I'm baaack

Harmsway! · 09-28-13, 07:28 PM

Hey Skipjack you do go way back. Almost as far back as Sailor Steve. Who by the way is not real. Some years ago he was playing in a night club band when he decided to take a break and come down from the stage. Trying his hand at a nearby video machine he entered Ace of the Deep. He was suck into the underwater virtual world and was never been seen in the flesh again.

Now he lives in these forums posting at any hour and at any moment. Its true. Check his post history.

Seriously, why did you post in the SHO forum?

The Silent Hunter series from SH3 through SH5 were all major disappointments upon release. I believe because our expectations were so high. Anyway all of them when modded are outstanding.

Of course SH3 has the longest modding history and enjoys the best sim experience. While SH4 has the most options to choose from in that you can play in varoius American subs or in a German U-boat. Also you can be in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Therefore it is my guess that SH4 has the most players at the moment. There is even a WIP to convert SH4 into WWI environment.

My personnel favorite is SH5. The mods make it unbelievable with real navigation and an editable captains journal. SH5 has its limitations in that the modders have spent the first year fixing broken game elements but are now putting out some incredible stuff. The future for SH5 is favorable. You need a pretty high preforming rig to run SH5. Which means when I'm away on travel with my laptop I'm playing SH4. Lastly as already stated you can only play in one type of boat.

In the end I think most of us are like me in that I play more then one of them.

Sailor Steve · 09-28-13, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

Almost as far back as Sailor Steve. Who by the way is not real. Some years ago he was playing in a night club band when he decided to take a break and come down from the stage. Trying his hand at a nearby video machine he entered Ace of the Deep. He was suck into the underwater virtual world and was never been seen in the flesh again.

Rumors of my slide into the depravity of subsimming are patently false. I also get out once in a great while to play with my toy airplanes, and I have been seen on ocassion actually still playing a guitar. Or at least that what the voices in my head tell me. And they're never wrong.

Quote:

Now he lives in these forums posting at any hour and at any moment. Its true. Check his post history.

Also not true. I do have a life. I really do. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Oh, and just to make my point clear...

Sailor Steve · 09-29-13, 10:34 AM

I've created a furor?

I don't do that.

At least I try not to.

Most of the time.

SilentOtto · 10-12-13, 04:25 PM

Being an old salt, and also back today since a few months, I can't help but adding my (bad) experience today with SHO... Even though I was not too fond of the idea, well, you know, if you are a subsimmer, you'll eventually be interested in any new subsim. So I thought the thing should be rolling after all these months and why would I not give it a try?

So I looked up my old uplay account, logged in and pressed "PLAY NOW", and ... nothing happens! Tried firefox, then chrome, and nothing. I happen to have a virtual box xp setup and yea, it works there but (as you would expect) slow as a snail and unusable.

Well, seems that to run it in my linux system, I have to go through a quite long list of commands in order to set up manually google's flashplayer library, since for some reason it won't work. Damnit, it's just a flash web game! I've run LOTS of flash games,
and had never found this kind of problem... flash is flash.

I still have SH4 and SH5 running, with a lot of mods, in this linux box. I also play World of Tanks (what I have mostly played these last years). So, the little love I already had for SHO, plus this unexpected hassle, has helped me stay away from the "free to wait" model. I find it odd, and in a way, I find it as a sign that, as I thought, SHO is not for me!

Sorry for the rant, and thanks for the space to express it... I guess age is making me bitterer

Salute to all of you old salts!

SilentOtto · 10-12-13, 05:31 PM

Danke schön!!

Red Devil · 10-14-13, 10:34 AM

me back too, been a while!

Red Devil · 10-14-13, 01:04 PM

I don't do 'u boats' - I will not sink my own ships.

US subs only I'm afraid.

09-28-13, 07:28 PM	#1
Harmsway! XO Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 400 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Hey Skipjack you do go way back. Almost as far back as Sailor Steve. Who by the way is not real. Some years ago he was playing in a night club band when he decided to take a break and come down from the stage. Trying his hand at a nearby video machine he entered Ace of the Deep. He was suck into the underwater virtual world and was never been seen in the flesh again. Now he lives in these forums posting at any hour and at any moment. Its true. Check his post history. Seriously, why did you post in the SHO forum? The Silent Hunter series from SH3 through SH5 were all major disappointments upon release. I believe because our expectations were so high. Anyway all of them when modded are outstanding. Of course SH3 has the longest modding history and enjoys the best sim experience. While SH4 has the most options to choose from in that you can play in varoius American subs or in a German U-boat. Also you can be in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. Therefore it is my guess that SH4 has the most players at the moment. There is even a WIP to convert SH4 into WWI environment. My personnel favorite is SH5. The mods make it unbelievable with real navigation and an editable captains journal. SH5 has its limitations in that the modders have spent the first year fixing broken game elements but are now putting out some incredible stuff. The future for SH5 is favorable. You need a pretty high preforming rig to run SH5. Which means when I'm away on travel with my laptop I'm playing SH4. Lastly as already stated you can only play in one type of boat. In the end I think most of us are like me in that I play more then one of them. __________________ ----------------------- Gene SH5 Quick Start Guide

09-29-13, 10:34 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've created a furor? I don't do that. At least I try not to. Most of the time. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-14-13, 10:34 AM	#6
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	me back too, been a while! __________________ > > 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

10-14-13, 01:04 PM	#7
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	I don't do 'u boats' - I will not sink my own ships. US subs only I'm afraid. __________________ > > 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

10-12-13, 04:25 PM	#4
SilentOtto Engineer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BF79 Posts: 209 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Being an old salt, and also back today since a few months, I can't help but adding my (bad) experience today with SHO... Even though I was not too fond of the idea, well, you know, if you are a subsimmer, you'll eventually be interested in any new subsim. So I thought the thing should be rolling after all these months and why would I not give it a try? So I looked up my old uplay account, logged in and pressed "PLAY NOW", and ... nothing happens! Tried firefox, then chrome, and nothing. I happen to have a virtual box xp setup and yea, it works there but (as you would expect) slow as a snail and unusable. Well, seems that to run it in my linux system, I have to go through a quite long list of commands in order to set up manually google's flashplayer library, since for some reason it won't work. Damnit, it's just a flash web game! I've run LOTS of flash games, and had never found this kind of problem... flash is flash. I still have SH4 and SH5 running, with a lot of mods, in this linux box. I also play World of Tanks (what I have mostly played these last years). So, the little love I already had for SHO, plus this unexpected hassle, has helped me stay away from the "free to wait" model. I find it odd, and in a way, I find it as a sign that, as I thought, SHO is not for me! Sorry for the rant, and thanks for the space to express it... I guess age is making me bitterer Salute to all of you old salts!

10-12-13, 05:31 PM	#5
SilentOtto Engineer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BF79 Posts: 209 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Danke schön!!