SH5 Wishlist

[Hunter]

1) Historicaly based operations and traffic
2) More classes of British, German, US, Italian and French battleships, criuser, CVs and destroyers for them.

[Dowly]

Immersion is a big part of my gaming enjoyement so
- Growing beards!!
- Better sea-boat interaction, I want to feel the darn boat riding the wave and eventually falling down to the bottom of the wave!
- Storms! Not them pansy ones we have in SH3/4, but huge storms!
- Weather model that allows the player to use weather for means of escape/stealth (moving rainclouds yaadiyaa).
- Better damage model for the boat and ships. Maybe do something like IL2 has atm. Ow and better DM for visual and gameplay that is.

Carry on!

[Schultz]

-Better metal deformation when a U-boat is hit by a depth charge
-When a compartiment is flooding we should see the water
-When the sub is hit by a charge, for example of a damage, it should have some fuel leakage and starts a fire.

[Arclight]

-Ability to order the sealing of compartments to stop the spread of flooding to other compartments. That means having to make life or death decisions: seal immediatly to save the boat, thereby dooming crew still inside, or evacuate first while risking catastrofic flooding, and/or not being able to seal the compartment anymore due to excessive force of water flow.


-Mutinies.
-Keelhauling/walking the plank/setting adrift to retaliate against mutinous crew.
-The ability to inappropriately flush the head, thereby flooding the boat with feces.
-Getting a papercut by mishandling sea-charts.
-Not being able to light a cigarette on the cigarette-deck in the middle of a winter storm.
-Getting food-poisoning from improperly stored sausages.
-Falling overboard.

Simply put, like Dowly said, immersion.

[IanC]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

I only have a few requests...

1) Death to the Notepad!
I don't want to be bound to some silly notepad-ish sorta thing for target data. Just leave that out and let us work the dials in some nice consoldated attack-map type area and I'll be happy.

2) Dual Monitor Windowed Support
Like maybe nav map on one monitor and another view on a different monitor.

3) Give us a way to interact with the game.
We like to build tools (like MoBo and SH Commander, etc) but we have limited ability to interact at runtime. Can we use a search pattern as a variable that we can define mid game with a different app and then be able to access it while playing? I could develop nav routes and intercept courses and have them all saved, and then just push a button to import them into the game. All I need is one of those search pattern slots that would read the data at runtime instead of initialized at game load.

That's it for me...

Death to notepad? Dual monitor windowed support?

Jesus give us dynamic radio communications and wolpacks!

[XLjedi]

Originally Posted by IanC

Death to notepad? Dual monitor windowed support?

Jesus give us dynamic radio communications and wolpacks!

Sort of intended it to be a thread people could add a few of their wishes to, as opposed to bashing others.

I could care less about radio comms and wolfpacks; that's not why I play the game.

[IanC]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

Sort of intended it to be a thread people could add a few of their wishes to, as opposed to bashing others.

I could care less about radio comms and wolfpacks; that's not why I play the game.

Umm... First of all I wasn't "bashing" you, and 2nd; you couldn't care less about radio comms and wolfpacks?

[XLjedi]

Bashing; I use the term loosly to describe belittling or demeaning intent.

You've suggested that 2 of my ideas are not as worthy of consideration as dodgy AI wolfpack implementations or talking on a radio with a sim.

I'd trade every item listed on this thread in exchange for the third item on my list. And I would happily have the devs completely ignore your suggstions to avoid a notepad (SH3) or input dial (SH4) or who knows what other restrictive environment for data entry they might try to impose upon commanders in SH5. I just want unhindered access to entering my data for firing solutions.

My preferences are geared toward unhindered data entry, immersive display enhancements, and interactivity. I think at least 2 of the 3 should be easy to accomplish.

[IanC]

Originally Posted by aaronblood

Bashing; I use the term loosly to describe belittling or demeaning intent.

You've suggested that 2 of my ideas are not as worthy of consideration as dodgy AI wolfpack implementations or talking on a radio with a sim.

I'd trade every item listed on this thread in exchange for the third item on my list. And I would happily have the devs completely ignore your suggstions to avoid a notepad (SH3) or input dial (SH4) or who knows what other restrictive environment for data entry they might try to impose upon commanders in SH5. I just want unhindered access to entering my data for firing solutions.

My preferences are geared toward unhindered data entry, immersive display enhancements, and interactivity. I think at least 2 of the 3 should be easy to accomplish.

You would rather the devs skip on dynamic radio communication and wolfpacks in favor of not having a notepad or input dial?? I don't even know how to answer that... that makes absolutely zero sense to me. Have you ever played Aces of the Deep (I'm guessing no), wolfpacks and dynamic comms pushed the sim through the roof for immersion, having the feeling that you're in a real war with other U-boats. A feeling SHIII sorely lacked. I want that Aces feeling back for SH5. Your ideas are good, but not before wolfpacks for crying out loud!
Anyways, I don't want to go back and forth with you, this is my last post.

