Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific | USS Perch | First Patrol and Riding our luck!

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7 ай бұрын

Welcome to a new Patrol, Rookie Capt Buck O'Hare sets off on his first patrol aboard the USS Perch to drop off a secrete agent onto the Japanese homeland before hunting shipping in the area.
Mods used:
Game Fixes only Mod
Pacific Sound mod
Sobers compass mod version colour
Websters Elimate Floating Plankton
Remove grain effect
Max Optics IV for GFO
Real Environment
Bigger Better Protractors
Extra Allied Naval Bases
Websters upgraded Deck Gun
Websters New Sonar View
Improvement Stock Environments
Mods can be found at Subsim - www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...
ABOUT THIS GAME
Hunt, hide and kill as you take command of U.S. submarines and crews and navigate the treacherous waters of the Pacific during WWII.
Silent Hunter, the industry-leading naval warfare simulation franchise for over a decade, returns to its roots with next-generation graphical realism, immersive gameplay, innovative crew evolution and more action than ever before.
Developed by the same Ubisoft team that delivered Silent Hunter 3, the "king of sub games", to worldwide critical acclaim, the 2007 installment offers the most memorable, accessible and empowering submarine simulation experience ever.
Hollywood Blockbuster experience: Lifelike graphics and spectacular audio/visual effects offer an incredibly immersive gaming experience. Witness the historical accuracy and the amazing attention to detail from the breathtaking Pacific settings to the more than 75 authentic-looking war machines such as the U.S. Gato class submarine, the Japanese battleship Yamato and the H6K flying boat.
Large Scale Naval Engagements: Epic naval engagements can be witnessed by players either firsthand or via radio messages and orders from high command.
Innovative crew evolution: Earn upgrades and experience to guide the evolution path of crewmembers, making your men the most effective naval force in the Pacific theater.
Immersive single player gameplay: Diverse mission objectives and events combined with unique rewards make each campaign a new experience. Commandeer various U.S. submarines and progress your career as a naval officer via improved dynamic campaigns in Career Mode, or dive into 'instant actions' and single patrols for a quick fight.
Addictive Online New Adversarial Mode: Join forces with up to 8 friends via LAN or 4 via internet in either cooperative or adversarial gameplay modes. Scripted and generated mission types allow for epic online battles and unlimited replayability.
Scalable learning experience: Selectable difficulty levels allow players to choose how challenging of a simulation to play.
Easy to control: An upgraded and streamlined interface makes moving around the submarine and controlling it much easier than ever before.
Please note that the online features for this game are no longer supported. The Multiplayer mode / Co-op mode will no longer be accessible.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
Supported OS:Windows® XP/Vista Only
Processor:2GHz Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon (4 3GHz Pentium or AMD Athlon recommended)
Memory:1 GB (2 GB recommended)
Graphics:128 MB RAM DirectX® 9-compliant, video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (256 MB RAM recommended) (see supported list*)
DirectX Version:DirectX 9.0c or later (included)
Sound:DirectX 9 -compliant sound card
Network:128 kbps upstream or faster (512 kbps upstream or faster needed to host online games)
Hard Drive:6 GB
*Supported Video Cards: ATI® RADEON® 9600/9700/9800, X300 to X850, X1300 to X1800NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6200/6600/6800/7800

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@EvilSawboss 7 ай бұрын

Please continue this series, not enough content out there for U.S. sub warfare in WW2. Cant wait to see if the Perch's luck holds out

@tacticalcalebgaming7264 7 ай бұрын

I agree

@zoe..d 7 ай бұрын

Wolfpack345 has done tons of SH4 a few years ago...

@mikocap21 7 ай бұрын

I would say we are lacking in Japanese and Russian sub warefare in WW2. That said, there is no subsim that features these as playable countries that I know of.

@USSEnterprise6126 7 ай бұрын

@@mikocap21 the japanese sub doctrine focused on supporting the fleet more than interdiction until later into the war when it was to late so i under stand the lack of japanese sub games

@SlySkydiver 6 ай бұрын

@@mikocap21 There is the Soviet Waterways mod for SH4. Pretty good, very difficult if you play in the Baltic Sea.

@BullGator-kd6ge 7 ай бұрын

Good luck on this new series. In reality for those curious, the real USS Perch was scuttled during its second war patrol on March 3rd, 1942 with its entire 59 man crew successfully evacuating and ended up captured. 5 men succumbed to malnutrition but the rest would survive. The wreck was unintentionally discovered in 2006 by dive teams searching for HMS Exeter. Unfortunately, because the wreck wasn’t designated a war grave because none of the crew died in the sinking, the wreck was illegally salvaged and is no longer on the ocean floor.

