Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific | USS Balao

Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific | USS Balao | Ep.28 - A Big Tonnage Night

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Ай бұрын

Welcome to a new Patrol, Rookie Capt Buck O'Hare sets off on patrol aboard the USS Salmon to hunt Japanese shipping in the area.
Mods used:
Fall of the Rising Sun Ultimate (1.8)
Moonlight Sonar Lines
OriginalFOTRS_Dudz
UMark Invisible
FOTRSU_1.8_Sub_Skins_in_4k
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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@scottboyer8450 Ай бұрын

Fun Fact: Shōhō was the first *Japanese* aircraft carrier lost during the war. She was sunk by combined air attack from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May, 1942. She did not go down easily, as post war accounting of US and IJN records state she was hit by no fewer than 13 bombs and 7 air dropped torpedoes; a testament to her crews damage control abilities. The game claims Shōhō was the class name but it was her sister ship Zuihō which was sunk by air action during the Battle of Layte Gulf in October, 1944.

@vipertwenty249 Ай бұрын

Love how jolly British you are old bean - sailing in the Bally-O.

@timonsolus Ай бұрын

"Bally" used to be a very mild British expletive back in the 1930's and 1940's - it's a polite euphemism of "bloody". So "Bally-O" really means "Bloody O" (or maybe "Bloody 'ole").

@vipertwenty249 Ай бұрын

@@timonsolus Yes - I'm British old chap so I know.

@timonsolus Ай бұрын

Which is nothing like the real meaning of "Baleo": which means “to plunder” or “to pillage” - (derived from Spanish).

@vipertwenty249 Ай бұрын

@@timonsolus As opposed to the real meaning of Balao - which is a kind of fish. Google it - but I assume you already did.

@timonsolus Ай бұрын

@@vipertwenty249 : Baleo, Balao…. Tomayto, Tomarto! 😜

@joeaustin4472 Ай бұрын

Awesome episode taff, this was one hell of an epic episode.. wiping out enemy oilers as well as a destroyer and a carrier, this was truly the best yet, just the very best. All that enemy tonnage sent to the seabed and destroying an enemy carrier.. this is going to hit the enemy right where it hurts, of enemy morale isn't going to be effected then their propaganda will suffer, well.. they'll put a cover up obviously but when the war situation reaches crisis levels.. they'll not be able to cover it up for long, with all the damage done so far I doubt the enemy's propaganda will be very convincing to those in their forces. Destroying the enemy's oilers is a perfect bonus, you really did just make the best contribution to the allied war efforts.. great work.. really.. great work. Fantastic episode, the best so far.. looking forward to the next one, get a good cold drink tonight and have one on me. Stay safe and happy gaming mate 👏👍

@bigmac60 Ай бұрын

Taff on fire 🔥 👍👍

@joeaustin4472 Ай бұрын

@@bigmac60 You said it my friend 😁👍

@Dino_Kun Ай бұрын

This…This puts a smile on my face

@nikbear Ай бұрын

What a patrol, This new boat is the business 👌 Well done Taff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 👏🍻

@GloryTime1611 Ай бұрын

Man the deck gun!!!

@jamesrussell7760 Ай бұрын

What a night!!! You have a fine, deadly ship and crew, Taff. The real USS Balao was far less fortunate, but I hasten to add she survived the War!

@darkshadowf1996 Ай бұрын

I can only imagine how big of an impact you, a single submarine, is having on the Japanese war effort, loads f submarines only came to a total tonnage of 100k, and you just pick up over 50 K in a single night! Great sailing captain!

@AbhChallenger Ай бұрын

In real history. Submarine captains had countless opportunities to sink shipping even in 1942 but the terrible torpedoes prevented a huge impact on the Japanese war effort which may have caused many many losses that did not need to happen. It will forever remain one of the worst scandals in US military history. Most of the huge victories against shipping were from aircraft but they could not reach deep into the home waters of the empire.

@kristoffermangila Ай бұрын

To be fair, the Mark XIV torpedo was developed in the midst of the Great Depression, where spending on new weapons were tight at best. What should the US Navy's Bureau of Ordnance should have done is to subject the Mark XIV to a thorough testing and development program as soon as additional funds were available, but as history showed, they didn't.

@wylandnares8642 Ай бұрын

@@kristoffermangilaInstead, they went and blamed the submarine Captains for being "too conservative" and vehemently denying that anything was wrong. Same with the American 20mm. They had tolerances wrong, and they knew it, but they denied anything was wrong. FDR HIMSELF had to order them to fix the tolerances, and even then they dragged their feet. And the surface fleet almost never got radars and the mass of AA guns that were so essential in the early years, because BuOrd said they didn't need them. Thankfully, one Admiral Willis "Ching" Lee managed to cut his way through their labyrinth of red tape to get it done. I swear, BuOrd did more to help the enemy than the US.

@nerd1000ify Ай бұрын

I think the USN should have borrowed a Mk VIII torpedo from the Brits and started talking about a desire to license produce a version that fit their tubes. Would have put a rocket under BuOrd, even if actually making an Americanised Mk VIII wasn't realistic.

@wylandnares8642 Ай бұрын

@@nerd1000ify Funnily Enough, that's kinda how Admiral Lee got Radars on their ships. Lee wanted Radars, BuOrd said they don't have enough, Lee said he'd just buy some from Britain, and suddenly, they do, in fact, have the radars needed.

@Vorrink Ай бұрын

20:02 giggity

@dnjproducciones2358 Ай бұрын

"Seaman Quagmire! How many times have I told him to save those jokes for the port canteen!"

@bigmac60 Ай бұрын

Good shooting Taff

@XxusmcsamurixX Ай бұрын

Love the content taff. And I would pronounce the ship as Ba-lay-O

@jamesrussell7760 Ай бұрын

Close, but the word is Portuguese, pronounced Bal - low.

@Stannington Ай бұрын

Jolly good show what

@davidlavigne207 Ай бұрын

Good returns for an excellent set of well thought of approaches. The Balao class was the ultimate of the Gato class improvements. Well done!

@jbeckley6849 Ай бұрын

Japan seems to be really serious about protecting their whaling ships.

@kristoffermangila Ай бұрын

Japanese whale ships in those days not only carry oil, but they also carry whale meat as well, for consumption back home.

@OgamiItto70 Ай бұрын

There's poem there, I'll allow: Balao, Palau...

@stephenmiller195 Ай бұрын

Brilliant episode Taff, awesome job

@LawrenceSeetoh Ай бұрын

Thank you Taff, Nicely done.

@haydenc2742 Ай бұрын

Put a hurting on that convoy for sure! Keep em coming!!!!

@colinsmith9101 Ай бұрын

I would suggest you go to one of the smaller bases to reload. Mainly because it will be easier for you to ignore orders to return to Hawaii to be promoted to Admiral and take over as ComSubPac!!! What a glorious night!!!

@chris11211 Ай бұрын

You should really get familiar with the torpedo settings. Sometime one eel with an under the keel magnetic explosion can cut a big ship in half.

@ursmersmann6736 Ай бұрын

Taff, will you play the U-boat beta, with the different submarines and all that?

@Lornharding Ай бұрын

very nice patrol up to date ..... this vid you bagged 52292 tons and with the beginning of 27418 tons it's a total of 69710 tons so far. GRATZ!

@BlazeInjun Ай бұрын

Your a hair off in your adding.

@Lornharding Ай бұрын

@@BlazeInjun LOL i'm 60 ... i have a lot a hairs off my head. and yes it's a 7 not a 6 it's my bad

@BlazeInjun Ай бұрын

@@Lornharding LOL. I'm 56 and know all about those missing hairs. Have a great day.

@OMG.HopsGnue Ай бұрын

Watched and Liked 👍

@jollyjohnzz Ай бұрын

Great work ! ❤

@SauronEye Ай бұрын

At the next opportunity, ditch the mark 14s and get the 18s. Was very surprised all the 14s actually worked.

@mozofoz Ай бұрын

Wow, some nice tasty morsels :)

@michaelbourgeault9409 Ай бұрын

aiming for and aircraft carrier, sink a whaling ship instead, o darn 😉

@mikeevans9770 Ай бұрын

Be careful Taff. The last time you took on a Convoy with an Aircraft carrier in SH5, you & your crew did not come home.

@timjerrom7173 Ай бұрын

Great hunting Skipper.

@GloryTime1611 Ай бұрын

Nice! Captain Taff is on deck!

@AtomicTankGirl Ай бұрын

Balao around Palau. Sounds like a song.

@Andrew-er5cf Ай бұрын

Excited for another episode!

@joeancinec Ай бұрын

I would fill the all the rear tubes with those homing torpedoes on the next fill up.

@arthurcrego8297 Ай бұрын

another good one

@vipertwenty249 Ай бұрын

Balao - Ba as in bat without the B, and lao as in allow without the A.

@jamesrussell7760 Ай бұрын

Taff, I Googled the word "balao". It turns out your sub is named after a small, schooling fish which has the Portuguese name Balao. It is pronounced, "Bal - low", with slight emphasis on the first syllable, as in "balance". I thought you might appreciate this information.😄😄😄

@TonySpike Ай бұрын

If that was helpful he might 😂

@MyBlueZed Ай бұрын

6:45 I think the word you’re looking for is ’prosecute’ vice ‘persecute’.

