Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Mission Gamespot QA

[Ducimus]

Arrrhhh, matey's, we've sailed to the lands end of historical, and be entering the waters of fanciful fairytales .. Type 21's in the indian ocean, and logistical support that wasn't really there for everyone, pass em around me hardies! I can't wait to be spinning yarns about a type 21's sailing from penang, sinking hundreds upon thousands of tons with angels on their wings!



On the otherhand, i'll bet it makes em some money! Mo'money for them means more sub sims for us later!

[rascal101]

Yup looks like bucket loads of a-historical drivell, except, Yay Oh YAy think of the modding possibilities.

Any one seen that there fabled 1.4 patch

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Arrrhhh, matey's, we've sailed to the lands end of historical, and be entering the waters of fanciful fairytales .. Type 21's in the indian ocean, and logistical support that wasn't really there for everyone, pass em around me hardies! I can't wait to be spinning yarns about a type 21's sailing from penang, sinking hundreds upon thousands of tons with angels on their wings!



On the otherhand, i'll bet it makes em some money! Mo'money for them means more sub sims for us later!

[mrbeast]

Think my fears have been confirmed. I haven't got the foggiest idea why they have to waste their time with 'strategic options'.

Its completely a-historical and I think they could have better spent their time creating more ships and adding historical details to the existing game rather than making up new ones.

[Hartmann]

I like what are devs saying about modding, they give the "how to" to the community ,and i´m sure that moders will mod it as historic or use parts of it for other things.

Also could be interesting how they do the XXI boat (XVI ?) and if it have things fixed respect the sh3 version, like creep engines, correct battery, and other things.

it opens a full array of possibilities like sh3 with sh4 engine, and others.

A great future for sh4

[THE_MASK]

This is exactly what we need . We can mod it to be historical or leave it as is and it will be so fun to play . There is just something missing in SH4 . This will add that missing piece . Its the perfect idea .

[kiwi_2005]

I can't wait for this addon to come out, is it due early 2008?

[John Channing]

Originally Posted by mrbeast

Think my fears have been confirmed. I haven't got the foggiest idea why they have to waste their time with 'strategic options'.

Fun?

JCC

[Reaves]

DD: As of now, the strategic-support features are available only for the new German campaign in U-Boat Missions. However, there is nothing stopping enterprising modders from adding it to the U.S. campaign.

I think this is a bit slack TBH. Leaving it for the modders to do is not the right way to be thinking. They know adding the stregic-support to the original campaign would be a great idea yet they don't do it.



I'm still looking out for it but now I know i'll have to wait for someone to put the new features into the US fleet, thanks in advance to whoever that will be.

/shrug

[scrag]

I wish that they would make it an AXIS edition and input I Boats with the superior Japanese torpedoes - imagine having to set and launch a plane....Be pretty cool - a Type 21 in the Pac? Figure the odds. I know the Germans gave the Japanese a couple of U-Boats in which the Japanese did operate but HOPEFULLY we can see something really new vice something retooled.

[Hitman]

What I would like to know is if the expansion will also be some kind of 1.5 patch, i.e. if it will solve bugs or correct problems that still appear after patch 1.4 or if it will be just a contents addition no matter what bugs are still there after 1.4 :hmm: If it's the first case, I hope that stock SH4 users get a 1.5 patch that puts them in terms of game stability on par with the expansion users

[ReallyDedPoet]

To me the add-on and 1.4 are a bonus, I am enjoying the hell out of SH4 right now.


RDP

[tomoose]

....even got the 1.4 patch and the original sorted out yet!

[tonibamestre]

Great news of course but,what about if after the U boat addon they continue releasing some expansions more? They could give us control over the US Task Forces,command over the Enterprise,Hornet,Yorktown and Lex,so as to some destroyers,cruisers and battleships.

[swdw]

Originally Posted by Hitman

What I would like to know is if the expansion will also be some kind of 1.5 patch, i.e. if it will solve bugs or correct problems that still appear after patch 1.4 or if it will be just a contents addition no matter what bugs are still there after 1.4 :hmm: If it's the first case, I hope that stock SH4 users get a 1.5 patch that puts them in terms of game stability on par with the expansion users

Here's a quote from another interview- The minimal requirements have remained unchanged, because we have optimized the engine quite a little bit from release. Loading times are much shorter and memory usage is lower.
(emphasis added by me)

This is very cool.

Also

Originally Posted by leovamopire

No doubt it will open the game up to a lot more than has ever been seen or used in any of the SH releases over the years.
I am impressed with the new work and idea's big time!

Originally Posted by sober

This is exactly what we need . We can mod it to be historical or leave it as is and it will be so fun to play . There is just something missing in SH4 . This will add that missing piece . Its the perfect idea .

I think Leo and Sober have it right. Too many sims have struggled from focusing only on historical accuracy. The idea of opening it up so people can be historical fanatics or just have fun is a GOOD idea. Strategic elements will attract wargamers and other's that like games like command & conquer. This means more money for more addons (like a british sub release including the med and pacific)

I'll go even farther and utter an "ultimate heresy". There should be a "Hollywood" option that gives you a super boat with deadlier torpedos and guns, more damage points, lots of target opportunity, strategic command of fleets, and automatic patrol routes with waypoints like a flight sim that takes you from one action to another. Definitely NOT something a hard core gamer would like, but something my son's in their 20's would find lots of fun. Especially if they could become "Fleet Admiral high and mighty" while still commanding their sub.

Again this would be an OPTION that would increase marketability, still allow historical accuracy by not selecting it, and once again, bring in more money.

Flight sims caught on to this a long time ago. It's why they have arcade like play when all the realism options are turned off. Naval sims need to catch up (to the devs- hint hint)

[maerean_m]

Originally Posted by Hitman

What I would like to know is if the expansion will also be some kind of 1.5 patch, i.e. if it will solve bugs or correct problems that still appear after patch 1.4 or if it will be just a contents addition no matter what bugs are still there after 1.4 :hmm: If it's the first case, I hope that stock SH4 users get a 1.5 patch that puts them in terms of game stability on par with the expansion users

The add-on is the 1.5 patch and includes the 1.4 patch.