Getting sick and tired of this

[Dogfish40]

Love the chat. There is one answer that I keep in mind when I boot up SH5, 3 or 4.
One, that as a game, it's a different kind of game. I have to remember all the time that this is a simulation. Granted, it's botched out of the box, but if you compare the amount of data that most arcade style games process with a simulation type I think you'll find that this is a much larger enterprise. With an arcade style, I have my favorites but I'll pull "Brothers in arms, hells highway" for instance, you have a pre-defined path to go along with your mission. You cannot sway from this path. Win or lose and it's that simple. I'm going to shorten this... With the simulation, you have basically a world map, or one that is huge. With any number of outcomes and scenarios. You can play a good modded game with just a few of the "go-to" mods that change important features or tools like the User Interface. The stock graphics are not that bad, but one or two good graphics mods and that improves dramatically.
I play the stock missions and I have a blast with that for now.
Point is, we get tangled up in everything that's going on with new improvements to the game/sim but it's really up to ourselves how deep we want to go with these before we say, I'm ready to play.
I took the other approach too. I became interested in the modding to a degree. I made it fun. Does this game (and the others) want to make me pull out what's left of my hair?? On occasion, yes.
Like the Gap suggested, maybe take a bit of a breather. But if you're like me I'll bet you can't stay away for too long. The sim does have a magic that compels me to play all the time. I hope you stay as I hate to see anyone go away before the magic happens.
Cheers mate.
und Gute Jagd
D40

[troopie]

Yeah, likewise.

I feel your pain but it could be worse topper. It took me nearly a week to get the thing installed and then running beyond the load up screens which involved sifting through the program files to fix and then had to deal with blank panels and buttons and CTD's for which I had to manually modify my operating system to fix (vista=3gb switch) and then I had to wrestle with the UI and all the in-game bugs and after all that I still can't use my legitimately purchased hardcopy offline!

Phew!

Anyway, if it wasn't such a passion there's no way I would've perservered with it, but then, I guess that's what subsim is all about eh?

When I was younger I had an amstrad with a black and white screen that I used to spend many hours on trying to play 'the Hunt for Red October - based on the book', so when I finally got SHV working it was enough to make it worth the while for me just to see that VIIB sailing around. Damn it looks incredible!

Cheers to the Dev's but it doesn't exactly endear you to the publishers does it.

Keep at it, it's worth the while!

Hello!

This is my first post on here, but i have always read a lot.. still, i felt that this would be a good first post!

You need to give this game a chance because i honestly think its brilliant.

I have played SH3 and 4 and i was put off from 5 because of all the bad press, and i will say that STOCK, this game is not worth it (apart from the eye candy). but slap a few mods on there, in specific TDW new UI and maybe Dynamic environment for example, and it really becomes a gem.

I even watched Das Boot again because it reminds me SO much of the feeling i got the first time i watched that movie.

Dont be put off, give it a shot, and i reckon you wont be dissapointed.

Good luck,

CJ

all good comments but the original poster, true to his word, has seen fit to not return to this thread after his first post so we can only hope he at least returned to read some of the comments posted here and put a little effort into modding this game so it is enjoyable.

if not, its his loss

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Webster

all good comments but the original poster, true to his word, has seen fit to not return to this thread after his first post so we can only hope he at least returned to read some of the comments posted here and put a little effort into modding this game so it is enjoyable.

if not, its his loss

Yes it is his loss. Just merely patching the game with my patcher makes the game 1000% better Slap a UI mod on, an environment mod, IRAI (for the AI), and maybe an interior mod and a sound mod and it's a very fun experience

[bill clarke]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Yes it is his loss. Just merely patching the game with my patcher makes the game 1000% better Slap a UI mod on, an environment mod, IRAI (for the AI), and maybe an interior mod and a sound mod and it's a very fun experience

Where can I get your patcher mate?

[volodya61]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181433