@intruative 7 ай бұрын

Hmmmm I couldn't possibly hope to even guess what nation may have done that..

@timonsolus 7 ай бұрын

@@intruative : There are a lot of illegal salvagers in Asia and the Pacific who absolutely don't care about war graves. HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse have been salvaged, and so have nearly all the many wrecks around Guadalcanal. Sadly, the days of war graves in the Pacific Theatre remaining undisturbed are over.

@SOU6900 7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately there's a bunch of war graves that are being salvaged for the metal.

@Lucky-sh1dm 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@timonsolusChina is genuinely fucking rotten for letting their boys scrap up the POW and Repulse

@Yamato-tp2kf 7 ай бұрын

@@timonsolus The Chinese poachers tried, but, got arrested by the Malaysian Navy... I saw that in the news!!!

@mikkojk83 7 ай бұрын

SH4 definetly brings back memories, probably still have the disks for the base game and uboat expansion still laying around somewhere. Hope that Taff is aware that the most US subs can get the SD(air)+SJ(surface) radar upgrade from the beginning to avoid further surprises in the mist and if I recall correctly, they can be used underwater but you need to set depth slightly above the periscope depth manually so that radar mast is above the water.

@neptunenavalmods4420 7 ай бұрын

3:04 wow, those battleships sure have seen better days - it's up to Taff to avenge them. Remember the Arizona!!!!!

@Iymarra 7 ай бұрын

Buck O'Hare, huh? Does he go where no ordinary sailor would dare?

@bulldogbryant5909 7 ай бұрын

Hey, they should make a new Silent Hunter game this time operating in a Japanese submarine during World War II

@komandant_history 7 ай бұрын

Or a british sub

@jordytenhoven9910 7 ай бұрын

Or a Dutch one

@Repent-and-be-saved 7 ай бұрын

Noooo

@neptunenavalmods4420 7 ай бұрын

Someone was working on a Japanese WW2 mod for SH4. I am not sure if he finished it, but it had Japanese subs, medals, and crew skins.

@OndrejSykora13 6 ай бұрын

Or Loud Hunter - you play as a destroyer against submarines 😅

@731trident 7 ай бұрын

As a former submarine Torpedoman out of Pearl Harbor, I'm all in on this one! I always enjoy your sub captain content, thank you, Taff!

@cabriskus4700 7 ай бұрын

As a former submariner, I served on NH 44550 USS C-1 in 1912, I can attest that these videos are great.

@myceliamdragon6887 7 ай бұрын

As a former submariner in the war of 1812, i can attest to this video being excellent@@cabriskus4700

@731trident 7 ай бұрын

@@cabriskus4700 what? My name here is trident 731, which is the USS Alabama, which refers to the second submarine I was on. I believe that your comment was implying that I was making that up out of whole cloth. Nope. I hope that you feel better and have a great day.

@cabriskus4700 7 ай бұрын

@@731trident “As a former submarine torpeodoman out of Pearl Harbor” should probably take some English classes before I start to believe you served onboard a submarine.

@731trident 7 ай бұрын

@cabriskus4700 if you're trying to insult me, it's not working. As a torpedoman, I was often referred to as a 'trained monkey', so of course my English isn't going to be up to snuff. I suppose since I haven't been in an English class since 1989. Now I have trees to climb and poo to fling 🐵🐒🦧 I absolutely 💯 % served on the USS Ulysses S. Grant SSBN 631 out of Groton and Holy Loch, as well as the USS Alabama SSBN 731 out of Silverdale and Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. I wish you all the best. 😉👍

@Arsenic71 7 ай бұрын

Ohhh more Silent Hunter!! Awesome, your previous SH5 campaigns are among my most favourite videos on YT. THANK YOU!

@scottboyer8450 7 ай бұрын

Wish to know more about the "Silent Service" of U.S. submarine warfare in the pacific during WWII? I highly recommend these books. Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine by Richard O'Kane Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the USS Tang by Richard O'Kane (Tang would sink more ships in 9 months of service than most boats would in 4 years) Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckey Silent Running: My Years on a World War II Attack Submarine by James F. Calvert Run Silent, Run Deep (fiction) by Edward L. Beach Jr.

@Hosenfuhrer 7 ай бұрын

YES! I loved to play this game when I was in my teen years. Also, do we want to see it: hell yes! It might be old, but beats SH5 hands down

@eternal1050 7 ай бұрын

Hearing that soundtrack after such a long time makes me nostalgic. Thanks for playing this!

