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Old 03-19-07, 09:12 AM   #1
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Default Periscope View & Information Console

In the Manual is said, that on the Attack Periscope View should be an Information Console, where you can see what Ship Type you have targeted (easy mode).

But where is that Information Console? I can't find it. There should also be the Ships Speed, Heading and so on.
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Old 03-19-07, 09:36 AM   #2
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On the left side of the screen, there is a tab that you press to bring the information console in.

Likewise for the right side of the screen.
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Old 03-19-07, 09:51 AM   #3
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Ah there it is....must have tomatoes on my eyes

But a little other Question: Isn't it possible to fire 2 or more Torpedoes at once? In SH3 you could select multiple tubes.
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Well,

German submarines had "fan-shot" controls and this was replicated in sh3. You selected a group of tubes (from the historically accurate options), the spread of the salvo, and you pressed "fire".

US submarines didn't have this feature, and neithre does sh4. Instead, you select an individual tube and apply a so called "spread" to the already established gyro-angle. So you can fire tube 1 straight to Middle of Target, tube 2 with a spread of 2 degrees to the left, tube 3 with 2 degrees to the right. voila salvo control.
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Old 03-19-07, 10:24 AM   #5
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Well,

German submarines had "fan-shot" controls and this was replicated in sh3. You selected a group of tubes (from the historically accurate options), the spread of the salvo, and you pressed "fire".
Really? Can you show a picture? My impression is that the SHIII "Salvo" is just a game thing. Two torpedoes (or more) launched at the same time will almost certainly interfere with each other, causing all kinds of problems. Torpedoes, as far as I know, were always launched by everybody at least five seconds apart.

Again, are there any photographs of this "Salvo" device?
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Thank you

Didn't know American Subs didn't had that "feature".

Also the In-Game Information about the Boats is very very poor. Or is there something where you can see the maximum dive depth, maximum speed an so on in the Game?

In SH3 you could see it in the "upgrade" screen.
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Launching as part of a salvo does not imply launching "at the same time".

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Well,

German submarines had "fan-shot" controls and this was replicated in sh3. You selected a group of tubes (from the historically accurate options), the spread of the salvo, and you pressed "fire".

US submarines didn't have this feature, and neithre does sh4. Instead, you select an individual tube and apply a so called "spread" to the already established gyro-angle. So you can fire tube 1 straight to Middle of Target, tube 2 with a spread of 2 degrees to the left, tube 3 with 2 degrees to the right. voila salvo control.
And you can have all the tube doors open at the same time or do you have to wait for the last tube to fire ??
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The way I fired torps was mark, select tube, fire button, select tube, fire button.
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Well,

German submarines had "fan-shot" controls and this was replicated in sh3. You selected a group of tubes (from the historically accurate options), the spread of the salvo, and you pressed "fire".

US submarines didn't have this feature, and neithre does sh4. Instead, you select an individual tube and apply a so called "spread" to the already established gyro-angle. So you can fire tube 1 straight to Middle of Target, tube 2 with a spread of 2 degrees to the left, tube 3 with 2 degrees to the right. voila salvo control.
And you can have all the tube doors open at the same time or do you have to wait for the last tube to fire ??
No, you cant have more tubes opened at the same time.
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