mods currently

[Chunky monkey UK]

i grabbed this on sale to kill some more time.

which mod is best to load on fresh install and where to get?

epic mod or playable subs mod i see pop up. any preference or totally different thing?

[warrickbartley]

playable subs is better, you need to go to subsim and follow the link, you will need to register it dosnt take long, down load the mod unzip and place the over ride file into steaming assets file its in data, steamapps common cold waters, it should just download and youre good to go, anyway think theres a vid on utube on how to do it if youre stuck,, good luck

[Wwulff]

Hes right! playable subs and more is the best mod.Get that.It has 100 playable subs and many new campaigns.I dont play cold waters with out it.Also adds new planes to torp you and many new ships.You can also play as a ship...but i havent tried that yet.I just like subs.Also adds new weapons.The Sea Wolf is a fine sub to start with :)

[Chunky monkey UK]

Cool, I am joined to subsim from SH3 days. Does this mod do anything graphically in terms of reducing under water vision etc..

[warrickbartley]

Originally posted by JihadBear:

Cool, I am joined to subsim from SH3 days. Does this mod do anything graphically in terms of reducing under water vision etc..

no i dont think it has any impact on the graphics, just adds a s hitload of content, making the game, a much better experience in my opinion, being able to play as British, Chinese , or Russian subs as well as US, many new subs, campaigns, missions , units as the other guy said..
makes the game worthwhile, as the base game is kinda barebones, anyway good hunting

[Chunky monkey UK]

Have they removed that mod from subsim as it's not in any of the cold water download sections ? I can see the reduced vision mod but playable subs and more not showing for me...

[warrickbartley]

Originally posted by JihadBear:

Have they removed that mod from subsim as it's not in any of the cold water download sections ? I can see the reduced vision mod but playable subs and more not showing for me...

yeah they have there is a link to another site, via subsim i think you have to search for playable subs, in subsim and it brings up the link

[warrickbartley]

its now called new playable subs its on the first cold waters mod page click on it scroll down the comments theres a link bout 4 comments down

[Dot]

Originally posted by JihadBear:

i grabbed this on sale to kill some more time.

which mod is best to load on fresh install and where to get?

epic mod or playable subs mod i see pop up. any preference or totally different thing?

Depends on what you want..
PBS - Fully in English. External modifications only, so no problems with installing/uninstalling it. Mostly it adds new (cloned) weapons/subs/adapted surface vessels. It allows to play China Sea campaign

Epic Mod - mostly in Russian. UI translated to English. Some of campaign/description/etc texts are translated to English, but most are not. Adds a lot of new content like Surface-to-Air missilies for subs, wake homing torpedoes, manually controlled towed array, crew leveling system and soon there will be actual working guns for player surface vessels. China was sacrifaced for global map campaign an Chinese ships are acting as a substitute for US ships.
But it heavily alters game archives and scripts, also it adds new hotkeys (requires deletion of \AppData\LocalLow\Killerfish Games\Cold Waters\options.txt after uninstall). Also EM makes game harder - AI wants to survive and will fight hard for its life.

So, in gemeral, PBS = like CW with more of the similar stuff. EM = more new content and mechanics.

[Red nuts]

Any news on full english version on Epic? Whats wake homing torps, and how do surface to air missiles work? I would ad that epic seems more challenging, as in vanilla and PBS, subs dont change depth according to your depth. As such I was able to "break" the game by going deep in the sea wolf out of reach of enemy subs and torps. In Epic enemy subs change depth alot more and torps will find you a lot easier. Been a while since I played PBS though. Might have changed.

[Dot]

Originally posted by Red nuts:

Any news on full english version on Epic? Whats wake homing torps, and how do surface to air missiles work? I would ad that epic seems more challenging, as in vanilla and PBS, subs dont change depth according to your depth. As such I was able to "break" the game by going deep in the sea wolf out of reach of enemy subs and torps. In Epic enemy subs change depth alot more and torps will find you a lot easier. Been a while since I played PBS though. Might have changed.

1) A little.. English translation is done purely by enthusiasts when they have time and wish. Rokvam and Frank G. contributed mos of yhe English text you see. Right now Hobittjack is working on some translations. He sent me more description translations and I soon send them to Epic.
2)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_homing - in game works like in real life - you had to hit ship's wake with torpedo and it will follow ship.
3) Surface, raise ESM mast, wait 12 sec - a plane or heli in range ~4km will recive a hot, homing gift from you.
4) Yep. EM is generally harder

[warrickbartley]

i tried epic but to much of the mod is done in Russian, esp the text, even with the English dubbed on top i found it hard to follow. ( yes i know its a Russian made mod)
Also found it to be kind pf glitchly some ships not appearing in some missions, sub getting stuck things like that. playable subs actually has more content than this mod.
epic is a well done mod dont get me wrong... but i feel playable is more polished , with more to offer esp if you dont speck Russian lol
So to sum it up Epic a mod made by Russian modders really for Russian players.most of the missions and all the text is in Russian, its being worked on by a few English speakers, but i found it hard to follow, as i said sure its a great mod if you understand Russian,
Playable Subs all the missions and text are in in English, adds as mentioned before, many new Subs, units missions, and campaigns, includes the China campaign, also found it to be a smoother experience ie with bugs and glitches, anyway thats the way ive found it.

[Chunky monkey UK]

Is there such a thing as free roam where you can randomly come across boats, subs etc?

[warrickbartley]

Originally posted by JihadBear:

Is there such a thing as free roam where you can randomly come across boats, subs etc?

In campaign mode you are free to go anywhere on the map, and do often have random encounters, i also like quick missions mode where you can set how many ships/subs you face and which kind.

[Chunky monkey UK]

Cool, cheers for your help guys...

[Chunky monkey UK]

Not a bad game. Like the less visibility underwater mod as more realistic.

Didnt pay attention as to how close I was to enemy sub on map though. Next thing I know I'm pulled up beside it (less than a football pitch) 200 ft down and torpedoes circling us both like sharks with fresh meat. RIP the digital sailors on that sub.