Cdodders,

I downloaded SH4 from a DVD that I brought many years ago.
But there has been a lot of discussions about this subject. First, allow me to point you to THEBERBSTER Tutorials, https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...18#post2297818.
He has a wealth of information to help someone.

Second, check the support folder in the 100_FalloftheRisingSun_UltimateEdition_v1.24_EN that you downloaded. There are pages of information there also to help find the answer you are looking for. One of the most important issues is where you place your game. Under the support folder, a pdf named 'Install Notes For the Various Versions of Silent Hunter 4 in Windows' has a lot of information in order to help install/troubleshoot your game.

Or you could wait, someone will come along to help answer your question also.

Good luck!

sounds like you need to install JSGME to manage your mods.
refer to Theberbster page of helps and hints,
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=219029

good luck!
:Kaleun_Salute:

That particular ship can have a DisplacementVariation setting of over 6%, whereas the "average" ship will have a 2-4% variation. But that would only account for about half of the red you are seeing there... The main problem is most likely where the group spawned in relation to where you were when it "physically" generated, and my guess is that it was in the shallow water of one of the many channels inside Truk Lagoon. It's almost like ships "bounce" as they are spawned, and the "light in the skirts" or "heavy with the feet" is the result... not much we can do about it, except avoid Truk, but that would take away the fun of the area... thanks for the note on it, but it might be a group out of Japan that runs through Truk, or a group out of Java, or Singapore, or New Guinea, or even one that generated there or in the Marshalls and then runs through Truk. I am chasing down groups now, but my guess is that the group was "single-file" coming out of there?... ??


As Larrywb57 and KaleunMarco mentioned, there are several things that can go wrong.

1. Install folder cannot be inside a "Program Files" folder, including the default install folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam \SteamApps \common \Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacifc". If that's where you are with the install, you will have to move it. If SH4 is your only Steam game, or set of games, just un-install Steam and the games, and re-do the install in a folder you create. Most folks change the "Program File (x86)" portion of the path to "Games" or some-such, which then moves (naturally) your Steam Library to that folder. If you have a valid 2nd Hard Drive you could write to, use it for a 2nd Steam Library folder, and put SH4 there. See Moving a Steam Installation and Games on the Steam Support site, or THEBERBSTER's page, as suggested.
2. You have to use LAA on the SH4.exe file with this mod. It takes up too much RAM for its own good. This also means that you almost have to have a 64-bit version of Windows, and at least 4gig of RAM. If you have 4Gig of RAM, and a 32-bit Windows, let us know, and we can walk you through getting that to cooperate with you. See CapnScurvy's Windows10; Large Address Aware; SH4 Install for more on LAA, and on the Windows & SH4 install.
3. A really important point that many fail to do properly is empty the Save folder. The game runs from the information in the Save folder, and if it is not cleared prior to playing the modded game, then most of the new information is not brought in, due to JSGME and Windows not overwriting the old data. This applies even when removing a mod. So navigate to "C:\Users \UserName \Documents \SH4" and delete that folders contents. "UserName" is what you log into Windows with, and "Documents" might be "My Documents", depending upon your Windows version. The game will re-create the folder the next time it starts. You do lose any previous career and other game info, as well as your screen resolution and other gameplay settings.

As pointed out by Larrywb57 and KaleunMarco, THEBERBSTER's SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFO <> DOWNLOAD LINKS -STICKY INDEX links can help with more than just FotRSU. He is currently not active here, but has a note to PM him if you have any questions. FotRSU mod-specific info can also be found in the first post here in Fall of the Rising Sun Ultimate - Full Release, or on the download page for it, or has been pointed out, in the Support folder of the mod. There is a "01_FotRSU_Support_TOC.bat" file in the game folder after activating FotRSU, which fires up "01_FotRSU_TableOfContents.pdf" in the Support folder of the mod, or just open any of a number of pdf files in the Support folder. :salute:

Thanks Propbeanie, glad to see that you back up and running!

I'm in January 1944, and was making an attack on a troopship and destroyer between PNG and the Phillipines. It was going decently well until I saw their flags...

https://mikefinnsfiction.files.wordp...a1qwo1_250.gif

Are there meant to be any German destroyers and troop transports roaming the Pacific this late in the war?

Just encountered those Nazi ships again after starting a new career. Pretty sure that the only Kriegsmarine vessels in the Pacific should be U-862 in December 1944 and some auxiliary cruisers earlier in the war.

was it a Narvick DD escorting a German Troop ship?:D

Yes, yes it was :D

you found the one and only German convoy for that time period.
it starts way out west in the Arabian Sea and travels through the straits along the west side of the Philippines and ends in the Tokyo area.

don't you feel lucky having found the only one? kind of like finding a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket!

:Kaleun_Salute:

Re: Odd ship encounters...
 

Ahoy,

Speaking of that 1 lone convoy for the Kriegmarine...

I did recall running across 2 passenger ships, a smallish to mid sized one, flying a IJN flag... following a larger passenger ship.. BUT... that ship (in the lead) was NOT flying a IJN flag... BUT... a German 1...

Needless to say, I sent both of those ships on a 1 way trip to go visit Davey Jones.. glub glub... :haha: :har: :D

Dunno what the exact time frame was... but I seem to recall the area being around the 'convoy college area' & was right around the fall of the Philippines & losing Surabaya, somewhere, in that time frame.. is as close as I can pin it down. It was some time back...

M. M.

:Kaleun_Salute:

Strange thing about it... was no escort/s... or else they was off chasing foo fighters... :har: :D :shucks:

I remember once or twice seeing a Kriegsmarine Auxillary Cruiser escorting a Japanese ship I think all the way near Tokyo Bay, or maybe somewhere west of the Phillipines. I wonder how historically accurate that is? :hmmm:

Feburary 1944
USS Balao, Balao class submarine

I've seen other people complain about their deck guns missing on Balao and Tench classes on this thread. I have never had that issue until now when I received my Balao class submarine. I believe I had already had the Balao for a patrol or two before mentioning this issue of a missing deck gun.
I have tried a fix or two and nothing seems to be working. There is no upgrade slot in the "Upgrades" section in the bunker, yet there are still crews slots in the crew section.

What fixes can I use to fix the issue?

TIA :salute:

Apparently the auxiliary cruiser Michel was sunk by the USS Tarpon just 80km away from Japan on the 20th of October 1943.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ...cruiser_Michel

There was "semi-regular" liner service from Germany to Japan and return - at least, until they started getting shot at in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans... Then "service" was cut back drastically. That's how the Japanese got their radar, such as it was. They still thought their "night vision" better than radar, but radar's range did increase significantly during the war. Several other items came via ship, but since it was getting too dangerous for that mode of travel, that's when the Yanagi Missions started via I-Boat and U-Boat for the exchanges. The Italians sent several submarines also, but I do not know if any of them went on to Tokyo, or just stopped at Penang, Java or Singapore... We do perhaps have the percentage a pinch high for late '43 into '44 for those liners, but there were some. Now, what did I do with that link?... wikipedia doesn't tell you a thing about them... :hmmm: was it U-Boat dot net?... :salute:

Capnscurvy's SCAF has been a great additon! A couple questions:

Have magnification levels changed?

Has the field of view and graticules been corrected?

Thanks,
Great mod! :salute: