Fall of the Rising Sun Ultimate, is arguably the best addon for Silent Hunter 4 ever made. Despite SH4 being almost 20 years old as I write this (released June, 2004) it also remains arguably the best Sub Sim available today. While other, newer sub sims certainly exist, with shinier graphics, they dont feel a bit lacking on the sim side of things, be that realism, or just an empty sterile feeling, with the same handful of missions played over and over (yet another spy to portsmouth then?)
Thanks to everyone at Subsim who only 2-3 days ago got me hooked up with SH4, and then provided advice on which mod to get, FotRSU was their answer, and I’ve seen it posted since all over, although when posted crypticly, as with many things in SH4 are, its overwhelming for a newcomer, not least because installation isntructions for the mods are quite complicated. I went so far to ask the AI to tell me what to do to install the game, because posts were literally scattered all over the place. The AI did a freakishly good job of breaking down step by step what to do.
Once all rigged up, I spent the first couple hours figuring out the basic controls, settings and such, and here’s a screenshot from my first kill. It is in the training mission. All difficulty settings are on, which means I had to use the TDC, which feels intuitive based off UBOAT. The only setting I leave out, is the cinematic camera.
