Silent Hunter 5 Tactics & Tips - "How do I?" & FAQ! READ IF YOU ARE STUCK

Incandescent · 03-04-10, 05:54 PM

Greetings,

I did a search and did not see this posted or responded, etc.

I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will, or better yet, man the guns myself.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Heretic · 03-04-10, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Incandescent

Greetings,

I did a search and did not see this posted or responded, etc.

I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will, or better yet, man the guns myself.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Not sure about ordering 'fire at will' but to man the gun yourself, you need to walk up to the gun and click on it. There are ladders at either side of the conning tower.

jlederer · 03-04-10, 06:40 PM

You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-)

Incandescent · 03-04-10, 06:44 PM

You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-)

That has been the case since SH-II.
I was talking about up to IV, the watch officer could command fire at will or cease fire. I can't find anyway to do that. On another note, I had my guys manned on the first mission, had the ships in range and locked to fire upon...nothing happened, no firing as if they were under the Cease fire command which is the default with the last 3 versions.

I did not try to actually walk to the guns...
There is no quick way to get there, I actually have to walk to them every time I want to man them?

AdmiralCunningham · 09-11-14, 03:29 PM

Having had Silent Hunter 3 on my son's previous laptop, which he then managed to spill tea over, we got a new laptop. Son noticed there is a newer version of Silent Hunter, so I paid £29 to get that on Steam.
Loaded it, ran it, got to a starting screen with the Actions on, with all four possible missions shown as locked. I contacted UBI support with a GamePlay question, and over the course of about two weeks and repeatedly telling them they weren't answering my question, they have finally told me today that they only deal with technical issues, not gameplay.
How do I (or more likely my son) even unlock and try to start the training mission? I understand the principle of gaining points to unlock later parts of games, but to have the training mission locked seems harsh.

I really should put in some nautical reference at least, but I'm so disappointed that the one game my son asked for hasn't even got past the welcome page.

And UbiSupport have been shocking.

Aktungbby · 09-11-14, 08:34 PM

AdmiralCunningham!

AdmiralCunningham · 09-12-14, 07:15 AM

Stand easy.

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AdmiralCunningham!

shark11 · 09-12-14, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by AdmiralCunningham

Having had Silent Hunter 3 on my son's previous laptop, which he then managed to spill tea over, we got a new laptop. Son noticed there is a newer version of Silent Hunter, so I paid £29 to get that on Steam.
Loaded it, ran it, got to a starting screen with the Actions on, with all four possible missions shown as locked. I contacted UBI support with a GamePlay question, and over the course of about two weeks and repeatedly telling them they weren't answering my question, they have finally told me today that they only deal with technical issues, not gameplay.
How do I (or more likely my son) even unlock and try to start the training mission? I understand the principle of gaining points to unlock later parts of games, but to have the training mission locked seems harsh.

I really should put in some nautical reference at least, but I'm so disappointed that the one game my son asked for hasn't even got past the welcome page.

And UbiSupport have been shocking.

i still got my sh3 from when it first come out, loaded with GWX, and a heap of mods, i go back to it all the time, but am sorry i cant help you i have never had any thing to unlock, never heard of it sorry.....

AdmiralCunningham · 09-12-14, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by shark11

i still got my sh3 from when it first come out, loaded with GWX, and a heap of mods, i go back to it all the time, but am sorry i cant help you i have never had any thing to unlock, never heard of it sorry.....

Silent Hunter 3 was okay, this seems to be a feature of 5.
Spent £29 quid on the game that my son really wanted (the only request for a game on his new PC that he made) and he can't get into the training mission to start earning rewards.
Ho-hum. Just as well he likes War Thunder - which was the game I installed for him after UbiSoft decided to just wave us away rather than help us get started.

remowilliams · 03-04-10, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Incandescent

I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will

Once the deck gun is manned using your binocs and locking the target (space) should get the crew firing. You'll see a little deck gun icon to the left in your binocs indicating that the target should be fired upon.

03-04-10, 05:54 PM	#1
Incandescent Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Deck Gun/Flak Question. Greetings, I did a search and did not see this posted or responded, etc. I have been able to send crews to the Deck Guns and Flak, but I can't figure out how to tell the to Fire At Will, or better yet, man the guns myself. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

03-04-10, 06:40 PM	#3
jlederer Bosun Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 63 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Fire at will You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-)

09-11-14, 03:29 PM	#5
AdmiralCunningham Nub Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Help a noob get going? Having had Silent Hunter 3 on my son's previous laptop, which he then managed to spill tea over, we got a new laptop. Son noticed there is a newer version of Silent Hunter, so I paid £29 to get that on Steam. Loaded it, ran it, got to a starting screen with the Actions on, with all four possible missions shown as locked. I contacted UBI support with a GamePlay question, and over the course of about two weeks and repeatedly telling them they weren't answering my question, they have finally told me today that they only deal with technical issues, not gameplay. How do I (or more likely my son) even unlock and try to start the training mission? I understand the principle of gaining points to unlock later parts of games, but to have the training mission locked seems harsh. I really should put in some nautical reference at least, but I'm so disappointed that the one game my son asked for hasn't even got past the welcome page. And UbiSupport have been shocking.

09-11-14, 08:34 PM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,947 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome Aboard AdmiralCunningham! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

03-04-10, 06:44 PM	#4
Incandescent Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	You can get the deck gun to fire by focusing on the target in the binoculars and pressing the space bar to "lock it" for gunnery action. I don't know how you are supposed to know that :-) That has been the case since SH-II. I was talking about up to IV, the watch officer could command fire at will or cease fire. I can't find anyway to do that. On another note, I had my guys manned on the first mission, had the ships in range and locked to fire upon...nothing happened, no firing as if they were under the Cease fire command which is the default with the last 3 versions. I did not try to actually walk to the guns... There is no quick way to get there, I actually have to walk to them every time I want to man them?