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Apr 9^th, 2005 at 12:37am

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Wow what a Sim this is, I cant belive the way this Sub game places you into the most awsome sea environment ive seen on my PC. its worth the Cash. Takes a bit of time to know the ins and outs of being a Sub captain, but once you have that worked out....Kapow!! your in WW2 sinkin shipping lanes and evaiding destroyers in classic U Boats.

the external roam view is somthing to see to belive, you can go for a good look at any bit of scenery, Ships, Towns, you name it. And just wait till one of your torpedos bounces Off of a target with out exploading, its such a destraught feeling due to the fact that you put so much into sneeking up to the target for a good hit solution, just to get a missfire and give your possition away.

Yep this is as good as flying the skys. Divin the depths. Five Smiles Grin

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Reply #1 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 6:46am

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I cant find a Demo. Did they ever make one?

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Reply #2 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 6:51am

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Nope. But it's worth getting anyways.

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Reply #3 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 6:54am

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My video card isnt that good, so demos let me see how well these things run before deciding on parting with the money.

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Reply #4 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 7:07am

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Aren't you running a laptop? If your vid card is in the class of a Mobility 9700, it should be enough for SH3.

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Reply #5 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 7:26am

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I can remember one or two games for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore C64, amd Amiga computers...and from what I remember, the Atlantic Ocean, etc, was so large, it took FOREVER to find another flippin' ship to shoot at.... Roll Eyes

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Playing the game was actually like waiting for bleedin' paint to dry... Cry

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Sorry lads...life is too short for this sort of nautical excitement...LOL...!
...a bit like "Flower arrangeing for beginners"...Tee-Hee...!

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P.S. Never tried the latest version on the PC, so I'm just being a bit daft...
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Reply #6 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 8:40am

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Aren't you running a laptop? If your vid card is in the class of a Mobility 9700, it should be enough for SH3.

I am, but its only the 128mb mobility radeon 9000 igp. 512mb ram pentium 4 processor. No option for upgrades Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 8:48am

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I am, but its only the 128mb mobility radeon 9000 igp. 512mb ram pentium 4 processor. No option for upgrades Roll Eyes

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It'll run it fine.

Isn't Silent Hunter compatable with Destroyer Command? And if so, when is Destroyer Command III coming out to start sinking those subs? Grin

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Reply #8 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 8:55am

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I am, but its only the 128mb mobility radeon 9000 igp. 512mb ram pentium 4 processor. No option for upgrades Roll Eyes

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Hi Craig...!

You could always stroll down to meet Woody at Plymouth Harbour and throw stones at things popping up out of the sea... Roll Eyes

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Cheers Craig...watch out for the goldfish in your tank... Shocked

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Paul...not fitted with gills... Grin

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Reply #9 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 9:02am

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LOL little more than a stroll:)

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Reply #10 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 9:14am

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And I don't think the navy would be too pleased. Grin

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Reply #11 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 9:22am

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And its Multi player, No need to worrie about not finding anything to attack, Soon enough the S*** hits the prop. Some plane you never saw sees you, and a convoy over the Horizon just happens to bee heding your way, flanked by a Naval barrage of death to you.

Thats when you have sweaty fingers and a raceing pulse as you skirt crush depth so the fleet above you passes over. Next you hear Pings from above. and your crew men talk in hushed whispers. The Hull creaks under tremendous presure and you inch away on Silent running. the sonar reports ships at 10 kilometers and you surface to periscope to survay the view.

As you sweep A loud ping sounds, its a warship that comes steaming from know where fast to starbord ! ! !

Tension mounts, Do you.........

A. Dive Dive Dive, and risk the depth charge attack.

B. Dive and turn hard to starbord, ready aft torpedos.

C. say a prayer and crap your pants.

D. Surface the boat , Prepare deck gun and blast the Bridge of the ship before Diving to crush level and Silent running away.

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Reply #12 - Apr 9^th, 2005 at 3:12pm

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The game sounds exciting. I'm a retired navyman myself who spent eleven years in the US Sub Force mostly in diesel electric subs. That's why I don't watch submarine movies. Radar contact at 400 feet? All ahead full, rig for silent running? By the way, Is this game a strategy game ? I hope not.

Bubblehead

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Reply #13 - Apr 12^th, 2005 at 8:05am

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Well, I just had to go out and get it and all I can say is WOW!!

Very intense. Still am having a little trouble figuring the best way to manuever for position.

Very helpful going through all of the Naval Academy first. Great videos in there too. Have only done 5 missions and each time I learn something new.

Money well spent in my opinion.

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Reply #14 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 7:51am

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Ok, 9 patrols later and I am still stunned by the beauty of this game. Have gotten much better at intercepting enemy vessels reported by my sonarman.

