[horsa]

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All the visuals have been completely revised. Two things you should notice are

1. There is a themed look to everything visual you come across.
2. There is nothing “parade ground” about these subs. They are working war machines showing the effects of months of continuous campaigning. You will see mess, gunk, wear and tear and the ravages of water everywhere.

And yes some degree of artistic license has been used to create a Pacific wartime feel. Think “Band of Brothers” and you get the idea.

A lot of the layout of the stations will be familiar to you but they will look completely different. In some such as the Scope, Navigation Gauges, TDC, Capt Quarters, you will need to readjust to some repositioning of the controls.

The scope comes in two versions ; the default is a “standard” scope that operates in the familiar way, an optional extra which is an authentic Kollmorgan scope (more demanding on your system) . There will be a later post about this.

Both 1024 and 800 graphics are supported in the full version available from SubSim shortly. The 1024 graphics will not be included in the lite version .

Most of your targets , the Japanese ships , have been retextured with a distinctive “tropical livery “ skin. – all the merchants, a new looking Yamato, some cruisers and most of the destroyers.

Menu screens and other game visuals will be outlined in later post.

[Fletcher]

Top notch work, guys.

Just a question or two:

What system requirements will this new Pacific Mod require?

And will the new graphics and sub stations work with all graphics cards?

Looking forward to this

Cheers!

[horsa]

Thanks Fletch

[sergbuto]

New Gato and Balao submarines have higher poly counts compared to other models in the game. This will add some load on the cards.

[horsa]

Right. Thanks Serg. I'd forgot about them . I'd never noticed a slow down but some other machines will have a lower threshold.

[oche]

This is it!!! ...Once i get my hands on this baby i'll say goodbye to my every day life...this will actually be a breakthrough!...i bet you guys are gonna get published on Pcgamer, CGW, etc...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! AND THANK YOU FOR THIS FROM THE HEART...You are gonna make the life of a lot of loyal players of SH1 much much better. I wonder what all those simmers who never played and spend most of the time bashing SH2 will have to say now...

[Col7777]

oche,

Very nice and kind words, just thinking ... you could be president of out fan club.

Seriously, that is a really nice compliment and I'm sure the whole team will echo my words, thank you very much.

[horsa]

Yes many thanks Ochre. Very much appreciated. We were dying to tell you when you were probing on the SHII forum.

[AdamWarren]

[oche]

just in case guys i didn't mean to be such a pain in the @#$ with the probing on the project, this is too much for me!!, i'm not sleeping at night thinking of this CHEERS!

[Overkill]

YOU GUYS ARE THE GREATEST!!

Thanks for produce'n this mod.

[Lane]

Wow
No it don't Look like SH 1 screens Look's Better
Ok you Pacific Aces Team let's have some Ships parked in harbor with
mean DD's running around the harbor on Patrol l We can see
How close we can get for a Scope Recon Picture or attack the ships
and escape Harbor
Just Remmbering SH 1 Days.
Look's like P.A. going to be a winner
Regard's "Cheers"
Lane :wink:

[sergbuto]

I hate to dissappoint you. Currently, there are no harbors packed with ships and no assignments to get a Scope Recon Photo in Pacific mod. But you should be able to add your own templates with ships in the harbor for campaigns generated with PACG.

[oche]

Though i must admit that i will miss life guard and photo recon duties, those can be the least of my worries. I'd thank the team for whatever i get at first hand and then make suggestions on how to improve it.

[Hitman]