Technical Help & Questions, Guides and Trainings: TDC, Radar, Sonar and More...

[Fincuan]

Yep, that's the reason. The main menu background movie is encoded with Bink, and ffdshow(should be installed with the K-Lite codec pack) conflicts with it. FFDshow can be forced NOT to run when sh4 asks it to, but for some reason that does not work in the newer versions. Try the following:


Run ffdshow "Video Decoder configuration". Select the "DirectShow control" part from the left and tick "Don't use ffdShow in:". Hit "Edit", then "Add", and browse to the sh4.exe to add it to the list. Do the same in ffdshow's "Audio Decoder configuration".

If you did that and it still doesn't work(it didn't on my pc and a bunch of other's too), then try the following:

Run the Codec Tweak Tool that came with the pack, then scroll down to "DirectShow filter management" -> "Disable the following filters". Tick ffdshow, and hit "Next". Exit the tool and try SH4. Note that you can't use ffdshow in any way until you re-run the Codec Tweak tool, and re-enable ffdshow.

If SH4 still doesn't work(as some have reported), then try the following:

Uninstall the whole K-Lite codec pack and/or ffdshow(if you have a separate installation of it)


Now I know that the easiest way would be the first, ie. preventing SH4 from using ffdshow in the first place, but for some reason that just doesn't work, as it doesn't with SH3 either.

[sotilas87]

I did uninstall K-lite And SH4 is working now... thanks and let's get hunt

[punkmaster98]

My game crashes when a contact appears on the map . WHY?

[tale]

Yep, that's the reason. The main menu background movie is encoded with Bink, and ffdshow(should be installed with the K-Lite codec pack) conflicts with it. FFDshow can be forced NOT to run when sh4 asks it to, but for some reason that does not work in the newer versions. Try the following:
Run ffdshow "Video Decoder configuration". Select the "DirectShow control" part from the left and tick "Don't use ffdShow in:". Hit "Edit", then "Add", and browse to the sh4.exe to add it to the list. Do the same in ffdshow's "Audio Decoder configuration".

If you did that and it still doesn't work(it didn't on my pc and a bunch of other's too), then try the following:
Run the Codec Tweak Tool that came with the pack, then scroll down to "DirectShow filter management" -> "Disable the following filters". Tick ffdshow, and hit "Next". Exit the tool and try SH4. Note that you can't use ffdshow in any way until you re-run the Codec Tweak tool, and re-enable ffdshow.

If SH4 still doesn't work(as some have reported), then try the following:
Uninstall the whole K-Lite codec pack and/or ffdshow(if you have a separate installation of it)Now I know that the easiest way would be the first, ie. preventing SH4 from using ffdshow in the first place, but for some reason that just doesn't work, as it doesn't with SH3 either.
Oh, so this was the problem? Man I've been pulling out my hairs with this same problem, installing, uninstalling and tweaking everything I could think of, in a computer way above the minimun requiremets . And now you say it's all caused by the K-lite codec pack?

I'll try it out, and if it works I'll send a few Japs. ships to Davy Jones in your honor. :arrgh!:

[Tigrone]

Can I change my play setting from auto TDC to manual TDC, during my career, or am I locked in to the setting I start the career with? Will I need to start a new career to begin using manual targeting?

[Powerthighs]

Can I change my play setting from auto TDC to manual TDC, during my career, or am I locked in to the setting I start the career with? Will I need to start a new career to begin using manual targeting?

You can change it during the career while in port. Click on the radio in your office and select Game Options. You can check/uncheck the appropriate box there.

[Ping Jockey]

:hmm: How can I check my FPS in SH4???? Is there a command to display this info??
Thanks in advance

[AVGWarhawk]

Ctrl and F8 keys

[wojasos]

Hi!
This is configuration of my PC:
CPU - 1500 MHz;
RAM - 1 GB DDR;
Video Card - Ati Radeon 9600 PRO - 256 MB RAM.
Is there any chance to run SH4 on my computer?

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Hi!
This is configuration of my PC:
CPU - 1500 MHz;
RAM - 1 GB DDR;
Video Card - Ati Radeon 9600 PRO - 256 MB RAM.
Is there any chance to run SH4 on my computer?


Hmm, your processor might hold you back a little bit, as would the 1 GB RAM, but it should run okay, you just wont get all the eye candy :)

[punkmaster98]

Im still having a problem with all radar and nobody's been able to help me. somebody please send me a message

[ReallyDedPoet]

Im still having a problem with all radar and nobody's been able to help me. somebody please send me a message

Post this as a new thread in the SH4 forum, maybe you will get more responses.


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[i_b_spectre]

I got into SH3 about five months ago and got bitten by the sub bug :doh:. I figured my aged system couldn't run SH4, so I put it into a future to-do list, but since reading some of the posts, I thought I'd go to the cognoscenti for an opinion. I'm running an Athlon XP2800 with 1.5GB of RAM and an ATI 9800 Pro. I don't expect to run advanced graphics, but is SH4 playable with these specs or should I hold off until an upgrade?

[Lightning61]

I would like to know if anyone has successfully installed SH4 on a rig running W2K, and if so, what issues need to be addressed? :hmm:
This XP/Vista ONLY message in TINY little print on the box, is making me nauseous!
I don't understand why W2K is left out of the supported OS's, since it shares kernels with XP.
I feel I've been ripped off by UBI over their intentionally TINY print that a pair of 46 year old eyes have a VERY difficult time reading.
Being stuck with this sim foregoing a complete XP format/reinstall EVERYTHING, is LUDICROUS!
Thanks for ANY INFO in advance!

In the mean-time I'll go back to my late '44 IXC tour in GWX 1.3, (switching to 2.0/1 as soon as I'm sunk)! :up:

Found what I needed at UBI Tech forum, and the news is GOOD! :oops:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6921019045/m/9761055255?r=2721014355#2721014355

[mainexpress]

can someone direct me to the 3_TM_GFX-ROW_Version_5 Mod,I cant seem to find it thanks.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

can someone direct me to the 3_TM_GFX-ROW_Version_5 Mod,I cant seem to find it thanks.

http://files.filefront.com/3+TMaru+GFX+ROW+Version+57z/;9497181;/fileinfo.html


There you go :D

[mainexpress]

can someone direct me to the 3_TM_GFX-ROW_Version_5 Mod,I cant seem to find it thanks.

http://files.filefront.com/3+TMaru+GFX+ROW+Version+57z/;9497181;/fileinfo.html


There you go :DGreat thanks alot KP:up:

[Kapitan_Phillips]

can someone direct me to the 3_TM_GFX-ROW_Version_5 Mod,I cant seem to find it thanks.
http://files.filefront.com/3+TMaru+GFX+ROW+Version+57z/;9497181;/fileinfo.html


There you go :DGreat thanks alot KP:up:


No problem :rock:

[Triad773]

Hi Guys- I read some info about setting affinity to one processor on dual core systems somewhere in this thread and my install runs smoother, with all graphics maxed out :up:

But I had a graphics question as I seem to get some pixelation. See sample below
http://www.triad773.com/augustshots/2008/SH4_pixley_sample.jpg

I also get pixelation on water, but it rates as distorted as the wires and such here.

I have an Intel Pentium D, 2.66 GHZ, 2 GB RAM, ATi X1650Pro 512MB (Open GL 2, Pixel Shaders 2, 12 video pipelines, etc) on AGP 8x interface. I run the game at 1152x864X60HZ thru a Planar 19" LCD (that runs at 60 HZ no matter what I beleive).

I thought I had my ATi control panel all set to make SH4 burst to life, at least visually.

Any ideas/suggestions much appreciated.

Thanks

Triad

[Fincuan]

Enable anti-aliasing from your Ati settings. Try 4x first, then 2x if your system can't handle the higher setting. If you've already done that, then you might want to try adaptive anti-aliasing too. Just beware that it comes with an additional cost in fps. One thing that greatly affects overall image quality, but has nothing to do with the jagged edges, is running the game in your LCDs native resolution. Most of the time anything else than the native resolution looks just crap :D

[Triad773]

Hey Fincuan- thanks that did the trick :cool: Took a big hit in frame rate, but it looks excellent :up:

ATi has that setting in it's control panel to "Let Application Decide" that seems to help some games, but it wasn't doing anything for this one. Performance is now what I more or less anticipated for running ALL graphics settings at max, which is fine.

Thanks again for the help

Triad

[hacobee]

hi, i am experiencing some difficulties with my sound card..
mine is Sound Blaster Live! 5.1. tried auto update from creative and it says its the updated version.
during the game, like when a gun is fired, the speaker somewhat explodes and goes static..
i removed the music, the 3d sound. i only activated the voice and sound.
is my sound card compatible?

thanks!

[Lightning61]

hi, i am experiencing some difficulties with my sound card..
mine is Sound Blaster Live! 5.1. tried auto update from creative and it says its the updated version.
during the game, like when a gun is fired, the speaker somewhat explodes and goes static..
i removed the music, the 3d sound. i only activated the voice and sound.
is my sound card compatible?

thanks!

A lot of people complain of sound issues on these cards while running XP using the .wdm drivers.
There should be an alternate download of .vxd drivers somewhere on Creative's site.
If you don't want to roll-back, you can try taking sound acceleration down one notch in audio properties.

[Agustus]

Greetings!

The game is now crashing while loading saves. The loadbar completes its fill, the screen goes blank as it normally does just prior to starting the game and then I get the "your application has unexpectedly run into an error - do you want to send a report?" Here's the basic information on the report:

Error Signature
AppName: SH4.exe
AppVer: 1.4.0.0
Modname: messagenet.dll
modver: 0.0.0.0
offset: 0003a49
The following files will be included in this error report:
C:\DOCUME~1\Watashi\LOCALS~1\Temp\edee_appcompat.t xt

Game ran just fine (except for the usual already reported bugs) until about a week ago. I've scanned my PC repeatedly for viruses/trojans, run CCleaner, defragged and uninstalled/reinstalled SH4 and I get the same thing.

Any advice?

Thanks in advance!

Agustus

[dannyh]

my system is... win xp, amd sempron running @ 2100mhz, 1gb ram, ati x1600 512mb agp x8, I can run this game fine at about 30 fps but if i am in the control room i only get 2fps. Also if im on the bridge and try and look aft, again down to 2 fps. Funny thing is on outside view its fine but as soon as the aft section of the conning tower comes into view it drops down to 2fps again. From this i have worked out that there is something around the rear of the conning tower that my system doesnt like. if anyone can help me work out what the problem i would be greatfull.

[Kingfish]

I have two questions I would appreciate an answer to. One is: How do I complete the patrol missions? I have sailed for months and exhausted all weapons, but the mission remains imcomplete. (Silent Hunter IV) Second, when the men in the crew are red, does that mean they are injured or dead? Thanks, much.

[beretta5]

how to put mission to the "German qiuck mission" section?:hmm:

[tim843]

My video card's specs are below. From reading the forum about the compiler errors when shadow something is trying to load, I'll assume my video is too old. What should I buy? I'm running Intel Pentium 4 2.40 Ghz w/ 1 gig RAM
Thanks,
Tim

Name ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 (Microsoft Corporation)
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_496E&SUBSYS_4F731002&REV_01\4&8CA73A7&0&0108
Adapter Type RADEON 9000 AGP Pro (0x4966), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible
Adapter Description ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 (Microsoft Corporation)
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6462

[mainexpress]

hi im getting a CTD when i use the new TM_1.5 overhaul mod,and the RSRDC_TMOv15_V371.any suggestions on how to fix this?

[clayp]

I have been tasked with sneaking into Hiroshima harbor and doing a photo recon....I'm in the harbor(5' under the keel) and no matter where I go or do the take photo button wont come on..What do I do?

[Cobra5150]

Hello every one. I'm new here at SubSim. I've been playing submarine sims since AOTD. I play Sh 3 and 4. I am using GWX mod for SH 3 and various mods for
SH 4. I wanted to start off by saying that silent hunter's community is a very wonderful thing. There are many great artists that worked on these games and added huge amounts of realism and immersion. I am very grateful for all your hard work creating these mods and addons. Without this stuff I wouldn't enjoy these games nearly as much. Anyway my question pertains to the ROW mod set. What is the difference between these files
http://www.downbelow.net/Templates/graphics/arrow_left_space.jpg (http://www.downbelow.net/mods_4/360_DBP/imperial_v1_3/360_DBP_IMPERIAL_131.rar) Row Light Zone Special Effects v3 (http://www.downbelow.net/mods_4/row_version2/ROW_Light_Zones_Special_E3.rar)
http://www.downbelow.net/Templates/graphics/arrow_left_space.jpg (http://www.downbelow.net/mods_4/360_DBP/imperial_v1_3/360_DBP_IMPERIAL_131.rar) Row Classic Zone Special Effects v3 (http://www.downbelow.net/mods_4/row_version2/ROW_Classic_Zones_Special3.rar)
http://www.downbelow.net/Templates/graphics/arrow_left_space.jpg (http://www.downbelow.net/mods_4/360_DBP/imperial_v1_3/360_DBP_IMPERIAL_131.rar) Row Special Effects w/ Stock Game Zone's v2 (http://www.downbelow.net/mods_4/row_version2/ROW_Special_Effects_with_2.rar)

And what is the most current version of this file????

[zaza]

HI all.

Since my pc has broken
(PC shop had have replaced mother board and electric power unit [it
is same model ])

I cant run sh3 and sh4.
First I try to re-install the soft, but it is not work.
It says "can not initialize 3D engine".

Second I re-install DirectX and Nvidia driver.
But not work.

I find this forum and try system requirements lab,it say

CPU
Recommended: Pentium 4 or Athlon or better
You Have: 2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz
PASS

CPU Speed
Recommended: 3 GHz
You Have: 2.67 GHz Performance Rated at 7.80 GHz
PASS

System RAM
Recommended: 2 GB
You Have: 2.0 GB
PASS

Operating System
Recommended: Windows XP / Vista (Only)
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build Service Pack 22600)
PASS

Video Card
Recommended: 256 MB RAM DirectX 9-compliant video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9600+)

You Have: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT (GeForce 7950 GT)
FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this recommended requirement. Upgrading to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card

Video RAM: Required - 256 MB , You have - 512.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - No
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0

Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.11.6921
FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.

