Riekopo

Thanks for the replies guys. I can tell it's going to take me quite some time to come to grips with this game. It seems like it was released unfinished and broken and was abandoned after a couple patches. That's a real shame. I know what that's like though because I play Total War. This community seems really great though. Is a modded Silent Hunter 5 considered to be the best Silent Hunter or is an older game considered better?

There seems to be two total overhaul mods. Wolves of Steel which is what I installed and sobers mega mod. Which mod should I use as a beginner? Should I even be using any? It seems like mods are necessary because of all the bugs. I joined the Subsim Steam Group though I bought this game on Uplay because I read about not being able to use mods with the Steam version. If anyone would like to be my Silent Hunter tutor I would appreciate it. My Steam and Uplay name are both Riekopo so you can add me.

One problem I'm having is controlling everything. The UI and controls just seem plain bad. Like how you have to right click to move and stop moving. That is really strange to me.

From reading the Wolves of Steel FAQ it seems like the bottom three abilities of the Torpedo man are broken so I shouldn't use them. It also suggests that other abilities are broken, but doesn't say which ones specifically. Does anyone know which ones I should avoid?

Is there a better encyclopedia for ship identification? The vanilla one seems really poor. I'd like to know more about the ships I'm attacking. Like if there is a best place to hit them.

Does your submarine take visual damage on the exterior and interior and like break up and explode? From my brief experience it seems like when you die the screen just fades to black.

Are there any other mods I should be using with Wolves of Steel? Is there a control guide for Wolves of Steel?

I read that planes won't actually attack you. Is this still true?

The Sub System screen is in German. Is there a way to make that English?

I was playing the last Historical Mission and my Flak gunner shot down like 5 biplanes. Is that normal? He wasn't able to shoot down any monoplanes and they shot me up. I dove and then started sinking and then died from falling too deep. How are you supposed to recover in that situation?