is SH5 worth buying

desertstriker · 08-13-12, 12:33 AM

i was looking to sink my torpedos into a new game and SH5 caught my eyes.

is it worth buying? just asking because i have heard some things that aren't too positive.

DelphiUniverse · 08-13-12, 02:08 AM

The game is worth buying if you consider how cheap it is. But it is not worth playing in vanilla mode. It gets boring quickly. You need to mod it, and for a nice modlist, look up sober's mod list in the mod forums. I use a tweaked version of his modlist myself, with small differences, but thats because I don't like to have ctd's every 5 minutes, so I removed open horizons 2 and a few others.

Go ahead and buy it, but stay away from steam version if you want unofficial patches to work properly. And you also need to have patience, you can only download 1 file per day in the beginning, so it will take 2 months to finish downloading the modlist, perhaps 1 month if half of it uses external file hosting, as it probably does.

If you can get to 10 downloads per day, you will have the modlist in 3-6 days, around there. I suggest that you sit back and read technical things about the game while you do this, to shoot some time.

desertstriker · 08-13-12, 02:49 AM

yeh found the steam thing out the hard way with SH3. the CFGs that are worth moding don't work properly like renown instead of allied=1 i set it allied =10. thats just one of the things i normally modded myself. GWX seems to work but

who knows after getting screwed by steam i went and baught off of amazon

mookiemookie · 08-13-12, 06:44 AM

Sailor Steve · 08-13-12, 08:37 AM

Thanks, Mook. Saved me the trouble this time.

desertstriker · 08-13-12, 11:55 AM

ok then i asked it this week

Superfly71 · 08-13-12, 12:07 PM

indeed

Blatant Hunter · 08-14-12, 09:14 AM

It is so cheap, if your computer can run it smoothly then yes, it is worth getting at this price.

I went back to SH4 because of performance issue and will get back to SH5 when I have a faster system.

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08-13-12, 12:33 AM	#1
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	is SH5 worth buying i was looking to sink my torpedos into a new game and SH5 caught my eyes. is it worth buying? just asking because i have heard some things that aren't too positive.

08-13-12, 02:08 AM	#2
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	The game is worth buying if you consider how cheap it is. But it is not worth playing in vanilla mode. It gets boring quickly. You need to mod it, and for a nice modlist, look up sober's mod list in the mod forums. I use a tweaked version of his modlist myself, with small differences, but thats because I don't like to have ctd's every 5 minutes, so I removed open horizons 2 and a few others. Go ahead and buy it, but stay away from steam version if you want unofficial patches to work properly. And you also need to have patience, you can only download 1 file per day in the beginning, so it will take 2 months to finish downloading the modlist, perhaps 1 month if half of it uses external file hosting, as it probably does. If you can get to 10 downloads per day, you will have the modlist in 3-6 days, around there. I suggest that you sit back and read technical things about the game while you do this, to shoot some time. __________________ A u-boat is a vessel for goodness - DelphiUniverse 2012

08-13-12, 06:44 AM	#4
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	A quick search would have given you the answer, multiple times over. Someone asks this question at least once a week. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=worth+it __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

08-13-12, 08:37 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Thanks, Mook. Saved me the trouble this time. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-13-12, 02:49 AM	#3
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	yeh found the steam thing out the hard way with SH3. the CFGs that are worth moding don't work properly like renown instead of allied=1 i set it allied =10. thats just one of the things i normally modded myself. GWX seems to work but who knows after getting screwed by steam i went and baught off of amazon

08-13-12, 11:55 AM	#6
desertstriker Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2012 Location: mod soup bar and grill Posts: 1,756 Downloads: 998 Uploads: 0	ok then i asked it this week

08-13-12, 12:07 PM	#7
Superfly71 Bilge Rat Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	indeed

08-14-12, 09:14 AM	#8
Blatant Hunter Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 13 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	It is so cheap, if your computer can run it smoothly then yes, it is worth getting at this price. I went back to SH4 because of performance issue and will get back to SH5 when I have a faster system.