10, must have, items for SH4

[mfykes]

Wow, reading over all 5 pages of the wish list is really something. I remember reading the wish list when SH3 was in the works, seems like we were asking for some of the same things we’re asking for on SH4. There was one of the SH4 threads that stood out the most. It was from an ex-submariner “PLAICE� who said “I enjoyed the first one very much, and since I served on one it was a great game� I assume that he was referring to the original SH. Being one of the earlier Sub games, the original SH had a lot to offer and many are still playing it today. It also lacked a few things but it was a really great piece of work.
The items I would want to see in SH4 would be the following:

1. A simple and effective mission editor. Something that allows me the ability to acquire a chart, position some ships, adjust the weather, sea state, and time, save the whole lot then start shooting! It worked that way with SH.

2. I don’t need 3-D crew members; I can do that in my head! Besides, the more 3-D images of crew members, the more power that’s needed to render them as individuals. This includes all of their individual and random movements. It’s either a “SIMS� game or a Submarine war game. It shouldn’t be both. It’s starting to turn into an interactive WWII movie. What’s next, the smell of fuel oil in your living room?

3. Insertion and extraction of Coast Watchers! Provide a mission or two where the sub has to land a coast watcher on to an enemy island and then retrieve him several days later in preparation for a major strike against an enemy convoy near the island.

4. Mining operations.

5. Attacking enemy harbors and rivers.

6. Passive AND Active sonar.

7. If possible, include other sub types and let the user set its national default, I.E., Dutch, American, New Zealand, Australian and Japanese. This feature alone would make MANY of us very happy.

8. Individual engine control. Please give us the ability to operate our Port and Starboard engines individually. PLEASE!

9. Make it possible to load the entire game onto the hard drive and not have to access the CD. The CD is the weakest link! If it is damaged in any way, you’re SOL! My wife accidentally rolled over my SH CD 4 times on the freeway years back. She said she was sorry!


10. Last but not least, Good documentation on the game and a separate booklet for the mission editor. By having a mission editor it's like getting two games for the price of one (flexability).

Ok, I am off of my soap box now. I am done! Thanks all.