[macjim]

Well its been a year since my last effort to get SH running smoothly on my system. Last July I got SH5 up and running but was unable to use many of the features in game. I spent about 30 hours and installed the game (with mods) more than a dozen times. Not complaining, just describing that I made a moderate effort ... but was unsuccessful.

I'm considering trying again but want to reach out to the Subsim community for some frank input.

My Objectives:
Use SH as a navigation simulator without any auto targeting features. I'm more interested in charting a course and determining my position with a sextant than sinking a bunch of shipping. I would like to engage in warfare just a little bit but hope to determine range manually using the calibrations on the optics and developing firing solutions with pen and paper on my desktop. I liked the graphics of SH5 but would accept less eye candy if the game mechanics offered more serious realism.

Questions:
1) Is SH5 with the WOS mods any more stable than they were a year ago?
2) For the most realistic navigation and range calculations would anyone like to suggest SH4 vs SH5? And explain why as it relates to realistic navigation and calculating range using the scope graduation marks?

Thanks in advance.