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

[M-Theory]

Originally Posted by loreed

M-Theory,

" Is there any way to check within the game or save-game logs to see what you actually sank?"

Yes there is, the "Hat Icon" on the right side of the screen brings up the log, just click on the ship sunk entry and it will tell you what you sank and its tonnage. You can sink a ship more than once, I sank the Ark Royal twice last game, once on regulart patrol and once after replenishment.

Thank you Sandbox element of the game seems to be buggy then. Supposedly what you do in the game should have an impact on the outcome of the war. Not much point wasting torpedoes on capital ships if they merely spawn again. It would have taken at least a year to build replacements (more likely adapt an existing ship), plus time for trials and commissioning.

[voss]

Originally Posted by loreed

M-Theory,

" Is there any way to check within the game or save-game logs to see what you actually sank?"

Yes there is, the "Hat Icon" on the right side of the screen brings up the log, just click on the ship sunk entry and it will tell you what you sank and its tonnage. You can sink a ship more than once, I sank the Ark Royal twice last game, once on regulart patrol and once after replenishment.

Is the captain's log physically inside the boat? I looked for a clickable book near the captain's bunk and in the radio room. If I can, I'd prefer to sit down with the book and read it, instead of having it magically appear before my face.

Thanks!

[kylania]

Originally Posted by voss

Is the captain's log physically inside the boat? I looked for a clickable book near the captain's bunk and in the radio room. If I can, I'd prefer to sit down with the book and read it, instead of having it magically appear before my face.

Thanks!

Nope, there doesn't appear to be much in-boat interactions other than station transitions (like the hydrophone station or observation scope) or doors/people. No clicking on switches on the attack scope to open doors before launch or anything like that.

[voss]

Originally Posted by kylania

Nope, there doesn't appear to be much in-boat interactions other than station transitions (like the hydrophone station or observation scope) or doors/people. No clicking on switches on the attack scope to open doors before launch or anything like that.

Oh well. I will have to content myself with going to my bunk and then clicking on the button. Yeah, that's a little OCD, but the biggest thrill for me is that feeling of "almost" being there and I like to preserve that fragile illusion.

[jwilliams]

Originally Posted by kylania

Nope, there doesn't appear to be much in-boat interactions other than station transitions (like the hydrophone station or observation scope) or doors/people. No clicking on switches on the attack scope to open doors before launch or anything like that.

Is there a way to Mod interactive (clickable) things inside the boat???

e.g. captains log, switches and gramerphone etc.

[loreed]

Originally Posted by voss

Is the captain's log physically inside the boat? I looked for a clickable book near the captain's bunk and in the radio room. If I can, I'd prefer to sit down with the book and read it, instead of having it magically appear before my face.

Thanks!

on I was refering to is on the right had side of must about every screen but I should have remembere that I am using DarkWraiths GUI and I haven't looked at the stock screen in a while. If you hit F1 I believe the log is there,, the "m" key if I remember correctly. Sorry I forgot i wasn't running stock

[kylania]

The book icon loreed is referring to is TheDarkWraith's editable Captain's Journal. The icon for it is there, but it's not active quite yet.

[Zumbach]

Hello this is my first Post in this Forum

I have a problem to End the Patrol , The Dock icon apears , the Refit and Postpone work but the End patrol is not working ,
Can somone help me please ? Because i can not keep playing the Campaign

[voss]

Originally Posted by Zumbach

Hello this is my first Post in this Forum

I have a problem to End the Patrol , The Dock icon apears , the Refit and Postpone work but the End patrol is not working ,
Can somone help me please ? Because i can not keep playing the Campaign

Sounds like you've been reassigned to another port. Most likely, you need to go to Wilhelmshaven. Look for the large blue diamond-shape icon with the U-boat silhouette on it.

Good luck!

[kanfield1]

mission: Western Approaches /Mid-Ocean Escort Force:
'Sink 5 frigates or corvettes on patrol in Mid-Atlantic',

has anyone found these guys yet?

[Kapitan Franz-Josef Lemml]

Anyone know how the heck I "return to course" after changing my plotted course to chase down and sink an enemy ship? Do I really have to replot my entire course?!

[Zedi]

Originally Posted by Kapitan Franz-Josef Lemml

Anyone know how the heck I "return to course" after changing my plotted course to chase down and sink an enemy ship? Do I really have to replot my entire course?!

Push the small blue icon as pointed out here:

[busdriver]

Hi all,
have been playing SH5 for some time now, however after finishing all the first 3 missions in the campaign i'm stuck as no more missions are offered.
Can someone help please?

[Crécy]

When pressing the print screen, where can I found the screenshots?

[voss]

Originally Posted by Crécy

When pressing the print screen, where can I found the screenshots?

If you're talking about using the PrntScrn button on your keyboard, that image is saved to your clipboard. This will hold only one image at a time. To save the image, you need to open a paint program, such as the one that comes with Windows, paste the image into the program, and then save it wherever you like.

I hope this helps.