Excellent tutorial! Just one question: when you hit the first ships in the convoy, doesn't the speed change and becomes unpredictable? How do you measure the new speed on the fly, when you have to be fast and can't track the ships for another 3 minutes?
Thanks for the tutorial. I've been playing the game for a few days and I'm getting better with manual TDC, the radar, hydrophone and general stuff like fuel management or navigating in shallow waters. My main problem though, is how to remain undetected. During the convoy attack tutorial, I got into a good ambush postion like you did in the video, estimated the convoy's speed, course and everything, and all of sudden the convoy breaks up and changes course. I was probably detected but that'd be odd since I was waiting for the convoy at full stop, below periscope depth and something like 20 nautical miles ahead. Any tips?
Count of Cagliostro It happens sometimes. The A.I is unpredictable occasionally. The destroyers may have heard your crew if rig for silent running was off.
Perhaps by sinking the two warships, he might have alerted the rest of the convoy to the fact that there was a submarine lurking about, causing him to lose the element of surprise?
Silent hunter 3 and 4 would be your best options. You can buy them through steam and can work on windows 7 and 8. Games are about ten bucks and if you want a true sub sim then its what you'll get. I'd say problem is if your looking for a sub game that's more arcady this wouldn't do as its like a slow chess game.
Do you have any luck with night surface attacks? Every time i try one i can't get closer than 3000 yards without escorts finding me. I try slowing down and I try with no moon. I know in the war that on certain nights subs were within 800-1200 yards without being spotted going 14 knots, game doesn't simulate that well
I cant pass 4th school mission. No matter what I do the destroyers always detect me before I close in to launch torpedos. I approach at slow speed (2/3 ahead) submerged at persicope depth. Persicope collapsed.
did you sink the destroyer with all the merchant ships or did you just manage to escape?otherwise, the destroyer must be very lucky avoiding the torpedo[es] by travelling at high speed after knowing them.
Maybe it's a silly question, but why didn't you first sink the two escort ships, getting rid of their menace, and only then attacked at will the merchant ones after? I don't play this game, I was just watching the video. It seems an interesting game, quite realistic.
smokemagnet Because first off, destroyers are very hard to hit. They're fast, and can detect torpedoes from far away. Also, he would alert the convoy and they would start Zig Zaging. Making them much more difficult to attack.
I love this game but it all seems to complicated to me. Don't get me wrong because I would love to play full realism but I lack the proper training because there is no in depth tutorial. If I could do it the way you did man this would be my number one game.
+Kenneth Morgan it is not that bad when you think of it. Its trigonometry and Range/Time/Speed. You can even if you want make a full solution without target. if the torpedo takes 22 seconds to reach the target course. Find out how far the enemy goes in 22 seconds. (you can double if you want.. usually i do it for at least a minute) if it say 400. then set a mark 400 before your 90 angle. so when you shoot. the ship will run straigh in front of your torpedo without any aiming whatsoever. its very effective for stealth attacks since when calculation are well done you can set another mark wich i call the death counter and set a timer before firing and literally fire blind and hit.
When you are using ruler, you have a circle around it with degrees displayed. I've got TMO 2.5 and RSRD installed, but only circle I've got is around the sub itself. Any tips on how could I get same ruler as you are using in this tutorial vid?
Niether German nor American subs have the "Manual" targeting options for me on SH4. No where is the thing to click on to do the measuring speed and so on. Wonder why as I have stock game.
I just started SHIV and I'm having huge trouble not getting spotted by accompanying destroyers on the Attack Convoy tutorial mission. I guess their hydrophones always find me or something. Today I'll try going flank to my position (I was Ahead Slow because the tutorial said to do that).
aproach them on flank speed and you are doomed, you are going to be making so much noise with your engines he can hear you even further away. Try to not aproach closer than 1000meters and only raise you periscope to see what you need then lower it immediatly, dont keep it up for extended time duration.Periscope is used like a yo yo, up and down, up and down :)
lupahole Thanks for the tips. After some experimentation I found that approaching at flank initially was fine, but far out I would submerge under the thermal layer and go all ahead standard. This enabled me to get into position within 1000m without being spotted. I also managed to get pretty good at dodging sub hunters after I torpedoed their ships. I see all it really requires is silent running and use of the thermal layer.