@EggnogTheNog Ай бұрын

“Persecute” works just as well in that context.

@MyBlueZed Ай бұрын

@@EggnogTheNog I’m ex Navy. Contacts and targets are prosecuted; persecuted is just wrong - and so are you.

@3ftsteamrwy12 Ай бұрын

possibly do an entire loadout in the stern tubes of cuties?? that would give U 4 for anti-destroyer use with the other 4 being standard torpedoes to give you something to fight with at the end of a patrol going back to base?

@Paludion Ай бұрын

13:15 Is it me or are those sailors horrified by the damage sustained by their ship ? Didn't think a game so old would have this kind of animation.

@scarletkinkajou1 Ай бұрын

Taff, are you going to play the new updated UBoat game when it rolls out? I’ve seen some people playing thee ed recent beta release and it looks great

@markstott6689 Ай бұрын

An excellent time was had by aboard USS Balao. The captain approved double ice cream rations after such a stunning night attack. Beer will have to wait until home port is reached. 😊😊😊

@jamesrussell7760 Ай бұрын

And Grog will have to wait until the next R & R! 🤣🤣🤣

@Scarletlord Ай бұрын

I'd love a Japanese campaign.

@romeosdayoff88 Ай бұрын

say it with me bud...BA-LAY-O ;)

@TonySpike Ай бұрын

And ironically that isnt how its pronounced either 😂 (Give ya a clue ..Laos is pronounced as louse)

@romeosdayoff88 Ай бұрын

@@TonySpike I've only ever heard it said one way, and I was just trying to keep the joke going lol Thank you "Down Periscope"

@colintrueman8360 Ай бұрын

Dont forget to set the depth on your torps and use magnetic pistols for maximum damage!

@kristoffermangila Ай бұрын

You know those magnetic pistols were one of the problems that plague the Mark XIV torp, right?

@colintrueman8360 Ай бұрын

@@kristoffermangila I will sight drachinifel’s video on the mark 14 torpedo that highlights the issues with that trop include the impact pistol and depth keeping systems amongst others, it’s a fantastic vid

@kristoffermangila Ай бұрын

What a difference a new sub makes, eh?

@josephrodgers3119 Ай бұрын

All quick kills.

@michaelbourgeault9409 Ай бұрын

Ba LAO (it rhymes with Palau)

@TonySpike Ай бұрын

Taff is the sort of person that would pronounce palau wrong ....that isnt as helpful as you think it is

@michaelbourgeault9409 Ай бұрын

@@TonySpike he pronounced Palau in this video 😀

@perlee7239 Ай бұрын

Did you see the big update for U-Boat?

@knightvisiongoggles7934 Ай бұрын

Balao Crew: We ate good last night!!! Japanese Civilian: Why is crab so expensive!!!??? 😱 P.S. Don't listen to the grammar haters, Taff. Pronounce Balao the way you want!😁

@hawks1ish Ай бұрын

lmao wasn't a very good ASW cruiser eh haha

@zathras Ай бұрын

I'm a noob when comes to modding a game. Can someone point me to a guide for modding SH4? In advance, thanks for the help

@tomblake189 Ай бұрын

Taff please can you pronounce the ship something unique every time just to wind up the other commenters xx

@TonySpike Ай бұрын

Hes been pronouncing Tenryu wrong all this time and no one has batted an eye ...i have no idea how do you figure that 😂 (We do it to wind up him)

@DouglasWilliams320 Ай бұрын

it's pernounced BA-la-O

@akrillalex6810 Ай бұрын

It's sad you can't run Bullhead (SS-332) configuration 2 4 inch guns and 2 40 mm bofors And please 🥺 use google translate pronunciation feature on Balao I can't take you seriously with your bah leyo

@tacticalcalebgaming7264 Ай бұрын

But you can do two 5” guns

@davidwhitfield6025 Ай бұрын

Just as an aside it's pronounce Buh-Lou. Coming from a land which has Worcester, Beauchamp and Mainwaring phonetic pronunciation is not to be assumed to be the correct way to pronounce a word.

@ijnfleetadmiral Ай бұрын

I see you still haven't learned how to pronounce BAH-LAY-OH correctly. 🙄 5:51 - That is NOT a Tenryu class. For all the improvements that mod made to the base game, it screwed the pooch on that one. Looks more like a Nagara class than a TEN-REE-YOU, not TEN-RY-YOU, class ship. 11:02 - You've gotta be f-ing kidding me...that is NOT how a Katori-class CL looked! Who in the blue hell modded that ship?! Did he even bother to do his research beforehand?! 20:04 - Props for the Quagmire reference! 😂 And with that VERY nice patrol tally, you increase to 567,313 tons overall! Nice work!