January 2012 New Member Sign Up - Page 4

FatSteve · 01-14-12, 11:46 AM

Sorry, OLDIE/newbie here.
Have ALWAYS played PC wargames (Total Annihilation , Supreme
Commander , Harpoon (old versions) , old GNB and SH1 (i think?)
etc. etc).
And recently Other Half bought me the latest Harpoon Multi-Pack
so I'm reliving old-days

Been watching Pacific War movies lately so got a yearning for Carrier
type game (Carriers at War ?!?)
and watching Crimson Tide / WW2/Cold War Sub films got me thinking
I'd like newer (?) better (??) version of SH1.

QUICK question (I'll troll the site for indepth opinions !!) . . .
Which version runs (best?) on XP Home Edition ? SH3,4, or 5 ??
Also I'm on a WAS-Fairly-good-2-years-ago-PC so will 4/5 run
OK or are they TOO good if you know what I mean ??

If it's not a rude question, what other Ship/Sub sims are OK on
XP Home Edition ???

SORRY

FatS (FatSteve)

Sailor Steve · 01-14-12, 12:01 PM

NO! TOO MANY STEVES!

Oops. I mean WELCOME ABOARD / BACK!

I can't help you with the other type games, but SH3, 4 and 5 will all run on XP Home (that's what I have as well). The problem is more likely to be system management. For best results overall you need at least a dual-core system, at least 4 GIGS of RAM (8 is best for SH5) and at least a 512 MB independent graphics card (1GB is best, and onboard graphics are right out).

That said, I'm still working with a seven-year-old single-core system, and it runs SH3 and SH4 pretty well and SH5 barely. The first two are alright as long as I don't apply too many big mods, meaning graphics-intensive ones like FM New Interiors. If your system is even close to what I described above you should be alright.

FatSteve · 01-14-12, 12:23 PM

Thanks S'S' !

Luv a quick reply on a new forum . . . makes it feel REAL ?!

errr, It's a Dell Intel Quad Core 2 @ 2.33GHz ?!?!? (from the SYSTEM thing in Control Panel !)
4GB RAM

Graphics ARE onboard, but, I had to put my old nVidia card in to run Supreme Commander !! =
GeForce 6610XL 800MHz 128-bit 1599MB total 128MB GDDR3 dedicated (??)
I thought it was a 1GB card, but I don't know now from that !

I know a LITTLE but not the nitty-gritty stuff (dangerous, I know

)

I think, as you say, as long as they all RUN then SH5 may be wishfull,
SH4 smoother, and SH3 best if a little older ???

Fat-"getting-more-interested"-Steve

SORRY, WHERE SHOULD I CARRY ON ASKING THESE BEGINNER
QUESTIONS ???????????????????????????
[obviously not here !!!]

Jimbuna · 01-14-12, 04:19 PM

Welcome Aboard to you both

U-570 · 01-15-12, 06:05 AM

I'm new here and I'm glad to be with you.

MauroPattaro · 01-15-12, 10:52 AM

Hello everyone, from Italy!

My name is Mauro, or Crotalus for my multiplayers friends.
I love the game series SH3,4,5 but i prefer play whit my Arma2CO Italian Clan, called =BTC=(Black Templars Clan), do you know it?

Excuse me for my poor English, but, that is!

Jimbuna · 01-15-12, 01:08 PM

Welcome Mauro

Gerald · 01-15-12, 01:15 PM

Uffdafeda · 01-15-12, 10:15 PM

Back. Since SH3. Greatest place for SOLID downloads!

WITTI79 · 01-16-12, 09:52 AM

hey subsim.

follow this site for years.want to say thanks to all

Reece · 01-15-12, 05:35 PM

Hi Mauro, welcome to Subsim!

Aesthetica · 01-15-12, 06:05 PM

Hello submariners...

Occasional game modder and reskinner, 3d CGI enthusiast, and general military simmer, here. Played SH-3 for a fair number of years on and off, finally reinstalled on my current PC, and googled for mods...

Ended up here.

