Definitely worth it I would say.

I still enjoy SH3. New mods for SH5 are making that game much better than it was upon release. I haven't really fiddled with the "turkey shoot" in the Pacific.

SH4 is very good with the various mods. Definitely worth it!

Originally Posted By jomni (3 JUN 2012 5:10am)
I only have 3 which people say is the best of the lot.

It's not the best.   Even comparing the mods for them.  The later two versions are better - even 5.

Those "people" who say it's the best are just nostalgic for GW.  SH3 has been, and always will be, frustratingly buggy.  It also lacks numerous features of 4 & 5 - a thermal layer being just one example.

Many of the SH4 haters are axis fanboys who refused to play in any sub but German ones.  There was a lot of bad blood started on the Subsim forums because of some of these fanboys' added nasty political comments, and a few people understandably fired back at them.  SH4 was far superior to SH3, but you'll hear a fair amount of ppl complaining about not wanting to play Pacific & US.

I play SH4 with the updates and it's a fine game. The AI can be very good against you and the sub classes feel very different. Some of the mods look fantastic but I've never tried any.

Kind of OT, but are there any definitive, must have SH4 mods?  I've got SH3 with Grey Wolves, never played with SH4 much yet (on the game backlog).

Trigger maru mod for SH4 :  http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=132330

Originally Posted By The Fox (4 JUN 2012 1:02pm)

Trigger maru mod for SH4 :  http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=132330

 

 

Seconded.

Although I tend to further mod a couple small things in that mod.  There's a ReadMe on how to turn one or two things on/off that he changed from vanilla that people tend to wanna keep (like external views).

SH4 is the best at the moment, SH5 nearly as good but you have to have many MODS installed to get a decent game.

SH4 ver 1.5 (need the U-Boat Missions add-on) with Trigger Maru Overhauled 2.5 (with small patch) and RSRD (TMO compatable) make this a brilliant game, without mods it is too much of a turkey shoot (IMNSHO of course).

Great representatioon of submarine warfare essentials.  i.e. there are very long periods waiting for targets and then you are rewarded for proper planning of attacks with successful sinkings and if you cock up you are likely to spend several hours desperately trying to escape the wrath of escorts.  Can be very immersive.

Can anyone confirm whether these games can be registered with Steam? If not I may just wait for the summer sale.

Originally Posted By Canuck (6 JUN 2012 2:23am)

Can anyone confirm whether these games can be registered with Steam? If not I may just wait for the summer sale.

Not sure about Silent Hunter but all the games that I have bought from the website in the first post so far are all Steam serial numbers.  They don't have a download client.

Thank you guys for the SH4 mod info!

Originally Posted By jomni (6 JUN 2012 2:58am)

Originally Posted By Canuck (6 JUN 2012 2:23am)

Can anyone confirm whether these games can be registered with Steam? If not I may just wait for the summer sale.

 

Not sure about Silent Hunter but all the games that I have bought from the website in the first post so far are all Steam serial numbers.  They don't have a download client.

 

I've bought something from GetGamesGo, and it was just an installer package & key.  I'm sure it solely depends on the game you're purchasing and what kind of DRM it used.

In the case of SH4... the buggy DRM was completely removed in one of the early post-release patches so you shouldn't need to do anything other than install & key it.  If it's the standard version, anyway.. who knows perhaps Steam got them all and started pushing their own keys out to other retailers?

It's not that I'm worried about DRM-I like to keep my games all in one place-two counting Gamersgate.  I think Steam will probably be around longer than gamesgetgo so if I want to install it in a couple of years it would be nice to see the game right there in my list of other games rather than having to hunt around for some website which may or may not still be around.

I'm not even sure if the Silent Hunter series is on Steam at all. 

Just make sure that you get either the Gold version, or also buy the U-Boat missions expansion, if picking up SH4.  Sure, it adds stuff.. but it also contained the latest update for SH4 that you need.  The base SH4 wasn't updated to that version.

If you get the DVD versions - I don't think there's a disk check or anything at all DRM-wise.  At least there wasn't when I got them.

Originally Posted By Nefaro (7 JUN 2012 8:02am)

Just make sure that you get either the Gold version, or also buy the U-Boat missions expansion,

The Trigger Maru Mod also requires that the expansion is installed.

A game that requires a mod... 

Originally Posted By destraex (7 JUN 2012 4:03pm)

A game that requires a mod... 

None of them require a mod.

But they're not near as fun without them. 

SH4 has far too many ships sailing around - not close enough to reality.

SH5's interface isn't as thorough in the vanilla version.  Mods can also extend the end date from '43 to '45.

You can play vanilla in those just fine, but there's not as much challenge and the interface is more barren of the extra orders available in the game engine.

Yeah the MODS aren't required for SH4, but they make the game a lot more challenging and "realistic"

I'm thinking of getting SH V.  What mods would you guys recommend? 

Is a GT 8800 good enough for this game with a Intel Quad 6600 2.4 GHZ CPU and 6 GB of ram?

Originally Posted By Scotters (10 JUN 2012 10:27am)

I'm thinking of getting SH V.  What mods would you guys recommend? 

 

Is a GT 8800 good enough for this game with a Intel Quad 6600 2.4 GHZ CPU and 6 GB of ram?

An 8800 will run it, probably on smoothly on low-to-mid settings though.  Processor is fine.

Required mod:  "Torpedo Speed Abilitie Fix"  for a bug fix in torpedo speed/targeting.  This is the only one you must install.  The rest are optional.

Helpful:

DarkWraith's UI mod (Enhanced SH5 option for me!) makes the UI much friendlier.  Even though installing it wasn't very friendly until I figured out that the original install notes sucked.

This post gives details on installing it.  http://www.wargamer.com/forums/goto.asp?post=612629  It looks long but it's mostly explanations/clarification so don't be intimidated by the size of my post there.

I also have:

Open Horizons II

Mighty Fine Crew Mod

Speech Fixes and Additions

There's a Noob guide to modding SH5  at Subsim that gives some of the popular options:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=190656