good advice from umfuld and melnibonian mate
here is a link to a thread i posted earlier
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=134288
set keys is a life saver where yure concerned mate
for e.g....now when i press f3 to go to periscope depth i also get a depth under keel report and an outside camera point of view
lots of options here...and yea you can revert back to the old way.
also i reverted the small enter on my numpad to cut back to time compression 1
have a wee play about with it
oh and welcome to subsim and sh3 mate
hope you get as mutch out of it as we are....theres always someone here that can help
no noob question too daft
god...i know i ask plenty!!!