memory jog required...
 

Hi all, I have just started playing SH5 again after a long absence. I get drawn back by the superior graphics and the need to 'give it another go' just because it is there - and because the modders (bless 'em) may have continued to improve the playability to the point where I don't give up in the first hour as has been the case in the past.

Trouble is, each time I come back, I have to re-learn how it all goes together all over again, and at present I cannot remember how to get the deck watch to come down so I can go to periscope depth to have a listen - I don't want to set battle stations every time to shift them. I have Dark Wraith as my main mod. Can you jog the memory please?? :salute:

The Captain has to leave the bridge, either down the hatch or Transport

Ah...I was in navigation ( I thought) looking at the chart and then, seeing indication of an enemy boat, wanted to go to periscope depth, but was told the boat could not dive because of the watch on deck... how do I 'know' where I am for sure then?

IIRC click on the captain icon

thank you Webster - sounds obvious now that you have mentioned it :D

Also pressing the esc key will take you out of any station that you are in (map station in this case) so you can then move about:up:

vunderbar Trevalley - what would an old duffer like me do without you lot! :)

Drown or get basted by that DD closing on you:O::D

that hasn't happened to me YET in SH4 or 5, but I got blown up, put down and gotcha'd in SH3 several times..... musta learned something as I went along I suppose.. I shall probably get creamed now that I have said that...