Have found at a couple of subsim sites some great tools and addons. Downloaded the 1.2 patch that fixed many anomalies in the game.

**Special note on the 1.2 patch......BEFORE installing any addons or mods to the game, install the 1.2 patch FIRST. Then do your addons. If you have already added some mods or addons, then you need to uninstall the game/reinstall and then patch the game with 1.2. THEN you can add your stuff again. The 1.2 patch needs a "CLEAN" install of SHIII to install.****

Just upgraded my sub too but haven't taken her out yet to see what she can do.

Links to the SHIII site and to the pathces and downloads site:

SHIII : http://www.silent-hunteriii.com/uk/home.php?skin=d

SubSim site: http://www.subsim.com/subsim_files/patches.html#sh3

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Reply #15 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 11:45am

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Bought it today, not got time to set it up had a go at the academy stuff mainly not particuly impressed but i shall wait till i have time to play it properly to decide. Its running quite slow but not surprised.

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Reply #16 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 9:25pm

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I got it..... Great gameplay, Graphics, Lets just say I need Pixel Shader (I see ships just floating on air) Makes watching them sink interesting.... lol Really cool game but I think I need something better then this MX 440! cheers Gunny

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Reply #17 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 9:34pm

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I got it..... Great gameplay, Graphics, Lets just say I need Pixel Shader (I see ships just floating on air) Makes watching them sink interesting.... lol Really cool game but I think I need something better then this MX 440! cheers Gunny

I'd get a Geforce 6600 / GT in that machine of yours, you'll be amazed at the improvement.

(Obviously, if your rich, a 6800 Ultra!) Wink

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Reply #18 - Apr 16^th, 2005 at 11:08pm

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6600 in this, Use this bleedin HP till I build me my own soon.... Summer job, out of school YAY! another 2 months till that lol I may have job in a few days though! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #19 - Apr 17^th, 2005 at 11:29pm

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LMAO.............just intercepted my first Convoy today. It was great!!.............Slipped a few "fishes" and sunk a large C2 Merchant and couple smaller coastal merchants.

Dove and went under convoy to other side so Destroyer couldn't find me.

Few more "fishes" and sank a C3 Merhant vessel, another Coastal Merchant and a tanker.

Total tonage downed on that patrol was almost 34,000 tons.

WHOOOT!! Grin

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Reply #20 - Apr 18^th, 2005 at 4:54pm

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Sehe gut mine Kapitan.

Are they using Asdic on you yet? Grin

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Reply #21 - Sep 16^th, 2005 at 11:36pm

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May I ask how you guys got this thing to work?
My install key is useless!
I know I have tried at least 20 times.
I got it at Best-Buy here in the states.
And I'm real close to re-turning it! I've been at it now for 3 hours going thru the their forums. Of which everybody seems to have the same problem, but no answer?

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Reply #22 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 9:41am

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All,

Wish I would've know you guys were buying it. I'm getting ready to sell my copy on EBay this week. Could've saved us both some money.

Clown

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Reply #23 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 10:11am

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May I ask how you guys got this thing to work?
My install key is useless!
I know I have tried at least 20 times.
I got it at Best-Buy here in the states.
And I'm real close to re-turning it! I've been at it now for 3 hours going thru the their forums. Of which everybody seems to have the same problem, but no answer?

Do not input the last set of numbers. The second line.

Clown

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Reply #24 - Oct 2^nd, 2005 at 11:19pm

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How do you guys manage the torpedos?

I just bought a copy of SH3 and I keep screwing up on the torpedo shots. And to make things worse, the boats move away too fast and dissappear so I had to swim all around the area but found nothing.

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Reply #25 - Oct 7^th, 2005 at 7:18am

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Katahu,

You have to get close enough so that you can't miss but stay far enough away so that the enemy doesn't detect you and start a zig zag course. When you are within, say 1000 Metres fire a spread over 3 or four degrees, that should be enough to get at least one hit.

Will

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Reply #26 - Oct 22^nd, 2005 at 2:59pm

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Can you download a nuke, say like the Los Angeles class or maybe a boomer?

Bubblehead

By the way, sub sailors are called "bubbleheads" after the glass leveler with which we watch the bubble to meet the ordered down/up angle using the bow and the stern planes.
Other names for sub sailors are: "sewer pipe sailors" or "bottom guners".

By the way, what type sub is used in the Silent Hunter III? US, German, British, Japanese?

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Reply #27 - Oct 22^nd, 2005 at 8:53pm

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From the looks of it, you're fighting as the Germans.

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Reply #28 - Oct 23^rd, 2005 at 7:25am

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By the way, what type sub is used in the Silent Hunter III? US, German, British, Japanese?

Type II
Type VII
Type IX
Type XXIII

Now guess.

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