DirectX Version
Recommended: DirectX 9.0c or later (included on disc)
You Have: 9.0c
PASS

Sound Card
Recommended: Yes
You Have: SigmaTel Audio
PASS

Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.10
FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.

Free Disk Space
Recommended: 6 GB
You Have: 82.9 GB
PASS

DVD
Recommended: 4x or faster DVD drive
You Have: PLEXTOR DVDR PX-751A
PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.



What should I do the next ???:dead: :dead:

[neilbyrne]

I was a great fan of the original SH and then of SH3. I bought SH4, but after the hate mail started to show up at the bulk rate, never loaded it up.

I can't really get a grasp of two things from having read most of several threads on tech issues.

Does SH4 after patching to 1.4 now play as well as SH3?

Does the new boxed add-on do anything to fix the bugs in the US sub game or does it only add the German campaign in the Indian Ocean?

If it does fix US bugs, do we now think it plays as well as SH3 thereafter?

Thanks for the help.
__________________

[The Fishlord]

I'm having a bug with SH4, I think this is the best place to post it other than starting a new thread. I can't get any good screenshots of the bug, which is strange.

Anyway onto the bug itself. The water seems to "glow" white right at the waterline. During the day it's noticable but bearable, but during the night it just ruins the look of the game when your sub is lit up like a Christmas tree. Is anyone else having this problem? What can I do to fix it?

I'm running on an XFX GeForce 8800 GT with all the latest drivers. Is it something with the video card? I've looked in the NVidia modification thread but the download doesn't work for me.

[ReallyDedPoet]

This is actually a game feature, it has been around since 1.4. Do a search for foam hotfix if you want to remove it.

Edit: I searched and found a thread with it, but the link was dead, downbelow.net has it, but is down at the moment, at least on this end. If you cannot get it, PM me with your email as I have it on another computer, I'll send it to you.


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[Doolittle81]

This is actually a game feature, it has been around since 1.4. Do a search for foam hotfix if you want to remove it.
....

Doesn't the Pacific Environment MOD(with its patches) include the Fix for the glowing water around the subs?

....and, imho, no one should be running SH4 without the ROW (now called Pacific Environment) MODs.....that is assuming they want the best visual/graphics.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Doesn't the Pacific Environment MOD(with its patches) include the Fix for the glowing water around the subs?

Good question :hmm:, to be sure I have always added in the hotfix mod :D Doolittle's advice regarding PE is a good one, it is a great, great mod. W-Clear has also done some nice work with his Enviroment Mod.


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[The Fishlord]

This is actually a game feature, it has been around since 1.4. Do a search for foam hotfix if you want to remove it.

Edit: I searched and found a thread with it, but the link was dead, downbelow.net has it, but is down at the moment, at least on this end. If you cannot get it, PM me with your email as I have it on another computer, I'll send it to you.


RDP

OK thanks. Is this also fixed in the U-Boat addonn? I've seen some videos and they don't have the "foam" around their hulls.

And yes, since I'm not going to buy the UBM for a while I'd like that file; the link in the old thread is broken.

[ReallyDedPoet]

This is actually a game feature, it has been around since 1.4. Do a search for foam hotfix if you want to remove it.

Edit: I searched and found a thread with it, but the link was dead, downbelow.net has it, but is down at the moment, at least on this end. If you cannot get it, PM me with your email as I have it on another computer, I'll send it to you.


RDP
OK thanks. Is this also fixed in the U-Boat addonn? I've seen some videos and they don't have the "foam" around their hulls.

And yes, since I'm not going to buy the UBM for a while I'd like that file; the link in the old thread is broken.

I have not played the U-Boat side, but I am assuming it would be the same :hmm: Send me your email via PM, I'll send it to you as mentioned.


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[Sea Chef]

PLEASE HELP! I just got SH4 from Direct2Drive and when I start the game all seems fine, I see the intro movie and then when it goes to the menu screen I see nothing black screen, I hear music but no picture.

Here are my system specs:
Motherboard: EVGA 780i
Video Cards: (2) BFG 8800GTX OC2
Memory: 4 gigs Muskin
Power Supplie: Antec 1000W
Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster X-FI Fatal1ty XtremeGamer
Operating System: Windows Vista 64bit SP1

Thanks for your help,

Chef

[ReallyDedPoet]

Hi Sea Chef,

Welcome to SUBSIM :up: ( hmmmmm, lurker since 06' eh )

Not sure regarding your problem ( are your talking about SH4 with the add on, just the add on, or SH4 by itself :doh: ), if nobody gives you an answer in this thread, start a new one ( thread ). Something like Black Screen with Direct2Drive SH4. Do this in the SH4 Main Forum, not the Mods one.

Good luck :yep:


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[Fincuan]

PLEASE HELP! I just got SH4 from Direct2Drive and when I start the game all seems fine, I see the intro movie and then when it goes to the menu screen I see nothing black screen, I hear music but no picture.


Search the forums with "ffdshow" and you'll find the answer. If you don't have ffdshow, then the culprit might also be any big codec pack you've installed.

edit: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=810919&postcount=16

[Sea Chef]

PLEASE HELP! I just got SH4 from Direct2Drive and when I start the game all seems fine, I see the intro movie and then when it goes to the menu screen I see nothing black screen, I hear music but no picture.


Search the forums with "ffdshow" and you'll find the answer. If you don't have ffdshow, then the culprit might also be any big codec pack you've installed.


I just built this PC Sunday night, I didn't install "ffdshow" or any codec pack whatever those are. I'm pretty much PC retarded just know how to play the games. I DL both SH4 and the add on pack together. If know one post anything by tomorrow night i'll try the main forums.

Thanks for your help guys!

[Buckwarrens]

I seen to remember back on SH1 you could write notes at your X's placed on the map. No joy with SH4, is this possible?

Can you see aircraft in the camera? Is there something that I need to do?

Buckwarrens

[Hackett]

I am really in need of some technical help please!

Must be a first (or at least not a regular issue) as i could only find one reference to my particular problem in the search engine, but with only a vague direction. -remove registry keys.

OK! Here's my problem from the top.
As of yesterday -April 07. i was happily tootling along in SH4. Come today to continue my current patrol, I see i have lost all my Shader 2-3 components from my display driver. (Water transparency was corrupt and non functioning - I had to boot up COD4 to see the error-Handy tool )
I suspect the newly installed and tweaked nHancer tool was the culprit.

re-installation of said driver didn't work. (3 attempts)

I was left with only 2 courses of action, re-format or use the restore feature. As the re-format is not a practical option right now. i opted for the system restore.

Voila! Everything "Except" my SH4 installation was back to normal and working as should be.

In the process of restoring. My SH4 folder, in it's entirety got split and duplicated (badly) leaving both missing and re-named files. I spent the better part of this afternoon and early evening re-naming the folders and putting back in their correct installed path.
My plan was to use the modify action to replace the missing content and continue where i left off.
Unfortunately neither uninstall of re-install features from the setup app' are working.

So my search began. Only finding a vague reference, to delete the registry keys from my system.
I admit I'm not much of a PC guru. (I just like to play games and browse the inter-web)
Being so useless in such matters, i thought it best to leave well alone the registry's, and come ask you folks for some help.

In fairness. It probably requires a trip into the hotkeys, but without knowing what I'm doing, I am putting myself into your hands.

Thank you for any and all help.


System OS XP (SP2)


Shan Hackett.

[tinygirl]

does anyone else have my problem with the palau islands not being able to complete the mission everytime i go to refit and return i get exactly the same messages and it becomming more than annoyning
:damn:

[tinygirl]

does anyone else have my problem with the palau islands not being able to complete the mission everytime i go to refit and return i get exactly the same messages and it becomming more than annoyning
:damn:

[piersyf]

Hey Shan. Like any advice, take this with some consideration, but one thing I have found useful in cases like this (where games refuse to remove themselves properly) is a utility called Regcure. Anything like it should work, but essentially if the program won't play ball the nice way I delete all the folders then run regcure which removes all the now defunct registry entries. You can even manually call up the list and look for things by name. No more fiddling with registry keys! It is possible that there will still be traces of the original program, but not enough to prevent a new install, and it should overwrite that info anyway.

[Doolittle81]

I am really in need of some technical help please!

....
So my search began. Only finding a vague reference, to delete the registry keys from my system.
I admit I'm not much of a PC guru. (I just like to play games and browse the inter-web)
Being so useless in such matters, i thought it best to leave well alone the registry's, and come ask you folks for some help.

In fairness. It probably requires a trip into the hotkeys, but without knowing what I'm doing, I am putting myself into your hands.

Thank you for any and all help.


System OS XP (SP2)


Shan Hackett.

Sorry for this very late response....I was out of the country for a period of time.
See my re-install procedure which has been stickied by the Mods here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133290

Follow the steps very precisely and I think there is a 99.5% chance that your problem will be corrected. Good Luck.

[ReallyDedPoet]

does anyone else have my problem with the palau islands not being able to complete the mission everytime i go to refit and return i get exactly the same messages and it becomming more than annoyning
:damn:
Instead of re-fitting, dock and end the mission, see if this helps.
Welcome to SUBSIM by the way :up:


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[Detritus]

Probably been answered before but haven't found the answer regardless so here's my problem:
Yesterday played SH 4, everything worked just fine. Got back to Pearl, upgraded the boat, gave some medals and requested a transfer to Fremantle. OK, says the game. Quit, installed a couple of mods through JGSME only to return to a loading problem. The loading bar goes all the way to the end then 'blim'- *SH4 has encounted a problem and must be shut down* :down: Can't imagine what's happened. So far the these solutions haven't proven to be useful.
- defragged
- dxdiag says everything is normal
- uninstalled the new mods
- uninstalled K-Lite codecs and PhotofiltreStudio which I'd installed in between

System I've got is more than capable of running the game and as said, did so before. Assassin's Creed which I've got also installed runs flawlessly, too. I'm stumped. A corrupt save, perhaps, though I can't see how it would affect the main screen loading.

[6SJ7GT]

Greetings,
I made a tutorial on celestial navigation in SH3 & 4, and recall there was a thread listing tutorials for SH4. Could someone add this to the list?

The tutorial uses a freeware planetarium program that is worth getting in itself. Using it for the game requires installing the open source programming language python, which runs a script that takes the sub position from a saved game and puts it into the planetarium. This method locates your sub to less than 1 mile on the game map.

Tutorial on Celestial Navigation (http://files.filefront.com/Short+Tutorial+on+SH4+Celnpdf/;10021777;/fileinfo.html)(PDF).

And a thread about Celnav with details on using it in the game. If you have questions on Celestial nav post them there. I will try to answer and Don1Reed is a retired merchant mariner very knowledgeable on the subject.

Celestial Navigation in SH4 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=135215).

Thanks,
Mike

[THE_MASK]

If ever you stuff something up and the game doesnt seem to be loading , while it is trying to load hit alt/tab/del and check the desktop to see if there is a little message there .

[ofc]

Greetings fellow submariners! I rode the old smoke boats in the mid 1950s and have played all of the SH series. SH4 (with all updates) has defeated all of my attempts to go back to sea on the boats. Initially it runs fine (good graphics and sound), but randomly freezes and produces a loud buzz. It may run for a few minutes or an hour(either career or patrol mode), but eventually comes to a schreeching halt. After a restart it will perform OK for a while and then die again. My computer is about five years old and should run the program OK. Specs are: Dell Dimension 4550 with XP Home and Service pack 3, Intell Pent 4 at 2.66GHz with clock speed of 2657 Mhz. I have 1023MB (two 512s) of memory (max for machine) and a Nvidia 6600GT (128MB). I have 2008 MB virtual memory with 439MB free. I have shut down many unnecessary processes, added a supplemental case fan and tried other fixes suggested here (play with disc loaded, shut off windows explorer after splash screen, etc). Sound is a Sound Blaster Live card.

I have considered a new computer, but would prefer to avoid that unless absolutely necessary as the current one does everything else just fine. Your help in getting me underway would be greatly appreciated.

[clayp]

I did a search looking for how to set SH4 for a wide screen monitor and I cant find it..What exactly do I need to put in the search?

[Madox58]

White letters may help just a tiny bit.

[clayp]

I did a search trying to find out how to setup SH4 on a wide screen monitor..Couldnt find it what do I need to put in the search...

[Doolittle81]

I did a search trying to find out how to setup SH4 on a wide screen monitor..Couldnt find it what do I need to put in the search...

Don't know search to use...

However, answer to your question, "How to setup etc" is: Simply use In-Game "Graphics Option" setup and choose a "Graphics Resolution" widescreen option (8:5 or 16:9) which most closely matches your Monitor (LCD) native resolution. For example, I use 1920X1200 for my 24" monitor, which has that as its native resolution. It couldn't be any simpler.

[clayp]

I did a search trying to find out how to setup SH4 on a wide screen monitor..Couldnt find it what do I need to put in the search...

Don't know search to use...

However, answer to your question, "How to setup etc" is: Simply use In-Game "Graphics Option" setup and choose a "Graphics Resolution" widescreen option (8:5 or 16:9) which most closely matches your Monitor (LCD) native resolution. For example, I use 1920X1200 for my 24" monitor, which has that as its native resolution. It couldn't be any simpler.

When I choose graphic options I get a message that my current resolution is not in the list..I choose 1920x1200x8.5 and it will not show in wide screen..The native resolution on my new SamSung 24" LCD is 1920x1200x?...So what do I do know? And thank you for your time...

[Doolittle81]

When I choose graphic options I get a message that my current resolution is not in the list..I choose 1920x1200x8.5 and it will not show in wide screen..The native resolution on my new SamSung 24" LCD is 1920x1200x?...So what do I do know? And thank you for your time...

