Silent Hunter 4 Development Diary Part 3 - Page 2

Sailor Steve · 01-05-07, 11:36 AM

Schatten said it: it looks like they're on an insertion mission. If they really have special missions, complete with graphics to match, it's getting better and better.

Pants · 01-05-07, 12:06 PM

It's looking very nice, very nice indeed

Safe-Keeper · 01-05-07, 02:18 PM

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why were there marines on the deck of the sub at the end?

That'd be the commando insertion special mission.

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i really hope they're puttin as much time into the AI as they are with graphics and crew animations otherwise we'l end up with an eye candy game like SH3 was outa the box!

Really. Path-finding and friendly fire were both fairly pathetic in Silent Hunter III. Let's hope they'll get that fixed - which I'm sure they will

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I love the graphics, especially the different facial expressions in the concept sketches. Very, very good! Those troops look awesome!

But yes, graphics are secondary and do not matter a bit if game-play isn't good. So let's hope it is!

AS · 01-05-07, 10:32 PM

What impresses me most is the work they put into the crew... I mean, actually it´s just an eye-candy immersion feature...

What I really love is the sub interior. In some shots they are almost photorealistic. Great!

geetrue · 01-05-07, 11:48 PM

Makes me want to go sink some japs ...

Safe-Keeper · 01-06-07, 08:31 AM

I wonder if they've modelled damage effects such as flooding and fire, too.

Payoff · 01-14-07, 07:41 PM

This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII. I also noticed that each head model appears to have a clean shaven & a scruffy bearded look. I wonder if this will transition throughout a patrol. Did'nt U.S. Navy crews stay clean shaven on patrol? Maybe Sailor Steve can shed some light on this.

Hylander_1314 · 01-15-07, 12:03 AM

Now all we need are likenesses of Clark Gable, and Burt Lancaster.

Schatten · 01-15-07, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Hylander_1314

Now all we need are likenesses of Clark Gable, and Burt Lancaster.

Don't forget Cary Grant and Tony Curtis too.

Safe-Keeper · 01-15-07, 12:04 PM

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This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII.

Indeed. I also loved the chubby guy in the first interior screenshot released. Good work

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TDK1044 · 01-15-07, 12:37 PM

Looking at the gameplay and graphical enhancements, I think we can see just how good this game is going to be.

geetrue · 01-19-07, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Payoff

This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII. I also noticed that each head model appears to have a clean shaven & a scruffy bearded look. I wonder if this will transition throughout a patrol. Did'nt U.S. Navy crews stay clean shaven on patrol? Maybe Sailor Steve can shed some light on this.

Kind of hard to stay clean shaven without any fresh water and hot water would be preffered. In 63 (20 years later) they turned on the water once a day for about an hour on the USS Salmon (almost the last diesel boat).

If your weren't awake ... tough titty said the kitty, but six weeks is the longest patrol I had to make without water. You get use to the smell after awhile ... lol

The Fresh water stills made the water for coffee and keeping the engines cool ...
and that was all.

Later on in the late sixties I graduated to nuc's and you could grow a beard, but it had to be just right (no scraggly beards alowned) and you had to shave it as soon as we came in.

01-05-07, 11:36 AM	#16
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Schatten said it: it looks like they're on an insertion mission. If they really have special missions, complete with graphics to match, it's getting better and better. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-05-07, 12:06 PM	#17
Pants Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Atlantic Posts: 849 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	It's looking very nice, very nice indeed __________________ Ex GWX Dev Team member and proud GWX user

01-05-07, 10:32 PM	#19
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	What impresses me most is the work they put into the crew... I mean, actually it´s just an eye-candy immersion feature... What I really love is the sub interior. In some shots they are almost photorealistic. Great! __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

01-05-07, 11:48 PM	#20
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Makes me want to go sink some japs ... __________________

01-06-07, 08:31 AM	#21
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I wonder if they've modelled damage effects such as flooding and fire, too. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

01-14-07, 07:41 PM	#22
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	This is looking very good so far. I especially like the "average Joe" look of the crew, as opposed to the football player/body builder figures we have in SHIII. I also noticed that each head model appears to have a clean shaven & a scruffy bearded look. I wonder if this will transition throughout a patrol. Did'nt U.S. Navy crews stay clean shaven on patrol? Maybe Sailor Steve can shed some light on this. __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla

01-15-07, 12:03 AM	#23
Hylander_1314 Sea Lord Join Date: May 2006 Location: 5 Miles Inland West Of Lake Huron Posts: 1,936 Downloads: 139 Uploads: 0	Now all we need are likenesses of Clark Gable, and Burt Lancaster. __________________ A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law. -John Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---------------------

01-15-07, 12:37 PM	#26
TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Looking at the gameplay and graphical enhancements, I think we can see just how good this game is going to be.