SH4 1.4 Bugs help

[bigbear948]

Hi I'm new to these forums, and have a few problems with silent hunter 4.

Specs:
Installed sh4 retail version 1.3, patched to 1.4, ( downloaded patch from ubisoft US site)
Performance index for my comp is 3.4

Problems:

1. When in career , All cities and ports in the world are in Blue supposedly idicating them as Friendly, even Tokyo ! . This can't be right surely , the date says its 1941 december 10th.

2.Time compression does not stop for enemy ship and convoy location radio reports, making them impossible to intercept.Time compression does stop for sonar and radar contacts though.

3. Crew cannot seem to spot enemy ships,so does not halt time compression when enemy ships are within visual range, The only indication i get is when shells start hitting the sub, with time compression still goind at around 8475x !


Questions:

Are these problems known with 1.4 ?

Are there any mods out there that fix these problems but don't change gameplay ?

Do you guys use community created patches ?



Please help !