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 244T 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1200 native resolution. Never had the problem with SH4 that you are describing.
Try this: Go to your Documents/SH4/Data/cfg folder and open your "main.cfg" with notepad. In the [Video] section, insert your desired resolution, such as what I have below:
[VIDEO]
Resolution=1920,1200,59,22

Save and start SH4.

[clayp]

When I choose graphic options I get a message that my current resolution is not in the list..I choose 1920x1200x8.5 and it will not show in wide screen..The native resolution on my new SamSung 24" LCD is 1920x1200x?...So what do I do know? And thank you for your time...

I have a Samsung SyncMaster 244T 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1200 native resolution. Never had the problem with SH4 that you are describing.
Try this: Go to your Documents/SH4/Data/cfg folder and open your "main.cfg" with notepad. In the [Video] section, insert your desired resolution, such as what I have below:
[VIDEO]
Resolution=1920,1200,59,22

Save and start SH4.



I'll give it a try..I have the 24" 245BW....

That worked....Thank you very much....:up:

[Doolittle81]

Happy to have helped.:up:

[yesdear20003]

i have been gone for quite some time and i have yet to get silent hunter 4 , sure love 3 though

i heard a rumor that part 4 will not run with a dvd multi drive/cd-writer , that you must have a seperate dvd player , is this true ???????????????????????????????

[raymond6751]

Hi all
I have a wireless LAN in the house with two copies of the game and two cpu's, but I can't get either game to 'see' any lan game that I start.

Any help would be appreciated. One is a desktop running XP SP3 and the other is a laptp running Vista. I do have firewalls and am not sure how to set up the ports as in the manual.

Anyone else tried this?:oops:

[AlExal]

Is there any sense in listening radio? Does it transmit any useful information?

[Arclight]

Sometimes you'll get news reports in your messages, if you turn on the radio then, you can listen to those same reports. As far as I know, that's really it.

Yesdear: I've got some LG "super multi DVD writer", no problems at all. ;)

[mainexpress]

Hi I just upgraded my system,and im trying to get all my interior sounds back as well as voice commands in both SH3 and SH4,im also having trouble recieving streaming video sound such as youtube.com,ive tried un-installing and re-installing adobe flash player,i dont think theres anything wrong with my soundcard because my Mp3s work on realplayer,and i can hear the diesels humming in SH4 and SH3 while on the surface,wind etc....but no ambient sounds inside the cammand room,and no sound of the periscope when i raise and lower it and no voice command{if i hear a voice command sometimes its very very low in my speakers}Im running a ambient sound interior mod for both SH3 & SH4

[Arclight]

Hey,

A little more info would be nice. What did you upgrade exactly? Did you reinstall OS? Did you uninstall the old equipment properly and did you install the latest drivers for the new stuff?

[mainexpress]

Hey,

A little more info would be nice. What did you upgrade exactly? Did you reinstall OS? Did you uninstall the old equipment properly and did you install the latest drivers for the new stuff?I built a whole new system,bought everything off newegg.com and put it together with the help from a friend.{Core 2 duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16 ghz,MB ASUS P5N72-T Premium SLI compatible,4 XMS2 Corsair{4xGB Ram},2 EVGA GeForce 8800 GTs Superclocked 512 Ready SLI Supported video cards and corsair 750 WT power supply unit,Yes i did load the BIOS settings and load the OS{Windows XP Home Edition}and ran a cat .6 crossover to transfer my games over from my old system.Oh yeah updated the drivers for both motherboard and video cards I did all that.so the answer to your question is i built a whole new system from the ground up{a super gaming computer}

[Arclight]

Nice rig. ;)

One thing I don't see in there though is a sound card. Onboard sound is less then ideal, although that SupremeFX should be decent. You sure you didn't just install chipset drivers for the MoBo? The audio chip usually requires a seperate driver.

Installed the latest directx distribution? (for directsound/directmusic)

Windows completely up to date?

If you do have a seperate sound card, it might be wise to check in BIOS if the onboard chip is disabled, and if the drivers for the card are the latest.

Since you're running a new rig with a fresh OS it might be better to reïnstall your games. If registry settings got imported as well when you moved over the games from your old rig, there's bound to be errors in there since all the hardware changed. I can't speak from experience on that matter, since I do full reïnstalls with new OS install, but it makes sence.:hmm:

Do you know what exactly got transfered?

[mainexpress]

Nice rig. ;)

One thing I don't see in there though is a sound card. Onboard sound is less then ideal, although that SupremeFX should be decent. You sure you didn't just install chipset drivers for the MoBo? The audio chip usually requires a seperate driver.

Installed the latest directx distribution? (for directsound/directmusic)

Windows completely up to date?

If you do have a seperate sound card, it might be wise to check in BIOS if the onboard chip is disabled, and if the drivers for the card are the latest.

Since you're running a new rig with a fresh OS it might be better to reïnstall your games. If registry settings got imported as well when you moved over the games from your old rig, there's bound to be errors in there since all the hardware changed. I can't speak from experience on that matter, since I do full reïnstalls with new OS install, but it makes sence.:hmm:

Do you know what exactly got transfered?I installed the audio driver from the CD that came with the motherboard,and i believe i installed the latest directx dist,allthough i wouldnt know where to look for that on my PC to see if its there. Windows is up to date putting in service pack 2 and 3,then getting the latest updates.I dont have a seperate sound card installed. I believe if streaming audio from video sources like youtube and my home page news video sounds are not working,i believe that would connect in me not hearing the ambient sounds and voice commands in SH3 & 4.I also play IL-2 1946 and i can hear the sound from that game just fine on my new rig.....i dont get it!!!!:hmm:

[Te Kaha]

I run SH4 1.4 (no expansion pack, and no mods yet) on a

HP Pavilion dv9700 17 " Notebook,
Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 2.4 GHz
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 512 MB (plus 1 GB of the RAM)

Started a career at Pearl Harbor and sailed out of it - then, a couple miles away from shore, I started the time compression to get faster to my patrol area off Honshu. Couple minutes later my notebook shuts down, bang, nothing goes.

Turned out it was overheating....

I then restarted and set graphics down to low, been at medium before - years ago I grilled a gfc of a desktop computer with another game - I somehow have the suspicion that this time compressor thingie at max (2048 or something) is the culprit and not the graphic settings.

Any ideas?

[Arclight]

mainexpress: the driver on the disc is probably outdated. If you visit the site of your MoBo, there should be a support or download page where you can get the latest drivers for it. Might do the trick.

Also, sounds like you're missing channels. Make sure that the "3d sound channels" slider in the SH4 options is at default. Bit of a longshot really, wouldn't explain the problems with other apps. :hmm:

If you're unsure about DirectX, you could always download latest and let it install. If nothing needs updating, it will tell you that and nothing happens (or get screwed up, so no worries).

Check all settings in windows and any apps that came with the audio driver install. Might try setting things up for stereo output (if you're using surround), disable fancy stuff like EAX in games, try software mode for output in games...

As far as I can figure it, it's either an issue with the driver or its settings. If that doesn't help you in pinpointing the issue, I wouldn't know what else to try.



Te Kaha: Yes I'd say it's CPU. If the GFX overheats you'll generally see artifacts before it craps out. Could try going in the BIOS and see if there is an option that controls fan speed for the CPU. In my case it lists "disable, PWM, voltage". Should I select disable, the fan would always spin at max RPM. Bit noisy, but it keeps things cool.

I had a look at my brothers laptop once, had same issues: opened it up, and inside there where 2 sensors (2 wires with rubber cap at the end) resting on the MoBo. There was a square bit of tape to rest them on, sensors held in place with a thin band of tape. It had come loose, and the sensors were resting against the memory modules, giving false readings. Taped 'm back where they belonged, problem solved. Longshot, but who knows?

Make sure it's on a flat surface. Hot air is generally vented from the bottom, so if you have it on your lap or something it might not be venting properly.

[TitaniumRR]

Hi,

I need a little help!

Which is the file/ directory in SH4 being responsible for the appearing language?

I have a country language adapted version and I would like to mod it back to English.

What to change to what?

Thanks in advance.

[Te Kaha]

Thank you, Arclight, there were no artefacts so it was definitely CPU overheating. Have the laptop resting on a wooden table, but the cloth on the table seems to store too much hot air off the venting holes - now, when running SH4, I place a couple books between laptop and table (keeping all ventilator holes open) so there's now about 3 cm (1.5") space between table and laptop. Bit odd solution, but helps.

TitaniumRR, the speech is located in the Data/Sound/Speech folder.

[Arclight]

Glad to hear you see some improvement. You could also try and get your hands on some high performance thermal grease / paste. It should improve the heat transmission from the chip to the heatsink, knocking at least a couple of degrees of the temps. Most laptops and desktops I've seen come with some generic white paste that's mediocre at best, although the pre-applied stuff that comes with "boxed" processors (CPU+sink, what you would buy for DIY PC) is actually pretty decent.

Got a tube of Arctic Cooling MX-2. There's certainly better compounds out there, but this is doing the job for me. When looking for a high performance compound I'd advice steering clear of the one's with metallic parts in 'm. A stray drop could cause a short somewhere. Not that that's likely to happen, especially if you take good care when applying it, but better safe than sorry, right? ;)

Bit about the stuff and how to apply, should you be interested:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/274/1

Not really dangerous or hard to do, but can be a bit fidly. Biggest challenge would probably be getting inside the notebook.

[mainexpress]

mainexpress: the driver on the disc is probably outdated. If you visit the site of your MoBo, there should be a support or download page where you can get the latest drivers for it. Might do the trick.

Also, sounds like you're missing channels. Make sure that the "3d sound channels" slider in the SH4 options is at default. Bit of a longshot really, wouldn't explain the problems with other apps. :hmm:

If you're unsure about DirectX, you could always download latest and let it install. If nothing needs updating, it will tell you that and nothing happens (or get screwed up, so no worries).

Check all settings in windows and any apps that came with the audio driver install. Might try setting things up for stereo output (if you're using surround), disable fancy stuff like EAX in games, try software mode for output in games...

As far as I can figure it, it's either an issue with the driver or its settings. If that doesn't help you in pinpointing the issue, I wouldn't know what else to try.



Te Kaha: Yes I'd say it's CPU. If the GFX overheats you'll generally see artifacts before it craps out. Could try going in the BIOS and see if there is an option that controls fan speed for the CPU. In my case it lists "disable, PWM, voltage". Should I select disable, the fan would always spin at max RPM. Bit noisy, but it keeps things cool.

I had a look at my brothers laptop once, had same issues: opened it up, and inside there where 2 sensors (2 wires with rubber cap at the end) resting on the MoBo. There was a square bit of tape to rest them on, sensors held in place with a thin band of tape. It had come loose, and the sensors were resting against the memory modules, giving false readings. Taped 'm back where they belonged, problem solved. Longshot, but who knows?

Make sure it's on a flat surface. Hot air is generally vented from the bottom, so if you have it on your lap or something it might not be venting properly.
Well i finally solved my sound issue AL,it was so simple im to ebarrased to tell you ...lol:roll:I had my plug from my subwoofer that connects both of my desktop speakers plugged into the /Center/Subwoofer port{orange}.This connects the center/subwoofer speakers.But i have 6 different plugins on the back of my audio card,I monkeyed around a little and plugged it in to a different spot the {lime} plugin and Wala I got Sound now Yipee!:up:This is the Line out port{lime}-This port connects a headphone or a speaker.In 4-channel,6-channel,and 8-channel configuration,the function of this port becomes front speaker out,according to my MB manual,i dont understand to clearly but hey it works.Because i am running a subwoofer I thought for sure that it be the orange plug.Okay now im ready to play with all my sounds intact,which mods are the best for SH4 and in what order do you install these in via the JSGME, I know theres TMO and RFB 1.5 with ROW and PE and all that, im looking for a great setup for my new rig.

[TitaniumRR]

TitaniumRR, the speech is located in the Data/Sound/Speech folder.

Yes, true, but there is no problem with the speech but the whole script of the menu, instructions, museum etc was adapted to a specific country language which of course (why should it?) does not fit to the U-boot missions and OM mods English language thus creating inunderstandable hierogliffs everywhere. isn't readable, legible, enjoyable, playable.

Now what? :cool:

[Te Kaha]

Good question.

I also got a localized (German) version of the U-Boat missions installed, but have installed SH4 in English. All menus and stuff is in English, no hieroglyphs, nothing. Once I had SH4 installed in German for applying the German speech pack - now, when playing on the US, my crew talks English, when I play the U-Boats, I run the German speech as a mod and they talk.... German.

The only way I know to get rid of the clutter you mention is to reinstall SH4 in English.

[TitaniumRR]

The only way I know to get rid of the clutter is to reinstall SH4 in English.

Is there another way to do that besides buying the game from the internet in English version? Warez is out of question.

[Te Kaha]

None that I know of.

Which localized version are you talking about? I ask because the local German version of SH4 offers 3 different language setups - English, French and German.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Warez is out of question.

Great that you recognize that as it is against SUBSIM Policy to discuss such a site.


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[Gorshkov]

As I reported here not so long ago I have SH4 in Polish version (both original SH4 and UBM) and this game in v. 1.5 doesn't display torpedo, equipment and upgrade descriptions for US boats in any language. On the other hand "German side" descriptions are displayed without problems in Polish.
However if I install any of English supermods (TMO, RFB) those US descriptions are showed in English flawlessly! Unfortunately my SH4 installation wizard can install this game in Polish locale only. :-?

