The best Silent Hunter for mods.

audessy · 04-12-10, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

Silent Hunter 4,

1. Familiar system from SH3
2. UPC system makes it easier to make new playable units, and campaigns, and all sorts of other things that makes it really accessible to modders like me
3. shorter loading times

short list but 2 and 3 really are the biggest for me, I once waited almost an hour to try something new in SH3 and it ctd'd, it's much faster for SH4, and I can test my mods before I release them.

Shorter loading times. Yeah I forgot to add that one. SH4 loads faster than SH5 too by far. SH3 took obnoxiously long to load. Even with a computer that dominates the required specs.

Rockin Robbins · 04-12-10, 12:58 PM

All of the above. They are all moddable so one is not better than another.

audessy · 04-12-10, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

All of the above. They are all moddable so one is not better than another.

There are restrictions in each game engine. Such as the 20km atmosphere of SH4, Slow load times and "Instant death" by compartment destruction in SH3. They all have their weaknesses. But which one is most tolerable to you?

Rockin Robbins · 04-12-10, 06:24 PM

Makes no difference except that for several reasons I won't touch SH5. It doesn't deserve my help.

04-12-10, 06:56 PM

I'm not to picky.
I slum around all of them.

But I don't play any of them.
Just quick test Missions.

Buddahaid · 04-12-10, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Makes no difference except that for several reasons I won't touch SH5. It doesn't deserve my help.

Come on RR, your getting weak dissing SH5 with every post!

Hylander_1314 · 04-12-10, 11:07 PM

I like both SH3, and SH4. Still play both games with the uber mods. At the moment, because of a dodgy internet service, I have to fore-go SH5.

Matt86 · 04-13-10, 02:51 AM

I think SHIII is a better simulator, the level of detail in gameplay is superior to SHIV. However SHIV crew management, load times, graphics and theater options push it in SHIVs favour for me. I think some levels of crudeness in SHIII make it inferior, but this is doubtlessly flavoured by my playing SHIV first so no getting used to these flaws or time to appreciate virtues.

Bilge_Rat · 04-13-10, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

All of the above. They are all moddable so one is not better than another.

agreed.

audessy · 04-13-10, 11:30 PM

Try modding SH3 or SH5 to be able to play as the US or UK. Good luck! SH5 it's possible but it will take you ages.

Try giving SH4 a atmosphere higher than 20km.

If you were to achieve these they would be considered .exe hacks and therefore banned from the forum. So no... "They're all moddable" does not apply.

Admiral8Q · 04-14-10, 04:34 AM

I think we need more friendship...

All the SH's are good, I miss DC. Boomp boopmp boopm...

The General · 04-14-10, 05:04 AM

Silent Hunter 5 has the potential to be far better than both 3 & 4. I know it's not quite there yet, but after a few months there are gonna be some amazing Mods and I urge you to please give it another try.

Sailor Steve · 04-14-10, 02:10 PM

I voted SH3.

SH4 is the better platform, has better graphics, lets you play both sides, has much better crew management, faster loading times, crews on the the target ships, better radio graphics (love that clipboard as opposed go being taken to a new screen) and a host of other things.

But SH3 has the full harbor supermods, which no one has done for 4 yet, and it has SH3 Commander, which gives the huge variety of crew names and ship names (and we all now how I feel about that last one), and it has the Simfeeling 6-Dials mod, which is my favorite GUI. SH4 and 5 don't have those (yet).

So I like SH4 and play it just as much as 3 (probably more once I reach 1942 in my campaigns).

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Originally Posted by The General

Silent Hunter 5 has the potential to be far better than both 3 & 4. I know it's not quite there yet, but after a few months there are gonna be some amazing Mods and I urge you to please give it another try.

I completely agree, and as soon as I can play it I'll be buying it. I think it's going to end up blowing them all way.

04-16-10, 08:33 PM

i say SH4 for all the reasons posted here. And you can say what ya want but sh3 is not as pretty as sh4. as sh4 is not as pretty as sh5 but sh4 has more you can do. Im staying with sh4 for a little bit till sh5 gets a lil less buggy then im off to mod that

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Phantom II · 04-16-10, 09:16 PM

SH4 probably has more versatility compared to SH3, not sure about SH5 though. however, all of them are amazing games in their own right.

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04-12-10, 12:58 PM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	All of the above. They are all moddable so one is not better than another. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-12-10, 06:24 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Makes no difference except that for several reasons I won't touch SH5. It doesn't deserve my help. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-12-10, 11:07 PM	#7
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	I like both SH3, and SH4. Still play both games with the uber mods. At the moment, because of a dodgy internet service, I have to fore-go SH5. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

04-14-10, 04:34 AM	#11
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I think we need more friendship... All the SH's are good, I miss DC. Boomp boopmp boopm... __________________

04-12-10, 06:56 PM	#5
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm not to picky. I slum around all of them. But I don't play any of them. Just quick test Missions.

04-13-10, 02:51 AM	#8
Matt86 Sailor man Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Africa Posts: 47 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	I think SHIII is a better simulator, the level of detail in gameplay is superior to SHIV. However SHIV crew management, load times, graphics and theater options push it in SHIVs favour for me. I think some levels of crudeness in SHIII make it inferior, but this is doubtlessly flavoured by my playing SHIV first so no getting used to these flaws or time to appreciate virtues.

04-13-10, 11:30 PM	#10
audessy Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 133 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	Try modding SH3 or SH5 to be able to play as the US or UK. Good luck! SH5 it's possible but it will take you ages. Try giving SH4 a atmosphere higher than 20km. If you were to achieve these they would be considered .exe hacks and therefore banned from the forum. So no... "They're all moddable" does not apply.

04-14-10, 05:04 AM	#12
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Silent Hunter 5 has the potential to be far better than both 3 & 4. I know it's not quite there yet, but after a few months there are gonna be some amazing Mods and I urge you to please give it another try. __________________ *THE GENERAL*

04-16-10, 08:33 PM	#14
KillerTube Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Your call i say SH4 for all the reasons posted here. And you can say what ya want but sh3 is not as pretty as sh4. as sh4 is not as pretty as sh5 but sh4 has more you can do. Im staying with sh4 for a little bit till sh5 gets a lil less buggy then im off to mod that .

04-16-10, 09:16 PM	#15
Phantom II Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 139 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	SH4 probably has more versatility compared to SH3, not sure about SH5 though. however, all of them are amazing games in their own right. __________________