Hyfrydle32
04-11-2005, 05:52 AM
Hi everyone this is my first post so I thought it only polite to say hello http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Firstly let me say thankyou to the devs for a truly incredible sub sim. Since I bought this I have played nothing else the level of detail is astounding and I have found myself getting very attached to my sub and crew. Although I have some ideas which would make it even more immersive in my opinion.
The crew management as is works well although it involves quite a bit of micromanagement. My idea came to me the other night whilst watching "Das Boot" for the first time and it revolves around teams. The way it would work is before each patrol the crew is divided into teams which are responsible for each area of the sub and are given a shift. I think in "Das Boot" there were 3 watches if I remember rightly. Once these are specified the game using the internal clock would regardles of time compression be able to monitor who is on each shift. Problems would occur if crew members where injured or killed as the Captain would have to juggle the shifts around and may have to suffer in certain areas as a result which to me seems to be more realistic than the current method.
Also it would be good if each crew member had a skill rating in each area which increased the motre time they spent in that department. Which could also help when deciding who should get medals or be promoted.
Maybe this is something that could be implemented in SH 4 what do you guys think and do you have any other ideas?
Finally wouldn't it be nice if you could name your Sub or Team and personalise the experience even more.
Sorry about the long post but when I get started I don't know when to stop.
Thanks for listening.
Mark
Firstly let me say thankyou to the devs for a truly incredible sub sim. Since I bought this I have played nothing else the level of detail is astounding and I have found myself getting very attached to my sub and crew. Although I have some ideas which would make it even more immersive in my opinion.
The crew management as is works well although it involves quite a bit of micromanagement. My idea came to me the other night whilst watching "Das Boot" for the first time and it revolves around teams. The way it would work is before each patrol the crew is divided into teams which are responsible for each area of the sub and are given a shift. I think in "Das Boot" there were 3 watches if I remember rightly. Once these are specified the game using the internal clock would regardles of time compression be able to monitor who is on each shift. Problems would occur if crew members where injured or killed as the Captain would have to juggle the shifts around and may have to suffer in certain areas as a result which to me seems to be more realistic than the current method.
Also it would be good if each crew member had a skill rating in each area which increased the motre time they spent in that department. Which could also help when deciding who should get medals or be promoted.
Maybe this is something that could be implemented in SH 4 what do you guys think and do you have any other ideas?
Finally wouldn't it be nice if you could name your Sub or Team and personalise the experience even more.
Sorry about the long post but when I get started I don't know when to stop.
Thanks for listening.
Mark