Aimlessly drifting at sea! Need help with technical issues ect

[Gunnarr]

I have not played the Silent Hunter games since I was a young teenager. I wanted to play them again, I have Silent Hunter III, and Silent Hunter IV Wolves of the Pacific. I remember from my childhood that Silent Hunter IV crashed a lot, very buggy. So we never played it much.

I didn't even know what mods were back then either.

So, here I am. Thinking to play again, I saw it on my CD rack and thought it sounded like a good idea. I have windows 7, and 1920x1080 resolution.

First, I do not know which game to play. 3 or 4. Personally I find the pacific theatre more interesting for me, (or maybe it was because my brother was obsessed with Germans it made me want to be different...) but I feel if it still is not a good game I can play Silent Hunter 3.

So here are my questions.

1. Which game should I play? 3 or 4? I would play it modded now that I know how well mods improve games. Is 3 still better overall?

2. When I tried installing Silent Hunter 3, it showed something to install checked "windows media 9 codecs" I do not know what this is. Should I leave this checked?

3. After installing, is there a way to play in my 1920x1080 resolution? I have a laptop which has a smaller resolution, but it overheats a lot... and it is not a very standard resolution on it either from what I remember, but might be wrong (least it was not a standard resolution on Railroad Tycoon 3!)

4. Eventually, I will need help picking mods to install for SH 3 or 4 , depending on which I play first.

Guess that is all the questions for now. Thank you for your time, and sorry if this is a bad place to post this, I didnt see a "General Silent Hunter Discussion" subforum

[bstanko6]

Just my opinion on which you should play, it's SH3! I love 3 because the mods are better, and vast. I love the Atlantic campaign. You are essentially the bad boy. The trouble maker... I mean your boss is Hitler!!! Need I say more! You are out to starve an island continent to make war!

[Gunnarr]

Originally Posted by bstanko6

Just my opinion on which you should play, it's SH3! I love 3 because the mods are better, and vast. I love the Atlantic campaign. You are essentially the bad boy. The trouble maker... I mean your boss is Hitler!!! Need I say more! You are out to starve an island continent to make war!

I like playing good guys though! I can pretend to be a bad guy as well , of course... sink those liberty ships!!! maybe I just find fighting the British boring... but it does not matter too much, I am mostly interested in which has the best gameplay (when including mods). So it is still silent hunter 3?

[bstanko6]

I always thought so. but just wait, a lot of guys will respond to this and give u a 4 is better speech.

[pedalboat]

Why not play both?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Gunnarr

1. Which game should I play? 3 or 4? I would play it modded now that I know how well mods improve games. Is 3 still better overall?

SH4 is more stable and has improvements that I think are cool. SH3 has had the benefit of many talented people creating many great mods. I use a supermod plus a laundry list of other mods longer than my arm. For SH4 I'm able to use fewer mods, but if more were available I would certainly use many of them as well. Most of the mods I like aren't really necessary, adding visual and audio extras that make it better for me.

2. When I tried installing Silent Hunter 3, it showed something to install checked "windows media 9 codecs" I do not know what this is. Should I leave this checked?

I do. It doesn't seem to harm anything, so I figure I might as well let it run.

3. After installing, is there a way to play in my 1920x1080 resolution? I have a laptop which has a smaller resolution, but it overheats a lot... and it is not a very standard resolution on it either from what I remember, but might be wrong (least it was not a standard resolution on Railroad Tycoon 3!)

There are widescreen mods available. I don't use any of them. Is there stretching? Probably, but I've never noticed it.

4. Eventually, I will need help picking mods to install for SH 3 or 4 , depending on which I play first.

You have only to ask. There are many (myself included) who love to spout of about this, that or the other favorite.

Guess that is all the questions for now. Thank you for your time, and sorry if this is a bad place to post this, I didnt see a "General Silent Hunter Discussion" subforum

This is the perfect place. When you're ready to play SH4 you can ask the same technical questions on that forum.

Originally Posted by bstanko6

Just my opinion on which you should play, it's SH3! I love 3 because the mods are better, and vast. I love the Atlantic campaign. You are essentially the bad boy. The trouble maker... I mean your boss is Hitler!!! Need I say more! You are out to starve an island continent to make war!

No, your boss is Dönitz. He was a U-boatman in the last war, not an infantryman, and knows how we think. We're not the bad guys, we're just a bunch of sailors doing what we're told. Is the fact that we have fun doing it our fault?

Originally Posted by Gunnarr

but it does not matter too much, I am mostly interested in which has the best gameplay (when including mods). So it is still silent hunter 3?

Actually they are very similar, being the same game at heart. As I said earlier, SH4 has improved routines and better graphics, whereas SH3 still is way ahead in the available mods department.

Originally Posted by bstanko6

I always thought so. but just wait, a lot of guys will respond to this and give u a 4 is better speech.

SH4 is better.

Originally Posted by pedalboat

Why not play both?

I do.

Sorry for quoting everything on the page, but there were things in every post that I wanted to address.

[UKönig]

Originally Posted by bstanko6

Just my opinion on which you should play, it's SH3! I love 3 because the mods are better, and vast. I love the Atlantic campaign. You are essentially the bad boy. The trouble maker... I mean your boss is Hitler!!! Need I say more! You are out to starve an island continent to make war!

You make a pretty good point!

I like to hit the exterior view, and play AC'DCs "Big guns" ...fitting tribute. Y'all should give it a try some time, if you're able.

[GoldenRivet]

"I remember from my childhood" he says in reference to SH3/4

Wow

I feel old

Of course SH3 was released 10 years ago. Sh4 not long after that. So yes guys... A game we enjoy very much today could be played by a 21 year old bar buddy who was just 11 years old when he first fired a torpedo in SH3

Dang

[Climbingdad]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

... I use a supermod plus a laundry list of other mods longer than my arm. ...

