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

[AdmiralCunningham]

Having had Silent Hunter 3 on my son's previous laptop, which he then managed to spill tea over, we got a new laptop. Son noticed there is a newer version of Silent Hunter, so I paid £29 to get that on Steam.
Loaded it, ran it, got to a starting screen with the Actions on, with all four possible missions shown as locked. I contacted UBI support with a GamePlay question, and over the course of about two weeks and repeatedly telling them they weren't answering my question, they have finally told me today that they only deal with technical issues, not gameplay.
How do I (or more likely my son) even unlock and try to start the training mission? I understand the principle of gaining points to unlock later parts of games, but to have the training mission locked seems harsh.

I really should put in some nautical reference at least, but I'm so disappointed that the one game my son asked for hasn't even got past the welcome page. And UbiSupport have been shocking.

[Aktungbby]

AdmiralCunningham!

[shark11]

Originally Posted by AdmiralCunningham

Having had Silent Hunter 3 on my son's previous laptop, which he then managed to spill tea over, we got a new laptop. Son noticed there is a newer version of Silent Hunter, so I paid £29 to get that on Steam.
Loaded it, ran it, got to a starting screen with the Actions on, with all four possible missions shown as locked. I contacted UBI support with a GamePlay question, and over the course of about two weeks and repeatedly telling them they weren't answering my question, they have finally told me today that they only deal with technical issues, not gameplay.
How do I (or more likely my son) even unlock and try to start the training mission? I understand the principle of gaining points to unlock later parts of games, but to have the training mission locked seems harsh.

I really should put in some nautical reference at least, but I'm so disappointed that the one game my son asked for hasn't even got past the welcome page. And UbiSupport have been shocking.

i still got my sh3 from when it first come out, loaded with GWX, and a heap of mods, i go back to it all the time, but am sorry i cant help you i have never had any thing to unlock, never heard of it sorry.....

[AdmiralCunningham]

Originally Posted by shark11

i still got my sh3 from when it first come out, loaded with GWX, and a heap of mods, i go back to it all the time, but am sorry i cant help you i have never had any thing to unlock, never heard of it sorry.....

Silent Hunter 3 was okay, this seems to be a feature of 5.
Spent £29 quid on the game that my son really wanted (the only request for a game on his new PC that he made) and he can't get into the training mission to start earning rewards.
Ho-hum. Just as well he likes War Thunder - which was the game I installed for him after UbiSoft decided to just wave us away rather than help us get started.

[AdmiralCunningham]

Stand easy.

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

AdmiralCunningham!

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Admiral

[shark11]

Originally Posted by AdmiralCunningham

Silent Hunter 3 was okay, this seems to be a feature of 5.
Spent £29 quid on the game that my son really wanted (the only request for a game on his new PC that he made) and he can't get into the training mission to start earning rewards.
Ho-hum. Just as well he likes War Thunder - which was the game I installed for him after UbiSoft decided to just wave us away rather than help us get started.

yes over the years I have fund that UbiSoft 5 mins after a game it out, and they got your cash $$$$, they give you the finger and turn there backs,

[cpj93070]

can you only have 1 download per day then?

[shark11]

Originally Posted by cpj93070

can you only have 1 download per day then?

no you can download more, some sites might hold you to one or two, but most of the time all good

[steevo45]

Trying to get back into SH5 these days as problems with saving games in SH3 but there's a few things I can't sort out.
1. can't for the life of me work out how to get the dials in the new UI's TDC 750 Dark Wraith
2. Crash dive starts about 20 seconds after i order it, (too late!) How can I change that?
3. Out on patrol when enemy sighted the game goes to x64; far too late especially in foggy weather when your suddenly dead!
4.Tried the sobers list but game screwed up and crashed too often so tried following order garnered from looking at a few mod soups. Seem OK?
Any easy to follow idiot proof tips or help very much appreciated.....

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SH5_7A_Conning_Fix
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Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 Hotfix_2 (without date)
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
EUF_UBoat_FX_v0_0_3_ byTheBeast
DynEnv v2.9 - 1. Main Mod
DynEnv v2.9 - 12. Sounds
DynEnv v2.9 - 5.c Ambient Settings - Darker Nights-No Murky Waters
sobers more trees SH5
sobers smoke screen V1 SH5 (DynEnv compatible)
sobers better terrain v3 SH5
MightyFine Crew Mod 1.2.1 Alt w beards
MCCD_1.04_MFCM_1.2.1_compatible
Reworked Morale and Abilities v.1.1
German U-Boat Crew Language Pack
Speech fixes and additions (german version)
DBSM_Speech_1_0_4
FX_Update_0_0_22_ByTheDarkWraith
FX_Update_0_0_22_Torpedoes (modified for torpedoes failure patches)
NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_ByTheDarkWraith
NewUIs_TDC_7_5_0_Das_Boot_Crew_Mod_by_Illyustrator
IRAI_0_0_41_ByTheDarkWraith
IRAI_0_0_41_Inertia_Damage
R.E.M_by_Xrundel_TheBeast_1.2
R.E.M_by_Xrundel_TheBeast_1.2 - no hyd on surface - NewUIs-IRAI compatible
Church's Compass Dials Mod v2.2 - Option Two
OPEN HORIZONS II v2.5
OH II v2.5 Grid Request fix Patch SH5
MQK Gradient_IO
MQK LocationMaps_IO
MQK ShapeTextures_NO
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Trevally Tutorial - All v0.2(for OHIIv1.3)
Trevally Automated Scripts v0.6
Trevally Harbour & Kiel Canal Pilot v3.1
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sobers hud sounds V1 SH5
Shadow Improvement ModLR
SubFlags_0_0_8_byTheDarkWraith
DBM Background Video
Expanded Navies by Cybermat47 v.1.0.01
SH5 Longer Repairs v.1
DBSM_Music_1_0_4

[The scorpion]

Is there a way to take a screen shot when in full screen (I have succeeded when playing in window mode) as when I try the SH5 game screen closes to the task bar and I am left with the Ubisoft screen.
I have used various snipping tools the latest that I am trying is Snagit which is good on all but Silent Hunter.

[Sjizzle]

Originally Posted by The scorpion

Is there a way to take a screen shot as when I try the SH5 game screen closes to the task bar and I am left with the Ubisoft screen.
I have used various snipping tools the latest that I am trying is Snagit which is good on all but Silent Hunter.

try use Ctrl+F11

[steevo45]

Would really appreciate any feedback at all on my post 2 posts back. Thnx

[Aktungbby]

2. Crash dive starts about 20 seconds after i order it, (too late!) How can I change that?

Yeah I noticed that one too. Since I played unmodified, I discovered that being at 5-6 meters ("heavy") beforehand, shaves off 50 seconds when put to a crash-dive situation. Particularly convenient when in a surface attack at night to reduce the silhouette from those nasty merchant Liberty gunners 6" guns, and when-ever under enemy air-cover avoids surprise attacks! Actually works in all the SH games. You can still use the deck gun at 5 meters-wear boots!

[THEBERBSTER]

You can make many changes in TDW's Options File Editor Viewer.

Check out my tutorial post #6


Step By Step Tutorials & How To Do It.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211804