Reflections of a noob

[swdw]

I finally upgraded my computer 2 weeks ago and went and bought SH4 (my old puter would not have worked- 1.5GHZ CPU and ATi 8500). At first I spent a little time on the ubisoft SH4 forum- jeesh, talk about a depressing place. After reading all the ripes, I wondered if I'd enjoy this game.

Then I came here to download a mod- what a breath of fresh air!

Yes, I understand there are problems with the game (haven't personally hit them yet), but people here take a proactive approach.
If it can be fixed- you fix it.
If it can be improved- you improve it.
If someone needs help- you help them without getting snarky. Actually, you're often downright polite.

After installing the major mods, I was blown away by the changes in the game. In fact, I've just run on the surface looking around- never thought a game could bring back memories of running on the surface in real life. Of course, there's no diesel sound on a nuke boat (unless someone/thing scrammed the reactor).

Many thanks to all those who have worked SOOOO hard to bring the mods to this game, and who've taken time to answer questions I would otherwise have asked (usually find my answer with a search).

This is a great group of people with incredible patience and talent- nice to be here.

OK, now that I'm done brown nosing, back to work