[Arclight]

Okay now im ready to play with all my sounds intact,which mods are the best for SH4 and in what order do you install these in via the JSGME, I know theres TMO and RFB 1.5 with ROW and PE and all that, im looking for a great setup for my new rig.
That really depends on personal preference. I use ROW PE + NSM. Good for the casual gamer, gives nice visuals and realistic sinking behaviour for ships. There's TMO, which aims for increased gameplay, and there's RFB with realism as the main aim. And that's just to name a few, what's "best" is up to you. ;)

Best advice I can give you is to start reading in the Workshop, maybe start here;
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=119504

[selk1]

I have had two occasions when my boat would not change coarse. The last time, there was not reported damage. I was off the coast of Formosa, after sinking three merchant ships, heading West (270) and changed coarse to South (180), but I kept going West. I tried surfacing, diving, going North, rebooting, but nothing seemed to make any difference. I ended up deleting and starting a new career.

I am running v1.4 with RSRD. Any ideas on what could have caused this or how to correct it next time?

[Mush Martin]

I have had two occasions when my boat would not change coarse. The last time, there was not reported damage. I was off the coast of Formosa, after sinking three merchant ships, heading West (270) and changed coarse to South (180), but I kept going West. I tried surfacing, diving, going North, rebooting, but nothing seemed to make any difference. I ended up deleting and starting a new career.

I am running v1.4 with RSRD. Any ideas on what could have caused this or how to correct it next time?

That one I will bet, will remain a total mystery, but maybe not.

No idea, did you try manual steering with the keyboard or mouse.

[selk1]

Mush,

I did not try the keyboard except for changing compass to rudders and changing from center to hard left or right. I would receive acknowlegment of change of coarse , but without results. I tried time compression also. The first time it happened, I thought I might have damaged a propeller shaft, but this time I was in deep water and nothing to harm the boat.

It is a mystery. I would have ended up in China with an angry crew! I am still rather new to this game and have learned alot from this website. Thank for your response.

[napoleown]

Hi guys,

So im having this problem where if my sub is hit by a depth charge my computer instantly freezes with a blue screen, or simply reboots. I tried updating directX and downloading video drivers but it didnt help. I also turned 3d sound to max and graphics to low as I read that it could help. so far nothing is working.

Specs:

dell inspiron 9100 laptop
P4 3.2Ghz
ATI radeon 9800 256mb
1gb ram (low but it still plays)
sigmatel audio


any ideas on how to fix this?

[napoleown]

edit: double post

[ReallyDedPoet]

Not sure, but someone will have something to offer napoleown, bump :up:
Welcome to SUBSIM by the way.


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[prince_vlad]

I installed SH4 , then patch 1.3, then Uboat mod which adds patch 1.5 etc etc...
The game works fine except WHEN I wanna play american campaign the setting MADE in GAMEPLAY are ignored by the game!!! That drives me nuts :damn:!!!!!!!! When I'm quitting game and enter again into menu the gameplay settings are reverted!!! The German campaign works fine , it DID take into consideration my changes in gameplay settings so I don't understand what's happening!!!:damn:
I need help...What is wrong or what did I do wrong and missed in the process or a way to modify some cfg file etc...
Is it the fact, I wonder,that I choose the level of American campaign (NORMAL one) the cause that the gameplay settings are revert to its numbers ???? :damn:

PS - The game actually works fine, no crashes or other odd things, except the problem exposed above.

[Arclight]

Ok, for the 1.276.845th time; :rotfl:

Dunno about the German campaign, but for the US campaign you have to set your options in the office, before going on your first patrol. There's a cabinet on the left side (you may have to pan the camera to the left, works just like you were on the bridge), click on the radio to bring up game options. Options set in the main menu only apply to single missions and multiplayer.
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/example.jpg
Hope it helps. ;)

[Bosje]

Ahoy

probably the umpteenth time but unfortunately
the search function doesn't cope with RPM, CTD and other queries so here goes:
This is with 1.5, RFB, RSRD all on a clean install.

-Detection/stealth

As a GWX2.0 vet I'm used to looking at the rpm to stay silent. There are some lovely gauges in my fleet boat but I'm not sure if they have a point to them. To stay hidden I would be inclined to stay below 100 rpm and if possible, below 50. But my brand spanking new Gato (march 1942) gives me around 95 rpm on the dial for doing a good 5 knots at ahead standard. 1 knot at silent running seems to be delivered by a very sneaky 5 rpm.
Is that correct? Can anyone give some feedback on the jap sonarguy skills? Is detection at depth governed by rpm? (provided the escorts are not on code red) Surely the japs will notice my boat when I do 5 knots

Is there an option to just set the planes to rise without blowing tanks and doing other noisy stuff? perhaps through editing the commands.cfg? Reason I ask is that I did some peeking with the external cam:
december 1941 landing force coming into Luzon, you know the one with 20 escorts, I set up ahead of em, decided I was too scared to slip through the screen on the surface (less than 1000 yards between me and them) and went deep. 150 meters, silent running, cut the engines. had a peek with the cam, all was well and the escorts were passing overhead. When I ordered periscope depth, I presume my boys did some noisy trimming on the tanks because all the escorts went to alert instantly. Is this automatic? would it have worked if i had ordered 1 knot ahead? would that allow for diveplane trimming?

-Graphics
Could well be my graphics card or some driver issue but I notice the sea is 'wobbly' for lack of a better word. Mostly occurs at around 5 m/s winds. The slight swell is generated poorly when the camera sweeps over it at some speed, it occors in the external camera (which is not a real problem) but it also occurs when looking from the bridge at any speeds above 8 knots. Is it simply my rig or does anyone have a simple solution? I seem to remember not having this issue when I had pe3.3 installed on top.

-CTD
hardly ever encountered these days, it's all very stable. But while sneaking up on a nice fat freighter I suddenly remembered I had some unexplored sonar options and decided to try them out. Asked the sonar guy for range to target and the game crashed. march 1942, I never installed any sonar upgrades so it could be my boat doesn't actually have active sonar, which could explain the crash

Any feedback would be highly appreciated, especially about the detection questions.

Thanks,
Bosje out

[Cambaz]

Hi I m a new user and I am playing SH4 v1.3 and now I am commanding USS Balao. When I promoted to my brand new ship I did some customizations on it like adding two 40mm AA guns but that is my first time using a 40mm before i always used twin mgs and their performance were pretty satisfactory for me (my gunners are very talented:cool:) but same gunners have a little problem now they cant shoot down anything with that 40mm AAs, whats wrong? even when i m totally stationary middle of the sea(its worst when moving) so I want to ask you: Which gun do you prefer on ur boat? Twin AA Mg or 40mm ??

[Arclight]

-Detection/stealth

As a GWX2.0 vet I'm used to looking at the rpm to stay silent. There are some lovely gauges in my fleet boat but I'm not sure if they have a point to them. To stay hidden I would be inclined to stay below 100 rpm and if possible, below 50. But my brand spanking new Gato (march 1942) gives me around 95 rpm on the dial for doing a good 5 knots at ahead standard. 1 knot at silent running seems to be delivered by a very sneaky 5 rpm.
Is that correct? Can anyone give some feedback on the jap sonarguy skills? Is detection at depth governed by rpm? (provided the escorts are not on code red) Surely the japs will notice my boat when I do 5 knotsNot sure on the RPM, but you can use exact speed settings as an alternative. Moving faster then 1 or 2 kts when a DD is circling IMHO isn't a good idea.

-Is there an option to just set the planes to rise without blowing tanks and doing other noisy stuff? perhaps through editing the commands.cfg? Reason I ask is that I did some peeking with the external cam:
december 1941 landing force coming into Luzon, you know the one with 20 escorts, I set up ahead of em, decided I was too scared to slip through the screen on the surface (less than 1000 yards between me and them) and went deep. 150 meters, silent running, cut the engines. had a peek with the cam, all was well and the escorts were passing overhead. When I ordered periscope depth, I presume my boys did some noisy trimming on the tanks because all the escorts went to alert instantly. Is this automatic? would it have worked if i had ordered 1 knot ahead? would that allow for diveplane trimming?Direct control over the dive-planes is impossible to my knowledge. Maybe you floated up into an active sonar cone? I know blow ballast will atract some attention, but you should be able to stealthily come to PD.

-Graphics
Could well be my graphics card or some driver issue but I notice the sea is 'wobbly' for lack of a better word. Mostly occurs at around 5 m/s winds. The slight swell is generated poorly when the camera sweeps over it at some speed, it occors in the external camera (which is not a real problem) but it also occurs when looking from the bridge at any speeds above 8 knots. Is it simply my rig or does anyone have a simple solution? I seem to remember not having this issue when I had pe3.3 installed on top.I think I heard someone say once that it was because of virus scanner? I'd try closing everything in the background that's using up CPU cycles and see if goes away. :hmm:

-CTD
hardly ever encountered these days, it's all very stable. But while sneaking up on a nice fat freighter I suddenly remembered I had some unexplored sonar options and decided to try them out. Asked the sonar guy for range to target and the game crashed. march 1942, I never installed any sonar upgrades so it could be my boat doesn't actually have active sonar, which could explain the crashEvery boat has active sonar, it's part of the standard supersonic listening gear. Maybe just a one-time glitch? Wouldn't worry about it unless it's a recurring problem. And then my best suggestion would be a reinstall. Not very usefull...



Cambaz; Not a clue on the AA. Never had those guns yet. Sorry.

* :huh: You stole my sig! :rotfl:
** And welcome aboard! :up:

[Cambaz]

Cambaz; Not a clue on the AA. Never had those guns yet. Sorry.

* :huh: You stole my sig! :rotfl:
** And welcome aboard! :up:
yea sorry about that mate :cry: I want to use it if u dont mind, can i use ur sig? cuz i really love it

[Arclight]

Sure, I don't mind. ;)

It's just a cut up screenshot, not intellectual property. :lol:

I change it up every now and again anyway. Must admit I even feel a bit honored. :smug:

[Cambaz]

well thank you than :)

[Bosje]

thanks, Arclight. good help there.

as for the depth issue, I am pretty sure that the entire convoy went to alert at the very moment I pressed P on my keyboard. I remember being very puzzled by it.

i'm now doing U-boat sailing and i'm terrible bothered by depth issues, but that's on the ATO mods board now.

Can anyone give me any insight in how the boats change depth within this game engine? After doing some tests I have to conclude that the boat is doing something with pumps and ballast tanks, it's making the boat change depth a bit too quickly and easily, even without any forward motion, and there's nothing you can do about it. correct?

[Arclight]

Dive times can be changed, don't know about dive rates though. Think it would be best to ask the people that have been picking the game engine appart directly. Could try the RFB team or Ducimus, but he seems to be... retired, for the moment. :-?

[BC]

Skippers G'day,

Is there a timeline guide somewhere, so I can take my boat into large battles and sink capital shipping?

Cheers :arrgh!:

[Cambaz]

could somebody help me please i have a problem with keel under explotions how can i make it ? in log book every ship has drafts but when i launch my tops using with log book draft depths they always miss non of them explode they r passing away under the ships whith out exloding so please some body tell me do i miss a point ? can u tell me how can i calculate the correct draft depths

P.S: i set my torps to magnetic detonation when launching them

[Drakken]

could somebody help me please i have a problem with keel under explotions how can i make it ? in log book every ship has drafts but when i launch my tops using with log book draft depths they always miss non of them explode they r passing away under the ships whith out exloding so please some body tell me do i miss a point ? can u tell me how can i calculate the correct draft depths

P.S: i set my torps to magnetic detonation when launching them
Are you using Mark 14 torpedoes? If yes, these torpedoes had several flaws, like unreliable pistols and erroneous weighting calculation during testing, which meant that they would progress a few feet deeper than set by the officer, sometimes even as much as 8-10 feet deeper. It is not a bug with the game, but a representation of a bunch of problems this torpedo had in early Pacific War. So it's WAD.

The solution is either to set them about a meter (or ca. 4-5 feet) higher than you would set by default in an effort to counter-balance the depth problem, or set them to impact and shallow depth until new torpedoes are available.

[Arclight]

If you're talking mark 14 torpedo;
1. regularly runs to deep (up to 10ft.).
2. regularly explodes too early (before even reaching target).
3. regularly fails to explode.

Not a technical issue, just like it was in real life. IMHO don't use magnetic pistol for mark 14. Sadly, the contact pistol was just as bad.

Mark 10; the switch at the TDC clicks into position, but the torpedo doesn't actually have a magnetic pistol. Can't make keel shots with these puppies.

Lot's of discussion on this topic. ;)

Little more detailed information;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_14_torpedo
Could also try a search with "torpedo" in thread title.

[Cambaz]

Thank you all for the explanations guys:) Yea I am using mark 14 but I thought they are best because they have couple of different launching and range options that is why I am using them, in my career all torps are available even homing torp. which torp. do you using mostly? Which one is the best and handy according to you ? For an advise which one should i prefer ? And if I use another torp. instead of mark 14 can i make a keel under explosion easily with using logbook drafts ?

[Te Kaha]

Skippers G'day,

Is there a timeline guide somewhere, so I can take my boat into large battles and sink capital shipping?

Cheers :arrgh!:

http://www.ww2pacific.com/

You could also try Wikipedia, lots of info there.

[kylania]

I've done some basic searches, but can't find anything about this specifically. How do you accurately judge range during rough seas and at night? I've been trying to switch to manual targeting, but all my encounters so far have been roughish seas at night and I simply cannot see ANYTHING through the UZO or periscopes. Because my range estimates have always been off and IDing the ship is impossible till it's right on me, I've missed with all but 1 manual fired torpedo so far. :)

All the videos about using the TDC apparently all happen during calm seas and daylight! heh

Any suggestions for night attacks using manual targeting? I'm gonna try some O'Kane stuff tonight to see if that helps.

[Diopos]

1. Pop up the "Gamma" parameter in OPTIONS-->GRAPHIC SETTINGS. It will allow you to "see" better in the dark.
2. Try the Manual Sonar Firing thing (there are some good posts on targeting/firing via the sonar never actually tried myself).
3. Get real close.

Don't worry. Firing torpedoes in near zero visibility wasn't "easy" anyway.

[XLegion]

1.) I can't get the zoom feature to work when I'm on the Bridge using the binoculars nor using the Periscope. The zoom featured DOES work when I'm in the map view and utilizing the zoom wheel on the mouse.

