Silent Hunter 4 patch v1.3: Where? When? What? - Page 6

Tim Wheatley · 05-19-07, 12:44 AM

Here is a quote from my SH4 review, which remarks on how I feel about the sim in it's 1.1 form. 1.2 makes the sim playable but I believe 1.3 is a requirement!

"I’m going to be blunt. Development studios have got to stop releasing unfinished products just so they can meet their release date. Ubisoft have released an unfinished product here and just days after release, they had a patch ready to go that still didn’t sort the problems. Ubisoft were obviously not prepared to wait for another month so the development team could get this patch into the release version and Ubisoft have released what in my opinion is a beta product not in any way ready for release. Before playing Silent Hunter 4 you must install the 1.1 patch or it is not worth buying (even with the 1.1 patch it is not a more immersive and comprehensive simulator than Silent Hunter 3 was), this review is of the 1.1 version."

http://www.timwheatley.org/2007/03/2...acific-review/

Chooky88 · 05-19-07, 12:50 AM

You owe it to your loyal customers. The way I see it, these are NOT major problems.

It's a moral and legal responsibility to fix this game to the required and advertised standard.

trident · 05-19-07, 01:43 AM

I agree too. The game really needs a 1.3 patch. All issues in previous threads make this otherwise great game an annoyance to play. Especially the inactive destroyers and cruisers in task forces.

trident

IRONxMortlock · 05-19-07, 02:44 AM

Signed

I completely agree

drEaPer · 05-19-07, 03:19 AM

/Signed!!

print1391 · 05-19-07, 03:40 AM

Please please please give us patch 1.3.........

The game really needs this to finish it. It's such a shame because it could be excellent

Grey Area · 05-19-07, 03:49 AM

After the SH3 debacle regarding patches, I have held off buying SH4 until it's reported that it works as advertised.

Therefore UBI you are losing revenue by rolling out incomplete products as unless you prove yourselves, I will not buy another UBI product.

Sort the game out, and I'll buy it; simple.

/signed.

Eric75 · 05-19-07, 04:05 AM

I agree,we need a patch to solve the important remaining problem.
For the moment I don't want to play this game without the problem fixed.

flickjax · 05-19-07, 04:27 AM

This is a good game that could be great...come on Ubisoft

lokkers · 05-19-07, 04:43 AM

Agreed - software houses seem to release BETA products nowadays with the view that they can patch them up to GOLD once the money comes in. This isn't the right approach at all - GOLD products should be the only ones released after proper BETA testing. Consumers shouldn't have to pay £20-40 for the dubious honour of BETA testing unfinished products. UBI aren't alone in this (DICE/EA and Activision anyone?) but I too can remember playing games that needed one patch several months later to fix obscure niggling bugs, not immediate patching to fix show stoppers.

If you're gonna do it, do it properly!

(EDIT: First post on this forum and it's a rant - a first for me!)

U2222 · 05-19-07, 05:07 AM

As Neil says, there are issues to be resolved to make SH4 run the way we expect it to. Please sort it out for us Ubisoft.

Rick Martin · 05-19-07, 05:47 AM

I concur wholeheartedly with Neal's comments and suggestions. These are relatively small but important problems that need to be addressed. One more patch should bring the game up to where it should have been when released. The modders can then work on really great "Nice to have" mods to tweak the game.
By the way, been using Imperial measures but have been setting the fish to run shallow rather than under the keel. Seems to help also have the 25% increased torpedo mod and the explosions are great. For mods like that I try them out on the Naval academy. Needed 4 or five torpedos to sink the cruiser but have done it with three. Yes, UBI Soft please do the next patch and fix the game. Its pretty good now but needs those final few fixes to really set it right......."Haze gray, and Underway"

LW_Vector · 05-19-07, 05:53 AM

Please please Please please Please please Please please Please please Please please Please please patch me up

JCWolf · 05-19-07, 05:58 AM

This is a request from all of us,
so I can only say, that I agree with every each one
who posted and will post here since
this game needs a lot more improvement and file
fixes then normal....

Rush its the enemy of perfection!

Totalu support this thread purpose and objective!

wonderstoat · 05-19-07, 06:04 AM

I agree! This game is 80% there. But certain fundamentals need fixed before the modders can take it and make it a truly great game - a la GWX.

Ubisoft - you have a remarkable resource here - a bunch of borderline nutters who will devote hundreds of man-hours to modding, providing huge replay potential and spreading the word for future SH incarnations.

Please please leave us with a game in a state that can support this!

Wonderstoat.

