Second thoughts on purchasing SH5

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Vecko
Its an age thing I am afraid, I do not always see what is there but what I think is there.
Its called having a senior moment.
I shall remove it of course and apologize.
Peter

[THEBERBSTER]

My apologies BL!TZKR!EG for misrepresenting what I read in your post.
Peter

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi BL!TZKR!EG
Thank you for that.
Peter

[alboverburn]

If you decide to buy, don't buy it from steam.
I purchased a key from g2a.com for $5.50, put the key into the uplay client and downloaded sh5 from the uplay client.

[Ashikaga]

Solved his problem.

No worries there xD


Ashikaga.

[maillemaker]

As was mentioned, if you play SH5, then don't buy the steam version. Buy it direct download from Amazon or something. It's usually like $10.

You have to mod it to be playable. Wolves of Steel megamod is very good, but I find the game still to be very flaky. I end up having to save game like every 5 minutes because I CTD so often. If you can limit yourself to 256 time compression or maybe 512 then you might avoid CTD issues but personally I cannot play the game that slowly - it is maddening. But any higher than 256 and you risk CTD which I get all the time.

However the graphics are much much better than SH3.

SH3 will play on a windows 7 machine just fine. I recommend GWX 3.0 with it.

Steve

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I end up having to save game like every 5 minutes because I CTD so often. If you can limit yourself to 256 time compression or maybe 512 then you might avoid CTD issues but personally I cannot play the game that slowly - it is maddening. But any higher than 256 and you risk CTD which I get all the time.

Sober has been recommending max x256 TC since first mods for SH5 so I really don't see anything new and strange here. SH5 low tolerance for high TC is a well know fact...

If you can't stand slow moving gameplay and "boring" patrols, you don't play modded SH5...Simple as that...

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

Hi Vecko
Its an age thing I am afraid, I do not always see what is there but what I think is there.
Its called having a senior moment.
I shall remove it of course and apologize.
Peter

Naaah... It's just that we saw a lot of threads with similar beginning but also with somewhat uglier ending...

A lot of Subsim veterans will always prefer SH3 and being SH3/4 veteran my self , I respect that...
However, You and I know better now. We know that properly modded SH5 can be also very (VERY) rewarding too , maybe even more rewarding than any previous SH title, especially with latest Enigma addon... However, it is not for everyone, that's for sure...It does require certain amount of reading, watching and computer savvy skills

I dont want to create to much fuzz about it, but if SkyBaron succeeded in his latest work, SH5 will officially become the most realistic and geekiest WWII submarine "simulator" (not the game) ever...

[Ashikaga]

That looks so awesome ! Hope he succeeds !

Have 1800 Euro to spend ?

http://www.tarnmilitaria.com/?product=15913

The guy has an IMMENSE collection of KM stuff.

Wish I was RICH.

[THEBERBSTER]

Hi Vecko
I totally agree with you.
SH3 has the heritage and SH5 has the bad boy image.
Those of us fortunately playing TWOS know that it can stand alongside anything that SH3 can through at it.
I play both LSH3-2015 and TWOS on alternative days usually.
The Enigma machine is not difficult to understand once you know what you are doing even for an old fart like me.
I wrote out and printed the PDF instructions so I would know each stage of the operation.
Peter

[gap]

Originally Posted by vdr1981

I dont want to create to much fuzz about it, but if SkyBaron succeeded in his latest work, SH5 will officially become the most realistic and geekiest WWII submarine "simulator" (not the game) ever...

Now WHAT's that?



I know for a fact tha SkyBaron is working on a new secret nazi sensor, and recently he has sent me a PM on german RADARs and RWRs, but the exact nature of his current research is still an ENIGMA to me

[SkyBaron]

Originally Posted by gap

I know for a fact tha SkyBaron is working on a new secret nazi sensor, and recently he has sent me a PM on german RADARs and RWRs, but the exact nature of his current research is still an ENIGMA to me

nothing secret. This will be a RDF simulation based on the real RDF receiver (Peilempfänger) used by Uboats to triangulate convoy communications, and other possible interesting uses later on -- radio navigation for example. More details once it's finished.

That RDF loop antenna will finally have an actual gameplay use in the SH series!

[gap]

Originally Posted by SkyBaron

nothing secret. This will be a RDF simulation based on the real RDF receiver (Peilempfänger) used by Uboats to triangulate convoy communications, and other possible interesting uses later on -- radio navigation for example. More details once it's finished.

That RDF loop antenna will finally have an actual gameplay use in the SH series!

Amazing!

I have noticed that the range-finder interface got a band selector. Is it really working, or you included it just for eye-candy? I ask so because no RADAR/RWR controller has a frequency-range setting, and this is a shame because it makes RWR upgrades utterly unrealistic in game. You get progressively higher detection ranges, whereas any new upgrade should earn you the possibility of detecting newest generation enemy RADAR's together with lesser chances to be detected due the emissions of the RWR itself, but at the cost of a reduced enemy detection range...

[vdr1981]

You guys are creating offtopic by posting constructive and interesting posts in yet another SH3 vs SH5 pointless thread...

[gap]

Originally Posted by vdr1981

You guys are creating offtopic by posting constructive and interesting posts in yet another SH3 vs SH5 pointless thread...