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Dec 31, 1995 Silent Steel is a full-motion video game developed and published by Tsunami Media, released in 1995 for the PC on 4 CD-ROM discs, and only playable in Windows 95.Silent Steel touts itself as an 'Intelligent Motion Picture' with many different stories due to its core gameplay mechanic, which asks the player to select a variety of dialogue options throughout the game.
Silent Steel casts the player as captain of a nuclear submarine, on what is seemingly a routine peace-time patrol. As outside forces come into play, the Captain finds himself in the midst of a life-and-death struggle to save not only the ship, but to reveal a sinister plot that could start a devastating global confrontation.
The interactivity in the game appears in the form of a Action/Dialog Interface, which is presented every 15 to 30 seconds throughout the adventure. The three choices presented are actually integral parts of the script. The player must select one of the options by clicking on the number (or the line of dialog), or using the numbers on the keyboard. The decisions made by the user determine which direction the story takes, up to the next Action/Dialog Interface box. As the player continues through the game, he'll be presented with a multitude of crises which must be prioritized and dealt with appropriately. Depending on his decisions, he may reach several types of endings, from death to survival, and some humorous ones.
The problem with most of the new interactive movies is that their dialogue is so incredibly lame: shallow comic-book exhortations punctuated by wheezy gumshoe tough talk. This is decidedly not the case with the 'cinematic strategy adventure' Silent Steel. In spades. Penned by Hollywood screenwriter Chuck Pfarrer (Navy SEALS, Hard Target), this submarine game is deliriously top-heavy with Clancyesque jargon spewed out at full speed ahead. A typical sequence may feature a character barking a line like 'S.O.P., sir! Warshot loaded in tube one, three fish in ready service.' Gesundheit? Thank Neptune Silent Steel includes a glossary, replete with nifty little videos, for landlubbers like me.
Curiously, Silent Steel's sense of drama is only heightened by all this macho sonarbabble. As the captain of the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Idaho, you see the movie unfold from your point of view. Crises erupt - there's a Libyan sub on the loose in your patrol zone, a Russian Akula bearing down on you like Yeltsin on a bender, and a pesky saboteur in your command circle - and you have to make decisions, issue orders, and avoid getting torpedoed by selecting one of three choices that pop up at regular intervals along the bottom of the screen. Since the choices include such humdingers as 'Bring us around to clear our baffles,' Silent Steel is no dip in the kiddie pool. Actually, it's Crimson Tide with a no-name cast and seemingly endless possibilities.
There are catches: The drama slams to a halt whenever you have to switch discs, and the wait to start up again is annoyingly slow. But that may be a tribute to the spell Silent Steel casts. Where other CD-ROM games work overtime to convince you of their cutting-edge hipness, this one literally cuts to the chase with a minimum of attitude (and, thankfully, without the jingoistic frat-boy posturings of Pfarrer's Navy SEALS). Steel doesn't run silent (unless you toggle the sound option off) or particularly deep, but it's a smooth ride all the same.
How to run this game on modern Windows PC?
This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems. Please choose Download - Easy Setup (1.49 GB).This game has been set up to work on modern Windows (10/8/7/Vista/XP 64/32-bit) computers without problems. Please choose Download - Easy Setup (1.89 GB).
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The Wolves of Steel is a mod for Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic, created by Subsim modding community.
Description:
It's been very hard for to witness everyday frustrations of new SH5 captains and to read the same threads month after month, year after year, over and over again...The hope is that something like this will make 'life' a bit easier for newcomers or for anyone else who doesn't have much free time to spent countless hours improving and searching for stable modlist.
Although the mod it self is intended for average SH player you may find it somewhat 'hardcore'. Real navigation will make your job much harder and you'll find your submarine very vulnerable to enemy fire and annoyingly sluggish and slow underwater. Your 'tonnage' will become much more 'appreciated'.
All credits go to contributing authors of every individual mod!