2.) The Observation Periscope never works. I raise it and all I see is black. The Attack periscope works fine. I was in a Salmon Class US Boat

3.) My computer system meets all of the required tests but the mouse scrolling is very slow and 'lazy'. So much so that it is ruining the whole simulation. Silent Hunter III works fine on my system, but generally Silent Hunter IV is a complete disappointment. Any help appreciated.

[Arclight]

Thank you all for the explanations guys:) Yea I am using mark 14 but I thought they are best because they have couple of different launching and range options that is why I am using them, in my career all torps are available even homing torp. which torp. do you using mostly? Which one is the best and handy according to you ? For an advise which one should i prefer ? And if I use another torp. instead of mark 14 can i make a keel under explosion easily with using logbook drafts ?Can't say which torp I prefer; always start my career at earliest point, and I have yet to reach a level where anything but the mark 14 and mark 10 are avaible.

By august 1942, the deep running issue with the 14 should be corrected, giving you a better chance. It's still likely prematures will ruin your attacks. I'd say any torp after august 1942 should be capable of keel-shots, given it has a magnetic pistol.How do you accurately judge range during rough seas and at night?Active sonar. Go to the sonar station and point the sensor at your target. On the left side is a switch to send a ping. The large dial above it gives you a range read-out.

XLegion:
1. Try TAB for switching zoom levels. On the bridge, zoom switches between binocs and normal view. The "scope" on the bridge (TBT) does not have more then 1 zoom level, nor do the binocs.
2. Can you confirm the obs. scope is raised by looking in ext. cam? Never heard of this issue. insert/delete are used for the obs. scope, page up/page down for att. scope.
3. Check your graphics control panel and confirm "pre-render" limit is set to 3. You sure you're getting decent framerates?

[XLegion]

Is this in Control Panel for the Graphics Card? I have no idea where this is.

And why 3?

[Arclight]

Yes, should be in control panel, at least for Nvidia. Since you don't know where it is, I doubt you ever changed it. It should be 3 because that's default. If it's higher, it can introduce mouse lag. Likewise, it's possible to reduce mouse lag by setting it lower (usually at the cost of some performance).

If that isn't the problem, I guess it is because of low framerate. Try disabling/lowering options to improve performance and see if that helps.

Hope it helps. ;)

[Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford]

I searched the forum and found a couple of posts about using SH III & IV with Windows 2000 Pro, and I was wondering how well it was working for anyone who tried it. The rest of the rig is fine. I have no desire at all to "upgrade" to XP or Vista, but I really want to run this sim.

[Sledgehammer427]

i tried 2000:dead:

it didnt work for me.
and welcome to subsim!

Edit: Please, no discussion about pirated software. Read the forum rules.

[Paul Roberts]

Hi all,

I've just reinstalled SH4 along with UBoat Missions and the latest versions of RFB (1.52 I think) and RSRD. No other mods.

I can run the game fine for a while, but eventually I get a CTD (and once a Blue Screen). It seems to happen most often (but not always) when I'm running at high compression and suddenly drop to real time upon encountering a ship. Once, however, it happened when I was already at 1x time and hit the hotkey for "Sonar: Follow Nearest Warship Contact."

Is this a common pattern? Is there an easy solution? (I started reading this thread for clues, but it's 20+ pages long now.)

Thanks for any assistance!

[Rockin Robbins]

Just guessing here, but based on your information it looks like when a certain type of ship is sighted, the game crashes. That's mod follies, and must usually be fixed by a reinstallation of the game. Uninstall all your mods with JSGME, uninstall SH4 (preserving saved games when prompted), then reinstall, patch to 1.4 or 1.5 and reinstall your mods. That should fix it. If not, visit the stickied thread on how to reinstall SH4 for more exhaustive and thorough scrubbing.

Make sure you aren't trying to install the newest RFB into a patch 1.4 game. That's a CTD for sure!

[mainexpress]

Hi i have version 1.5 the u-boat addon,and running the trigger maru mod in this order:1.TMO ver 1.5.2 2.TMO_155 update 3.RSRDC_TMOv15_V371 4.RSRDC_V371_patch11 5.Radio Station manager I get into the game,when i click on the recognition manual for japan,it throws me out of the game back to desktop,but when i click on the other manuals for the different countries they work normally,only when i click on japan..does this happen:hmm:......

[Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford]

At least for me it does. Got my tail kicked by the escorts in the Submarine School Convoy Mission, but the game runs great, and looks good, too.

[GulfXray]

Guys,

I need some help determining what video card to buy. I'll be honest, I am trying to keep it on the lower cost side of things, but still be able to enjoy the game. Hopefully that isn't mutually exclusive.

Anyways, I have tried to read some of the posts and I am a little :confused: ....

The system requirement page passes all aspects except the video and says....

Recommended: 256 MB RAM DirectX 9-compliant video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9600+)
You Have: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) GMA 3100)

Specifically, Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No and Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0

Sorry my 1st post has to be such a noob, but I don't want to make an expensive mistake...

PS - thanks in advance.... and I'll keep reading the AAR posts and tactics/strategy posts... :)

[magic452]

You need to post your system specs for anybody to give you any advise.
Mother broad, processor, memory, ect. The system requirements listed
in the manual are so far below what you really need they are not even a good guide.
vidio card of 256K is minimum, 512K almost mandatory . PCI express 16X.
2 Gigs memory. A good duel core processor 3000 + It takes a strong rig to run this
game but if you enjoy it as much as I do it's money well spent.
There are lots of Subsimers here to you if you give them something to work with.


Magic452

[flatsixes]

Hi, folks. I've got SH4 Gold Edition running on Windows XP. The game seems to play fine, except for a couple of head scratching glitches.

On the subsystems screen, no descriptions off the gear ever appear in "On Boat" box in the lower left hand corner, or in the "On Base" box in the lower right. Also, I can't change out torpedo types. They show up as if they werre availble, but I can't load them aboard. Lastly, the portrait on the desk that(I htink) is supposed to bring up the skippers career stats and/or rank lights up when you roll the mouse over it and I hear a click, but no window pops open.

I went looking around for answers, and I noted at another forum that some other guy has the exact same issues with Gold Edition and XP, but got a very unhelpful brush of from UBIsoft tech support.

Anybody got any ideas?

Thanks

[tdstaylor]

Ahoy cap'ns! :arrgh!: (I don't really know why I did that... :p ) I've been playing in my campaign (American), but ran into a problem... I was ordered to deploy to a location 100 nm east of Cam Ran Bay (I think that's how you spell it....), but when I got there, nothing happens.... No "Objective Complete", no new mission, just the same thing....I'm using PE4, RSRD V355+the patch, and OM V500+patch. Please tell me I can fix this and don't have to restart my campaign... :huh:

[melltan]

Has anybody encountered this problem before?

I live in the UK, when trying to login to Ubi's server for my weekly SH4 MP game I get "Operation Timeout" this happens in the afternoon and evening without fail these past few weeks (I am able to access in the morning and late at night), I can also access Ubi in SH3 with no problem at any time, go figure!:damn:

I have uninstalled and reinstalled tried it on two different computers one running 32bit Vista and the other XP and am still encountering the same problem, up to August '08 I was having no problems, then games lapsed for a while and now when I wish to start MP'ing again I encounter these problems, I asked Ubi for advice but didn't get a reply.

I've tried different port forwarding on my router with no luck, the fact remains I can access Ubi sever on SH3 at all times!

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

Kev

[Sokolov]

Hi, where i can download the TM manual?

[RANKER]

Torpidoes "spreading" thing ......

If I have a destroyer to each side of my sub (90degrees)
(I am sandwiched between them)

I would like to hit them with my torps without having to
turn the sub.

How do I set the spreading of the torps????

It is too bad that there is no tutorial specificly about
torpido spreading.

I would appreciate all the info you guys can give me

All the best

Ranker...out!!!

[GulfXray]

Guys,

I need some help determining what video card to buy. I'll be honest, I am trying to keep it on the lower cost side of things, but still be able to enjoy the game. Hopefully that isn't mutually exclusive.

Anyways, I have tried to read some of the posts and I am a little :confused: ....

The system requirement page passes all aspects except the video and says....

Recommended: 256 MB RAM DirectX 9-compliant video card capable of rendering Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 6200+ / ATI Radeon 9600+)
You Have: Intel(R) G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) GMA 3100)

Specifically, Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - No and Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0

Sorry my 1st post has to be such a noob, but I don't want to make an expensive mistake...

PS - thanks in advance.... and I'll keep reading the AAR posts and tactics/strategy posts... :)


I have had a lot of distractions since December, but would still like some advice/suggestions on a video card, please.....

Dell Inspiron 530
Intel Core2 Duo CPU 2.40GHz
3gb of memory
32 bit OS; Vista

Also, no dedicated sound card.

I suspect my power supply will be a constaint (not sure what it is...:oops:)...

I know it isn't close to a game rig, but I just want to see if it is even possible to get to where I could play SH4...

[Arclight]

RAM is plenty, CPU is decent enough. Wouldn't go lower than a GeForce x400, preferably a x600 or better. For example a 9600 or ATI equivalent. 9600 isn't that big a powerdraw, but it never hurts to make sure you have a PSU that can handle it. My brother had a weak one that caused his HD to malfunction after he upgraded to a videocard (he had on-board before :nope: :D ).

[GulfXray]

RAM is plenty, CPU is decent enough. Wouldn't go lower than a GeForce x400, preferably a x600 or better. For example a 9600 or ATI equivalent. 9600 isn't that big a powerdraw, but it never hurts to make sure you have a PSU that can handle it. My brother had a weak one that caused his HD to malfunction after he upgraded to a videocard (he had on-board before :nope: :D ).

Thanks Arclight...

My PSU is only 300w... :( Soooo, I guess I am planning on new 550w PSU. I have been lookig at 9800GT - it is hard to know where to draw the line! :)

[Platapus]

Torpidoes "spreading" thing ......

If I have a destroyer to each side of my sub (90degrees)
(I am sandwiched between them)

I would like to hit them with my torps without having to
turn the sub.

How do I set the spreading of the torps????



In this situation your use of the term torpedo spread is inaccurate. A torpedo spread applies to one solution where you are manually making small changes to the angle the torpedo is traveling. 1 degree, 5 degree ect so that

1. Your accurately shot torpedoes will impact different parts of the ship without having to recalculate a new firing solution.

2. Increasing the chances of your inaccurately shot torpedo hitting the ship.

In your example of having two DDs (one on each side of your submarine), there is no way you could "spread" your torpedoes to hit both ships with one solution. Your situation will require two separate firing solutions (one for each DD) Each firing solution may (and probably should) incorporate a separate spread.

This will be tricky to do however.

Have you considered raising your periscope so that both DDs see it and charge you. You can then dive and hope they will crash into each other? No that probably won't work. :har:

I confess I have never found myself at Periscope depth with a DD on each side. I don't think that would be a nice place to be.

In this case, you might want to concentrate on taking out one DD with a higher probability than trying to get them both

Good luck with it.

[RANKER]

Platapus

You understoud correctly my question and I appreciate
your answer :salute:

Those suckers were turning around my sub from two directions
clock wise and counter clock wise, I was stuck :haha:

my brothers were to far from me to help so as I was at periscope
depth without lifting the periscope I was listening the DDS propelers
and pings as soon as I thought one was in my 180 degres I let go
torps (from the back of the sub) I missed, I also missed the other
one passing in front of the sub (0 degree) they were very neer of
me and those DD were fast moving suns of a gun :rotfl:

So I whent deeper and flank the engine in a straight line man they
cought me good and down I went :dead:

So I was wondering if only I knew how to use the spreading thing
maybe just maybe I could have sunck them now I know it is not
fesable :know:

many thanks

Ranker

[Rockin Robbins]

Ranker! The mother lode of torpedo shooting information (http://hnsa.org/doc/attack/index.htm). When there are not instructions in the game, the real thing comes to the rescue! The instructions are especially strong on how to shoot spreads.:salute:

[Arclight]

Thanks Arclight...

My PSU is only 300w... :( Soooo, I guess I am planning on new 550w PSU. I have been lookig at 9800GT - it is hard to know where to draw the line! :)9800GT is good value for money. :up:

Running 8800GTS on a 520W Corsair PSU over here, plenty of power. I would only consider more powerfull ones for dual GPU and SLI/Crossfire setups.

[Hmuda]

Not exactly technical, let alone game realted, but I really don't want to open a whole new thread just for this.

I'm looking for recommended submarine movies to watch.

I've already seen Das Boot, Run Silent, Run Deep and Hunt for Red October.

I'm looking for the recommendations of those who saw more than these three.

Thanks in advance.

[MonTana_Prussian]

'The Enemy Below' is a favorite of mine and 'Crimson Tide' as well.

[Hmuda]

'The Enemy Below' is a favorite of mine and 'Crimson Tide' as well.Thanks, I'll see if I can find them somewhere in town.

EDIT: Crimson Tide was in a local video rent store. Enemy Below will be hard to track down.

[MonTana_Prussian]

Thanks, I'll see if I can find them somewhere in town.

EDIT: Crimson Tide was in a local video rent store. Enemy Below will be hard to track down.

I found a copy of Enemy Below at the Video store for sale,DVD,$15.

Good luck in your search.

[{V_E_N_O_M}]

I have serious problem, when i update to 1.5 the water get horrible when moving the camera and when im on the bridge, look aside and the water looks so so, in 1,4 this problem was vary minor but here all the water vibreating under water and abouve, this problem disapear only if the camera not moving or is very hi. is there any way to fix this problem, my sistem core 6420, 2,13gh 8800gts, 2gis of ram

[GulfXray]

Thanks Arclight...

My PSU is only 300w... :( Soooo, I guess I am planning on new 550w PSU. I have been lookig at 9800GT - it is hard to know where to draw the line! :)


WooHoo! :woot:

New 550wat PSU and 9800GT installed and smoke test passed; SH IV will be here Friday....

