New Subsimmer, is this the game for me?

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Valadon!

[Fifi]

Hi Valadon,

SH5 is a good choice for sure if you have a powerfull pc.
Because to run The Wolves of Steel (TWOS) mod, it’s quite ram memory demanding … and an I5 at least is necessary.

SH5 is a very interesting simulation with plenty eye candy and action in campaigns furthermore with TWOS.
It sticks to real History of ww2 u boats.
I recommand you to read all Theberbster threads about how to install and play TWOS. (In the sticky ones, how to)

On other hand, you have SH4, wich is a very good simulation too!
Not so computer power demanding as SH5, and a lot less buggy (vanilla game)
It’s a blast too, and it’s about American submarine warfare in the pacific theater.
Submarines are a bit more moderns but really historical too.
You will have to get the u boat mission add on to get the latest version of the game, to be able to mod it with the majority of mods.
I highly suggest you to try the TMOWTW mod, wich is perfect for good entertainment.

I have both silent hunter installed, and I love both…
They both have good points and bad points, not the same…

[THEBERBSTER]

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Welcome to SubSim Valadon.

[XenonSurf]

If you are new to the SH series then I don't recommend to start with SH5, start with SH3 (Atlantic battle field) or with SH4 (Pacific battle field).
The reason is that SH5 is difficult to setup to run correctly, you need good computer knowledge and patience to read the numerous docs (or watching tutorial videos) for playing it without hassle. Note that there is no good 'overall' manual or documentation for SH5 outside of the sticky threads in the SH5 forum here, so you have to patiently browse and read...

SH3 and SH4 are more stable once you setup correctly (have at least 8GB RAM to run all megamods), but here also it's not an 'install-and-play' procedure, so you need to be patient...These games have good documentations and manuals to start you (also the mods).

IMO, the best way to get started with the SH series is to play SH3 + GWX3 mod which is the most stable with excellent documentation.

But yes, SH5 will pretty do all what you describe above with the TWoS megamod that you install over the stock game v. 1.2.0. Although it has a sort of autopilot called 'Automation feature' you need to give a lot of commands to your crew, walk through compartments of your sub etc. So it's for sure SLOWER than in Cold Waters, I'm not sure you like it, watch videos, but be prepared that most of them are outdated.


Good videos to watch:
stoianm1 videos on Youtube (can all be played like seen with TWoS mod)



Welcome,

[Valadon]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

My computer is more or less a top of the line gaming rig with 16 gigs of ram so I shouldn't have a problem running SH5...hopefully. I am also a computer tech and pretty comfortable with modding and it sounds like you guys have out together some good documentation on how to apply the mod so I am not too worried about that part.

However I think I slept though the sub command class in college so I am a bit worried about learning the game, especially with the mod. So maybe I will start with SH3 and work my way up. I am just a little worried that SH3 might not have aged that well. I will give it a try and see if I can get into it. I also love reading manuals and tutorials so I don't mind taking the time to learn SH5 as long is there are some good resources to read/watch.

So I'm off to start reading what THEBERBSTER has posted.

Thanks!

*Edit* After watching some youtube of SH3-5 I have decided to start with 4. It still looks somewhat decent, sounds like it plays pretty well. Plus I think it's American subs so I get a taste of that and then German subs when I move on to SH5. So I think I will play on somewhat easy mode on SH4 to get the hang of it, and then move to more full realism settings when I move to SH5.

[Captain_AJ]