Starting out with Silent Hunter 3

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I'd say going 100% realism is really not that big a deal. Manual targeting using the Fixed Wire method is pretty easy.

I would recommend, though, keeping your external camera turned on. This will knock you down to 90% realism. The reason for this is 1) you get to see cool stuff! 2) You can get better situational awareness that helps overcome the fact that you are not actually physically in the simulation. You get a better sense of what your torpedoes are doing, what the ships are doing, and what things look like. After you get good you can turn off the external camera to make life harder for yourself.

I DO recommend, though, starting out in 1939. The game is much, much easier earlier in the war.

Steve

Two thumbs up for the external camera. Before would always have it turned off, this time around left it on largely to see the new massive overkill enhanced damage bodies flying everywhere mod. Wish I'd made some popcorn before enabling that the first time with the camera, some of the explosions, carnage and comedy are worth double the price of admission

Choosing the start with the 13th in Koinsburg imo is the best starting option. Get to begin with a nice VIIB, plus your first patrol is (live) target practice well over a month before the start of the war. On good days you can make use of the deck gun, the rest of the time the weather is so lousy no escort ship makes the effort to go after you.