[Arclight]

Wow, you move fast. :o

Good luck with the new gear, and have fun. :up:



Sorry Venom, not a clue. I'm sure someone will be along who can help you. ;)

[Charles Darwin]

Ok not sure if this is the right place or not since it deals with mods but feel free to move if needed

SH4 and UBoat missions run fine, no problem all gfx on high and still get 70+ FPS even after a convoy attack

but I want to install trigger maru mod and PE3 mod

I used JSGME and followed the read me to activate in order

JSGME informed me that the debris mod, and the TM patch for pe3 had to overwrite files in the PE3 install folder, i chose to do so

i exited jsgme and run SH4 and it has changed my resolution to one that my monitor does not support I beleive it is a widescreen format(yes I know I still have an old square monitor sue me:P)

everything plays fine, gfx no problem, but the resolution warning doesnt go away and I have small bars that mirror the "wide" screen part to fill in the whole monitor

so my question is, is this the case(that one of these mods changes the resolution to a WS format?) and if so how do i change it back to a good ole sqaure 4:3 format?

[Speedo]

Hello, i have 1 problem, on sh4+u bout+tmo 1.7 i.m using auto targeting and when i lock enemy ship torpedo depth auto set to 20 25 ft and i don't know why :\ some times i don't have time to change torpedo depth (sorry for my ban english) :D

[Kipparikalle]

How do I rescue survivors? I see that little button when clicking the Deck Watch. But when trying to highlight the survivor's boat from a merchant.

Does it only work when you're given mission to rescue specific survivor?

[Arclight]

Hello, i have 1 problem, on sh4+u bout+tmo 1.7 i.m using auto targeting and when i lock enemy ship torpedo depth auto set to 20 25 ft and i don't know why :\ some times i don't have time to change torpedo depth (sorry for my ban english) :DI think it automatically sets torpedo depth to the draft of your target. I guess this will only be correct if you (properly) identified the target in the recognition manual.
How do I rescue survivors? I see that little button when clicking the Deck Watch. But when trying to highlight the survivor's boat from a merchant.

Does it only work when you're given mission to rescue specific survivor?Think it only works for friendly pilots that were shot down, and maybe only when you're actually on life-guard duty (mission).

[DarkFish]

How do I rescue survivors? I see that little button when clicking the Deck Watch. But when trying to highlight the survivor's boat from a merchant.

Does it only work when you're given mission to rescue specific survivor?you can only resque friendly aviators. Liferafts/lifeboats can't be resqued.

[Kipparikalle]

Then they will die from starvation :(

[Speedo]

You can rescue only frendy any time :)

[Kipparikalle]

When taking pictures, where they are saved?

[Speedo]

Go to captains logo, if you have done picture mission so near copleted mission shuld be photos logo and press on that logo and will be photos
Or go to \My Documents\SH4\data\photo

[Kapitan Soniboy]

Hey.

I had such a wonderful time with my S-boat just recently. I sunk two troop carriers from a large convoy and was forced deep by many escorts after the lucky ones ate their fish. My S-boat received depth charge after depth carge. Some time after the escorts decided to leave and head after the convoy. My boat was sinking slowly and I had to blow ballast. Upon surfacing I started to repair my heavily damaged boat. My diesel engines were damaged so I couldn't move my boat. After a while everything was in order exept my periscope, some dead sailors and much damage to the hull. My diesel engines were repaired but my boat still couldn't move! That ruins everything. It says everything is okay but still, can't move my boat :damn:.

Any idea? I'm playing TMO overhauled. Please help

Soni :rock:

Edit: Batteries (stern) and dive planes transmission are destroyed, but that doesn't affect the diesel engines? Bug? Plenty of fuel left aswell

[UBOOT_fan]

I found two skins somewhere here, one for IX-D2 and one for XVIII Walther but when I try to use them ...the game crashes in simdata.dll.Does anyone know why ?

I remember some time ago , when I tried ver 4.6 of W_Clear environmental mod , the game crashed if I used the walther sub in campaign.The only solution then was to copy everything except the files for XVIII. Could be something related to that case? I just wonder...
Please PM if you have some sort of solution for my case.Thank you in advance.

[Urge]

Kapitan Soniboy wrote...
It says everything is okay but still, can't move my boat

Did you leave your boat at battlestations?

Urge

[ReallyDedPoet]

I found two skins somewhere here, one for IX-D2 and one for XVIII Walther but when I try to use them ...the game crashes in simdata.dll.Does anyone know why ?

I remember some time ago , when I tried ver 4.6 of W_Clear environmental mod , the game crashed if I used the walther sub in campaign.The only solution then was to copy everything except the files for XVIII. Could be something related to that case? I just wonder...
Please PM if you have some sort of solution for my case.Thank you in advance.

Not sure. If you don't get an answer here, maybe start a new thread.

[Harry708]

My diesel engines were repaired but my boat still couldn't move! That ruins everything. It says everything is okay but still, can't move my boat

I had a similar situation, I got caught at periscope depth buy a DD that came suddenly out of the rain and received damage to my engines and electric motors plus two bulkheads. I shot quickly at the DD as it move away and sunk it and was able to get to the surface and move off without being spotted by another escort. I found I had lost two diesels completely, not repairable, and damaged two plus an electric motor damaged and the bulkhead between the motor room and engine room took damage. The crew repaired the bulkhead, electric motor and both remaining diesels but I could not move on the surface. Tried going from battle stations and off watch several times with no effect.:hmmm:
I was able to move underwater so set sail for Pearl. Funny thing was that although the engines would not drive the boat they would charge the batteries. So it was a long trip back to Pearl from Formosa. :zzz:

[Kapitan Soniboy]

As I said, my batteries are destroyed and don't recharge. The crew were at battlestations during the attack but now they are fully rested. Boat still won't move.

[magic452]

The engines can be damaged to the point that they cannot be repaired to operating condition, they will show no damage on the screen but will not drive the boat, all damage that could be repaired was repaired but they are not operational. Patrol over,:down: unless you are a good swimmer. :rotfl:
Same goes for batteries.

Magic

[billyjack]

Hello guys & gals. hope everyone is doing good.:DL
I got a question. when I put my guys on the deck gun OR AA gun
they say {YES SIR} like 5 times before they man the gun, It's funny but gets REALLL old. was wanting to know if anyone else has or has had this problem & is there a fix for it. thanks for your time & God Speed to all. :damn:

[meeeeee8880]

Ok, I have a major problem with my SH4. After about 3 patrols in the beginning of the war, and after about 20k tons sunk, I head back to base to finish this patrol. I save every so often cause I have had trouble corrupted saves in the past. Yet when I reach the dock, I accidentlaly press F5 to get to the bridge and I CTD. Now when I try to load any of these that worked before, even after CTDs, they do not work now. A couple from the beginning of this third patrol work, but one of them loads with white squares replacing some of the gauges, and white buttons instead of the normal. If i try to do mainly anything, they will CTD. The rest of the saves just lead to CTDs.

I have SH4 + Uboats installed. v1.5, downloaded from Steam.

My PC specs are :
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel(R) Core (TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66ghz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 295
Sound Card: Creative SB X-Fi

Mod list:
RFB_v1.52
RSRDC_RFBv15_v421
RSRDC_V421_Patch2
OpsMonsun_V705
OMv705_to_V712
OM_V712_Hotfix1

(FYI i tried the game withotu the mods, and the white squares appeared over the gauges again, and I'm certain there would be corrupted saves too)

Any help?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome to SUBSIM :up:

Not sure regarding your problem, if you do not get any replies regarding your question, you may try starting a new thread.

[ThaDawg]

My Deck gun crew won't fire at anybody or thing...
I put men on the gun enabled Fire at will, I'm surrounded by enemies and they still won't fire a shot...
i locked an enemy with the bridge binoculair and still nothing..
Please help...:ping:

MOD list:
RFB 1.51

[Rockin Robbins]

Hello Meeee! Welcome to Subsim. If you're seeing white squares where the gauges are supposed to be in the stock game you have mod soup going on. It's left you with a hodge-podge of files from different mods and missing files even though you're in stock mode. It necessarily means your modded setups are also corrupted.

You'll have to uninstall and reinstall SH4. Make sure to take the option of keeping game saves (although they're probably all bad) and settings when you uninstall. Install and patch with 1.4 or UBM. Then do something a bit different.

What you want to do is install JSGME, then copy the entire contents of /Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific (including all subdirectories except /mods) to a new directory you'll call /SH4 Pristeen. Then make everything in your new directory read only. Now when you get mod soup, all you have to do is delete the files from your game directory, copy (don't move) them back from the Pristeen directory, make everything in /SH Wolves... read-write, hook your mods back up and go back to playing. You'll never have to reinstall again.

Another thing. I'll bet your Silent Hunter 4 icon is pointed to gu.exe. That's bad. Gu.exe is seriously brain damaged and causes bad saves sometimes. Hook your game icon up directly to sh4.exe.

You're ready to go! Corrupt saves should be almost impossible to make until you encounter mod soup again. If you do, you have a much easier fix than a reinstall.

The bill's in the mail.:D

[thehiredgun]

How do get the grammaphone to play? Is it like the old SH3. I am new to this game.

[Rockin Robbins]

Hi, thehiredgun! Welcome to Subsim. Excuse me whilst I fire up the stock game here...

"Fly envious time...." I never get to hear that any more. What a great intro! OK, on your button bar, lower left of the screen, choose the button that looks like a movie camera, then the buttons below will configure themselves as in the screenie below. Choose the button indicated:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/Silent%20Hunter%204/SH4ButtonBar.jpg

Done!

[thehiredgun]

Hi, thehiredgun! Welcome to Subsim. Excuse me whilst I fire up the stock game here...

"Fly envious time...." I never get to hear that any more. What a great intro! OK, on your button bar, lower left of the screen, choose the button that looks like a movie camera, then the buttons below will configure themselves as in the screenie below. Choose the button indicated:

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/RockinRobbins13/Silent%20Hunter%204/SH4ButtonBar.jpg

Done!

Thanks a bunch

[mscharmen]

Hey everybody, first post here. I have to say, been simming along in subs for many years...but this is hands down the best and most involved community I've come across.
Here's the problem. The 'ole Alt-Tab thing does not work for me...well, works maybe 40% of the time. This prohibits me from using those fine out-of-game tools like MoBo and Solution solver. I already checked to insure the game resolutions and pc resolutions match. Currently running SH1.5 + TMO/RSRD...sim runs perfect otherwise on my Vista OS. I can alt-tab out just fine, upon restoring however, I get sound but stay at desktop. I'm finished after that because the sim gives me that "not responding" show stopper. Any tips appreciated..thanks in advance and happy hunting!

[magic452]

Don't think that there is a solution to the alt/tab thing.
I just save before and hope.

Welcome to the boat mate.

Magic

[Radio]

Just a little general tip: I had various problems with the Stock 1.5 version (CTD, hang-up, stutter, sound distortion , even reboots) and i solved them completely by disabling the 3D sound in SH4. I edited the file main.cfg (the one in the save game directory) with Notepad and changed 1 single entry there to Max3DSounds=0 and all my problems were solved.

FWIW I have a crappy on-board AC-97 sound card.

mscharmen, before I discovered my sound problem I ran SH4 in windowed mode (it still looked full screen, though) and it improved the stability a bit when Alt-Tabbing. Still,it was not a 100% solution, but at least it helped a bit.

[Gehrshlag]

Hi, I'm new to SHIV so I have newby questions.:DL
First, how do I know which ports I can refit and fuel at. Is it just the ones with the anchors?
Second, I haven't found a good way to determine target speed for the TDC. I've heard that I can use a stopwatch or something, and I've heard that I can do a double check on info and using that the game will tell me the speed. I can't find the button for that. maybe it's not in my version of the game.

Ok, one last thing for now, on starter subs: I've been using the Tambor on 100% realism, and while I love having 6 tubes in the front, I am concerned about its fuel usage. I'm on my first sortie and I'm near out with not a port within 200 mi. Being a new player, I'm not concerned with firepower more than I am with survivability. If there is a better starting ship then I'm all ears.

Thanks for any help granted :DL

[Gehrshlag]

When given a patrol mission, how do you activate the sink and such portion of it when you get to the patrol area? Do you have to move over the icon or just into the "sea"? I have activated it once, but havent been able to do it on another patrol. Any help would be great:DL

[magic452]

I assume you are playing stock.

To complete a mission you must stay within 50nm. of the star for 48 hours or sink something like 10,000 tons shipping. If you go outside the 50nm. you must start the time over. If you complete the mission and call in, they will give you a new mission. If you don't call in than you can go anywere you please.

You can refit at any port with an anchor but your home port will have the anchor tilted, you can only end a patrol at home port.

Tambor is a good boat, to get good fuel mileage you must cruise at 10 knots and stay on the surface as much as possible, dive only to avoid planes or in attacks. Limit your submerged speed to about 3kn or less, charging batteries uses a lot of fuel. If you are out of Pearl you will still need to keep a good eye on the fuel gauge. Refit at Midway going and coming. Ahead flank gobbles a lot of fuel so use it sparingly.

To get speed, mark the targets position in the map with an X. Using the stopwatch time 3 minutes and mark the new position. The distance between the two marks, in yards, will give you the speed. 500 yr = 5 knots, 1000 yd. = 10 k., etc. (for meters use 3' 15") If you do this three times,over 9 minutes, it will also give you a good plot of the targets course.

Read through this thread from the start, there is a lot of tips etc. in here.

Also see this link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795

Good luck and good hunting.

Magic

[Gehrshlag]

Thanks, biiig help.

[Gehrshlag]

Here's something that I couldn't find in the manual: How do I open the torpedo tubes BEFORE firing. Interesting

[Harry708]

Just hit the " Q " key and than " W " to cycle to the next tube and do it again for each tube you want to open or close etc. " Q " opens / closes and " W " cycles to the next tube.