DantehMan You may want to employ silent running when approaching where destroyers or sub hunters are and drop below thermal layer as you said. Keep in mind that while in silent running mode, you cannot do repairs or reload torps. So get where you need to be, wait, rise to periscope depth, raise periscope, fire, do a 180 and fire some more, and drop as low as you can. If you plan on just escaping at this point, you can leave silent running on unless you take damage. If they get near you, fire a couple of decoys and change course slightly and you should be good. I never come in close at more than 1/3rd speed (around 2-3 knots; the idea is get there first so you can be silent).
Hi, I just started playing this "game". What are the abbreviations TDC and TBT please? And which modes do you have installed? I ask because the buttons look different ony my SH4 WOTP. Thanks
everytime there is a destroyer nearby, i rig for silent running and go usually around 200-240 feet down and they still get me! its like the game is too smart. is there a trick to evading a destroyer?
Colin Shahan They can't hear you if you sail (for lack of a better word) behind their propellers. And once they start laying depth charges, I go hard left at flank speed then quiet up. Also, it helps to go below the thermal layer, as again, they can't hear you that far down. The thermal layer is the red line on the deeper depth gauge. Around 350M I think.
Hi y'all. Old timer (sort of), new gamer here. Getting new gaming rig. Looking for a decent but not too complicated sub sim, WW2. Would you recommend this? Tutorial looks pretty darned cool. Would this game still work on a new computer? Thanks for any advice.
You've given very little info to go on here but have you considered it might be the difference between imperial and metric measurements between the two games?
Crusing at 3 knots, these convoy is mad.
great video, im sure i'll get straight to sleep now
Excellent tutorial! Just one question: when you hit the first ships in the convoy, doesn't the speed change and becomes unpredictable? How do you measure the new speed on the fly, when you have to be fast and can't track the ships for another 3 minutes?
Great video, very informative. Thanks 😊
Not sure I learned a whole lot, but that's probably on me. This was very entertaining.
TDC=torpedo data computer
TBT=target bearing transmitter.
Thanks for the tutorial. I've been playing the game for a few days and I'm getting better with manual TDC, the radar, hydrophone and general stuff like fuel management or navigating in shallow waters. My main problem though, is how to remain undetected. During the convoy attack tutorial, I got into a good ambush postion like you did in the video, estimated the convoy's speed, course and everything, and all of sudden the convoy breaks up and changes course. I was probably detected but that'd be odd since I was waiting for the convoy at full stop, below periscope depth and something like 20 nautical miles ahead. Any tips?
Count of Cagliostro It happens sometimes. The A.I is unpredictable occasionally. The destroyers may have heard your crew if rig for silent running was off.
It sounds awsome. Especially the torpedo impact part.
Nicely done thank you! I would have enjoyed more about your evasive proceedures... They always find me!
Yes nice tutorial mate 👍😉
good work thanks for tutorial video,epic multiple attack
Great video, I learned a lot. Thank you.
Yeah, I found that out about 5 minutes after posting the original comment. Can't say I felt really smart at that point... :)
Exactly what I'm wondering. They also zigzag as well.
I almost came from the way you did this :D
Makes me wanna play again ^_^
click on the green compass thats above the ruler and protractor on the map screen. That should enable all those.
Great video many thanks.
Amazing. Done like a pro, Skipper.
@Blazingspitfire Yes, it improves graphics and sound greatly.
so complicated.. but that what makes this game soo sexy.
Where did you get the map with the speed and distance on it?
Perhaps by sinking the two warships, he might have alerted the rest of the convoy to the fact that there was a submarine lurking about, causing him to lose the element of surprise?