@MouldedSalad 7 ай бұрын

The agent was swimming beneath the raft pretending to be a turtle - it was a deliberate tactical choice. 🐢

@JDKempton 7 ай бұрын

So excited to see you playing this 👍😁

@NoobsofFredo 7 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing more of this one! SH4 is definitely my favorite of the series, and I'm keen to see you playing it.

@jameswilliams1085 7 ай бұрын

Yeii!! Yeii!!! Taff and his Subs!!! Love It,really going to enjoy this!!! Thanks!!!

@juanarturofernandezn6491 7 ай бұрын

I like very much your videos and your novelistic style. Can’t wait to see more episodes . I’ve tried SH3, SH4. SH5 and now UBoat but can’t match with SH4 with the Pacific scenarios. Just because this video I am willing to return to SH4 and check for all mods you described .

@truesurvivor5767 7 ай бұрын

Awsome, a silent hunter playthrough!

@mikeymack6852 7 ай бұрын

Yes - I would like to see more. Thank you

@daniellucas1494 7 ай бұрын

Love this - looking forward to your next post.

@stephenmiller195 7 ай бұрын

Awesome Taff so glad your doing this game, thanks 🙏

@john1040 7 ай бұрын

what a great series to do, i can not wait for the next one

@spike7319 7 ай бұрын

Great stuff👍🏻 1 of my uncles was U76s radio operator. I was always interested in submarines cuze of his stories. 😊

@user-fi9vp5nc1g 7 ай бұрын

Excellent job. Looking forward to the next one.

@LawrenceSeetoh 7 ай бұрын

THat is a hopeful start, thank you Taff, this looks like it will be a fun series

@darkfox2076 7 ай бұрын

Great video, I've been waiting for a series like this. let's hope your sub lives long enough.

@jon-pauluriarte4680 7 ай бұрын

I do love silent Hunter 4. I still have this game on my P.C. Need to play this again.

@Sigma0283 7 ай бұрын

Glad to see you're playing this one, it's one of my favorite submarine games. Good Hunting, Captain. I remember doing one mission (with out Mods) where I was returning to base after attacking a convoy and using up all torpedoes. I had to evade another fleet that had many carriers and it drained my batteries. So after evading, I had to surface to cycle the air and charge my batteries after evading the enemy fleet only to discover a net of air craft and took a major beating from said air craft and taking heavy damage to the point where my port engine was knocked out of action beyond repair. I was lucky that I was able to limp back to port on that one but I shot down 10 aircraft in the process.

@hawks1ish 7 ай бұрын

20:50 have never seen a submarine drive by shooting that was awesome haha

@mikeevans9770 7 ай бұрын

Most players when they leave Pearl will stop and top off the fuel at Midway. Than head to the Japan area. When they go back to Pearl, they will stop at Midway again for fuel.

@scottlife1697 7 ай бұрын

To say the mark 14 had issues.... you are a master of understatement

@raleighthomas3079 7 ай бұрын

Loving a new sub series!

@LobsterminatorX 7 ай бұрын

Awesome! As much as I enjoy playing UBOAT it has a long way to go before it rivals Silent Hunter games. They just have a level of atmosphere I haven't yet experienced in UBOAT.

@joeaustin4472 7 ай бұрын

Hell yeah!!! This is sweet taff, great to see you playing this.. to see you trying out the American submarines after your devotion to the U-boats is like a dream. This is going to be an incredible series after seeing years of devotion to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, your going to have some challenges in regards of the torpedoes indeed.. but your always free to use the deck gun as usual 😉. Welcome to a brand new series, the scourge of the Atlantic comes to the Pacific, this is going to be gripping. Congratulations on your first successes in this series.. first of many no doubt.. Happy hunting mate and well done 👏 👍

@neptunenavalmods4420 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I hate the Mk XIV's .... one of the s ubsim modders created a mod that made them duds even if you used the "glancing blow" workaround .... that way you couldn't cheat and avoid duds before this solution was discovered.

@joeaustin4472 7 ай бұрын

@@neptunenavalmods4420 Failure is like onions I believe they said about the Mk XIVs.. Devin Horner played a few episodes of this and though he didn't really get any duds, he mentioned them quite frequently and also explained about the Failure of command believing that their torpedoes we're no good. My deepest pity has always gone out to the US submariners, had to do their duty and when they did do it.. torpedoes we're as crappy as the word went. Those that did work.. that was a stroke of a miracle, the same went for the US torpedo bomber crews in the early years of the Pacific war.. Dark times.. very dark times.. and had to do so much with so little. Makes you appreciate a lot more what they had to deal with.

