Limited fuel, etc.
Map contacts on.
Auto targeting. I hate doing the manual.
Duds on.
Stabilize view. No stabilize gives me a headache.
Realistic repair.

Everything on full realism except map contacts and external camera for screenies.

"Realism"
 

Mine is set at 74% - automated targeting, with no event camera but the external camera is on, as is map updating. I figure "what the hell is my crew for?" Let them do the calculating, and let me watch the results. I'm in it for the fun.

To each his/her own.

Hi All.
Regarding realism, I am playing with FOTRS,but for some reason the settings keep reverting back to auto targeting. I have started a new campaign and set realism up to 90%, but it still goes back to `duffer` mode. Any thoughts?

Are you setting options from the main menu, or from the "radio" link in the office for career start?

Using single campaign mode, I've had to reset options every time.

From main menu. Tbh, I haven`t sailed back to port to reset yet. Still on first mission, so I could abort, wipe saved,and start again.

In some ways, it is very frustrating the way they did the Options for gameplay in SH4, but then again, it does allow some variety...

The Single Missions, Single Patrols and Multi-player scenarios all run off of the Main menu's "Options" menu choice. Easily accessible each time you start, so long as you remember to do it...

The Career choices are available once in the Captain's Office, either before you start a patrol, or between patrols, by clicking on the radio console:
https://i.imgur.com/R92jLWT.jpg

This at first seems silly, but you can't have the options changing on a Save game file if you think about it, which would happen if they were only on the Main Menu. Also, you can have an 'easy' career, a 'normal' career, and a 'realistic' career all going at the same time under different skipper's names, and each can have their own gameplay settings different from the others. That is kind of nice. Again though, it comes down to remembering to do that for each career start. Once set though for each individual career you make, they stay set that way, until the next time in the Captain's Office, where you can change them again, if desired. :salute: