Hey guys I just bought Silent Hunter 4 today and patched it up to 1.4.
I know I could get alot of fun out of this game (sim) but its going to take some work and time. I was wondering if there was a definitive "Newbie" guide, I had a bit of a look around but I thought I'd introduce myself and say hello anyway.
I first noticed these games when I was looking for something a bit different and these games seemed like a bit of fun, then, admittedly, I watched "Das Boot" (the 4 hour one) and that proppelled my interest to greater hights. What better way to extend my knowledge on the subject than to have fun playing a game like this while doing it (and admiring the pretty visuals).
When I say Noobie I mean NOOB. I have a basic (very basic) grasp of some of the concepts of submarine warfare, but am very lacking in my technical knowledge, and math is probably my absolute weakest subject. So before propelling myself into manually launching torpeado's, Id like some advice on the basics (navigation, controlling the sub ect.), besides the obvious click here to turn right and here to turn left kind of stuff. How do I aproach a convoy for instance? After they are plotted on the map, what do I do next? How do I read and use the Sonar(?) system.
Anyway there is no point in going through everything Id like to know because it's endless, so a newbie guide would be good and I could just ask questions when I dont know something. Actually I have one quick question, after completing some of the tutorial missions its meant to give me a rating but the rating spot is always blank, and when I click next it just takes me to the menu.
Whats the general consensus on the U-Boat missions? Is there a dynamic campaingn for that expansion pack aswell, because the sandbox nature Is where I find the fun in these sort of games, and I was admittedly a bit dissapointed to see SH4 got the good graphics but you play on the winning team, and SH3 got the bad graphics and the loosing team (I want to as the germans play probably exclusively to feed my "das boot" imagination).
Anyway hope that was mostly understandable and I look forward to sinking some convoys with the help of you guys.
