Silent Hunter 5 Tactics & Tips - "How do I?" & FAQ! READ IF YOU ARE STUCK

Scythan · 12-30-10, 11:15 PM

Hello all, I hope you all had a Happy Holiday season and are preparing a phenomenal New Year; I love these forums and adore this community of salty seadog enthusiasts, and it is to you fine folk I post this question:

The RADAR antennae really bothers me when I am not using it perched atop my bridge as captain ahab searching for innocent vessels that my slightly psychotic nature yields me to sink!

I see a slot directly below the antennae where it would slide into nicely and cease obscuring my view but I have no idea how to force it in there! I saw a mod on this very website that can do it with a SHIFT + R binding but it's a major tweak mod and quite frankly I have SH5 tweaked the way I like with mainly the UI Mod by DarkWraith and other smaller tweaks to that.

There must be some way I am simply missing to retract the RADAR antennae...

Any light shed on this would be very helpful!

Happy New Year to All!

homsikpanda · 01-03-11, 01:45 PM

what is a tdc?
and how do i identify ships? (i.e. know what type of ship i'm looking at right now kind of thing)
how do i see a cross section of the ship in the torpedo targetting? i saw someone talking about it earlyer about how the adjust the torpedo depth with the ship via a cross section of the ship? to see where in relation to the ship depth the torpedo will hit

homsikpanda · 01-04-11, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by homsikpanda

what is a tdc?
and how do i identify ships? (i.e. know what type of ship i'm looking at right now kind of thing)
how do i see a cross section of the ship in the torpedo targetting? i saw someone talking about it earlyer about how the adjust the torpedo depth with the ship via a cross section of the ship? to see where in relation to the ship depth the torpedo will hit

still curious about this =/
and a new addition,
apparently there is a way to run on 1 engine? or run on 1 desiel and 2 electric?
how do i do this?
(also i'm looking for the vanilla way to do it, not mods plz >.> )

Zedi · 01-04-11, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by homsikpanda

still curious about this =/
and a new addition,
apparently there is a way to run on 1 engine? or run on 1 desiel and 2 electric?
how do i do this?
(also i'm looking for the vanilla way to do it, not mods plz >.> )

You need mods to control the engines and also for manual tdc because the stock stadimeter is broken. Out of box, you can play only with the "align the dots" style.

homsikpanda · 01-04-11, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Magnum

You need mods to control the engines and also for manual tdc because the stock stadimeter is broken. Out of box, you can play only with the "align the dots" style.

oh, i like align the dots, it's fun and easy =D. i'm still curious as to what tdc means/stands for. all i know is it a work i can tell my officer to turn on/off, apart from that i don't even know what it stands for D:

can you recommend a mod that allows me to control the engines?

Zedi · 01-04-11, 12:35 PM

Try MCCD for more crew command by dialog, its a really nice mod.

For manual tdc, start by reading the dedicated sticky topic. Once you get used with it, you will never return to the align the dots style. Align the dots will get you bored very fast, its a real gameplay killer.

Matador.es · 01-04-11, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Magnum

You need mods to control the engines and also for manual tdc because the stock stadimeter is broken. Out of box, you can play only with the "align the dots" style.

i wounder what i did to solve this. I now point and shoot, forget the dots, when i aim i will see a yellowish line on the mini map what represents the trop line/course.

Would not know what MOD it is, maybe my settings are just low

homsikpanda · 01-04-11, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Matador.es

i wounder what i did to solve this. I now point and shoot, forget the dots, when i aim i will see a yellowish line on the mini map what represents the trop line/course.

Would not know what MOD it is, maybe my settings are just low

that little yellow line is normal, i have it and i don't have any mods equiped, you probably just disabled the "dot" portion of it? or are not locking onto a target? or have realism turned up? or something like that, but i can definately attest to the little yellow line

makes eyeballing it interesting to say the least >.>

and now i know what the tdc is/stands for

i like connect the dots/eyeballing it >.> gives it a bit more simplistic approach

CAPTAINQUINN · 01-04-11, 11:54 PM

big love to sub sim. working with sh3, sh4, and sh5. making films with my son.
enjoying every minute of it. i hope this message gets through. i haved learned so much from your forum conversations. cheers. ian wilson.

cacti46 · 05-16-11, 05:33 PM

ok guys i havent seen a post on this yet so i figured id throw one up.

using the RAOBF every tutorial talks about dragging the wheel to the correpsonding locations. however i can drag the wheel...this would not be so frustrating if there was a way to adjust mouse wheel sensitivity...i swear i think ive seen smoke coming off that puppy before....

so is there a way to either adjust mouse sensitivity or drag the raofb wheel?

TheDarkWraith · 05-16-11, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cacti46

ok guys i havent seen a post on this yet so i figured id throw one up.

using the RAOBF every tutorial talks about dragging the wheel to the correpsonding locations. however i can drag the wheel...this would not be so frustrating if there was a way to adjust mouse wheel sensitivity...i swear i think ive seen smoke coming off that puppy before....

so is there a way to either adjust mouse sensitivity or drag the raofb wheel?

