Need HELP! Cant run sub properly

Nuker22110 · 06-20-08, 06:52 AM

Hello,
I have just gotten Silent hunter 4. This is my first subsim. After reading the manuel, and playing the tutorial,there are still many features that i cannot grasp.(I'll forget about the TDC for awhile). So can any experienced skippers guide me along, so i can take the fight to the IJN?
Questions:
1)Time compression.Every time i start time compression, hoping to reach my patrol area quickly, or to get back to port, a contact would appear, causing the time compression to go back to x1 again. Is there any way to make to tie compression ignore the contacts and continue?
2)I have read some books on submarine warfare. It seems that a submarine could fire the torpedoes, using only the sonar returns, and not surface and shoot,which is the only way that i could get done.
3)During the supply mission, after i launched the dinghy, do i need to recover it? And how ,long must i wait before i will receive a new directive from command?
4)How do you set an intercept course for a convoy?
5)Is the savegame automatic? Or do i have to return to port to be able to save game? If not, how do i do so?
6)Back at port, what part is for what?(SD improved radar?What is it for?)
7)How do i run from a depth charge attack?

There are many other questions, but i would try to find the answer myself.
Any help would be appreciated.

06-20-08, 06:52 AM	#1
Nuker22110 Watch Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 17 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Need HELP! Cant run sub properly Hello, I have just gotten Silent hunter 4. This is my first subsim. After reading the manuel, and playing the tutorial,there are still many features that i cannot grasp.(I'll forget about the TDC for awhile). So can any experienced skippers guide me along, so i can take the fight to the IJN? Questions: 1)Time compression.Every time i start time compression, hoping to reach my patrol area quickly, or to get back to port, a contact would appear, causing the time compression to go back to x1 again. Is there any way to make to tie compression ignore the contacts and continue? 2)I have read some books on submarine warfare. It seems that a submarine could fire the torpedoes, using only the sonar returns, and not surface and shoot,which is the only way that i could get done. 3)During the supply mission, after i launched the dinghy, do i need to recover it? And how ,long must i wait before i will receive a new directive from command? 4)How do you set an intercept course for a convoy? 5)Is the savegame automatic? Or do i have to return to port to be able to save game? If not, how do i do so? 6)Back at port, what part is for what?(SD improved radar?What is it for?) 7)How do i run from a depth charge attack? There are many other questions, but i would try to find the answer myself. Any help would be appreciated.