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10-21-14, 10:59 AM
First, allow me to thank all who have posted -- that has answered a lot of my assumptions (questions). But I still have a few questions that if anyone here can answer I would be much obliged.
1) I can set my sub's depth manually to any depth I choose but am unable to manually select my speed -- 6-knots, 10-knots, et cetera. The new speed is called out but not realized, instead going to the nearest quick speed setting.
2) If we are hunting in Wolfpacks and I report a convoy, will other U-boats arrive if I shadow the convoy long enough?
3) I apparently need to up the realism settings in order to "enjoy" some of the grander aspects of this game. If I make those settings changes, when will they be realized? When I end my current patrol and ask to be assigned a new patrol? Or when I start a new campaign?
4) At what point in the campaign do items such as radar, snorkel, decoy, et cetera become available? Or are they already and I just don't know it? And, yes, I have clicked on the appropriate tab within the upgrades page when docked between patrols and seen the upgrades listed but not available.
5) I am currently in the month of September, 1941 in my campaign. I am currently operating in the Western Approaches off of Gibraltar. There is speculation that the Enigma coding machine has been cracked. I presume that makes my job of finding enemy shipping that much more difficult and that much easier for the enemy planes and shipping to find me? Or do I merely tell my radio man to use safe communications?
As an aside, I, too, as many others have experienced, get the random game crash after a period of time. Not always, but frequently enough that it has become an annoyance. Most recently, last night after I had splashed seven merchants over a period of several hours. Argh! Time for another beer. Anyone know what causes that? I am using a Lenovo ideapad Y410P with numerous upgrades -- graphics, sound, hard-drive, memory, et cetera -- and running on Windows 8.1, downloaded and installed via Steam (I hate the Uplay).
Many thanks.
P.S. What an awesome game. The graphics/visuals are quite amazing. And the game play as well.
1) I can set my sub's depth manually to any depth I choose but am unable to manually select my speed -- 6-knots, 10-knots, et cetera. The new speed is called out but not realized, instead going to the nearest quick speed setting.
2) If we are hunting in Wolfpacks and I report a convoy, will other U-boats arrive if I shadow the convoy long enough?
3) I apparently need to up the realism settings in order to "enjoy" some of the grander aspects of this game. If I make those settings changes, when will they be realized? When I end my current patrol and ask to be assigned a new patrol? Or when I start a new campaign?
4) At what point in the campaign do items such as radar, snorkel, decoy, et cetera become available? Or are they already and I just don't know it? And, yes, I have clicked on the appropriate tab within the upgrades page when docked between patrols and seen the upgrades listed but not available.
5) I am currently in the month of September, 1941 in my campaign. I am currently operating in the Western Approaches off of Gibraltar. There is speculation that the Enigma coding machine has been cracked. I presume that makes my job of finding enemy shipping that much more difficult and that much easier for the enemy planes and shipping to find me? Or do I merely tell my radio man to use safe communications?
As an aside, I, too, as many others have experienced, get the random game crash after a period of time. Not always, but frequently enough that it has become an annoyance. Most recently, last night after I had splashed seven merchants over a period of several hours. Argh! Time for another beer. Anyone know what causes that? I am using a Lenovo ideapad Y410P with numerous upgrades -- graphics, sound, hard-drive, memory, et cetera -- and running on Windows 8.1, downloaded and installed via Steam (I hate the Uplay).
Many thanks.
P.S. What an awesome game. The graphics/visuals are quite amazing. And the game play as well.