Harry

[malspal]

I am running SH3 with GWX and Commander. Is there any way to stop new messages reverting your time to real time when you are on passage.It would be nice to filter messages that don't concern you, like a convoy that is 2000km away, and commanders telling you incessantly what they have sunk. No wonder destroyers picking up HF/DF were so successful.
Maybe I am getting the grumpy old man syndrome:hmmm:

[Knox]

I have a question :06:

I recently ran into a task force, and Yamoto Battleship was smack dab in the middle. Needless to say, she now rests with the fishes! :D

Question is, since I have sunk her, will I see her again? or is she done for the rest of my career?(would be realistic that way).

Thanks!:up:

[Harry708]

Well you could see her again at least once more since she had a sister ship in the same class the IJN Musashi and you may even see the IJN Shinano a SCV that was laid dowm as a third Yamato Class SBB but was later converted to a SCV.

[vgautham_91]

Hello guys & gals. hope everyone is doing good.:DL
I got a question. when I put my guys on the deck gun OR AA gun
they say {YES SIR} like 5 times before they man the gun, It's funny but gets REALLL old. was wanting to know if anyone else has or has had this problem & is there a fix for it. thanks for your time & God Speed to all. :damn:

Yes, i have the problem as well

[Arclight]

I have a question :06:

I recently ran into a task force, and Yamoto Battleship was smack dab in the middle. Needless to say, she now rests with the fishes! :D

Question is, since I have sunk her, will I see her again? or is she done for the rest of my career?(would be realistic that way).

Thanks!:up:
Yes you will. Game doesn't keep track of individual ships. SH5 will have an actual roster; sink the Nelson, and you won't see it again.
Yes, i have the problem as well
Repeating playback happens under other circumstances as well. No easy fix as far as I know, though some mods may have addressed the issue. I think Ducimus said he corrected such an issue in TMO.

[609_Avatar]

Since reinstalling SH4 on my Win7b machine I have had very low volume levels but only in this game. Within the options all sliders are as far right as they can go but I still have to crank up the volume to at least 85% to get low level acceptable sound. Haven't encountered this in any other game and am wondering if SH4 just doesn't like my onboard sound. These are my system specs:

EVGA 790i FTW, Core2Quad Q9550 @3.83, EVGA GTX295 191.07s, 2x150gb WD Raptors, 2x200gb SATA, 8gb G.Skill DDR3 1600, OCZ 700W PS, HP DVD-RW, Onboard sound, 32" Sony Bravia XBR, Win7 Pro 64bit, Tai Chi watercooled case.

Are there any settings within a file somewhere that I might be able to tweak the volume higher? Really stumped on this one as it doesn't make sense why the volume is so low on in this one game/app. Thanks for any help/ideas any of you can give.

[Arclight]

Maybe the "main" game volume is set low in Win7. Try running the game, alt+tab to desktop and right-clicking the volume-icon in the notification area. Select "open volume mixer" and see if there's a slider for SH. :hmmm:

[609_Avatar]

Maybe the "main" game volume is set low in Win7. Try running the game, alt+tab to desktop and right-clicking the volume-icon in the notification area. Select "open volume mixer" and see if there's a slider for SH. :hmmm:

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I don't have individual sliders for different devices like XP used to have. Not sure if that is just a Win7 thing or a combo of Win7 and my Realtec HD onboard sound. Either way, there's only one slider for all sounds. If it was like a .WAV slider, wouldn't that also affect other things and not just this game? I've only run into this problem since reinstalling this game, everything else remains fine so I feel it has to relate to some setting with SH4 but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

I f orgot to mention that the sound is not low in all situations. Meaning, the intro movie and the RFB initial splash screen come across quite loud (at the setting I have to use for the in-game sounds to be audible) and when in an external view the wind sounds are at a good level, it's just the voices of the characters and some other boat sounds that are much more subdued. This is whether I use the German Audio files included with RFB 2.0 or not. So I'm starting to think that maybe with the mods some audio files may have been changed and set to lower volume levels? Guessing here... as I didn't play the stock game much at all before adding mods I can't remember if it was with the stock game also or not...

[Arclight]

Sounds to me like you left-clicked the icon. :hmmm:

Here's what I get with the game running:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mixer.jpg
You should at least get the slider for system sounds as well. :yep:



If that's not it, I don't know what the problem is.

[609_Avatar]

Yes, I did screw up a little. I chose the sound manager instead of the volume control. So I do get the individual sliders but increasing the SH4 slider moves up my device slider as if I were using the control on my keyboard, which in turns increases the volume of everything else even though the sliders don't move when I do as you suggested. Perplexing to say the least. Thanks a lot for your feed back, it's appreciated!

[Fojta]

Hi, I´m new here and quite new in the SH4 game and I need help. I am already sick of waiting for a ship(s) to show up in the quadrant I am supposed to hunt...can I go somewhere else and destroy them there? This was not problem in SH3 because there were many of them everywhere, but I´m by Somalia coast with my german sub and don´t want to try hunting elsewhere because I don´t want to back to port for more torpedoes and fuel (I know I´ll be going there sooner or later...but I prefer "later"). Btw: No milk cows here, am I right?

[Vaiar]

Hi,

I just acquired the game (with UBM) and after reading on this forum a bit I decided to install TMO and RSRDC immediately and patches (via the recommended sequence in the RSRDC-thread with the generic mod enabler).

So when I finally launch the game I first get a short movie and then a black screen though I still hear music. I assume I am in the main menu that just won't display.

What do I do wrong?

Thanks for your help.

Vaiar

[Arclight]

Hi, I´m new here and quite new in the SH4 game and I need help. I am already sick of waiting for a ship(s) to show up in the quadrant I am supposed to hunt...can I go somewhere else and destroy them there? This was not problem in SH3 because there were many of them everywhere, but I´m by Somalia coast with my german sub and don´t want to try hunting elsewhere because I don´t want to back to port for more torpedoes and fuel (I know I´ll be going there sooner or later...but I prefer "later"). Btw: No milk cows here, am I right?
Nope, no milkcows, and I think you can hunt where you want. Completing objectives just gives a renown bonus. :hmmm:

Never played the German side, so I'm not sure.



Vaiar, I've heard people complain about a black screen before. Try a reboot first, and if that fails, check out this thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128517

[Vaiar]

Thanks, your hint helped me to discover the problem: I had forced-AA on instead of application controlled. Apparently, SH4 unlike other contemporary games can't deal with that.

[Intermedve]

I'm soory to aks this stupid question but could somebody tell me how can i know the length of the ships?(in the game of course) Because Hitman in his 100% reality tutorial used it up several time so i think that the easy calculation methods based on that. Hitman wrote that it is in the recognition manual but mine does not contain it:cry:. Thanks for the answers

[Arclight]

Think you need a mod that adds in ship lenghts. :hmmm:

Don't know which mod though, trying asking in a new thread here or in the mods board.

[Intermedve]

Thank you. I will look for it.

[609_Avatar]

I've had this on-going sound issue since re-installing SH4 no both of my computers. I'll be using the time compression features to get through slower moments of the game as I'm transiting from one place to another and many times when I come out of the time compression, usually due to a contact, I get this annoying repeating sound clip that sounds like some guys is being hit followed by a metallic sound like two metal pipes being banged together. the only way to get rid of it is to load a save game or restart the game. It does this in the stock game and my modded ones. Any ideas what I can do about this or is it just one of those things that you have to live with if you use time compression? Thanks.

[mafiawarlord]

I have a problem with SH4. I have installed windows 7, i am running no mods. Here is the problem, I will start a new campaign, I will start the mission, go to the map, set up coordinates, and then increase the time compression. After about 40 seconds the music will start to repeat a portion in about a 1 second loop and then about 5 seconds later the game freezes and i have to close it. The game worked perfectly fine before Windows 7. Any ideas?

[alandorkin]

I installet Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific v1.5 – Silent Fire v1.5.2
and start game, porpoise class and tambour class work's fine but car and cato crash the game. Can samebody help me for this problem ?
Thanks
i have win 7

[abdf]

hi, i am new here. i have a dell laptop with window 7 but it does not have a key pad on the right. so, how do i make the condense the time to travel the from the south of the Philipine Island to the north side of the Philipine Island? --- abdf

[Harry708]

The Plus ( + ) and Minus ( - ) keys.

[BillBam]

I just started installing mods and began with TMO and all is well. However when I try to install some small mods such as the ones by Webster I am getting a warning that TMO has previously edited this file and wants to know if it OK to proceed. Is this normal, just want to make sure that it will not affect things, especially if I remove the mods and at a later date.

Hope I have provided enough info, I got this message with 4 of the 6 smaller mods I tried to install so I assume this is a normal thing and is not a problem to proceed.

[Admiral8Q]

hi, i am new here. i have a dell laptop with window 7 but it does not have a key pad on the right. so, how do i make the condense the time to travel the from the south of the Philipine Island to the north side of the Philipine Island? --- abdf
Actually, you can ajust time compression with the mouse. On the bottom right corner of the display you'll see a + and -

Cheers!

EDIT: Actually I have a question. How does the "Tool Helper" work? What does it do and how do you use it?

[BillBam]

EDIT: Actually I have a question. How does the "Tool Helper" work? What does it do and how do you use it?

One use I have for it is when plotting a course line you can read the bearing of the line. Great when plotting sonar contacts to see what their direction heading is.

[Admiral8Q]

One use I have for it is when plotting a course line you can read the bearing of the line. Great when plotting sonar contacts to see what their direction heading is.

Um, yes... it looks handy, but how do you control it? What keys or mouse stuff?

[BillBam]

Um, yes... it looks handy, but how do you control it? What keys or mouse stuff?

Just click on it to open the case and it auto attaches to the ruler and protractor. Best way to get a hang of reading it just draw a line from south to north and see where the line runs through the zero degree marker.

[Chubster]

I will be building a new HTCP soon and was wondering what graphic cards people would recommend to play both SH4 and 5 (when the modders have done their magic) to their best abilities.

Currently have a 1GB Nvidia Gt220 and it seems ok but then I wouldnt know any different

[cptroyce]

New to SH4, but really enjoying learning the sim..coming from the FS/CFS/ OFF aviation sim sector.

Set up is: SH4 UBM addon..OMv720_Patch 4...OMEGU V300 Patch 6 various Webster addons.

I can't seem to get the Radar working. I go to the station and place the mouse cursor on the on/off switch. The switch illumiates, but doesn't turn on...what am I doing wrong here? Tried it with different missions, but still can't get it turned on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Royce

[BillBam]

New to SH4, but really enjoying learning the sim..coming from the FS/CFS/ OFF aviation sim sector.

Set up is: SH4 UBM addon..OMv720_Patch 4...OMEGU V300 Patch 6 various Webster addons.

I can't seem to get the Radar working. I go to the station and place the mouse cursor on the on/off switch. The switch illumiates, but doesn't turn on...what am I doing wrong here? Tried it with different missions, but still can't get it turned on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Royce

It is likely you are in the early war stage where all that was on your boat is SD radar (air search.) In this case it is monitored by the AI only with no user interface. in about a year or so you will be offered SJ radar as an add on and you will be able to work the scopes at that time for surface contacts.

[cptroyce]

BB- Yes, I'm starting early..1941/42. Thanks for clearing that up :up:

[capnmike575]

hay mates, old SH3 cap'n here and im giving SH4 a try.

i'm runing sh4 1.4 with the RFB 1.4

heres whats up ...

I NEED TO STOP THE LEAKING!!!!

um, ...sorry.. just that its driving me nuts,

ive looked but i cant find a simple mod or edit fix to turn the leaking control room pipe off.

i really dont want to reinstal or take out RFB so a simple edit job would be great if you know one.

i can deal with other stuff but i cant deal with this and i'm just about to put the game away.

[LooseEnd]

Ok, for the 1.276.845th time; :rotfl:

Dunno about the German campaign, but for the US campaign you have to set your options in the office, before going on your first patrol. There's a cabinet on the left side (you may have to pan the camera to the left, works just like you were on the bridge), click on the radio to bring up game options. Options set in the main menu only apply to single missions and multiplayer.
So I'm playing my first SH4 campaign and I guess my first patrol is gonna be lame and partially ruined because the difficulty settings are easier than I want them to be. There is no way to change this while on patrol? I've got 2 merchants coming up and I want to do this the challenging way.

Also, because I did not change the difficulty settings in the office BEFORE my first patrol, will I not be able to make any changes for the remainder of this campaign??

Thank you.

[BillBam]

You can change settings from your office in between patrols, not during patrols.

[Arclight]

Lemme dig up that thingy again... ehr, here:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/example.jpg
Click the radio in yer office and all will be well again. :yep:

[Gorshkov]

Do you know if described here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108128) TDC bug was fixed in the next patches?

[Nisgeis]

Do you know if described here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108128) TDC bug was fixed in the next patches?

Yes it was.

[LooseEnd]

Is there a maximum depth that the hydrophone will be able to pick up sound contacts at? I would think that the closer to the surface it is, the more accurate the bearing for directional sound.

I want to sit outside of Kolonia for 24 hours or so. While I'm waiting I'd like to stay deep.

Oh, and have docked enemy ships ever been known to eventually set sail and move? I'm assuming that if I stay here long enough something is bound to move in or out of the harbor. Or am I giving the AI traffic too much credit?

Thanks!

TMO2.0

[Admiral8Q]

Is there a maximum depth that the hydrophone will be able to pick up sound contacts at? I would think that the closer to the surface it is, the more accurate the bearing for directional sound.

I want to sit outside of Kolonia for 24 hours or so. While I'm waiting I'd like to stay deep.

I haven't experienced any difference at any depth with the hydrophone range.

Oh, and have docked enemy ships ever been known to eventually set sail and move? I'm assuming that if I stay here long enough something is bound to move in or out of the harbor. Or am I giving the AI traffic too much credit? I think you are giving the AI too much credit. Yes. :yep: I have never seen ships enter or leave port. I have seen ships arive a few thousand yards outside of port and just stop there or turn around.

