The DVD patch is for those people who have installed Silent Hunter III from a DVD, the download patch is for those people who have purchased and downloaded Silent Hunter III from the Internet. Please ensure you install the relevant patch for your version of the game.
US = United States, EMEA = Europe, Middle East and Asia.
The version of the multiplayer game has been labeled as 1.4b and it is incompatible with previous versions (i.e. 1.0 or 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3). Please ensure you only play against people who have the same version of game as you, as this will stop any problems or getting the message “Wrong game version” when attempting to play multiplayer games.
Campaign radio messages improved so that a message can have "from" and "to" fields
Multiplayer version changed to 1.4.
Fixed the bug concerning sonar ping for clients
Added new buildings in German bases (harbors)
UZO view by night was improved
Navigator tells when the last waypoint was reached
Customizable values for storm parameters for each U-Boot (see StormConditions entry for each U-Boot.cfg file)
Depth report only when diving (from 10 to 10 meters)
Time compression will drop to 1 (if greater) when critical depth was reached
Sonar new contacts are identified as merchants or warships (not as unknown contacts as in the previous patch)
Sonar indicator will move faster when the player is at sonar station (and clicks on the sonar dial) and now it can be dragged with the mouse
Some shortcut keys will toggle between current view and the next view: radio messages (M), captain’s log (K), hydrophone station (H) and radio station (R)
A new option was added on “Merchant/Warship/... spotted” popup window. By checking this check box (called “Set as default action”) the selected action will be always performed
when the situation occurs. This default action will be saved from a game to other and can be reset, during the game (when press ESC)
by choosing “Options/Reset default action” from Game options
Corrected several torpedo descriptions errors within the game.
Added the P38 fighter bomber to the inventory of American forces and the campaign.
Added the Wellington bomber to the inventory of British forces and the campaign.
Corrected the damage model for the German Armed Merchant Cruiser.
Increased the detonation range of star shells to 1800m.
Changed Torpedo Momber aircraft type designation to Bomber.
Improved the rough waters behavior of Small and Coastal Merchants
Sonar man - Fixed a bug where "Report on nearest contact" was not functioning properly.
Sonar man - Fixed a bug where "Follow nearest contact" was not functioning properly.
Dynamic campaign - Add new harbor ships and traffic, including merchants, minefields and patrols.
Dynamic campaign - Corrected some data in the naval rooster.
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File-Name: SH3_download_1.4b_emea.exe
File-Size: 19.650.420 Bytes
File-Checksum (MD5): AC3D7653F2A19874A7A837EC5E9F2AD8
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File-Name: SH3_download_1.4b_us.exe
File-Size: 19.636.234 Bytes
File-Checksum (MD5): 961D8367E77ACEDBA7D16B5E091F9826
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File-Name: SH3_dvd_1.4b_emea.exe
File-Size: 21.579.004 Bytes
File-Checksum (MD5): AA0D304B82AF9F0F9B186FE5CD6339F7
File-Name: SH3_dvd_1.4b_us.exe
File-Size: 21.564.763 Bytes
File-Checksum (MD5): AF51E99C515173118BD7731FF2A18CB8
Old links:
http://patches.ubi.com/silent_hunter_3/ and
www.silenthunteriii.com/uk/updates.php