Newbie questions +

Marshall Ney · 09-23-12, 07:16 PM

I finially picked up SH 5, last week, via a package thru Steam; and like many I have read on numerous forum threads, am struggling getting use to new controls,etc. I have a two part question here. First.
I struggled greatly w/aiming/shooting/hitting also and started exploring forums, then videos. I finially found a video that I thought I understood, by John Greaney. Now, I am playing the vilnella version, from Steam, with no mods. Basically, the video showed, use ruler to mark a trajectory of the target. Then, use protractor to click on trajectory line, then click on target ship, then click on your sub!!! I watched this video 3-4 times, but when I get back into my game, all is well untill AOB part, when I notice that there IS a port side and a starboard side to my game. AND it seems like something is fishy here. I thought, I know, port is left, starboard is right, BUT, no!!! It's not correct!!! Or am I missing something??? Does port or starboard ,matter here; this wasn't mentioned in video, so I left wondering??? OR, can I assume that the video is with a mod and this problem is fixed??

Now to second part, I have been reading this forum, watching videos and the information is overwelming. I'd like to mod, and I have watched the "how to mod" video and I think I can. But, I'd like a couple-three opinions as to what ones to use with the following guidelines. I'm not to keen on "bells & whistles" , whether water is true ocean color! I want gameplay with some old controls, from 3&4, plus whatever else the communtiy has come up with. Things don't have to be pretty, but I want things like "depth under keel" handier. This depth info is vastly important is this part of the seas, where sometimes the bottom is only 20-30 fathoms!!! I have been playing Sh 3 mostly this week, mainly because it's fresher, since I haven't played in maybe 6-7-8 yrs, and finding this in SH 5 is a chore. It took the video mentioned above, for me to find the attack periscope!!

Anyway, I thank in advance any input from anyone, and hopefully I can get this game sorted out.

Marshall Ney

09-23-12, 07:16 PM	#1
Marshall Ney Loader Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lewiston, NY Posts: 82 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Newbie questions + I finially picked up SH 5, last week, via a package thru Steam; and like many I have read on numerous forum threads, am struggling getting use to new controls,etc. I have a two part question here. First. I struggled greatly w/aiming/shooting/hitting also and started exploring forums, then videos. I finially found a video that I thought I understood, by John Greaney. Now, I am playing the vilnella version, from Steam, with no mods. Basically, the video showed, use ruler to mark a trajectory of the target. Then, use protractor to click on trajectory line, then click on target ship, then click on your sub!!! I watched this video 3-4 times, but when I get back into my game, all is well untill AOB part, when I notice that there IS a port side and a starboard side to my game. AND it seems like something is fishy here. I thought, I know, port is left, starboard is right, BUT, no!!! It's not correct!!! Or am I missing something??? Does port or starboard ,matter here; this wasn't mentioned in video, so I left wondering??? OR, can I assume that the video is with a mod and this problem is fixed?? Now to second part, I have been reading this forum, watching videos and the information is overwelming. I'd like to mod, and I have watched the "how to mod" video and I think I can. But, I'd like a couple-three opinions as to what ones to use with the following guidelines. I'm not to keen on "bells & whistles" , whether water is true ocean color! I want gameplay with some old controls, from 3&4, plus whatever else the communtiy has come up with. Things don't have to be pretty, but I want things like "depth under keel" handier. This depth info is vastly important is this part of the seas, where sometimes the bottom is only 20-30 fathoms!!! I have been playing Sh 3 mostly this week, mainly because it's fresher, since I haven't played in maybe 6-7-8 yrs, and finding this in SH 5 is a chore. It took the video mentioned above, for me to find the attack periscope!! Anyway, I thank in advance any input from anyone, and hopefully I can get this game sorted out. Marshall Ney