Talk:Silent Hunter III

Possible contradiction?

In Silent hunter it is said:

'[...] (no crew is visible, even though their voices are heard), which is usual in the genre.'

This article states:

'Unlike other submarine simulations, where the crew is often heard but not seen, [...]'

Isn't this a contradiction between the two articles? Hfodf 20:08, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

No it isn't because the real qoute is this: "The boat is actually commanded by manning various stations in first person (no crew is visible, even though their voices are heard), which is usual in the genre." as you know you may delete anything between brackets, so it becomes: "The boat is actually commanded by manning various stations in first person, which is usual in the genre."

Do any of you have any tips on how to aim at the ships, because I just about always miss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.44.86.61 (talk) 23:07, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Go to subsim.com, there you will find all you need to know. Throckmorton Guildersleeve (talk) 18:40, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Hardly the right place to ask, but I have a problem with the Grey Wolves expansion. There appears to be no ships at all whatsoever (beyond the player's sub) sailing the seas. What could or should be done about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.186.196.117 (talk) 23:03, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

separate reception secion added

added a separate reception section. Yifanwang99 (talk) 20:55, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Please do not add the ranks section back

The overly-long section about every single rank and award, along with uniform descriptions, is counter-productive to this article.

This article is about the video game, not the actual ranks and awards given by the Germans to their crews - go to a separate article for that stuff.TheWizardOfAhz (talk) 15:48, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

One of the main features of the game is that you can promote the crew and give them awards. It was actually one of the things that made the game enormously popular. More editor opinions are needed; to avoid edit warring, I'll place the section here until it is resolved.

A remarkably level-headed idea. I agree. =) TheWizardOfAhz (talk) 03:19, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Disputed Section

Awards, qualifications, and promotions

Throughout a player's career, it is possible to obtain promotions, awards, and qualifications, both for the player and members of the U-Boat crew. U-Boat crew members can be "enlisted" and "dismissed" at will, meaning that, decorated sailors can be rotated out with "green sailors" with no decorations or qualifications. Crew members can also be enlisted at any rank, although any new crew member who joins will have no awards and only officers may be recruited with pre-existing qualifications (enlisted sailors must earn their qualifications underway on the U-Boat).

Crew members can also be promoted based on combat experience. The various ranks listed in the game begin with basic sailors, followed by "Warrant Officers" (in reality Chief Petty Officers), and then officer ranks. A midshipman rank also exists, which is viewed in the game simply as another officer position. The various game ranks for enlisted sailors (as well as their real world Kriegsmarine equivalents) are:

• Seaman (Matrosengefreiter)
• Able Seaman (Matrosenobergefreiter)
• Veteran Seaman (Matrosenhauptgefreiter)
• Warrant Officer (Matrosenoberfeldwebel)
• Senior Warrant Officer (Matrosenhauptfeldwebel)
• Chief Warrant Officer (Matrosenstabsfeldwebel)

Although the lower sailor ranks are referred to in the game as "Seaman", the characters in fact wear the rank of Petty Officer; there are no actual seaman characters available (the rank of Matrose) nor is there a rank of basic Chief Petty Officer (Matrosenfeldwebel) since the warrant officer figures begin with a one pip shoulder strap insignia. It is also not possible to promote sailors between the various "castes", such as advancing a seaman to warrant officer or commissioning a warrant officer as an officer.

Available officer ranks are:

• Sub-Lieutenant (Oberfahnrich)
• Lieutenant, Jr. (Leutnant)
• Lieutenant, Sr. (Oberleutnant)

Midshipman rank is shown as a silver cord with two pips; lower midshipman grades are not used in the game. The gameplay allows for the award of the Iron Cross, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, German Cross, U-boat War Badge, and U-boat Front Clasp. The player may also issue awards and qualification badges to members of the crew, including the Wound Badge for injured crew members. All awards are de-nazified to remove Nazi symbols such as the swastika.

End Disputed Section

I trimmed up the section to remove all the historical what-not and focused on the gameplay aspects only. I think it looks good now and provides good game information. -OberRanks (talk) 15:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, that's not a bad clean up. TheWizardOfAhz (talk) 16:07, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Massive Blanking

While I agree that some of the material in the article was technical game info that didn't need to there, gutting 90% of the article was overkill, especially on sections which were previously inserted on consensus. If there is a section that needs to be taken out, lets discuss it here. Reverting the article to what it was nearly eight years ago sees very heavy handed. -O.R.^Comms 07:18, 31 January 2016 (UTC)