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[roseman]

Thanks rditto for your response. I did suspect my processor with the curser problem so I’ll live with it.
I’m having trouble with the escort cruisers too; they seem to find me if I go “possum” so I’ve been actively running away which can get nuts after
awhile.
Haven’t worked with sonar too much yet so I’ll check out the mouse wheel next mission.
Any “add ons” or mods you might suggest?

[AVGWarhawk]

'Possum' will not work. Go to silent running and change course every now and then.

Check the mod forums. I recommend you play stock and get a good feel of what the game is then get the 'wow' factor with a mod. For you I recommend TMO as you first mod. It is very good and just a fun mod to use. Later on try RFB with RSRD or perhaps you want to try the German side. Use OM for this. Up top of the page you will see Downlads with a nice yellow sign stating Now Open. You will find these mods there.

[roseman]

Good advice, thanks for the help.

[Akula4745]

Welcome Roseman... you're in good hands here. <G>

Akula4745

[roseman]

Thanks for the welcome Akula.
I'm reading CapnScurvy's High Realism Tutorial now and find it very helpful.
Thanks all

[Frame57]

Yep and run at "silent running" at 1/3 bell under a thermal layer and you should have no problemo...

[rditto48801]

For starters, I use automatic targeting, and also external camera, with stock, mid 1942.
I am not good at all when it comes to manual targeting, but I have done one patrol with just automatic targeting, stuff shown on map and external camera when I was in a good mood and didn't mind being a patient underwater predator listening for the heartbeats of my prey.
Most of the time I disable duds, use auto targeting, external camera (use it off an on), details shown on map, and varies if I use the realistic detection ranges or not.
It all depends of what kind of a mood I was in when I start a patrol, since my tastes in games wanders from time to time.

My 'play dead' tactic is not so much that.
Once in a while, I am in a position where I can 'sit and wait' for a convoy, and still be in a good firing position.
A few quick peaks, dive deep, wait, come up and open tubes, deliver some fish, and head on down again the moment the last fish is away.
So it is not so much as 'play dead' as 'pretend I am still not there'.
Poor buggers seem to have a horrible time finding me, as if they were caught with their pants down.

It does cause problems with 'small' convoys with just one or two transports, because all of the escorts hang around for quite a few hours if all the ships they were escorting were sunk...
If it does look like the escorts are heading right at me, then I will start to move, otherwise I leave them guessing and watch/listen for signs they might have found me... (this forum needs a ninja smilie...)
There have only been 2-3 teams where I have been able to employ such a tactic.

It makes sense that the Japanese might not be to good at sub hunting/detecting early in the war. If they were any more lame, I would just surface and blast them out of the water with the deck gun, but shooting stuff they at least are (to) good at.

I look forward to actually having to do more than napping to avoid them.

Otherwise, I don't mind using more normal tactics, although I am sure to fire off a fish (or two) at any escorts that are in the wrong place at the wrong time, just so there is one less thing to worry about after all hell breaks loose. Heck, sometimes I get cranky and ignore the merchants and go after the escorts... the first time because of reporting a large convoy with 4 DD escorts that I was in a poor position to deal with... and getting ordered to sink escorts...

I do look forward to fixing whatever problem that has my game crashing on loading saves, so I can actually get back to SH4 and get later into the war and start running into escorts that have at least half a clue how to make me go "omg they are actually doing something of threat to me!"
Although, if I find myself having to do a reinstall, it gives me an excuse to finally try out some mods...