First Look! Silent Hunter 4

[Safe-Keeper]

1) While I agree that it's too bad there's no cutaway view for damage control, this is the crew screen; there are two other links at the top, apparently for torpedoes and engine room?

Or Damage Control and Torpedo management. Isn't that just as likely?

4) The individual crew member shown has different skill levels for his different qualifications, i.e. not only are we shown that he's qualified, he's better at some things than others.

Indeed. Far more realistic.

5) Morale: Fanatical !!?

Don't sailors in Silent Hunter III have morale, too? I'm pretty sure they do in GWX.

Regarding the picture above, I think it would be better if on the left side, it actually showed the Ranks. I have no idea what rank7 7-12 are. Could this be E7 (CPO) to O2 (LtJG)?

I prefer the numbers by far, as us laymen can't interpret by looking at ranks alone how high up in the hiearchy a given person is. Perhaps it's an in-game option, or moddable, for your smarter people.

No cut view of the boat ?? :hmm:

They perform better when left in one piece:p.