Some Questions

[mido]

1. In SH3 it was possible to ask the weapons officer for a solution and send the data to the TDC, how can you do this in SH4 (my manual solution finding is very rusty and needs some practice).

2. When you start a career there are different options how hard you want to play, is there a description somewhere where you can see the exact details for these settings? How do the settings you set for the career interfere with the gameplay settings in the options menu?

3. When is it "save" to save a game in career mode? In SH3 one had to be out of contact of other vessels in order to save the game. Does this also apply for SH4 or can you save the game when ever you want to?

Thanks in advance

[USS Drum]

Originally Posted by mido

1. In SH3 it was possible to ask the weapons officer for a solution and send the data to the TDC, how can you do this in SH4 (my manual solution finding is very rusty and needs some practice).

2. When you start a career there are different options how hard you want to play, is there a description somewhere where you can see the exact details for these settings? How do the settings you set for the career interfere with the gameplay settings in the options menu?

3. When is it "save" to save a game in career mode? In SH3 one had to be out of contact of other vessels in order to save the game. Does this also apply for SH4 or can you save the game when ever you want to?

Thanks in advance

To see what settings your on click the radio on to of the shelf to your left and yes, you can save a game whenever you want.

[mido]

Thanks for your reply! But, I still don't understand the difference between the difficulty settings under in the options menu and the career setup menu. What happens if I set it to "realistic", the hardest settings in the options menu and only to hard in the career setup menu? It is not clear, what you really set in the career setup menu. You can choose between easy, normal, hard and very hard, are these settings somehow linked to the other settings in the gameplay settings in the options menu?
Please, somebody should know...

[mido]

Originally Posted by USS Drum

To see what settings your on click the radio on to of the shelf to your left...

Where would I do that?

And what about the weapons officer? Let's say I play manually targeting but occasionally I would like the opinion of an officer, how can I get the enemy's ship data from a weapons officer as it was possible in SH3?

[torpedobait]

Originally Posted by mido

1. In SH3 it was possible to ask the weapons officer for a solution and send the data to the TDC, how can you do this in SH4 (my manual solution finding is very rusty and needs some practice).

2. When you start a career there are different options how hard you want to play, is there a description somewhere where you can see the exact details for these settings? How do the settings you set for the career interfere with the gameplay settings in the options menu?

3. When is it "save" to save a game in career mode? In SH3 one had to be out of contact of other vessels in order to save the game. Does this also apply for SH4 or can you save the game when ever you want to?

Thanks in advance

I don't do manual targeting (never liked math), but if you uncheck "Manual Targeting" in the options menu you don't need to do anything other than point the crosshairs where you want the torpedo to hit.

Options set when you open a career can and will be overridden by choices you make when you select the radio in the office prior to departure. I am not aware of any description of what the levels of difficulty actually do - I run TMO 2.2/RSRD and find "Realistic" to be challenging even without manual targeting.

It's true you can save a game anytime, but you will avoid corrupted save files if you:
1. Save more than 50 miles from a port;
2. Save only while surfaced
3. Save from the Control Room only (F2)
Some report that you should not save when any other ship is around, but I have not personally found that to be an issue with my configuration.

Hope you find this helpful, and good hunting!

[mido]

Yes, this was very helpful!

Now the only thing left is the weapons officer.

[Sailor Steve]

Sorry I got here late. No, the WE Assistance which was such a help in SH3 is gone in SH4. It's either full manual targetting or full automatic. I'm one of the ones forced to use auto, as I just can't concentrate properly to do the calculations.

[mido]

Thanks Sailor Steve, this question is out of the way too. Now I need a refreshment crash course in manual targeting again...

...and maybe I can ask here again: Where can find a good list of the most popular mods and "mega" or "super" mods?

[Pilot_76]

Look for Bag of tricks by Rockin Robbins:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795

Top notch stuff.