Bruiskov · 01-15-12, 07:47 PM

Hello all,

I have been a lurker for a couple of years now and have enjoyed the efforts of your great community. I thought that it was time to tell you all thanks and keep up the great work!

I have to run back to sh4 - my S-27 is lurking about Rabaul in August 1942 and I feel that I might get lucky on this patrol..

Regards

JamMasterJR · 01-18-12, 12:03 AM

Ding ding, ding ding. Gato, arriving.

Hello, everyone. Returning to SH4 (my favorite sub sim) after a hiatus of 2 years. It's still just as much fun as I remembered.

I don't remember, specifically, how I found SubSim.com but it was via a Goggle search, no doubt.

It's good to be back aboard and now it's haze gray and underway!

Mr. Reeves · 01-18-12, 02:40 AM

I was reminded how much I like to watch ships sink my the capsized cruise ship off italy. Probably politically incorect but hey It looks cool... blowing up ships. See it all started with silent hunter 3. I lost that disk years ago so I bought silent hunter 5 on steam after trying to find the latest version. I'm waiting on it to download and downloading some mods to fix the known issues. One I'm excited about is the realistic sinking mod. So hopefully I only need to put one hole in every compartment, do time compression and the ship will capsize and go down. Also if only ships took damage from fire. It would be more realistic. i also like the idea of more powerful torpedoes. Because the ships in SH3 took too many hits to bring down. Anyway my name is andrew. I live in BayMinette Alabama. I have an honerable discharge from the navy. I have a 5 month old son named Ethan. And I like sub sims, strategy games, rideing 4 wheelers, and cutting down trees with a shotgun or ak-47. I also like exercise and food. I have a garden in the summer. But mostly right now I want my downloads to finish and then I want to find a carrier and sink it. Maybe a battleship or two. I hate how our government has **** on our bill of rights since 9 11 and I don't fight for them anymore because of it.

01-14-12, 11:46 AM	#1
FatSteve Nub Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Newbie - well OLD newbie !!! Sorry, OLDIE/newbie here. Have ALWAYS played PC wargames (Total Annihilation , Supreme Commander , Harpoon (old versions) , old GNB and SH1 (i think?) etc. etc). And recently Other Half bought me the latest Harpoon Multi-Pack so I'm reliving old-days Been watching Pacific War movies lately so got a yearning for Carrier type game (Carriers at War ?!?) and watching Crimson Tide / WW2/Cold War Sub films got me thinking I'd like newer (?) better (??) version of SH1. QUICK question (I'll troll the site for indepth opinions !!) . . . Which version runs (best?) on XP Home Edition ? SH3,4, or 5 ?? Also I'm on a WAS-Fairly-good-2-years-ago-PC so will 4/5 run OK or are they TOO good if you know what I mean ?? If it's not a rude question, what other Ship/Sub sims are OK on XP Home Edition ??? SORRY FatS (FatSteve) __________________ Too F-A-T for the HATCH ! ! !

01-14-12, 12:01 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	NO! TOO MANY STEVES! Oops. I mean WELCOME ABOARD / BACK! I can't help you with the other type games, but SH3, 4 and 5 will all run on XP Home (that's what I have as well). The problem is more likely to be system management. For best results overall you need at least a dual-core system, at least 4 GIGS of RAM (8 is best for SH5) and at least a 512 MB independent graphics card (1GB is best, and onboard graphics are right out). That said, I'm still working with a seven-year-old single-core system, and it runs SH3 and SH4 pretty well and SH5 barely. The first two are alright as long as I don't apply too many big mods, meaning graphics-intensive ones like FM New Interiors. If your system is even close to what I described above you should be alright. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-14-12, 12:23 PM	#3
FatSteve Nub Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks S'S' ! Luv a quick reply on a new forum . . . makes it feel REAL ?! errr, It's a Dell Intel Quad Core 2 @ 2.33GHz ?!?!? (from the SYSTEM thing in Control Panel !) 4GB RAM Graphics ARE onboard, but, I had to put my old nVidia card in to run Supreme Commander !! = GeForce 6610XL 800MHz 128-bit 1599MB total 128MB GDDR3 dedicated (??) I thought it was a 1GB card, but I don't know now from that ! I know a LITTLE but not the nitty-gritty stuff (dangerous, I know) I think, as you say, as long as they all RUN then SH5 may be wishfull, SH4 smoother, and SH3 best if a little older ??? Fat-"getting-more-interested"-Steve SORRY, WHERE SHOULD I CARRY ON ASKING THESE BEGINNER QUESTIONS ??????????????????????????? [obviously not here !!!] __________________ Too F-A-T for the HATCH ! ! !

