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Old 09-10-19, 08:26 PM   #1
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I would like to hear guidance on what subsim I should look at where I only perform the duties of a sub skipper. I don't want to micromanage each station. I want to give commands for the boat or to my officer(s) and let them and their subordinates do their job(s). I hope this make sense?

FYI - I am using Silent Hunter 5, but I am open to other possibilities.

Any suggestions?

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Old 09-12-19, 04:16 PM   #2
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A lot of the older sims were pretty much limited to one position.
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Old 09-13-19, 07:54 AM   #3
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With Wolfpack you can do that. The question is, can you be convincing enough for them to do it? It's multiplayer crew-cooperation.
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Old 09-15-19, 04:33 AM   #4
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A lot of the older sims were pretty much limited to one position.
Can you please clue me into which ones you are referring to?

PS - I like your tag line.
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Old 09-15-19, 04:39 AM   #5
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With Wolfpack you can do that. The question is, can you be convincing enough for them to do it? It's multiplayer crew-cooperation.

Thank you for the heads-up, but I have to use the PAUSE button waaaaay too much to do anything multiplayer. I'll have to wait for the single-player iteration.
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Old 09-15-19, 04:41 AM   #6
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FYI - Based on how overwhelmed I am with the SH series, I probably should focus on something simple if it exists.
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Old 09-15-19, 04:43 AM   #7
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Ok. Well Neal did mention that the single player enhancement of Wolfpack is on the horizon. The devs only need to do the bot-crew animations.
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Old 09-15-19, 05:53 AM   #8
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Cold Waters sounds like it would be up your alley.
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Old 09-15-19, 05:05 PM   #9
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Cold Waters is great for modern sub stuff.


Your best bet is to check out Silent Hunter 1: Commander's Edition and Aces of the Deep.


Both are old DOS games, but crew tasks are simulated leaving you only to make the broad decisions a captain would make.
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Old 09-16-19, 12:38 AM   #10
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Thank you for these suggestions.

I will investigate. I hope DOSBox works in Windows 10. I can only imagine what the graphics look like in the DOS games! Look out Youtube... here I come!

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Old 09-21-19, 01:47 PM   #11
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Can you please clue me into which ones you are referring to?

PS - I like your tag line.

A lot of them can be found at https://www.subsim.com/store.html


Some of the older sub sim games are still some of the best in my opinion.


Also check out Crash Dive.



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