Very few enemy ships spotted.

Redjac · 05-15-14, 11:37 PM

I am very new to the forums.

I just bought Silent Hunter 4 from Amazon Download. It came upgraded to patch version 1.5. Then I downloaded JSGME and installed the following mods:

TrggerMsru Overhaul 2.5
TMO 2.5 small paych
RSRDC TMO V502
RSRDC V5xx Patch1
Fixed Zero bomb Load RSRDC
15 Optical Targeting Correction 031312 for RSRDC
Traveller Mod 2.6 TMO

All mods installed the above order, top first and then on down.

Problem is - I have not seen many enemy ships. From December 8, 1941 in Pearl Harbor travelling to the coast of Japan down to the coast of Indochina by February 24, 1942 I have only seen one lone merchant and one convoy with three merchants and two escorts. Don't get me wrong. The combat was thrilling. The merchant shot me up with machine gun fire because I got too close. The two escorts attacked me with depth charges for over two hours after I sank one of the merchants with torpedoes.

My normal pattern is to surface at night and cruise at 2/3 speed and then go to periscope depth at 1/3 speed in the day. Unless Command orders me to a new patrol zone I try to stay near ports.

My question is - Is it supposed to be this rare to find ships? Am I doing something wrong with my playstyle? Are my mods wrong? Is there some bug with the sonar man I do not know about? After almost two months I have only sunk two merchants.

One last thing. When I ask for a sonar sweep the hydrophone does not seem to turn. I can move it manually just fine. In the one convoy fight the sonar man found the ships but the hydrophone never seemed to move when looked for them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Redjac

05-15-14, 11:37 PM	#1
Redjac Nub Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 4 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Very few enemy ships spotted. I am very new to the forums. I just bought Silent Hunter 4 from Amazon Download. It came upgraded to patch version 1.5. Then I downloaded JSGME and installed the following mods: TrggerMsru Overhaul 2.5 TMO 2.5 small paych RSRDC TMO V502 RSRDC V5xx Patch1 Fixed Zero bomb Load RSRDC 15 Optical Targeting Correction 031312 for RSRDC Traveller Mod 2.6 TMO All mods installed the above order, top first and then on down. Problem is - I have not seen many enemy ships. From December 8, 1941 in Pearl Harbor travelling to the coast of Japan down to the coast of Indochina by February 24, 1942 I have only seen one lone merchant and one convoy with three merchants and two escorts. Don't get me wrong. The combat was thrilling. The merchant shot me up with machine gun fire because I got too close. The two escorts attacked me with depth charges for over two hours after I sank one of the merchants with torpedoes. My normal pattern is to surface at night and cruise at 2/3 speed and then go to periscope depth at 1/3 speed in the day. Unless Command orders me to a new patrol zone I try to stay near ports. My question is - Is it supposed to be this rare to find ships? Am I doing something wrong with my playstyle? Are my mods wrong? Is there some bug with the sonar man I do not know about? After almost two months I have only sunk two merchants. One last thing. When I ask for a sonar sweep the hydrophone does not seem to turn. I can move it manually just fine. In the one convoy fight the sonar man found the ships but the hydrophone never seemed to move when looked for them. Any help would be appreciated. Redjac