So what did I actually get for buying the gold edition?

[Sinkowski]

Ok, so I jsut realized I may have mmade a mistake. The Gold edition of the game costs more than the collectors edition, but in the collectors you get 2 other games. So what else do I get in the gold other than some really crappy strategy guide? I totally feel ripped off, and this stupid Uplay crap, last time I'm paying for ubisoft games.

[Mystix]

Well, I think if you get the "Silent Hunter Collection" (as I did during the sale), that the "Gold Edition" of SH5 is automatically part of that (at least when I visit the store page for SH5 Gold Edition it says I already own it), and I can't actually find a seperate non-gold Silent Hunter 5 version in the Steam store if I do a search for it anyways.

This from the store-page on steam and the info about what extras are included with the Gold Edition:

Gold Edition
Includes three famous non-playable historical U-Boats:
U-99 (type VIIB) – submarine of U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer
U-30 (type VIIA) – submarine of U-boat ace Fritz Lemp
U-552 (type VIIC) – submarine of U-boat ace Erich Topp
Includes four famous Allied ships:
HMS Duke of York (King George V battleship class) – the ship responsible for sinking the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst and carrying Churchill to America in one occasion.
HMS Walker (V&W destroyer class) – ship commanded by Donald Macintyre during the battle for convoy HX112 which led to the capture of top U-boat ace Otto Krestschmer (U-99) and death of U-boat ace Joachim Shepke (U-100)
HMS Stork (Black Swan sloop class) –flagship of the famous commander Walker, leading the 2nd Support Group flotilla assigned to U-boat hunting
HMS Suffolk (Kent cruiser class) –famous British cruiser involved in the battle of Norway and the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck
Includes The Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic Official Guide:
110-page PDF guide detailing the crew, submarines, ships, and weapons of Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic.

[MarcoCav]

The presence of these famous U-Boats and ship inside the Gold Edition is functionally to gameplay (ie. missions) or are a "watch-only" add-on?

[Sinkowski]

So I payed more for non-playable content? Pff, thank the gods for piratebay.

[sentinelsquad]

Well there is still the mystery as to where the guide pdf is actually located. As far as I can tell, it doesn't actually exist. Anybody have some enlightment as to where the file might be?

[MarcoCav]

Originally posted by sentinelsquad:

Well there is still the mystery as to where the guide pdf is actually located. As far as I can tell, it doesn't actually exist. Anybody have some enlightment as to where the file might be?

It is here:

Program Files (x86)Steam\steamapps\common\silent hunter 5\data\LngGameData\Collectors\Bible

[Sinkowski]

It's there and it sucks.