Noobie Trouble

[Topcat357]

I bought this sim when it first came out and shelved it soon after due to being quite disappointed. After casually following these forums for a long time, I decided to check SH5 out again with some of the Mods that the incredible submarine sim community has put together. I am using Dark Wraiths UI, the new Environment 5.0 Mod and Enhanced Funnel Smoke Mod.

First of all...I am a 52% Realism guy (lol). I like it real, but not extreme...probably avoid Manual TDC unless I really start to get the hang of this game.

Well...my trouble begins in the very first Campaign mission (the freakin 'Tutorial' is the worst I have seen in any game!). I am lined up on a ship and told to sink it. I place the crosshairs over the static ship...lock it...and Fire. The torpedo tracks nicely. Encouraged, I switch to Tube2 and Fire...the torpedo goes straight ahead without tracking at all. I remove the ship from being tracked (unlock) and relock it in the periscope view. I fire a 3rd torpedo and it goes straight ahead without tracking the ship. I finally recenter the periscope crosshairs over the ship (in the last 2 shots, the crosshairs were centered slightly above the target...but the ship was locked with a yellow/green triangle showing). With the periscope crosshairs recentered on target, the torpedo tracks correctly and hits the target. I am confused as to what the correct procedure is...but continue on.

Next, I am told to sink more ships. I assume there will be several other easy ships in this tutorial. There are 2 yellow icons near the ship I just sunk, so I head towards them. There is nothing there. There is a German Cross icon nearby. I head to that. There is nothing there. WTH! I cruise around on the surface following contact bearings...observing several neutral merchant until finally coming across a Hostile merchant! Whoo hoo! I get myself setup about 4k yards from his course line (long, I know, but I am new to this and this is supposed to be a tutorial LOL) At periscope depth...the target nears perpendicular to my bow and I center crosshairs...get a yellow triangle/lock...and fire. The torpedo goes straight ahead without tracking. Argh!

To cut this ridiculously long description short...I try several more times to hit this ship without success. The torpedos do not track at all.
I have read and watched quite a few pieces on the TDC..but in this first mission I am not given much to work with. Cant enter info in TDC...No dots to line up. What a mess! lol. Perhaps I am missing some very important stuff here...I dont know.

Any help here would be appreciated. Sorry for the long post.

TC

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Topcat357

I bought this sim when it first came out and shelved it soon after due to being quite disappointed. After casually following these forums for a long time, I decided to check SH5 out again with some of the Mods that the incredible submarine sim community has put together. I am using Dark Wraiths UI, the new Environment 5.0 Mod and Enhanced Funnel Smoke Mod.

First of all...I am a 52% Realism guy (lol). I like it real, but not extreme...probably avoid Manual TDC unless I really start to get the hang of this game.

Well...my trouble begins in the very first Campaign mission (the freakin 'Tutorial' is the worst I have seen in any game!). I am lined up on a ship and told to sink it. I place the crosshairs over the static ship...lock it...and Fire. The torpedo tracks nicely. Encouraged, I switch to Tube2 and Fire...the torpedo goes straight ahead without tracking at all. I remove the ship from being tracked (unlock) and relock it in the periscope view. I fire a 3rd torpedo and it goes straight ahead without tracking the ship. I finally recenter the periscope crosshairs over the ship (in the last 2 shots, the crosshairs were centered slightly above the target...but the ship was locked with a yellow/green triangle showing). With the periscope crosshairs recentered on target, the torpedo tracks correctly and hits the target. I am confused as to what the correct procedure is...but continue on.

Next, I am told to sink more ships. I assume there will be several other easy ships in this tutorial. There are 2 yellow icons near the ship I just sunk, so I head towards them. There is nothing there. There is a German Cross icon nearby. I head to that. There is nothing there. WTH! I cruise around on the surface following contact bearings...observing several neutral merchant until finally coming across a Hostile merchant! Whoo hoo! I get myself setup about 4k yards from his course line (long, I know, but I am new to this and this is supposed to be a tutorial LOL) At periscope depth...the target nears perpendicular to my bow and I center crosshairs...get a yellow triangle/lock...and fire. The torpedo goes straight ahead without tracking. Argh!

To cut this ridiculously long description short...I try several more times to hit this ship without success. The torpedos do not track at all.
I have read and watched quite a few pieces on the TDC..but in this first mission I am not given much to work with. Cant enter info in TDC...No dots to line up. What a mess! lol. Perhaps I am missing some very important stuff here...I dont know.

Any help here would be appreciated. Sorry for the long post.

TC

It is best to disable my UIs mod when doing the very first tutorial. After you have completed that tutorial then re-enable the mod. You don't have to do this but I strongly suggest it as it makes the tutorial easier to perform (unless you know my mod really well then there's no need to disable it)

[Topcat357]

Thank you for the suggestion...I will remove the mods for the first mission. And thanks for the time and effort you have put into this game. I have followed your stuff on the forums and your work is impressive!

TC