[THE_MASK]

The only thing i hope for in SH5 is a better polished product in the version 1 . More patches if needed . Its early days but it looks like the devs are on the right course . cheers devs

[Payoff]

* A sonar operator who can hear every contact I can hear all of the time. No more " no sound contact sir " with destroyers bearing down on you.

* Incremental rudder keyboard commands such as SHII. Some of us like to use voice commands and good keyboard commands are the key.

* Nightclub or something similar when in port to add immersion and learn of hot grid squares or new enemy tactics.

* Moddable crew responses or comments. If the crew are going to make a limited number of comments to you as you walk past, perhaps we could add some of our own. Much like the radio stations in SH4.

* A real working enigma machine. Could be like a mini game to kill time if you choose. Maybe select messages could be " for captains eyes only ".



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[thruster]

my wishes are fairly basic, but they all go towards enhancing the realism and personalisation of the game.
-i want a flag on my boat. it would be nice to be able to lower it too, but i want one.
-it would be great to be able to fly victory pennants
-a big one here: i dont want my medals in a box! i suggest a uniform shirt and jacket on a hanger on the wall in the captains bunk [all ready for next time in port]. the medals would be placed on the jacket and could be seen from inside the boat whilst playing. i would also like a captains cap on the table from the bunk view. a cap is a very personal thing so it would be great to select a cap style too.
-i would like lots of posters and pics in the crew areas that can be modded as i want.
-i would like a camera view, from a seated position in the control room near the watertight door, so i can pan the view to the sonar operator, yet still be in the control room.
-i want to be able to control dive planes and individual screws. also be able to operate batteries whilst surfaced.
-wolfpacks: i suggest after radioing in a sighted convoy radio traffic is generated and random attacks occur on your convoy. this would also divert escorts. more times radioed perhaps more random attacks.
-random damage and breakdowns, worse with heavier/fast usage. also increasing as war goes on. also it would be great if my boat became duller and rusty the longer i was out there.
-the ability to man the AA guns whilst decks awash, and good periscope sentries whilst under snorkel.
-a manual targetting tutorial that is aimed at the absolute idiot [me, ive never understood it].

thanks.

[The Bandit]

Is it just me or do I remember SH2 giving you independent control over propulsion (you could run on electric motors on the surface) and I also remember after extended periods at flank speed they would overheat. Another neat thing I remember about SH2 is that if you tried to go into a gun fight usually after the first or second hit your OOW would say that the pressure hull was breeched and you had to surface. Some stuff like that I would like to see back. Now, one thing I would really like to see, some of you mentioned beards growing on the crew, well how about WEATHERING on the boat, you start off a patrol looking nice with a new paint job, then as the weeks go by you start to get rusting and then when you pull back in its time for a paint job. it doesn't have to be painstakingly realistic (like 8 different rates of weathering, but 3 or 4 would be nice). One thing I would also like to see is MORE UBOATs. I want a VIIA, or a IA, and most importantly a XXXIII for once!!!! Not like this is going to happen but eventually I would love to see a sequel to Destroyer Command come out. Some of the control you had in that game was GREAT (being able to light or extinguish boilers to build up speed or save fuel) and it would be great to see the full on surface warfare that you could pull off with such a great looking game engine. Honestly I would have settled for SH4's graphics as long as it has the game play. Also I really thing a Convoy Commander type game would be great, you have to decide what tactics your escorts take, how they are deployed, equipped and what to do when under attack. I know I am going on and on here but I would also love to see the Royal Navy as a playable side, so you can experience the Battle of the Atlantic from the other side for a change. Also a useful feature from SH4 Uboat missions that would be nice to see is if you are playing as the Allies you may be able to whistle up a Sunderland or a Liberator or to give you some air cover. The possibilities are endless.

Edit: That decks awash idea is pretty good thruster, that would be nice to see, you can dive faster and are harder to spot but you pay for it with the loss in speed and reduced detection range due to the lookouts not being able to see as far because the boat is lower in the water.

Playble XXI and XXIII electro boat.
More dynamic campain including historycal missions for some Uboats.
Ability to pick and change Captain face.
Ability to pick up survivors and deliver them somewhere safe in early stages of war and until given orders not to.
More advanced BDU in single player.
AI in late stages of war will be able to pick Uboat radio signals (if player not careful).
AI Submarine, torpidoes with some brain. (If they won`t include Wolfpacks atleast modders can add thise future later on).
Ability to become BDU in multiplayer (can be done if done right).

[pluskat]

I will buy a new computer just for SH5 but most of
all I want a yellow submarine,this is a must .