffins." Do they give you death missions. If it's realistic you should have a hard time near the end of the war.

Sailor Steve · 03-30-09, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Have never played 3. Have played the uboat missions in 4, but didn't play long enough to learn how to operate the sub, about an hour I left. Is playing 3 the same layout of the uboat missions in 4?

Also, how realistic it towards the end of the war...anything like the book "Iron Coffins." Do they give you death missions. If it's realistic you should have a hard time near the end of the war.

Currently if your desire is to run a u-boat then a fully modded SH3 is still the way to go. Full campaigns running from Keil and Wilhelmshaven, and the French bases later, harbors full of ships...more cool things than you could imagine.

And yes, the major modded campaigns make it easy early on, and easy to die young later in the war. The graphics are nothing alike, but SH3's gfx have their own charm and a lot of players prefer them. It's a whole different look and feel, and cheap these days as well.

Sailor Steve · 03-31-09, 12:21 PM

I've just recently discovered that if I keep graphics settings to a minimum I can live with the slow frame rates, as they are mostly a problem in external views and I use those as little as possible.

I've been playing with careers in both sides, and here is what I've discovered:

1) I kind of agree with the SH3 diehards who insist that even though the graphics in SH3 aren't as good, the ambience is better. It has a certain feel that I don't get with SH4 - yet.

2) I spent hours playing SH3 the other night without ever being in a convenient position to avoid the 'save-game bugs', so I couldn't save, only to have the game crash just before I was finally ready to.

3) I'm utterly amazed at the SH4 maps. I mean the fact that latitude and longitude are always displayed, and the Kriegsmarine maps have those and the KM grids...and the KM subgrids! No more looking at a printed subgrid chart and then at the screen and saying "I think that's BF1274."

4) In summary, I stand by my original feelings. SH4 is the better platform, but SH3 is the more developed product so far. I'll keep playing SH3 and I'll keep fiddling with SH4. So far the latter game has nothing giving the depth of SH3 Commander, and we all know that after years of working on ship names I'm not going to play a game seriously that doesn't allow for that.:rotfl: Also I still hate the silly names SH4 hands out, and it's even worse for the German side.

Still, I'm excited about the future, and I'm working on my own sound mods for SH4, so I must be heading in that direction.

03-25-09, 11:56 AM	#3
skookum Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 351 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	I'm playing SH4 now because SH3 has issues with high resolution widescreen displays. I guess the race is on. If they ever find a good solution to the widescreen issue then I'll go back to SH3. If GWX 4 ever arrives, I'll likely stick with SH4. You know what I miss about SH3? Handwritten messages from my radio operator and the constant flow of messages from BDU and other ships. Even if they were scripted they added a lot to immersion. __________________

03-25-09, 04:00 PM	#4
andy_311 The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oldham, Lancs,England Posts: 1,312 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Just play sh4 now,.But sh3 had it challenges "France being overrun and you had to go out and make Norway the only thing that were in the way were the allied DD's in Lorient as i remember oh and all the bombers that give you a very bad day,those were the days. __________________

03-25-09, 10:33 PM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I've been rexploring SH2 lately...not bad. Cannot hold a candle to 3 or 4 but fun in a way. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-26-09, 12:41 PM	#7
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Play both SH3 and SH4......Was a torpodoeman on the old Diesel Fleet Boat USS Segundo SS-398 until she was decommisioned.......I like SH4 because its Fleet Boats, but for the best play it's SH3 with GWX Gold __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

03-31-09, 12:21 PM	#12
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've just recently discovered that if I keep graphics settings to a minimum I can live with the slow frame rates, as they are mostly a problem in external views and I use those as little as possible. I've been playing with careers in both sides, and here is what I've discovered: 1) I kind of agree with the SH3 diehards who insist that even though the graphics in SH3 aren't as good, the ambience is better. It has a certain feel that I don't get with SH4 - yet. 2) I spent hours playing SH3 the other night without ever being in a convenient position to avoid the 'save-game bugs', so I couldn't save, only to have the game crash just before I was finally ready to. 3) I'm utterly amazed at the SH4 maps. I mean the fact that latitude and longitude are always displayed, and the Kriegsmarine maps have those and the KM grids...and the KM subgrids! No more looking at a printed subgrid chart and then at the screen and saying "I think that's BF1274." 4) In summary, I stand by my original feelings. SH4 is the better platform, but SH3 is the more developed product so far. I'll keep playing SH3 and I'll keep fiddling with SH4. So far the latter game has nothing giving the depth of SH3 Commander, and we all know that after years of working on ship names I'm not going to play a game seriously that doesn't allow for that.:rotfl: Also I still hate the silly names SH4 hands out, and it's even worse for the German side. Still, I'm excited about the future, and I'm working on my own sound mods for SH4, so I must be heading in that direction. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-24-09, 09:08 AM	#1
Uber Gruber Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Will only play SH3 till I feel the Atlantic Campaign is fully complete for SH4. The new environment by kriller and w_clear looks scrumptious and with GWX's Tomi producing such a great U-Boat interior then I feel the day may come when i'll move to SH4.....but for now, i'm doing what i like doing best and thats U-Boating it around the Atlantic.

03-30-09, 08:52 AM	#9
msalama Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In an octopus's garden Posts: 565 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Only playing SH4 w/ RFB at the moment. Did previously play the hell out of SH3 with all the supermods too, but the bugger has frankly speaking grown a bit old on me lately...

03-30-09, 09:24 AM	#10
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Have never played 3. Have played the uboat missions in 4, but didn't play long enough to learn how to operate the sub, about an hour I left. Is playing 3 the same layout of the uboat missions in 4? Also, how realistic it towards the end of the war...anything like the book "Iron Coffins." Do they give you death missions. If it's realistic you should have a hard time near the end of the war.