01-14-12, 04:19 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome Aboard to you both __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-12, 06:05 AM	#5
U-570 Nub Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Hello fellas! I'm new here and I'm glad to be with you.

01-15-12, 10:52 AM	#6
MauroPattaro Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 9 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 0	Hello everyone, from Italy! My name is Mauro, or Crotalus for my multiplayers friends. I love the game series SH3,4,5 but i prefer play whit my Arma2CO Italian Clan, called =BTC=(Black Templars Clan), do you know it? Excuse me for my poor English, but, that is!

01-15-12, 01:08 PM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome Mauro __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-12, 01:15 PM	#8
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,235 Downloads: 548 Uploads: 0	Welcome all new members to SubSim! __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

01-15-12, 10:15 PM	#9
Uffdafeda Bilge Rat Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Uffdafeda Back. Since SH3. Greatest place for SOLID downloads!

01-16-12, 09:52 AM	#10
WITTI79 Bilge Rat Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Helmstedt,Germany Posts: 1 Downloads: 111 Uploads: 0	hey subsim. follow this site for years.want to say thanks to all

01-15-12, 05:35 PM	#11
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,804 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Hi Mauro, welcome to Subsim! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

01-15-12, 06:05 PM	#12
Aesthetica Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Britain Posts: 8 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Hello submariners... Occasional game modder and reskinner, 3d CGI enthusiast, and general military simmer, here. Played SH-3 for a fair number of years on and off, finally reinstalled on my current PC, and googled for mods... Ended up here.

01-15-12, 07:47 PM	#13
Bruiskov Bilge Rat Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the efforts! Hello all, I have been a lurker for a couple of years now and have enjoyed the efforts of your great community. I thought that it was time to tell you all thanks and keep up the great work! I have to run back to sh4 - my S-27 is lurking about Rabaul in August 1942 and I feel that I might get lucky on this patrol.. Regards

01-18-12, 12:03 AM	#14
JamMasterJR Nub Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 2 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Anchors Aweigh Ding ding, ding ding. Gato, arriving. Hello, everyone. Returning to SH4 (my favorite sub sim) after a hiatus of 2 years. It's still just as much fun as I remembered. I don't remember, specifically, how I found SubSim.com but it was via a Goggle search, no doubt. It's good to be back aboard and now it's haze gray and underway!

01-18-12, 02:40 AM	#15
Mr. Reeves Nub Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I was reminded how much I like to watch ships sink my the capsized cruise ship off italy. Probably politically incorect but hey It looks cool... blowing up ships. See it all started with silent hunter 3. I lost that disk years ago so I bought silent hunter 5 on steam after trying to find the latest version. I'm waiting on it to download and downloading some mods to fix the known issues. One I'm excited about is the realistic sinking mod. So hopefully I only need to put one hole in every compartment, do time compression and the ship will capsize and go down. Also if only ships took damage from fire. It would be more realistic. i also like the idea of more powerful torpedoes. Because the ships in SH3 took too many hits to bring down. Anyway my name is andrew. I live in BayMinette Alabama. I have an honerable discharge from the navy. I have a 5 month old son named Ethan. And I like sub sims, strategy games, rideing 4 wheelers, and cutting down trees with a shotgun or ak-47. I also like exercise and food. I have a garden in the summer. But mostly right now I want my downloads to finish and then I want to find a carrier and sink it. Maybe a battleship or two. I hate how our government has **** on our bill of rights since 9 11 and I don't fight for them anymore because of it.