Newbie Help - A little overwhelmed

[Herr-Berbunch]

You don't have to rigidly stick to the patrol areas given, you can go pretty much where you like with no loss of renown - just remember that if you go into the Atlantic early on (August) there are no French ports open to you so you need enough fuel to go over the top of Scotland to return home - after Sep 3, channel bad! (Or press Esc)

My personal preference is 'no fatigue model' using Commander, like Frau said it's not your job to micromanage your crew!

Enjoy it, it isn't the easiest game to just pick-up and play, but it is worthwhile and it's nice not to have such frantic activity all the time.

One last thing - you do know to order the Nav to follow your planned route? We've all done it, several times, and even knowing we did it (or didn't do it) it doesn't stop us from doing it again. Nothing worse than plotting your route out of the harbour, set your engines ahead and plough into a quay or some land!!!