I would love to see your list of SH3 Mods.

[Sailor Steve]

This is as it stands at this moment:

Current Mods:

Permanently Installed:
GWX 3.0
Hardcode Fixes - h.sie
GWX 3 Wil, St Naz and Schluese and other units v7 - Bigboywooly
New Lorient - Alfred Keitzer
Remove GWX Compass - ichso
Simfeeling 6-Dials Mod - FLB-Sale_U-999
Anschütz Kompass - Leitender
Open Hatch Mod - Diving Duck
New Interiors 2.1D - FlakMonkey
Open Hatch Conning Deck Cam Fix - Diving Duck
TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra Ships
Assisted Plotting Mod - Observer
Waterstream+Exhaust Kombimod v2.3 - Rubini/Racerboy/h.sie
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi - Single Exhaust for Type II - rs77
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod-1.1 - Iambecomelife
SH4 Maptools for SH3 - Latemail
GWX DFa Flags and Pennants 2010 - Anvart
FM30_UpDown - Anvart
FM NI Fix for FM30 UpDown - FlakMonkey
h.sie's Colored Hull Integrity Indicator
Sound My Way - From several sound mods
.....Das Boot Sound Mod SH3 - Sailor Steve, based on
.....'Projeckt Schwertfisch', by the SH2 modders
.....DBSM SH3 Speech Fix - Sailor Steve
.....Ultimate Aircraft Sounds - AOTD_MadMax
.....Spirit of Machines - Einbecker
.....Torpedo Fire (German) v1.02 - Ktl_KUrtz
Das Boot Officers - AILantic
Small Moon - AILantic
No Rank on Crew - Dertien
Das Boot Clothes - lafeeverted
Clean Nav Map - Don't know
English-To-German Names - Phoenix3000
Historically Accurate U-Boat Emblems - Conus
Halo Not Visible Through Body - Anvart
Port People - Pascal
Realistic Blueprint Damage Screens - Pascal
Remove Station Labels
SH3 Color Icons - Capt. Teach
Modified Searchlight Beams - OneLifeCrisis
U-Boat Bases Map with New St. Nazaire - meduza
Head 04 Fix - Anvart
SH3 Officer Faces
Aces' Modified Headphones
Aces' Crew On Deck Stand Alone GWX
Clearsky Clouds - Rubini
A-I Class Destroyers - The Frog
J-Z Class Destroyers - The Frog
Torpedo Damage Final - Ocean Blue
Tuddley's Barracks Screen
GWX Turm Lights Fix - Privateer/Jimbuna
KB's Diesel Sound Mod - kristenburnout
No Continuous 'Ship Spotted'
Torpedoraum Typ II - MCHALO12
Seabed Repair Mod - Mikhayl
Searchlights Removed - schlechter pfennig
SH4 Effects for SH3 - Racerboy/TheDarkWraith
Merchant Fleet Mod - Iambecomelife
Rick's Alternate Rec Manual - Rik007

JSGME:
SH5 Water for GWX 0.9 20 Km - Rik007
Type VIIa Features - Wreford-Brown
VIIB Early War Skin - Sledgehammer427
Type IIb AI Camo - Sean (changed to IIA)

SH3 Commander:
Ship Names Mod - Sailor Steve
Loading Screens Mod - Sailor Steve
Variable Trim, Variable Torpedo Depth, Variable BdU Judgement
on Neutral Sinkings - all by BigWalleye

Always reinstall My SH3 Files:
Cameras
Commands_en
Dials
EngNames.cfg
Menu_1024_768.ini

S3D:
Adjust Optics Parameters

Tools:
SH3 Commander - JScones
SH3 Weather - Sqweetis
SH3 Contacts - Nicolás

Note: 'Permanently Installed' means that I installed those items one-at-a-time with JSGME, tested them, uninstalled them and put them back in manually and tested again. I had a failure doing that this time, and they are all installed with JSGME and seem to be doing fine. 'JSGME' refers to mods that I remove depending on what year it is. 'Always reinstall' involves keeping a copy of those files already finalized in a safe place, so I don't have to go back and fiddle with them each time I have to reinstall the game.

To understand just how many times I've completely junked SH3 and started over from scratch see this thread.

This time I've made a copy of the entire setup and put it in a safe place. The next time I have to reinstall everything I'm hoping to just copy that finished version into the new folder and have it work. I'm not confident about it.

[Aktungbby]

Gunnarr! @ Sailor Steve: your clearcut mod list looks great. Enough to inspire me to get SHIII and mod it! MANY THANKS and probably for the lurkers out there too!

[Climbingdad]

Thanks Steve! Quite the impressive list indeed.

Now to spend the next few hours searching and reading about those on the list I haven't seen before (80%)....

Gotta love SH3!

[banryu79]

Originally Posted by Climbingdad

Thanks Steve! Quite the impressive list indeed.

Now to spend the next few hours searching and reading about those on the list I haven't seen before (80%)....

Gotta love SH3!

Eh, watch out, with the "Sailor Steve" method you run the risk to spent more time on reading about mods and modding the game rather than actually playing it!!

Btw, I suggest you to start with a big mod (GWX or NYGM or LSH or others... see my sign) and little set of carefully selected mods to apply over it and give it a go! Try to play your first career, starting from tne initial years (1939 or 1940) and build up some experience in intercepting and sinking alone merchants and small convoys while developing some feelings in how to fool the escorts...

[THEBERBSTER]

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[THEBERBSTER]

A Belated Warm Welcome To The Subsim Community > Climbingdad