Cold Waters

[Barthheart]

The manual states you are the Commander and you wouldn't need to worry about usage of sensors and fire control. But they didn't say you're supposed to be the sub driver too!  :DD

Regarding the campaign, can you just nuke Moscow and finish the war once and for all? Is nuclear ordinance actually present?

You play an attack sub role not a boomer, so no you can't nuke Moscow.

[Barthheart]

Still... is it worth 40? Or more like 20 at this point?
Just being 'fun' doesn't set it firmly on my to buy list right now for 40 credits.

To me, it's worth the money because it is fun. My dollars per hour gaming from this will steadily drop as I see myself putting a lot of hours into it.

[Capn Darwin]

Is anyone else having an issue with run away FPS in menus with vsync off? The game is a slow stutterfest with it on, but off my old ass 450 GTS card runs the game smoothly with all the bells and whistles on. The problem is in menus when the FPS jumps up over 200 and the heat on my video card goes through the roof.  :'(

[Toonces]

I've noticed the fan on my laptop kicks on pretty quickly after booting the game up, but I don't know about runaway FPS.  Certainly the game is causing my computer to work.

Glad to hear that many of you are enjoying this game.  I'm still on the fence.  I played it a bit more last night, but I'm afraid this might be a bit too lite for my tastes.  I'm going to wait a bit longer to see if the chatter can get me enthusiastic for the game.  I'm kind of not feeling it right now.

[Jarhead0331]

^Given the game's lineage, I'm really not sure what you were expecting. It seems like you may have had some unreasonable expectations of what this game was going to be, bud. Some of the missing UI features seem like a correctable problem and they don't seem game breaking. But in terms of gameplay and mechanics, this was never going to be A high fidelity simulator, or even something mildly resembling one. By most reports, it does seem very similar to RSR though.

[Hofstadter]

Nup. Hate it. Had a go, absolutely disgusting to control and play. Im still gonna make a video on it, but its gonna come with a massive warning about the sheer awkwardness of playing with incremental controls

[Destraex]

It works on an atom processor with XP... amazing!

[Pete Dero]

I decided to reinstall Silent Hunter III due to this thread and immediately uninstalled it.

"Could not locate 3D device" came up as an error.

Had the same problem.  Switching my monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz fixed it (was set on 59 Hz).  No need to change screen resolution or other fixes.

I also use this mod : Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=215433) (this mod is compatible with GWX and can be installed using JGSME)

[Greybriar]

Found this new (uploaded 21 hours ago) video about Cold Waters:

[Toonces]

^Given the game's lineage, I'm really not sure what you were expecting. It seems like you may have had some unreasonable expectations of what this game was going to be, bud. Some of the missing UI features seem like a correctable problem and they don't seem game breaking. But in terms of gameplay and mechanics, this was never going to be A high fidelity simulator, or even something mildly resembling one. By most reports, it does seem very similar to RSR though.

Sounds like you're agreeing with RyanE.  What's next, dogs and cats living together?

[Jarhead0331]

^Given the game's lineage, I'm really not sure what you were expecting. It seems like you may have had some unreasonable expectations of what this game was going to be, bud. Some of the missing UI features seem like a correctable problem and they don't seem game breaking. But in terms of gameplay and mechanics, this was never going to be A high fidelity simulator, or even something mildly resembling one. By most reports, it does seem very similar to RSR though.

Sounds like you're agreeing with RyanE.  What's next, dogs and cats living together?

Haha! No. human sacrifice.

[bbmike]

^Phew, I'm safe.

[JudgeDredd]

I decided to reinstall Silent Hunter III due to this thread and immediately uninstalled it.

"Could not locate 3D device" came up as an error.

Had the same problem.  Switching my monitor refresh rate to 60 Hz fixed it (was set on 59 Hz).  No need to change screen resolution or other fixes.

I also use this mod : Ahnenerbe WideGui 1920 x 1080 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=215433) (this mod is compatible with GWX and can be installed using JGSME)

Thanks - I'll have a go  O0

[Pete Dero]

First video by someone who plays games like Dangerous Waters on a regular basis.

[trek]

For those of you still on the fence about CW there are a new series of videos on YouTube by JiveTurkey. He's a former Navy Submariner who was assigned to a 688. He really know his stuff and already has the game pretty much nailed. The first of his videos is entitled:
"Cold Waters: Greenland Sea Convoy Hunt" just in case I've screwed up the following link. BTW having played KillerFish games previous titles Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet I knew exactly what to expect from this game and I'm finding it very enjoyable. Personally I'm not having a problem with steering the sub, at least it gives you more to do and keeps you very involved and on your toes. I do agree that they need to implement a periscope depth hotkey though. I am glad that it is real-time and I'm hoping that eventually KF Games will revisit surface battles and create a new one in real-time as well. My request would be a Dreadnought Era one taking you right into WW1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ5qDn0KM8E