First timer with SH5 needs help and pointers

Von Due · 08-17-21, 10:29 AM

So, I bought SH5 from Steam and had a quick tutorial and a bit of looking around. Coming from SH3 (and Uboat) this one is confusing to say the least.

First off: Is there a Ship ID book anywhere in the vanilla game? I can't seem to find one.

Then:
I know there is a clock at the navigator's desk (and 2 in the radio/sound rooms but they have missing hands) but it would be really useful to have the time displayed in a 24h format. Is there a place where I can find local time as well?

Weather report: Can one get a better report than to look out to see if it's raining or not?

Deck gun: So I misclicked through the binoculars on a friendly freighter and the crew manned the gun and went trigger happy. To stop them I first had to tell one of my officers to man the gun (as if it wasn't already!) then tell him to secure the gun. However, through the binoculars I saw the ship was still selected. Any way to deselect that target and NOT having the crew shoot everything to smithereens?

Any hints and tips welcome!

I do plan on modding it eventually but first I want to get a feel for the vanilla version before going mod crazy.

08-17-21, 10:29 AM	#1
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	First timer with SH5 needs help and pointers So, I bought SH5 from Steam and had a quick tutorial and a bit of looking around. Coming from SH3 (and Uboat) this one is confusing to say the least. First off: Is there a Ship ID book anywhere in the vanilla game? I can't seem to find one. Then: I know there is a clock at the navigator's desk (and 2 in the radio/sound rooms but they have missing hands) but it would be really useful to have the time displayed in a 24h format. Is there a place where I can find local time as well? Weather report: Can one get a better report than to look out to see if it's raining or not? Deck gun: So I misclicked through the binoculars on a friendly freighter and the crew manned the gun and went trigger happy. To stop them I first had to tell one of my officers to man the gun (as if it wasn't already!) then tell him to secure the gun. However, through the binoculars I saw the ship was still selected. Any way to deselect that target and NOT having the crew shoot everything to smithereens? Any hints and tips welcome! I do plan on modding it eventually but first I want to get a feel for the vanilla version before going mod crazy.