@timonsolus 7 ай бұрын

@@joeaustin4472 : The Germans had the same very severe problems with their own torpedoes, which weren't solved until the end of 1942, more than halfway through the Battle of the Atlantic. Also, most German U-boats carried fewer torpedoes than American submarines.

@joeaustin4472 7 ай бұрын

@@timonsolus Yeah I've read about that, many of them we're prone to missing, not holding depth very well was frequently noted along with some veering off course, never heard of duds though.. but that doesn't mean that there wasn't any, if there was then this'll be the first time I've heard of it. I do like the US subs for their shapes and elegant appearances as well as their torpedo loadout numbers.

@shopdog831 6 ай бұрын

That was an intense opening fight!

@speedsteel5784 7 ай бұрын

You got me playing again, but the only thing I got a sniff of so far in the Marianas was too fast for the Porpoise class to get eyeballs on. Please keep the series going 👍

@MagnumGreenPanther 7 ай бұрын

I love love love SH4 series Taff!!!!!

@philiphughes7481 6 ай бұрын

Man the deck gun!

@yoosta22 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this series….

@jamesrussell7760 7 ай бұрын

Taff, this looks like an excellent career. Definitely a good choice since so little is known about US sub operations in the western Pacific. Nasty weather that belies the name Pacific! Yes, you were lucky, but you maneuvered very well to make your luck. I suspect you used the deck gun because you know the Mark 14 torpedoes are garbage. That last ship was a real challenge because of the terrible visibility. Well done! By the way, definitely get the radar upgrade - those surprises were nerve wracking!

@timonsolus 7 ай бұрын

In the Pacific, the weather got worse the further north you went. Around the latitude of the Aleutians it was absolutely dreadful most of the time.

@Autofire-nw5ty 7 ай бұрын

Always up for some SH4👍

@usernameunavailable816 7 ай бұрын

Great video! I’d really like to see more of USS-Perch under Taff’s expert command

@cocindaucocindau354 7 ай бұрын

Good Job!

@kyanderson2461 7 ай бұрын

I love this game .

@ditzy_neko3362 7 ай бұрын

I hope this is the next series! I absolutely love this game with the fall of the rising sun mod.

@tomiluukkonen4035 7 ай бұрын

I have no personal experience with SH4 but I watched friend playing it back then for hours. I played SH3 for quite a while before. SH4/Pacific is quite easy because IJN has no real effective antisub-strategy nor equipments, nothing like Allies had in Atlantic. So SH4 is way easier but also much prettier than SH3. But I like subsims so I'm following this series too - keep up the good work 🥰

@3ftsteamrwy12 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful!!! I hope you survive your first stes of patrols to upgrage to a newer better sub, like a Bilao class. At least you didnt have any dud torpedoes in your first patrol. Fitting in that it came out a day after Veteran's Day (in the US)/Remeberance Day (Commonwealth/UK)

@garytwinem5275 7 ай бұрын

You don't actually get as many duds as you should in SH4, even with dud torpedoes turned on, the designers dialled the historical dud rate back in the game because they thought players would be frustrated.

@shadowfax743 7 ай бұрын

Yes more plz

@danielgyepes1190 7 ай бұрын

I love it please continue

@arthurcrego8297 7 ай бұрын

Very nice , i still play SH 3 and 4

@vielplaysdagames2298 7 ай бұрын

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssss I been asking for pacific sub dim for so long

@craighagenbruch3800 7 ай бұрын

Definitely took *insert agant* to heart lol

@JohnDoe-ff2fc 7 ай бұрын

I thought that the Perch was gone in the 1st go-around! Great 1st patrol, torps worked! And the deck gun ammo works quite well, it didn't require 30 shots.

@Bingo551 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking of going back to playing this yesterday..lol

@TheMinisterofDefence 7 ай бұрын

yes please do a series on this.

@kleinerfarmer1 7 ай бұрын

Commander Buck O'Hare? I like the wordplay^^

@feldweible 7 ай бұрын

I have greatly enjoyed SH4. It's always a fun time.

@Repent-and-be-saved 7 ай бұрын

Hi Buck! ❤

@matthewwagner47 7 ай бұрын

When it's foggy and bad weather is the most advantageous time to attack. Use your equipment and submarine tactics. Heading of contacts and course ploting of enemy will allow you to hit unseen objects. Stalk the enemy for hours. You don't need to surface at all. Submarines are elite friends.

@barbarossa1234 7 ай бұрын

I enjoy your videos.

@franktozier3184 7 ай бұрын

Glad to see you in the Pacific. Iti is interesting with US subs with their lousy torpedoes.

