Learning......

Hello captains of the fourth class of SH,

You are captains, I'm only half a student!

In the fourth exercise of the SH4 "submarine school" I am placed in the vicinity of a secured flotilla (they add that I am in a favorable position) and that I have to sink 10,000 tons. Well, no idea of course ...

What I'm asking (looking for): I would like to see good youtube movies or .pdf's, where I can see or read basic actions.

You know, when I watch youtube video's I see the teachers at lightning speed draw lines, make circles without telling HOW and WHY they do that. They show WHAT they are doing but not WHY they do that.

Are there somewhere .pdf's or something like that I can study? Or of course video made by someone who realizes that he has students in front of him ..

easy

P.S. I even can't find any ingame lesson movie's. Or, am I blind?

[propbeanie]

The Submarine School is about it, and the User's Manual doesn't even discuss those. Basically, the manual will walk you through a few things, but it is mostly one of those generalized "manuals" that have no details about them...

Big question for anyone wanting to point you at something is for them to know what you are playing. Do you have a Stock install of SH4 aka: Silent Hunter Wolves of the Pacific, and whether or not it is v1,5, which has the Uboat Missions in it. If you have mods activated, which are they, and where do you have your game installed.

In the meantime, be sure and consult Rockin Robbins' Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks links, as well as THEBERBSTER's SH4 <> TUTORIALS <> HOW TO DO IT <> INFO <... links for anything that catches your eye...

[Col7777]

What I did and sometimes still do is go on a mission and ignore where it wants you to go and just sail off.
Then go through the icons in the menu at the bottom and see what they do and try them out, it's better to know beforehand rather than when under attack and panicking not knowing what to do.

even little things like going to periscope depth, see how long it takes, crash diving etc, slowing down, speeding up, finding out afterwards you could have deployed decoys, little things that may just help you survive.

learn what the map things do, try them out, I still forget and remember afterwards.

Col.

[jimmbbo]

I found Rockin' Robbins YouTube videos to be very helpful... Stopping and replaying a section can be quite useful.

@ propbeanie:

Thanks for reaction.
My SH4 is installed on D: \ games, it is v1.5 so Uboat Missions, no mods.

easy

Thanks for all the above advice!

I have found three lessons that give me great confidence in my further future as a adspirant submarine captain!

1) Google: "jerm138 subsim.com" You get a PDF that gives you a very first insight into all those weird skewed lines and circles that are on a plotting map. You will say, "Oh, that's why!" this is really a first introduction!

2) Then the "High Realism Tutorial" from CapnScurvy, you can find it in the downloads section of Subsim. If you browse that, you will say "yes, but how do I find a ship that sinks just like that"!

3) CapScurfy also has a solution for this. He designed a mission (Practice High Realism Mission), specially made for the above tutorial! You will find it as one of the last items on the downloads section of Subsim.

Of course, the above is anything but complete. If anyone here knows more "really very first beginner articles", please fill me in!