The Original Silent Hunter Manual

LukeFF · 04-18-10, 02:31 AM

This is the manual for the original Silent Hunter, aka, the type of manual that should have come with the successors to SH1. Be sure to check out the three appendices at the end. Appendix B (Tactics) was written by a former fleet sub commander.

Some really good stuff in there!

http://www.filefront.com/16158251/Si...r%20Manual.pdf

Diopos · 04-18-10, 02:54 AM

A manual not afraid to include the word "trigonometry" and/or its derivatives!
Bahhh .... I'll say it! The good old days .....

Thanks LukeFF!

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Admiral8Q · 04-18-10, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Diopos

A manual not afraid to include the word "trigonometry" and/or its derivatives!
Bahhh .... I'll say it! The good old days .....

Thanks LukeFF!

I'll second that!

Harmsway! · 04-18-10, 05:09 AM

Excellent. I hadn't thought of that and I have the original copy right here in the room with me. Somewhere? Now I got something to read cruising between sightings.

Brings back memories too. Like the bathythermograph. Now all we get is a verbal report. That game was so clean and polished. Ah the good old days. Yet somehow very lonely.

Keelbuster · 04-18-10, 11:02 AM

Oh, the golden age of gaming; the days when a game manual would keep you on the crapper 10 or 15 minutes longer than you needed to be there. Back when the manual graphics were better than the in-game graphics...back before the gaming medium was pimped out by greedy suits.

les green01 · 04-18-10, 11:46 AM

do miss the days of the manuals as thick as books,nice to read while you play the game.

Admiral8Q · 04-19-10, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

Like the bathythermograph. Now all we get is a verbal report.

I wouldn't mind having that back, I kept an eye on it a lot

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Yes, back in the day we had a working scope for SD Radar.

I wish we had that for TMO since airplanes are invisible on the map when they become visible. Kind of strange that that was done. If anyone knows how I could get the little plane marker back, or even a black dot like ships, that would be appreciated.

tomoose · 04-19-10, 07:21 AM

Wow, talk about a blast from the past! I think I learned more about tactics in those few last pages from this manual than from elsewhere, LOL.

Good points about the air search radar. That is one nice touch that would be welcome. Another is the "appearance" of aircraft. It seems that they are extremely difficult to spot and 'appear' literally out of thin air at a certain distance which can be frustrating. I wasn't aware that planes could be seen on the map before being actually seen in the air but plane plots on the map is a tad arcade-ish for me. Having said that, regardless, I normally take the boat down fast if I get an air contact as indicated in that nifty old SH 1 manual.

04-18-10, 02:31 AM	#1
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	The Original Silent Hunter Manual This is the manual for the original Silent Hunter, aka, the type of manual that should have come with the successors to SH1. Be sure to check out the three appendices at the end. Appendix B (Tactics) was written by a former fleet sub commander. Some really good stuff in there! http://www.filefront.com/16158251/Si...r%20Manual.pdf __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

04-18-10, 02:54 AM	#2
Diopos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Athens, the original one. Posts: 1,226 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	A manual not afraid to include the word "trigonometry" and/or its derivatives! Bahhh .... I'll say it! *The good old days* ..... Thanks LukeFF! . __________________ - Oh God! They're all over the place! CRASH DIVE!!! - Ehm... we can't honey. We're in the car right now. - What?... er right... Doesn't matter! We'll give it a try anyway!

04-18-10, 11:02 AM	#5
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Oh, the golden age of gaming; the days when a game manual would keep you on the crapper 10 or 15 minutes longer than you needed to be there. Back when the manual graphics were better than the in-game graphics...back before the gaming medium was pimped out by greedy suits. __________________

04-18-10, 11:46 AM	#6
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,784 Downloads: 1405 Uploads: 0	do miss the days of the manuals as thick as books,nice to read while you play the game. __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

04-19-10, 07:21 AM	#8
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	LOL Wow, talk about a blast from the past! I think I learned more about tactics in those few last pages from this manual than from elsewhere, LOL. Good points about the air search radar. That is one nice touch that would be welcome. Another is the "appearance" of aircraft. It seems that they are extremely difficult to spot and 'appear' literally out of thin air at a certain distance which can be frustrating. I wasn't aware that planes could be seen on the map before being actually seen in the air but plane plots on the map is a tad arcade-ish for me. Having said that, regardless, I normally take the boat down fast if I get an air contact as indicated in that nifty old SH 1 manual.

04-18-10, 05:09 AM	#4
Harmsway! XO Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 400 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Excellent. I hadn't thought of that and I have the original copy right here in the room with me. Somewhere? Now I got something to read cruising between sightings. Brings back memories too. Like the bathythermograph. Now all we get is a verbal report. That game was so clean and polished. Ah the good old days. Yet somehow very lonely.