I have had a severe problem hitting any targets on auto targeting. The red solution light used to light up and now it does not. And the green arrow that would light up under the target when the solution was prime usually only turns yellow for some reason. If it is green I cannot see it on the screen I use which unfortunately is not this one. (Note on this laptop the word "Subsim" on the web site is tourquoise, but on the computer I use for SH4 it is white. [This computer cannot handle SH4.] I think ithe video card on the other machine is the culprit.)
Moving along..., late tonight I inserted the SH4 CD into the drive rather than playing with the version installed on the C drive. My ship embarked on a mission off of the Phillipines, and sunk two freighters with torpedos - four hits and zero misses. If this solves the problem then my crew won't have to stay up until 4 a.m. every night trying to hit something. We will see what happens tomorrow.
Just so you know how bad it has been, earlier today my ship lined up for a text book, 90 degree broadside on two freighters freighters crusing at a liesutely 5 knots in calm seas . They were practically begging for death. My crew was fired up for a kill and had the boat in position so early that they ate lunch and played a short game of poker while waiting for a double helping of "dessert" to arrive. Four torpedos at 800 yards were loosed in a timely manner. (The tension on board was palpable.) And what happened? They all missed! Our mascot, a black toy poddle with an angry disposition, laid down next to his bone and covered his his eyes with his paws! Obviously, the weaponry was faulty.
Oh well, today we run away, hoping to kick some ass another day!
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When Lord Mountbatten's destroyer was sunk in the Mediteranean, he and his crew went over the side singing "Roll out the barrels." No kidding! It is reported that his crew adored him. The IRA assasinated him.