Need Career / Patrol HELP!!!

[Kweli]

Hey Guys,

Im new to the Silent Hunter franchise.. but so far im loving it. Always been a plane/car simulator fan.... but subs are just WAY to fun...

Anyway, i finished the training missions and im ready for career.... unfortunatly i cant figure out how this is supposed to work..

Example, Mission 2 is to intercept merchant ships near some islands... So i take my sub to the 'star' on the map (even at x8200+ time compression it takes like 1-2 minutes - is there a way to 'skip' to contact) ANYWAY, I get to the star and theres nothing there... So i sit there for like 3 days and still nothing, then i decide to drive near all the islands (nearby) and cant find anything.... Time compression keeps stopping everytime i get a 'friendly location' alert..

I dont know, im just trying to figure out how to find my enemies and complete missions -> Seems like im the only person in the pacific

Question 2-> The game runs very smooth on my machine (i have a powerhouse) but when running on x8000 time compression it seems to chug.. even when im just looking at a map... Is there something i can do to improve this, or is there a way to skip longer sessions in 'time'?

Question 3 -> Mission 1 - Drop someone off at an island... I did this, then what? Return to base? It took me like 5-10 minutes to drop him off and go home even on the fastest settings... I must be doing something wrong because that was a boring first mission.....


I think thats it... for now