[Tigrone]

"No, this is not what I am after. In SH3 you can "physically" stand in the command room in front of the control instruments and click them. This results in instantaneous response from the sub totally bypassing the "chain of command". PERFECT for destroyer evasion because the order relaying delay is gone. In real life, I presume, you would not be waiting for your "laid back" crew to relay orders slowly as they are getting depth charged to death. CLICKABLE controls in the Command Room, is what I am after. Thank you though :-) Do you think the DEVs get the info we are posting here?"

First, yes the Devs do look at this forum.

I fear want you mention is not a bug. If it was, we could expect it to be fixed. The SH4 design omits about 3/4 of the interior model of SH3. In SH3 we had 12 spaces, all of which contained at least one, and some many, interactive link. SH4 only has 5 spaces, and only 2 of those have any interactive links (I count the 2 radars, as being one space). The control room in SH4 has only 2 spaces and no interactive links at all. The SH3 control room had 5 spaces, and all had interactive links--even the aft control room had a link through the boat's blueprint.

SH4 relies on the free roam camera to get around, and in that mode you cannot interact. It is very unsatisfying, and I already feel bored in our boats'. It's kind of steril, even with the very pretty large compartments and nicely modeled crew. They just don't do anything, and you can't step into their shoes the way you could in SH3.

Are there any interactive links in the forward conning tower? I poked at everything I could find. There's not even a link to the scopes, so far as I can tell. You seem to be right by the main con, but nothing is functional.

Oh, if you're in doubt, I think SH4 is a great achievement and has the core to be a much better game than SH3.