Getting into SH4 from SH3

Karl Hungus · 04-15-16, 10:12 AM

Can I get a recommendation for supermods and other mods to install? I was running GWX 3.0 on SH3 and really enjoyed it.

Rockin Robbins · 04-15-16, 11:33 AM

I would start out with Webster's Game Fixes Only supermod. The mechanics of the American and German submarines are so different that you'll have enough trouble getting the differences sorted out in your brain that you don't really want tactical difficulty.

Once you have grokked the mysteries of the position keeper and internalized all the value added features (that means maddening differennces) on the American sub, as a GWXer, you'll want some strategic difficulty, so your prescription is a full dose of Trigger Maru Overhauled. That should fix you right up.

Now there is a campaign mod, Run Silent Run Deep, which seeks to send every Japanese ship on the exact trips it made during the war. It works well, it's just that if the Japanese sent a convoy out of that port at that time, it will be coming along whether you've just appeared outside the harbor or if you've already sunk a dozen ships in the past 2 weeks.

In the real war there is example after example of the Japanese rerouting shipping because subs were detected. For that reason, because you can really game the "historical" system, I prefer the random encounter campaign of the stock game. Trigger Maru Overhauled has a truly excellent amped-up random encounter campaign that I really enjoy.

Raptor_Pilot · 04-19-16, 06:58 PM

Rockin Robbins is on the ball. Webster's GFO mod is the shiznit.

04-15-16, 10:12 AM	#1
Karl Hungus Watch Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 17 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Getting into SH4 from SH3 Can I get a recommendation for supermods and other mods to install? I was running GWX 3.0 on SH3 and really enjoyed it.

04-15-16, 11:33 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I would start out with Webster's Game Fixes Only supermod. The mechanics of the American and German submarines are so different that you'll have enough trouble getting the differences sorted out in your brain that you don't really want tactical difficulty. Once you have grokked the mysteries of the position keeper and internalized all the value added features (that means maddening differennces) on the American sub, as a GWXer, you'll want some strategic difficulty, so your prescription is a full dose of Trigger Maru Overhauled. That should fix you right up. Now there is a campaign mod, Run Silent Run Deep, which seeks to send every Japanese ship on the exact trips it made during the war. It works well, it's just that if the Japanese sent a convoy out of that port at that time, it will be coming along whether you've just appeared outside the harbor or if you've already sunk a dozen ships in the past 2 weeks. In the real war there is example after example of the Japanese rerouting shipping because subs were detected. For that reason, because you can really game the "historical" system, I prefer the random encounter campaign of the stock game. Trigger Maru Overhauled has a truly excellent amped-up random encounter campaign that I really enjoy. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

04-19-16, 06:58 PM	#3
Raptor_Pilot WORST. KALEUN. EVER. Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 61 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Rockin Robbins is on the ball. Webster's GFO mod is the shiznit.