05-19-07, 12:50 AM	#2
Chooky88 Swabbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Come On UBISOFT You owe it to your loyal customers. The way I see it, these are NOT major problems. It's a moral and legal responsibility to fix this game to the required and advertised standard. __________________ Chooky U75/29th Flotilla

05-19-07, 01:43 AM	#3
trident Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 7 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	Herr I agree too. The game really needs a 1.3 patch. All issues in previous threads make this otherwise great game an annoyance to play. Especially the inactive destroyers and cruisers in task forces. trident __________________ Ralf Karlsson

05-19-07, 02:44 AM	#4
IRONxMortlock Watch Officer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 339 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Signed I completely agree __________________ GWX Careers Oberleutnant Walter Pasche - 10th flotila - Feb 1 1942~June 30 1942 - 33 ships sunk for 308020tons - KIA (DC attack). Kapitanleutnant Karl Brauch - 1st flotila - Sep 5 1939~

05-19-07, 05:47 AM	#12
Rick Martin Watch Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter IV patch 1.3 needed I concur wholeheartedly with Neal's comments and suggestions. These are relatively small but important problems that need to be addressed. One more patch should bring the game up to where it should have been when released. The modders can then work on really great "Nice to have" mods to tweak the game. By the way, been using Imperial measures but have been setting the fish to run shallow rather than under the keel. Seems to help also have the 25% increased torpedo mod and the explosions are great. For mods like that I try them out on the Naval academy. Needed 4 or five torpedos to sink the cruiser but have done it with three. Yes, UBI Soft please do the next patch and fix the game. Its pretty good now but needs those final few fixes to really set it right......."Haze gray, and Underway" __________________ Rick the swabbie

05-19-07, 05:53 AM	#13
LW_Vector Nub Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	patch me Please please Please please Please please Please please Please please Please please Please please patch me up

05-19-07, 12:44 AM	#1
Tim Wheatley Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here is a quote from my SH4 review, which remarks on how I feel about the sim in it's 1.1 form. 1.2 makes the sim playable but I believe 1.3 is a requirement! "I’m going to be blunt. Development studios have got to stop releasing unfinished products just so they can meet their release date. Ubisoft have released an unfinished product here and just days after release, they had a patch ready to go that still didn’t sort the problems. Ubisoft were obviously not prepared to wait for another month so the development team could get this patch into the release version and Ubisoft have released what in my opinion is a beta product not in any way ready for release. Before playing Silent Hunter 4 you must install the 1.1 patch or it is not worth buying (even with the 1.1 patch it is not a more immersive and comprehensive simulator than Silent Hunter 3 was), this review is of the 1.1 version." http://www.timwheatley.org/2007/03/2...acific-review/

05-19-07, 03:19 AM	#5
drEaPer Navy Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 176 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	/Signed!!

05-19-07, 03:40 AM	#6
print1391 Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Please please please give us patch 1.3......... The game really needs this to finish it. It's such a shame because it could be excellent

05-19-07, 03:49 AM	#7
Grey Area Watch Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 16 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	After the SH3 debacle regarding patches, I have held off buying SH4 until it's reported that it works as advertised. Therefore UBI you are losing revenue by rolling out incomplete products as unless you prove yourselves, I will not buy another UBI product. Sort the game out, and I'll buy it; simple. /signed.

05-19-07, 04:05 AM	#8
Eric75 Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I agree,we need a patch to solve the important remaining problem. For the moment I don't want to play this game without the problem fixed.

05-19-07, 04:27 AM	#9
flickjax Bilge Rat Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is a good game that could be great...come on Ubisoft

05-19-07, 04:43 AM	#10
lokkers Nub Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Agreed - software houses seem to release BETA products nowadays with the view that they can patch them up to GOLD once the money comes in. This isn't the right approach at all - GOLD products should be the only ones released after proper BETA testing. Consumers shouldn't have to pay £20-40 for the dubious honour of BETA testing unfinished products. UBI aren't alone in this (DICE/EA and Activision anyone?) but I too can remember playing games that needed one patch several months later to fix obscure niggling bugs, not immediate patching to fix show stoppers. If you're gonna do it, do it properly! (EDIT: First post on this forum and it's a rant - a first for me!)

05-19-07, 05:07 AM	#11
U2222 Sparky Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: High Peak, UK Posts: 156 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	As Neil says, there are issues to be resolved to make SH4 run the way we expect it to. Please sort it out for us Ubisoft.

05-19-07, 05:58 AM	#14
JCWolf Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain , Crossing Gibraltar! Posts: 2,292 Downloads: 202 Uploads: 1	This is a request from all of us, so I can only say, that I agree with every each one who posted and will post here since this game needs a lot more improvement and file fixes then normal.... Rush its the enemy of perfection! Totalu support this thread purpose and objective! __________________ JCWolf Mediafire SHIII Page User name : JCWolf Password : stefre@jcm

05-19-07, 06:04 AM	#15
wonderstoat Nub Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I agree! This game is 80% there. But certain fundamentals need fixed before the modders can take it and make it a truly great game - a la GWX. Ubisoft - you have a remarkable resource here - a bunch of borderline nutters who will devote hundreds of man-hours to modding, providing huge replay potential and spreading the word for future SH incarnations. Please please leave us with a game in a state that can support this! Wonderstoat.