[cptroyce]

I am changing careers from German to American and I can't get back the US speech. Campaign runs fine but with German speech.

I removed all German speech mods with the Mod mover program everyone uses..but still can't get back English sounds and speech.

Any help would be appreciated

Royce

[R4222]

I am running TMO 2 and would like to a logo to the tower.

Its my company logo for the Engineer consultancy I own.

I thought a WW2 sub would make a cool company vehicle if a liitle unpractical. Then again a couple of rounds from the deck gun to chase up slow payers LOL.

However please can some one tell me how to add the file to tower.

thanks
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[makonen]

Hey all,

I come here because you are my last chance^^. I was so disapointed by SH V that i have reinstalled the IV, btw, i've got a *** prob when i try to install u-boat missions. Here is the message i get (i have already tried to uninstall SH,...always the same prob) :

"Error Code: -5001 : 0xffffec6b
Error Information:
>SetupNew\SetupDLL.cpp (77)
PAPP:Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific
PVENDOR:Ubisoft (http://www.Ubisoft.com)
PGUID:0D005F09-A5F4-473B-A901-5735C6AF5628
$12.0.0.49985
@Windows XP Service Pack 3 (2600) BT_OTHER 8.0"

...If somebody can help, that could be awesome !

Thanks,
Mako :)

[Davetherave]

Hello all,

Lurked here occasionally and found lots of informative stuff - I can't decide if I have a problem or not. Been playing my first campaign, and for the last 4 or 5 missions I've been sent to java sea to patrol. Is this normal or not? It's now reached Jan '44, I think I spent all of '43 in that region...

[Stealhead]

What version do you have? It sounds like the bug that gives you repeat missions.

[Davetherave]

1.3 through Steam. I would rather not upgrade until I've completed my first campaign... does this sound impossible?

[Rockin Robbins]

Absolutely, Dave. You can run 1.3 until you end your first cruise. Then after your in port save you can change patches, mods, anything really. When you leave port all your accomplishments will be intact and you will be sailing under the new patch and mods. The only rule is to make sure you are in port when making the changes.

This means you can change your configuration in the middle of a campaign and not worry about it. That will fix your repeat mission problem IF you are actually successfully completing the mission.

Technically, there are a few things you can change at sea: sub skins, plotting systems, keyboard layouts........anything else? If so, not much. I'd just make all changes in port and you're always safe.:up:

[Rockin Robbins]

Mako, I'm checking into your error code to see exactly what it means.

"Error Code: -5001 : 0xffffec6b
Error Information:
>SetupNew\SetupDLL.cpp (77)
PAPP:Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific
PVENDOR:Ubisoft (http://www.Ubisoft.com)
PGUID:0D005F09-A5F4-473B-A901-5735C6AF5628
$12.0.0.49985
@Windows XP Service Pack 3 (2600) BT_OTHER 8.0"

...If somebody can help, that could be awesome !

OK Mako, that's an install error from junk being left from your old install either in the registry or in directories on your hard drive. You might check Add/remove programs to see if SH4 is still listed and uninstall if it is. I'd use Ccleaner or a registry fixer program to remove registry items that no longer refer to items on your computer. Ccleaner is the program I'd trust for that. Once you take out the trash SH4UBM should install normally.

[Alky]

Since running in windowed mode doesn't seem to work, at least on my computer, is there a way to get around the game pausing when using alt-tab??

[Diopos]

<Esc> then <Alt+Tab>

You can press < - > on the NumPad to "stop the clock" before pressing <Esc>.

.

[Alky]

<Esc> then <Alt+Tab>

You can press < - > on the NumPad to "stop the clock" before pressing <Esc>.

.
Pressing ESC takes you to the main menu, which also pauses the game. I don't want to stop the clock, I want the game to keep running while I check email, go to the head or whatever. There are lots of times that while baby-sitting the game, one could do other things. For example, plotting a course up the Kiel canal and then doing something else would be more productive since for the most part TC won't go above 4 because of how shallow it is.

[Diopos]

Sorry, misunderstood your question.
Can't help you on that (I' d never leave the game "running" in the """backround""" unchecked anyway, too risky! :DL)


.

[captaindnnis]

Hello:)
Got question about SH4
is SH4 only with American Navy??
Or also Germany?
and Doese it worth the money Sh4?
Well thanks:)


Cheers:salute:

[Sammi79]

Hello:)

Hi Captaindnnis, to answer your questions,

SH4 v1.0 - v1.4 Americans only

SH4 v1.5 (Uboat expansion) Both American and German

^ If you buy it new now it should come as version v1.5 but ;the game is based in the Pacific theatre, not the Alantic.

However, here in the downloads section of subsim, you will find a huge number of MODs available that can change the game into pretty much any way you'd like it to be.

For atlantic campaigns, Lurkers 'Operation Monsun' is amazing (German side only).

For a pacific based game (American+German) TMO (Trigger Maru Overhauled) and RFB (Real Fleet Boat) are arguably the best and most popular.

Worth the money? that depends how much money! but I would say definitely YES up to £25 say and make sure it is version 1.5 but then it is quite possibly my favourite game of all time so obviously I think it is worth it!

:ping:

[captaindnnis]

Hi Captaindnnis, to answer your questions,

SH4 v1.0 - v1.4 Americans only

SH4 v1.5 (Uboat expansion) Both American and German

^ If you buy it new now it should come as version v1.5 but ;the game is based in the Pacific theatre, not the Alantic.

However, here in the downloads section of subsim, you will find a huge number of MODs available that can change the game into pretty much any way you'd like it to be.

For atlantic campaigns, Lurkers 'Operation Monsun' is amazing (German side only).

For a pacific based game (American+German) TMO (Trigger Maru Overhauled) and RFB (Real Fleet Boat) are arguably the best and most popular.

Worth the money? that depends how much money! but I would say definitely YES up to £25 say and make sure it is version 1.5 but then it is quite possibly my favourite game of all time so obviously I think it is worth it!

:ping:

Ahoy,
Well i bought it for 10 euros:D

well second i dont know what version it is cuz it was not from steam
and mostly steam is up-to-date.
Well im gonna look if i can download the 1.5 here
and its not like SH3 isnt ? with patrol?
but thanks for the feedback mate:)

cheers:salute:

[captaindnnis]

Ahoy,,
Maybe its double post but sorry for that.

Question About Operations Monsun
How do you install it? with JGSME?? and if yes were is the JSGME:)??
its not included with the mod download i think:O cuz didnt find him


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[Sammi79]

http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products-jsgme.html (http://www.users.on.net/%7Ejscones/software/products-jsgme.html)

^^ Will take you to the JSGME download page of the Jonesoft website.

Make sure to carefully read the instructions included in OpMonsun about how to install it, It is easy but slightly particular and if you've not used Jsgme or modded the game before, you may have trouble understanding it.

Hope it goes well for you, happy hunting! :salute:

[captaindnnis]

Ys i have JSGME but there are mod in for SH3,
Is that a problem??

[Sammi79]

If I remember right, the best thing to do is to copy(not move copy) the JSGME.exe file from wherever it currently is (SH3 install directory?) into the SH4 directory (the one with SH4.exe in).

You may need to create a folder 'Mods' there aswell.

Place your SH4 mods into the SH4 mods folder then run the JSGME.exe that is in the SH4 directory, and enable the mods as per the instructions.

There is I think a way to use only 1 JSGME install for all games with shortcuts but I never learned how to, just seemed simpler to make copies of the exe into each (modifiable) games install directory.

Let me know how you get on.

[captaindnnis]

Okay,

I did put JSGME into Sh4 Directory
and made'd an MOD map
So Copied the MOD to the MOD map,
And loaded with JSGME the whole OpsMonsun_705 map
Clicked on the icon to play started first what i saw its just the same.
So when i loaded an career and tried to play hes loading to the game
at the ends its gives an error about not send report / send report,,
anything i did wrong?

[Sammi79]

Okay, I think we should continue this discussion via PM, as it may take a bit of explaining. I will PM you shortly. check your notifications at the top right of the page.

[captaindnnis]

Okay.:yeah:

:salute:

[captaindnnis]

Hellow ,
I got question about SH4 Hud/UI or how you guys call it the layout of the buttons
its very annoting the HUD/UI of SH4 are there anymods that change
the HUD/UI
i already searched in the download sector of SH4 but didnt find anything:O

Cheers:salute:

[Dignan]

Can anyone tell me which file in the data folder controls how transparent/murky the water looks? I'd like to edit my version of Real Environment so visibility is better underwater. Thanks.

[paul1919]

Hi all. Finally made the move from sh3 to sh4 and I'm a bit disappointed with the performance I'm getting. I'm playing on the lowest rez with most graphic options disabled and I'm still getting a some 'stuttering'. I'm patched up to 1.5 (ubm). I have disabled all AA/AF settings in the nvidia control panel. Here is my system specs...

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 2 (build 6002), 32-bit
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
2 GB RAM
GeForce 8400 GS
Realtek High Definition Audio

According to system requirement labs, I should have no problem running this. Can anyone please help?
Paul

[Arclight]

Afraid that's all you're going to get from a 8400. :-?

[paul1919]

Oh okay. Thanks for replying. What Graphics card should I go for to play SH4 smoothly?

[Arclight]

Well... don't think you really need much more, but 8400 is really not much of a card.

Honestly if you really want to enjoy what it has to offer and maybe play some other games decently I'd look at a 9800GT or something similar, GT240 or GTS450 maybe. Something like that. :hmmm:

Probably better deals from ATI at those pricepoints. Can't tell you much about those though.

[paul1919]

Well, It is playable I just want it to be perfect. I'm glad I didn't get sh5 instead. 9800gt dosen't seem to pricey so I might treat myself at christmas.
Thanks again, Arclight.

[Arclight]

Sure thing. Have a look at the GTS250, basically a 9800GTX+, maybe little faster, at same pricepoint. 9800GT is getting dated (well it is dated, in PC terms). ;)

[Alky]

Can anyone tell me what the command is for a screenshot? I know the default keys for it are CTRL F11 but I'm using the SH4 Keymapper program and those keys no longer make a screenshot. I've looked through the list of commands in SH4 Keymapper and can't find anything relating to taking a screenshot and would like to assign a key to it. :cry:

[Worsel]

Hello, this is my first post!

But i have a problem with SHIV, a while back i installed a mod that let you play as a CL cleveland class destroyer. I had never heard of JSGME as the time and put the files right into the game folder.

Recently i wanted to play again without the mod and used the game's uninstall feature, then delted all of the game-related folders, then used Vista's add/remove programs tool. I then reinstall and whaddyaknow! the mod is still on and i can't revert to default so i can play real fleet boat!

please help!

[Dignan]

after you uninstall, find the Ubisoft game folder in your programs folder. Delete it manually then reinstall. Should fix the problem

[Alky]

And don't forget to delete the SH4 folder in your user/documents folder on drive C: :)

[H4nky]

Hello SubSimmers!

I'm playing the TMO mod and whenever I get close to larger ports (e.g. Pearl Harbor or a big Japanese port) the game crashes :damn:. I have seriously searched for information about this problem and read the manual, but found nothing. Has anyone else experienced it or know what causes it, I would appreciate your answer.

[KBourne]

Hi all,

I'm kinda new to this forums, so i'm not sure if i post this in the correct thread slot.

In the far past i played SH3, i liked it a lot but i was a mere OFP "cwc" fan and later on a ArmAverse fan and focussed a long time on that game, but i mis naval battles which made me turn towards SH again. After reading it seemed to me the best option was to buy SH4. After some playing i liked the game a lot but like usual i saw more potential in the game and i thought of it as a naval war sim it will have a mod community like ArmAverse. After some googling i bumped upon this site and started reading, downloaded the mod tool to enable mods downloaded TM because it felt for me the best option based on the realism and historical correcting the time frame in the campaign.

but i also wanted to try some other mods and i also downloaded [REL] Fall of the rising Sun (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147988) (FOTRS) which is builded upon TM but i seem to have a problem after disabling TM and enabling this mod.

More spesific:

The realism setting in TM are pre determained so i don't have really problems with that but after disabling TM and enabling FOTRS it seems if i start a new campaign with high realism setting it will not have any effect!?It seems that i always have unlimited fuel oxigen and so on, this also happens if i turn towards stock game instalment after using TM whetever realism settings i put on they wont take any affect when running the game. The odd thing is i tried also single player missions and it seems that i don't have problems there on realism settings to 75 and they take affect in SP .. Anyone that heared about this, or know any sollution to this? also to avoid it would be nice because i don't like to mess around all the time if i switch mods.

Kind regards

[Arclight]

I haven't played the mod, but in the stock game the options on the main menu only affect single missions. For the career, there's a radio in the office which you can click, to the left on a cabinet or something. Clicking on that lets you set the options for the campaign, can be done before even heading out on your first patrol.

[KBourne]

I haven't played the mod, but in the stock game the options on the main menu only affect single missions. For the career, there's a radio in the office which you can click, to the left on a cabinet or something. Clicking on that lets you set the options for the campaign, can be done before even heading out on your first patrol.

Hmmm is this not don in the options screen? you can set realism settings their? At least thats what i do, so that does not work at all on campaign? if i'm getting this correct i need to do this in the carrier room then when on a campaign, can you preset it as standard or do i need to change it every time? its kinda odd is it if i put the settings up in the option screen i expect it will be standard for further playing unless you change it no?

kind regards

[Arclight]

Hmmm is this not don in the options screen? you can set realism settings their? At least thats what i do, so that does not work at all on campaign? if i'm getting this correct i need to do this in the carrier room then when on a campaign, can you preset it as standard or do i need to change it every time? its kinda odd is it if i put the settings up in the option screen i expect it will be standard for further playing unless you change it no?

kind regards
They just separated settings for single missions/multi-player from the single-player campaign. Set them in the office before heading out on the first patrol and you're good; no need to tinker anymore if you're happy with the settings.