@garytwinem5275 7 ай бұрын

SH4 is great. Be interesting to how Microprose's Silent Depth 2 compares 🙂

@Achilles22 7 ай бұрын

As soon as you see a deck gun on a Merchant, dive, dive,dive you cannot risk being hit and be unable to submerge!

@kamata93 7 ай бұрын

If this is a mod, the 250 FT subs can dive to around 400 feet before they take damage. Gato is around 450. So you can go a bit deeper.

@thebrewingsailor9172 7 ай бұрын

3 1 5? My brain: Ryan turn right, heading 3 1 5.

@BuckshotDragon 7 ай бұрын

The Dive plane Bug is a Thing, have to load the game on the surface to get that to work right. Most Excellent Game, I enjoy watching other stories of fights against Japan in our Old Fleet Boats. Good Game so Far for you.

@joen7521 7 ай бұрын

More of this please

@ditzy_neko3362 7 ай бұрын

8 to 12 knots is what sh4 considers medium speed. You can place marks on your map to kelp you in tracking and plotting.

@beefymcskillet5601 7 ай бұрын

My granddad severed aboard the USS Trutta, a trench class sun, in the pacific

@komandant_history 7 ай бұрын

Oh this is going to be good

@Dafmeister1978 7 ай бұрын

If you're operating out of Pearl Harbour, it's definitely worth refueling at Midway on your way out.

@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars 7 ай бұрын

Buck O'Hare? Aren't you supposed to be croaking Toads in space?

@FirestormMk3 7 ай бұрын

Nice to see the Pacific theatre for a change. Can you tell us any mods you may be using?

@Albireo8 7 ай бұрын

More please.

@barbarossa1234 6 ай бұрын

Happy Times!

@alanburke1893 7 ай бұрын

To be historically accurate... first 11 episodes should consist of 70% non-detonating Mk14 torps... 'shitty eels' aplenty... good hunting 👍

@chrisstopher2277 7 ай бұрын

10:05 That agent was indeed inserted.

@kieranmeier5417 7 ай бұрын

After this Taff, going to re-install!

@retmarut4499 7 ай бұрын

yeay! i've started to follow your channel because of sh5. unfortunately it was just too buggy. finally some sh action again!

@DGrin79 7 ай бұрын

Glad to see you start this series, there is so little american sub content out there.

@SteelHand071 7 ай бұрын

The 2IC at the map table looks like a young Kevin Spacey.........

@major3336 7 ай бұрын

The soundtrack hit different in this game. Idk y. Just my favorite

@Weeniewarden 7 ай бұрын

Looking forward to seeing more! Have you looked into Cold Waters?

@blackvulture6818 7 ай бұрын

Goddammit that Akizuki jumpscare. I thought submarine games werent horror games

@draigaur9543 7 ай бұрын

Excellent love this game , using any mods Taff?

@burncycle4621 4 ай бұрын

You really need to install a mega mod like trigger maru or Fall of the Rising Sun. You can also add the forward battery compartment and all of officers country, including the ward room. The same mod makes the control room , conning tower, and forward battery all one solid interior. If you use an S-boat, it's the entire interior of the sub.

@redprince3158 4 ай бұрын

Thank god he is not my captain ! I would have surrendered immediately 😂

@Bendejo301 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate how measured you described the Mk.14. I, and better people than I, would have just said that they were utter dogshit.

@bergloff_3410 7 ай бұрын

Time for a new taff play through

@gvii 7 ай бұрын

I don't know if I'd call a failure rate of just over 75% a little temperamental. I think it's pretty safe to say the Mark 14 was almost complete garbage, lol... But it is fun to see this being played again. Really is a good game. The mega mods out there like Fall of the rising sun Ultimate really give it new life as well.

@tramachi7027 7 ай бұрын

*US Submariners on their way to their first war patrols wanting to hunt Japanese ships* "Oh boy, I sure hope our limited torpedos we do have actually function and sink ships like its intended" *Mark 14 smiling in the launch tubes >:)*

@glennandrews7689 7 ай бұрын

Very nicely done, indeed. I'm duly impressed with your "water graphics"...is this an add on 3rd party mod?? I have the game still kicking around (somewhere?!) but I don't remember such stunningly good water graphics? Keep'm coming. ;)

@kookwater456 7 ай бұрын

14:01 Me and the lads when we are sunk by a US submarine

@sunrrrise 7 ай бұрын

Is it vanilla Silent Hunter 4? EDIT: ah, I heard it in the video, but I do not see any mods listed in the description. PS. fantastic game, hope to see more! PPS. I recommend "Silent Victory" by Clay Blair, it is a bible of Pacific submarine warfare.