What can I expect from SH4?

macky · 03-23-07, 05:12 AM

There seem to be a load of positive posts, but more than a few negative ones too

I am expecting my delivery of SH4 tomorrow or Monday. Any chance you could let me know what to look out for? Anything that I am going to see and enjoy and anything I am going to think, what the hell!

I am going to be running on a minimum graphics card, ati radeon 9600 but with 1.5Gb of ram, all the other specs are fine. No aa concerns (so no need to add that:p )

Has the patch that is out fixed many of the bugs? Should I install the patch straight away or try it "out the box" first?

btw, I am one of those non-technical "eye candy" sailors who needs help and has never manually targeted and would never dream of 100% realism

I only became involved with SH3, loved the genre and really looking forward to SH4

Reece · 03-23-07, 05:23 AM

Well I think what has happened is that the SH4 engine is based on SH3 ver 1.0, as most of the early problems are back again.

The unfortunate thing is that only the old devs knew how to apply the 1.4b patch, so it's a whole new game of re-inventing the wheel by the new devs.

Most frustrating!

P_Funk · 03-23-07, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Reece

Well I think what has happened is that the SH4 engine is based on SH3 ver 1.0, as most of the early problems are back again.

The unfortunate thing is that only the old devs knew how to apply the 1.4b patch, so it's a whole new game of re-inventing the wheel by the new devs.

Most frustrating!

Bloody Hell! That almost negates the advantages of using the same engine twice!

Laffertytig · 03-23-07, 06:54 AM

expect the unexpected unless the unexpected is expected if u catch my drift?

OneTinSoldier · 03-23-07, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

Well I think what has happened is that the SH4 engine is based on SH3 ver 1.0, as most of the early problems are back again. The

unfortunate thing is that only the old devs knew how to apply the 1.4b patch, so it's a whole new game of re-inventing the wheel by the new devs.

Most frustrating!

I'm just curious.. are you guessing? Are you serious? I mean, how could the SHIV Dev Team not have an archive of the source already patched to 1.4b available to them. And why in the heck would they not use it?

Well hmm, I guess that is the question, huh. :hmm:

elanaiba · 03-23-07, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

Well I think what has happened is that the SH4 engine is based on SH3 ver 1.0, as most of the early problems are back again.

The unfortunate thing is that only the old devs knew how to apply the 1.4b patch, so it's a whole new game of re-inventing the wheel by the new devs.

Most frustrating!

LOL!

03-23-07, 05:12 AM	#1
macky Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dallas Texas Posts: 129 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	What can I expect from SH4? There seem to be a load of positive posts, but more than a few negative ones too I am expecting my delivery of SH4 tomorrow or Monday. Any chance you could let me know what to look out for? Anything that I am going to see and enjoy and anything I am going to think, what the hell! I am going to be running on a minimum graphics card, ati radeon 9600 but with 1.5Gb of ram, all the other specs are fine. No aa concerns (so no need to add that:p ) Has the patch that is out fixed many of the bugs? Should I install the patch straight away or try it "out the box" first? btw, I am one of those non-technical "eye candy" sailors who needs help and has never manually targeted and would never dream of 100% realism I only became involved with SH3, loved the genre and really looking forward to SH4

03-23-07, 05:23 AM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,704 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Well I think what has happened is that the SH4 engine is based on SH3 ver 1.0, as most of the early problems are back again. The unfortunate thing is that only the old devs knew how to apply the 1.4b patch, so it's a whole new game of re-inventing the wheel by the new devs. Most frustrating! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

03-23-07, 06:54 AM	#4
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	expect the unexpected unless the unexpected is expected if u catch my drift?