Hydro sounds & "Clear the Bridge"

[Dignan]

I asked these questions in the issues thread but I guess they got buried.

1. Can you hear sinking ship sounds in the hydrophone? So far I'm not sure I've been able to pick up the sound of a sinking ship in my hydro. This is very useful when you are submerged in evasion and need to know if your target ended up sinking or not.

2. A few times now I've had my watch caught outside the sub when submerged. I go down below first, order a periscope depth or specific depth and they never come inside. It's a real immersion breaker. What's the trick to make sure this doesn't happen?

3. Anyone know where screenshots go to when you press prntscreen?

[Dignan]

Nobody?

Got a follow on question to the damage one. Is there no "repair animations" with the crew when you order them to fix damage? SH4 had this adn I would be surprised if they did not implement it in SH5 considering how much more immersive 5 is.

[Bilge_Rat]

I asked these questions in the issues thread but I guess they got buried.

1. Can you hear sinking ship sounds in the hydrophone? So far I'm not sure I've been able to pick up the sound of a sinking ship in my hydro. This is very useful when you are submerged in evasion and need to know if your target ended up sinking or not.

not sure about the hydrophone, but if you are close enough, you can hear the breaking up noises from inside the U-Boat. very Das Bootish.

2. A few times now I've had my watch caught outside the sub when submerged. I go down below first, order a periscope depth or specific depth and they never come inside. It's a real immersion breaker. What's the trick to make sure this doesn't happen?

havent noticed that. Do you have the "mighty fine crew" mod? you will see your deck crew come down the ladder and take up their position inside the U-Boat when you dive and reverse the process when you surface. Very immersive.

3. Anyone know where screenshots go to when you press prntscreen?

screenshots= ctrl+f11

screenshots are saved in your Silent Hunter 5 folder as BMPs. I created a separate "screenshots" folder were I transfer them to keep the main SH5 folder uncluttered.

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By captain_joch (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/captain_joch) at 2011-03-20

[Dignan]

Thanks for the responses.

I'm not sure what's causes my watch crew to get caught outside the sub when I dive. I am using "Might Fine Crew" and the animation of them coming down the hatch is cool....when it works right. About half the time though I dive and they are still on the bridge as if they are on lookout. Very annoying

[Dignan]

For anyone who was wondering I did confirm that you can indeed hear sinking ship sounds (metal stressing, metal bending, etc.) in the hydrophone . Not sure if its a mod feature or stock but it is possible.

[Dignan]

I'm still getting the bug where my crew gets stuck outside the sub when I dive. Running mighty fine crew and the mod that gives your crew more commands. It seems to happen about one 1 out of 5 times I dive. Also, sometimes it happens the other way around. They don't want to leave the dive planes in the control room and man the lookout so I'm up there by myself.

Anyone know what causes this? It's really annoying. So much that I may have stop using MFCM and try stock to see if it still happens then.

[jwilliams]

I also sometimes get the bug where crew stay on deck while submerged.
It's a stock game bug!!!!

Happened before I added mods to this game.
save and reload fixes it.
:salute:

[Dignan]

Stock bug, huh? Well, at least now I know to stop screwing around with my mods to try and fix it. Thanks. :salute:

[oscar19681]

I also sometimes get the bug where crew stay on deck while submerged.
It's a stock game bug!!!!

Happened before I added mods to this game.
save and reload fixes it.
:salute:

I get the bug 8 put of 10 times i dive. Having to need to save and reload every single time you dive and the crew is still in the conning tower is kind of annoying considering that one must dive many times in sh-5.

[Dignan]

I get the bug 8 put of 10 times i dive. Having to need to save and reload every single time you dive and the crew is still in the conning tower is kind of annoying considering that one must dive many times in sh-5.

I agree. I'm surprised nobody has found a fix for this yet.

[oscar19681]

I have a feeling that this one is on the Non-fixable list.