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Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: nopoop on October 30, 2004, 08:05:27 PM
You give them 5 or 6 screens to look at, put them in the water into badguy territory and
they write a movie in their mind.

Sort of like reading a book, it's all in between the ears.

I'm afflicted with the disease since Aces of the deep

Spring of 2005, break out your periscopes. It's time again.

Screenshots from beta..

Oh fuggn my.

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/474_1099183681_zz23.jpg)

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/474_1099183733_zz22.jpg)

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/474_1099166169_iii.jpg)

Check out the trailers Here (http://www.silent-hunteriii.com/uk/videos.php)

It's gonna rock, and I couldn't help myself posting.

WOW !!
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 30, 2004, 08:11:04 PM
Now THAT is nice.

There a demo download available?
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: JB73 on October 30, 2004, 08:44:56 PM
OMFG does that sun look real in that last pic!!!

wow amazing what computers can do nowadays
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Bodhi on October 30, 2004, 08:52:04 PM
nice screenies...
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Karnak on October 30, 2004, 08:56:37 PM
Top shot looks like King George V class BBs and the middle shot looks like a sinking Bismark class BB.

Don't know about the subs.  I'm more of a battleship guy.;)

In Silent Service II I used a Gato class sub to engage a Yamato class BB in a gun duel.  It was, er, a short fight.  Very short.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: vorticon on October 30, 2004, 09:10:07 PM
there is NO WAY that last pic is from the game. absapositutly no F*ING WAY


but it would be super cool if it was...
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: eilif on October 30, 2004, 09:18:29 PM
sheister thats amazing, im an old aces of the deep fan myself, havent played a sub game since, looks like its time to get back into it!
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Mak333 on October 30, 2004, 09:23:53 PM
(http://68.97.141.170:8080/forum_stuff/bb/ThisThreadRocks.jpg)
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Drunky on October 30, 2004, 10:03:57 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73
OMFG does that sun look real in that last pic!!!


Yeah it does.  Even the water looks incredible.

I've never heard of this game but I might just have to check it out.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Octavius on October 30, 2004, 10:20:09 PM
I would like AH's sun to look like that :)

It's a tad big right now.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: MOIL on October 30, 2004, 10:20:27 PM
Quote
Originally posted by JB73
OMFG does that sun look real in that last pic!!!

wow amazing what computers can do nowadays


Amazing what programmers and game engines can do nowadays, I think it's remarkable:aok
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Booky on October 31, 2004, 01:14:54 AM
Its a shame that you can only play German subs.  I can't wait util they release another one in the series that lets us play as US.  In the mean time I have been enjoying some time on the surface in a naval sim called Enigma: Rising Tide.

AH still rules the sky when it comes to flying though.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: -tronski- on October 31, 2004, 01:20:34 AM
Hopefully the career mode will be dynamic like the first one, not mission based like the second..

 Tronsky
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Widewing on October 31, 2004, 09:12:39 AM
I've owned most of the submarine games, but my favorite was the least impressive for graphics. Any remember Microprose's ancient game, The Hunt For Red October?

That game came out around 1987. It raised howls from the DOD who recognized some of their secret technology in the game. Of course, the game maker just made educated guesses and hit the mark too close for the Navy's comfort.

Of all the sub games out, this one could teach you the finer points of modern sub tactics like no other. Eventually, the Navy recommmended the game to its own submarine officers as a use-at-home training tool...

Better games eventually appeared, but none of them offered a better platform for tactics.

My regards,

Widewing
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Shane on October 31, 2004, 09:19:08 AM
HfRO ruled...  loved playing tag with torps.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: streetstang on October 31, 2004, 09:40:37 AM
Quote
Originally posted by vorticon
there is NO WAY that last pic is from the game. absapositutly no F*ING WAY


but it would be super cool if it was...


Its almost sad in a way... But it is.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: Charon on October 31, 2004, 10:57:26 AM
Check out the weather effects trailer at the link.

Charon
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: SCDR on October 31, 2004, 11:02:13 AM
SHII rocks as a sub sim. Destroyer Command is fun also.
Vicker's MOD really made it ROCK! Oil slicks, smoke, fire, brass
ejection, just to name a few.
HFRO I played on my Commodore 64 :D   Way kewl for it's time.

SCDR
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 31, 2004, 11:02:34 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Octavius
I would like AH's sun to look like that :)

It's a tad big right now.


A Tad?

A tad bright too.

Bright sunny day here.
Actually after I just wrote that I went outside and looked right into the sun andcept for the spot the sun was in itself I didnt get blinded as much as I do in
the game LOL
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: nopoop on October 31, 2004, 11:16:38 AM
If I remember correctly Oleg fell into this one. He bought the rights to Silent Hunter II. It was less than expected when released but it kept selling....and selling. It's STILL selling.

The community introduced lots of mods. The wolfpack league was formed and it just kept going.

On my old machine I had SHII with all the mods. 1024 conversion mod. Sound mod with all 'Das Boot' sounds in German that ROCKED. Weather mods, campaign additions etc.

Not fair to compare a "one person" boxed game with a Dev team numbering twenty five on Eastern European salaries to an online flightsim.

Be nice to decipher the water effects tho ;)

If your into subs, here's the sub central place to go for latest info on games. It's where I got all the mods for SHII

http://www.subsim.com/

..a broken back on her way down

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/474_1099242752_iiia.jpg)
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: o0Stream140o on October 31, 2004, 11:50:42 AM
I am going to have to check this out.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: moot on October 31, 2004, 11:56:31 AM
Water + a few objects (boats and ****) + a few environment sprites/polies and lights =  very hard to manage.
clap clap, revolutionary.
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: doobs on October 31, 2004, 06:12:01 PM
There is a very cool,sub game already out there. Enigma -rising tide. All voice commands which suprisingly works very well.
here's the link.
            http://www.naval-combat.com/
Title: Subsimmers are a strange breed..
Post by: SCDR on October 31, 2004, 07:18:12 PM
I haven't played SHII in awhile, yet when Destroyer Command
came out it added multi-player to SHII. 8 people max tho, and
still excellent graphics!!

SCDR