Whose UI mod are you using? This makes a difference.

cacti46 · 05-16-11, 10:59 PM

your with manos scopes

Trevally. · 05-17-11, 12:49 PM

Hold down the shift key as you turn RAOBF wheel with the mouse wheel.
It will move slow now. This also works with the compass

homsikpanda · 01-03-11, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scythan

Hello all, I hope you all had a Happy Holiday season and are preparing a phenomenal New Year; I love these forums and adore this community of salty seadog enthusiasts, and it is to you fine folk I post this question:

The RADAR antennae really bothers me when I am not using it perched atop my bridge as captain ahab searching for innocent vessels that my slightly psychotic nature yields me to sink!

I see a slot directly below the antennae where it would slide into nicely and cease obscuring my view but I have no idea how to force it in there! I saw a mod on this very website that can do it with a SHIFT + R binding but it's a major tweak mod and quite frankly I have SH5 tweaked the way I like with mainly the UI Mod by DarkWraith and other smaller tweaks to that.

There must be some way I am simply missing to retract the RADAR antennae...

Any light shed on this would be very helpful!

Happy New Year to All!

i've never seen the radar antenna on my ship? =/ all i ever seen in this periscopes? where is the radar antenna located? is it the big thingy infront of the uzo? (the bonoculars on the deck) if that's it that's your observation periscope... you can lower it with the pgdn key, and raise it with the pgup key ^_^;

Matador.es · 01-04-11, 04:55 AM

I have got a few FAQ questions i guess.

1) I have spend all possible point in and have over 80 experience points left... cant do any... Do i miss something? Some you have to do to get further?

2) morale or some sort of problem. I use the morelemod.
It took 1 week, 1 day, 19 hours and 2 min before i could pre head my torpedoes again.... same for the special meal of the cook...... how comes? I did do a refit what i do more often recently since i am in the Med. Does this affect morale and performance?

Thanks for any answers

12-30-10, 11:15 PM	#1
Scythan Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 10 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	RADAR Retraction Hello all, I hope you all had a Happy Holiday season and are preparing a phenomenal New Year; I love these forums and adore this community of salty seadog enthusiasts, and it is to you fine folk I post this question: The RADAR antennae really bothers me when I am not using it perched atop my bridge as captain ahab searching for innocent vessels that my slightly psychotic nature yields me to sink! I see a slot directly below the antennae where it would slide into nicely and cease obscuring my view but I have no idea how to force it in there! I saw a mod on this very website that can do it with a SHIFT + R binding but it's a major tweak mod and quite frankly I have SH5 tweaked the way I like with mainly the UI Mod by DarkWraith and other smaller tweaks to that. There must be some way I am simply missing to retract the RADAR antennae... Any light shed on this would be very helpful! Happy New Year to All!

01-03-11, 01:45 PM	#2
homsikpanda Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 112 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	what is a tdc? and how do i identify ships? (i.e. know what type of ship i'm looking at right now kind of thing) how do i see a cross section of the ship in the torpedo targetting? i saw someone talking about it earlyer about how the adjust the torpedo depth with the ship via a cross section of the ship? to see where in relation to the ship depth the torpedo will hit Last edited by homsikpanda; 01-03-11 at 02:10 PM.

01-04-11, 11:54 PM	#9
CAPTAINQUINN Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yo big love to sub sim. working with sh3, sh4, and sh5. making films with my son. enjoying every minute of it. i hope this message gets through. i haved learned so much from your forum conversations. cheers. ian wilson.

05-16-11, 05:33 PM	#10
cacti46 Nub Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	HALP! ok guys i havent seen a post on this yet so i figured id throw one up. using the RAOBF every tutorial talks about dragging the wheel to the correpsonding locations. however i can drag the wheel...this would not be so frustrating if there was a way to adjust mouse wheel sensitivity...i swear i think ive seen smoke coming off that puppy before.... so is there a way to either adjust mouse sensitivity or drag the raofb wheel?

05-17-11, 12:49 PM	#13
Trevally. Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: AN1536 (Orkney) Posts: 5,451 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 28	Hold down the shift key as you turn RAOBF wheel with the mouse wheel. It will move slow now. This also works with the compass __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Trevally Mods for SH5

01-04-11, 12:35 PM	#6
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	Try MCCD for more crew command by dialog, its a really nice mod. For manual tdc, start by reading the dedicated sticky topic. Once you get used with it, you will never return to the align the dots style. Align the dots will get you bored very fast, its a real gameplay killer.

05-16-11, 10:59 PM	#12
cacti46 Nub Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	your with manos scopes

01-04-11, 04:55 AM	#15
Matador.es Chief Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 327 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	I have got a few FAQ questions i guess. 1) I have spend all possible point in and have over 80 experience points left... cant do any... Do i miss something? Some you have to do to get further? 2) morale or some sort of problem. I use the morelemod. It took 1 week, 1 day, 19 hours and 2 min before i could pre head my torpedoes again.... same for the special meal of the cook...... how comes? I did do a refit what i do more often recently since i am in the Med. Does this affect morale and performance? Thanks for any answers