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COMBAT PLANES - SILENT HUNTER 3 - SEAWOLVES

COMBAT PLANES - SILENT HUNTER 3 - SEAWOLVES

PID: 2052
Available since: 09/26/2006.

Combat Planes Inc.

EUR 26.17
without VAT EUR 21.99
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PUBLISHER Combat Planes Inc.
HOMEPAGE http://www.combatplanes.ca/
DELIVERY Direct Download
or
CD-Service Please allow up to 28 days for delivery
FILE SIZE

250MB

INSTALLATION Setup
SUPPORT see Homepage
REQUIRES Silent Hunter 3 - This is an Add-on product only!!!!

SeaWolves for Silent Hunter 3

SeaWolves for Silent Hunter 3 is designed to provide a quota of single missions in the Pacific as well as a deeper and more active campaign environment for the U-boat commander. The expansion includes:

  • more than fifty new cities and harbors for the SH3 world
  • new detail around existing cities, including industry, searchlights, and land defences
  • new harbor activity including stationary ships that change over the course of the war
  • new barriers, minefields and antisubmarine nets
  • an 18 mission campaign for the American GATO class in the Pacific
  • four new missions for the Type IXD, and four new multiplayer missions
  • greatly expanded shipping activity, both random and scripted. This includes fishing and commercial traffic as well as military traffic and patrols
  • add specific air strikes, such as against U-boat pens and German bases
  • add specific activity related to campaigns like D-Day
  • add specific activity of historical hunters like the Tirpitz , Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau
  • Add resupply capability for the Atlantic campaign in 1942-43
  • Expanded radio log messages for 1938-1942
  • Start a career with Type XXI in April, 1944
  • Reduced effects of fatigue for the crew (optional installation)

In addition, the campaign engine has been tweaked for reduced air strike activity. With the 1.4b patch the air activity becomes extremely annoying in some areas. General enhancements to the game include:

  • Improved clouds
  • New interior graphics for all U-boats
  • Uniform enhancements
  • Hi resolution skins on the Type VII and Type IXD, including camoflage options
  • Hi resolution harbors
  • An improved damage model for U-boats
  • Reduced sonar accuracy, realistic limits for destroyers
  • Reduced night vision acuity for all enemies
  • Added ability to cruise with decks awash for Type VII and Type IX (faster dive time)
  • Periscope and UZO mod for a black out look
  • Seven new ship types
  • Leigh lights added to sub hunting aircraft
  • New particle effects

Frame Rate and Compatibility
The expansion does not alter compatibility on the PC, although online players will have to use the same patch version. Players must also return to port prior to installing SeaWolves if they wish to continue an existing campaign. SH3 campaigns are saved along with a particular campaign world.

Using the expansion does not impact frame rates in the game. There is a slight impact on load time, which has been mitigated by randomizing spawn times in the game. While the number of map objects has been greatly increased, objects in the campaign or on the map only affect the player when in proximity to those objects. The detail added to harbors, in particular, will be similar to the highest level of detail in some of the default harbors.

Tactical briefings include:

  • Attacking a Convoy
  • Using the Hydrophone
  • Fire a Spread
  • Transfer External Weapons
  • Harbor Maps

    BEFORE AFTER


 

Customer Reviews

4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars!  
Gene Davis, 10/23/2006
    When I first saw this product I was a little hesitant, but then I saw that it adds an American Pacific Theater to SH3. Unfortunetly it doesn't replace the German sub with a GATO class sub, that isn't possible within the sim. But, I have got to tell you the additional ports, ships, and aircraft are well worth the cost of this add-on along with the other graphical enhancements it offers. It has breathed new life into an already good sim. Love the new sounds!
I just spent three hours with SH3 and I still can't believe how much fun I had with it. 3AM, time to go to bed!