Author Topic: Anyone still play Silent Hunter III? (Read 590 times)

DiabloTX · « **on:** January 05, 2008, 11:19:52 AM »

I have a question.

When I'm making an attack run and pull up the target ID book sometimes I get target boxes on the ship picture in the book. Most of the time I get them, sometimes I do not. I make sure there is a Weaps Officer at his station but am at a loss to figure out why is it that sometimes I get these target boxes and other times I don't.

Oustanding game, btw, my old POS rig has just enough muscle to play it.

Viking · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:25:26 AM »

If your torpedo solution is close to a strait angle on the ship's beam and you are very close you get the option to target critical locations on the ship. Do you run the Grey Wolves mod?

DiabloTX · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:26:37 AM »

So the "target boxes" only appear if my solution is at or near a perfect right angle?

No, I haven't done the GW mod...yet.

Viking · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:33:15 AM »

That's right, and there is a max range limit too, but I am uncertain what it is. Check the wikipedia article on SH3 to get the list of "must have" mods. The improvements are immense, but if your puter just manages to run SH3 stock performance may suffer.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:39:59 AM »

OK, thanks. Yeah, I've been nursing this rig for a couple of years now. I bought SHIII for $20 as a digital download last September and I haven't been this addicted to a game in a long, long time. Probably since Fighting Steel came out in '98/'99.

When I get a new PC I'll do the GW mod and get SHIV.

Attacking convoys is so much fun!

Nefarious · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:45:40 AM »

I play with only one game mod. Plus a couple sound mods.

Real U-boat

I then play campaigns using SH3 Commander. Still entertaining after all a couple years. I'm in the same boat with you though, Old Rig barely runs it so most of the games I play are usually a couple of years old all modded up

P4 1.8, 1 Gig of Ram, ATI 9200 Video Card. (pathetic isn't it)

DiabloTX · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2008, 11:50:39 AM »

LOL

AMD 1700+, 1Gb PC2100, nVidia 7800 GS w/512 AGP here.

Reschke · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:47:05 PM »

I still want to pick that one up when I see it in the bargain bin. Unfortunately I grabbed World in Conflict and COD4: MW before Christmas and have been playing them both quite a bit.

68Wooley · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2008, 01:52:55 PM »

Just got SH4 - not really had a chance to get in to it yet.

I was a big, big fan of the Silent Service series way back when.

Fulmar · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:27:23 PM »

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Originally posted by 68Wooley
Just got SH4 - not really had a chance to get in to it yet.

I was a big, big fan of the Silent Service series way back when.

SH4 is good. Same gameplay really as SH3. I haven't played it in months, bought it when it first came out. The graphics are great (turned up high).
Some of the campaign missions seem to get old as you doing the exact same thing over and over some times.

Some of the things they've haven't fixed (and bugs me). 1) Airplanes amazing can turn almost on a dime. 2) AI on ships. I can seem to get ships to ram into each other during a depth charge attack. They just keep circling and circling and sometimes destroyer run into each other.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:55:07 PM »

Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:57:41 PM »

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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.

I did the digital download. It's Starforce free. My DVD burner has been working fine.

Russian · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:15:22 PM »

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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Just a reminder - SHIII contains the starforce rootkit-like copy protection that replaces your system files and can render your dvd-burner dead.

There is a way to install it without starforce....

REP0MAN · « **Reply #13 on:** January 05, 2008, 03:44:38 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
LOL

AMD 1700+, 1Gb PC2100, nVidia 7800 GS w/512 AGP here.

Please....

AMD Athlon 1.6Ghtz 30GB HDD 1GB RAM nVidia GeForce 4200 64MB RAM

Only thing on it is AHII. Frame rates in the teens at best 5-8 in furball. Play COD2 mostly and its on the MAC.

Viking · « **Reply #14 on:** January 05, 2008, 04:02:40 PM »

Jeez ... At least get a computer with technology from this millennium.