GA-Sim posted an interview with the peopel from Ultimation who are currently working on the newest U-boat sim Silent Hunter 2[BLOCK]In general, SH2’s interface has been carefully designed so that each duty station in the U-boat is designed as efficiently as possible. Each duty station is only one or two mouse clicks (or hotkeys) away. Each station also has all of its relevant information contained on one screen, so the player doesn’t have to constantly flip between different interface “layers”. It’s not quite as colorful as would be if we forced the player to actually walk-around the U-boat and climb ladders and open hatches, but the interface is very fast and very playable. I’d say it’s a big step forward from the original Silent Hunter’s interface, which was already very solid.[/BLOCK]

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