Mods included in The Wolves of Steel 1.03 - Subsim Community SH5 Megamod:
- Das Boot Departure Theme
- SteelViking's Interior Mod V1.2
- SteelViking's Interior Mod V1.2.2 Patch
- gap - Real Diveplane Gauges v. 1
- DynEnv v2.9 - 1. Main Mod
- DynEnv v2.9 - 2. Main Mod Low Resolution Patch
- DynEnv v2.9 - 4.a Camera Filters - Realistic Colors
- DynEnv v2.9 - 5.a Ambient Settings - Darker Nights
- DynEnv v2.9 - 12. Sounds
- DynEnv v2.9 - Sobers Best Ever Tweaks - Wakes Fix
- DynEnv v2.9 - No U-Mark
- Water reflections intensity varied by available sunlight by TheDarkWraith
- SH5_7A_Conning_Fix
- Fix clock rear torpedo room VIIA
- Fuel Gauge WoGaDi_SteelViking's Interior
- Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_byTheBeast
- Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1
- #Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix
- Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
- Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Hinged Snorkel_CTD Fix
- EUF_UBoat_FX_v0_0_5_ byTheBeast
- FX_Update_0_0_22_ByTheDarkWraith
- FX_Update_0_0_22_Torpedoes (modified for torpedoes failure patches)
- FXU_0_0_22_Ship zon Files v1
- FXU_0_0_22_Shells Explosions_No Debris
- NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_ByTheDarkWraith
- NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_New_radio_messages_German
- NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_gap_Sextant_Mask_No_Eye_Reflection
- NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_RadCapTools_0_2_alpha
- NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_Das_Boot_Crew_Mod_by_Illyustrator
- NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_AltAdvSpeedGraphics_by_naights
- Disabled Unrealistic Commands_(ini files)_v1.0
- Large Optics for TDW UI for NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0
- Large Optics for TDW UI 8 by 5
- Large Optics for TDW UI Manos Scopes Glass Effects
- Large Optics for TDW UI RAOBF + Nomograph Fix
- TDC Graphics by Naights v1.0
- TDW Round Fire Button v12 by Torpedo
- Sjizzle's - Charts for NewUIs part1_07.06.2013
- Sjizzle's - Charts for NewUIs part 2_07.06.2013
- Sjizzle's - Charts for NewUIs part 3_24.06.2013
- Sjizzle's - Charts for NewUIs part 4_20.07.2013
- Sjizzle's - MarineQuadrat Charts for NewUIs v. 0.00.2
- IRAI_0_0_41_ByTheDarkWraith
- IRAI_0_0_41_Sensors Difficulty Settings (init.aix)_v0.1
- NOZAURIO'S SKIN (Standar No Emblem) v-1.0.0
- R.E.M_by_Xrundel_TheBeast_1.2
- R.E.M_by_Xrundel_TheBeast_1.2 - no hyd on surface - NewUIs-IRAI compatible
- Cerberus62 Corrected Depth Charge Projector 1.0
- OPEN HORIZONS II v2.5
- OH II v2.5 Grid Request fix Patch SH5
- OH II v2.5 Flag_Wind_Patch
- MQK LocationMaps_IO
- MQK ShapeTextures_NO
- MQK Gradient_IO
- IO_StrategicMap_7_5_0_for_TDWv750
- IO_StrategicMap_7_5_0_for_TDWv750 Grid Req Fix
- Accurate German Flags
- SH5 External Cargo 1.0
- Church's Compass Dials Mod v2.2 - Option Two
- EQuaTool 01.01 by AvM - Large Style
- Trevally Tutorial - All v0.2(for OHIIv1.3)
- Trevally Automated Scripts v0.6
- Trevally Harbour & Kiel Canal Pilot v3.1
- Patrolsearch autoscriptsV04
- MightyFine Crew Mod 1.2.1 Stock faces
- MCCD_1.04_MFCM_1.2.1_compatible
- Reworked Morale and Abilities v.1.1
- Submarine's .sim&cfg (modified for engine ratio + independent control patches).7z
- Real U-Boat Performance - Type VII v1.7
- Reworked U-boat Guns (incomplete version)
- gap - armaments & equipments patch v 0.2
- Shells_zon
- R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.7.1 by vdr1981_Main mod
- R.S.D. & R.E.M. - GHG Hydrophone add-on (no hyd on surface)
- R.S.D. v5.7.1 - German Patch
- R.S.D. - Less Accurate AI Gunners
- Speech fixes and additions (german version)
- WHF-FUC_We Have Flooding-Flooding Under Control_Fix
- Shadow Improvement ModLR
- Small_trees_SH5_V1
- sobers green crew training V4 SH5
- sobers no footstep sound mod SH5 V2
- sobers smoke screen V1 SH5 (DynEnv compatible)
- sobers CrewAI mod SH5
- sobers removed Z dat ships
- KDB+GHG Upgrade
- Pascal-sh5-VIIC-correct periscope in tube
- pascal-sh5-VIIB-correct periscope in tube
- Less Annoying Stopwatch Ticking - LAST - v. 01.00 by AvM
- DBSM_Music_1_0_4
- torpedoes_g7a-e(.zon)
- My Fog & Underwater v0.1
- My Waves_Default
- SkyBaron's Bold SFX for SH5 1.0
- SH5_Sinking_ship_hydro_fix
- SH5_Starshells_patch
- Shallow Waters Voice Be Gone
- Wasserbomben_SoundFix_Basic_1.1
- Ship Capsize & Listing Effects 1.0_by vdr1981
- TDW_User Options _7_5_0_v18
- Vecko - Compatibility Patches and Tweaks 7_5_0-No Real Nav
For installation instructions consult the documentation.
Report problems with download to [email protected]
Name | Type | Size | Date | Total | 7 days |
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Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - The Wolves of Steel v.1.05 | mod | 1640.2 MB | 4/30/2016 | 46.3K | 162 |
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - v.1.2 EU Standard Edition | patch | 77 MB | 5/13/2010 | 15.7K | 43 |
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - MightyFine Crew v.1.2.1 | mod | 2.4 MB | 3/15/2015 | 8.3K | 24 |
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - v.1.1 US | patch | 62.3 MB | 3/4/2010 | 10.8K | 21 |
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - v.1.2 EU Collector's Edition | patch | 104 MB | 5/13/2010 | 8.9K | 14 |