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Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Nefarious on March 07, 2004, 08:43:11 PM

Was over at IL2 checking development screenies, There is a link for a Simulation Game Survey On the News Page. It said that SHIII is currently in development :D!!!

I knew there was talk about it, but hell, I didnt know it was in development!!

Ive heard rumors about it being a US Pacific based game. Id rather it be a combination of Allied and Axis boats. Or hopefully it will be modded in.

This will be make or break for me on Ubi Games, If it doesnt come out or releases a half assed game Im through with thier company!

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: AdmRose on March 07, 2004, 08:45:15 PM

Silent Hunter was awesome for a DOS game...Silent Hunter II sucked, too mission oriented....Silent Hunter III I would buy three seconds ago.

Link?

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Nefarious on March 07, 2004, 08:47:01 PM

SH2 was awesome after it was patched and modded with Messerwetzer..


Well, If you wanna take the survey you have to go to http://www.IL2sturmovik.com as for a link to the game itself, I dont know if they have one yet.

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Fishu on March 07, 2004, 09:35:40 PM

Hopefully SH3 would be finished, then it'd be a blast.
a *real* dynamic campaign would be a real seller on my part.
(not some cheap mission generator which just links missions up as a 'dynamic' campaign, but something better)

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: capt. apathy on March 07, 2004, 09:52:52 PM

SH 2 was much better after it was patched.
now at subsim the have a pacifc aces mod, much better than the original.
us subs v. jap boats.  1024 rez instead off the 800x600 sh2 rez.  more realistic damage models (SH2 depth charges would do damage at 50m range, realistic range is less than 5), better sound and graphics too.

they are asking for a $5 donation for site maintenance to download the mod or $20 for a cd with the mod and several other mods and goodies.

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Saintaw on March 08, 2004, 05:58:24 AM

Lets just hope it doesn't end like Harpoon 4 did. that one's been in dev for a while (10 years?)

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Hortlund on March 08, 2004, 06:11:36 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Nefarious
SH2 was awesome after it was patched and modded with Messerwetzer..

Can you tell me something abuot this mod? The reason I never bought SH2 was because of the scripted campagin.

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: gofaster on March 08, 2004, 09:19:32 AM

Yes, I want to know more abou the mod for SH2, also.  I started doing some of the training missions in SH2 but didn't get very far with it.

"Silent Hunter: Commander's Edition" totally rocks, even by today's graphics standards.  The gameplay in that one keeps bringing me back.

If only I could find a decent scale model of the Gato boat....   I built the Revell/Monogram "Lionfish" (great hull, crappy guns and conning tower).  Ok, off to surf to see if Tamiya makes a US sub kit.

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Nilsen on March 08, 2004, 10:00:01 AM

Agree Saintaw

Was real pissed when they finally cancelled Harpoon4. Good news tho is that it will be finished by some enthusiasts but it will be a long time.

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Eagler on March 08, 2004, 10:05:00 AM

Attack Sub 688 was the first computer to computer game I ever played across a phone line

(http://www.amigagames.com/gage/misc/bin/688attacksub-inside.gif)

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Curval on March 08, 2004, 10:25:30 AM

Eagler...that was an AWESOME game.  That and Harpoon got me hooked on computer games.

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: capt. apathy on March 08, 2004, 10:51:01 AM

check out this site-   http://www.subsim.com/
that's where you will find all the updates and patches for SH2 (and jsut about any other sub, or ship sim)

Title: Silent Hunter III??
Post by: Nefarious on March 08, 2004, 11:33:29 AM

First download the official Ubi Patch...

Then download and intsall Messervetzer (Knife Sharpener)

Then if you feel like it download Swordfish...

Messervetzer fixes online play pretty good and fixes alot of the AI problems... Swordfish is a colection of sounds from Das Boot to replace every noise and crew voice in SH2, adds more immersion.

They have several player designed scenarios out there too...but as for dynamic campaign your SOL I beleive...