A few questions (6)...

[RickR]

I'm a newbie. I am on my 12th patrol. Doing fairly well actually but some things just don't make sense. I have looked around the forum but think it's better if I swallow my pride and ask the questions directly.

1. Do aircraft report your position?

2. Is there a trick to shooting down enemy aircraft as I cannot do it? I’ve had the best luck by just assigning a gunner to do it for me.

3. I’m a bit confused about the pinging the destroyer does on me… If I hear the pinging does that mean he knows where I am? I thought one would hear an echo or bounce back but… maybe better stated is, how do I know if destroyer knows my position?

4. What’s with the hull damage even on a simple low depth dive? Ridiculous! Is there a patch/cheat/fix for it?

5. Also, what’s with all the stuff breaking on a simple dive to 16 meters?I was constantly repairing stuff and hull percentage went down and down. It finally stopped with I went to Periscope depth (12meters). It drove me nuts and angered me as it was ridiculous! Is there a patch/cheat/fix for it?

6. Finally, I remember reading that you could cheat and find out where the capital ships are hiding by using Mission Editor even though you are playing Career Mode but I must be doing something wrong as I Mission Editor cannot even see my career file. Is this possible and what are the steps to perform this? I know, I know, it's cheating but I would like a crack at a capital ship.