Worth a try

Huskalar · 10-18-07, 05:16 PM

Welcome to Subsim, Kaleun Capa!

Capa · 10-18-07, 05:49 PM

Ah yes, "Hi", that's what I forgot.

I've been playing DW and it's definitely better than I'd expected. It is difficult, but I sort of expected that. It's definitely interesting having to perform a math exams' worth of analyzing and calculating just to be able to launch a weapon. I've died countless times, blown up several cruise liners and fishermen by accident, and completed a grand total of one mission successfully, but it's still great fun.

I'll probably get into this and be content, but at some point I'll probably pick up SHIII if I see it at a decent price. Considering there are only two or three worthy naval sims out there having two of the best can't hurt, and if it doesn't work I'll keep it on the shelf til I upgrade.

Thanks for the replies.

XKiller · 10-19-07, 10:53 AM

Worth a try? Sure, man!

I'm running heavily modified stock SH3 on 1.8ghz, 256mb RAM and GeForce3 Ti 200.
Overall smoothly running with low particles setting and if there are not to many ships around, but the loading times are evil. Be sure to cancel all programs that are not needed before loading the game (like virus-killers). I have only 14 processes running in the background when starting SH3. Try to save RAM wherever you can, f.e. try to use no high-res textures and delete the intro movies.

Good Luck

Capa · 10-20-07, 09:42 PM

I got the game today and I am in love. This is without a doubt one of the best games I've ever played.

I spent about four hours clumsily doing my first patrol and finding no targets or convoys at all, but I think that's because I didn't really go out of my way to identify anything on the way to my sector, which was empty. I assumed I was meant to behave and just run along to my patrol and then the game would crudely generate a convoy or something, but it's clearly better than that.

The only flaw I've bumped into is that the war ended after my first patrol and my last save was too far back to bother reloading. The game runs fine, but the tips above helped a lot (good post) and I've trimmed up a lot of the config files. There is a graphic artifact that flickers on the center horizon on deck though, but only through naked eye.

Hopefully I'll get better at manual aiming and plotting contacts/attacks. Anyone know of a good base level tutorial? The Naval Academy missions are good, but the things that confuse me are tactics, common patrol procedure and just generally how people play the game. I'm twitchy and indecisive and find myself randomly checking different things or adjusting depth but for no real reason because I don't know what a normal cruise depth is or how often I should be dropping down to listen.

This whole U-boatery thing is getting to me. I'm going to go and watch Das Boot - Directors Cut.

10-19-07, 10:53 AM	#3
XKiller Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 12 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Worth a try? Sure, man! I'm running heavily modified stock SH3 on 1.8ghz, 256mb RAM and GeForce3 Ti 200. Overall smoothly running with low particles setting and if there are not to many ships around, but the loading times are evil. Be sure to cancel all programs that are not needed before loading the game (like virus-killers). I have only 14 processes running in the background when starting SH3. Try to save RAM wherever you can, f.e. try to use no high-res textures and delete the intro movies. Good Luck __________________

10-18-07, 05:16 PM	#1
Huskalar Ensign Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 221 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 0	Welcome to Subsim, Kaleun Capa!

10-18-07, 05:49 PM	#2
Capa A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ah yes, "Hi", that's what I forgot. I've been playing DW and it's definitely better than I'd expected. It is difficult, but I sort of expected that. It's definitely interesting having to perform a math exams' worth of analyzing and calculating just to be able to launch a weapon. I've died countless times, blown up several cruise liners and fishermen by accident, and completed a grand total of one mission successfully, but it's still great fun. I'll probably get into this and be content, but at some point I'll probably pick up SHIII if I see it at a decent price. Considering there are only two or three worthy naval sims out there having two of the best can't hurt, and if it doesn't work I'll keep it on the shelf til I upgrade. Thanks for the replies.

10-20-07, 09:42 PM	#4
Capa A-ganger Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got the game today and I am in love. This is without a doubt one of the best games I've ever played. I spent about four hours clumsily doing my first patrol and finding no targets or convoys at all, but I think that's because I didn't really go out of my way to identify anything on the way to my sector, which was empty. I assumed I was meant to behave and just run along to my patrol and then the game would crudely generate a convoy or something, but it's clearly better than that. The only flaw I've bumped into is that the war ended after my first patrol and my last save was too far back to bother reloading. The game runs fine, but the tips above helped a lot (good post) and I've trimmed up a lot of the config files. There is a graphic artifact that flickers on the center horizon on deck though, but only through naked eye. Hopefully I'll get better at manual aiming and plotting contacts/attacks. Anyone know of a good base level tutorial? The Naval Academy missions are good, but the things that confuse me are tactics, common patrol procedure and just generally how people play the game. I'm twitchy and indecisive and find myself randomly checking different things or adjusting depth but for no real reason because I don't know what a normal cruise depth is or how often I should be dropping down to listen. This whole U-boatery thing is getting to me. I'm going to go and watch Das Boot - Directors Cut.