Noogai45 Indeed. That's why he ambushed the merchants while he could, and got out of there
Silent hunter 3 and 4 would be your best options. You can buy them through steam and can work on windows 7 and 8. Games are about ten bucks and if you want a true sub sim then its what you'll get. I'd say problem is if your looking for a sub game that's more arcady this wouldn't do as its like a slow chess game.
you're the best man
I only get massive convoys of 6 warships and 7 convoys, get scared and hide in an abbyss for a long time :/
Do you have any luck with night surface attacks? Every time i try one i can't get closer than 3000 yards without escorts finding me. I try slowing down and I try with no moon. I know in the war that on certain nights subs were within 800-1200 yards without being spotted going 14 knots, game doesn't simulate that well
I cant pass 4th school mission. No matter what I do the destroyers always detect me before I close in to launch torpedos. I approach at slow speed (2/3 ahead) submerged at persicope depth. Persicope collapsed.
I've been trying to figure out why you divide by 100 for 3 minutes.
Awsome tutorial
The Queen Mary is just a Huge Eurpean Liner flying the japanese flag, I find them around Japan a lot
Baddog Queen Mary had Three Smokestacks. The Huge European Liners have two but are otherwise quite similar
are you running any other graphics mods other? They look nice.
@GuybrushK Other than realism tweaks, TMO comes with all the graphics enhancement and sound ?
did you sink the destroyer with all the merchant ships or did you just manage to escape?otherwise, the destroyer must be very lucky avoiding the torpedo[es] by travelling at high speed after knowing them.
Maybe it's a silly question, but why didn't you first sink the two escort ships, getting rid of their menace, and only then attacked at will the merchant ones after? I don't play this game, I was just watching the video. It seems an interesting game, quite realistic.
smokemagnet Because first off, destroyers are very hard to hit. They're fast, and can detect torpedoes from far away. Also, he would alert the convoy and they would start Zig Zaging. Making them much more difficult to attack.
I love this game but it all seems to complicated to me. Don't get me wrong because I would love to play full realism but I lack the proper training because there is no in depth tutorial. If I could do it the way you did man this would be my number one game.
+Kenneth Morgan it is not that bad when you think of it. Its trigonometry and Range/Time/Speed. You can even if you want make a full solution without target. if the torpedo takes 22 seconds to reach the target course. Find out how far the enemy goes in 22 seconds. (you can double if you want.. usually i do it for at least a minute) if it say 400. then set a mark 400 before your 90 angle. so when you shoot. the ship will run straigh in front of your torpedo without any aiming whatsoever. its very effective for stealth attacks since when calculation are well done you can set another mark wich i call the death counter and set a timer before firing and literally fire blind and hit.
The thing i do, is that im going on the forward of the convoy and then i go back full to make sure they dont ramm me.
When you are using ruler, you have a circle around it with degrees displayed. I've got TMO 2.5 and RSRD installed, but only circle I've got is around the sub itself. Any tips on how could I get same ruler as you are using in this tutorial vid?
Niether German nor American subs have the "Manual" targeting options for me on SH4. No where is the thing to click on to do the measuring speed and so on. Wonder why as I have stock game.
I'd be honored to go into submarine battle and serve with Cap'n Guybrushk anytime.
I just started SHIV and I'm having huge trouble not getting spotted by accompanying destroyers on the Attack Convoy tutorial mission. I guess their hydrophones always find me or something. Today I'll try going flank to my position (I was Ahead Slow because the tutorial said to do that).
aproach them on flank speed and you are doomed, you are going to be making so much noise with your engines he can hear you even further away. Try to not aproach closer than 1000meters and only raise you periscope to see what you need then lower it immediatly, dont keep it up for extended time duration.Periscope is used like a yo yo, up and down, up and down :)
lupahole Thanks for the tips. After some experimentation I found that approaching at flank initially was fine, but far out I would submerge under the thermal layer and go all ahead standard. This enabled me to get into position within 1000m without being spotted. I also managed to get pretty good at dodging sub hunters after I torpedoed their ships. I see all it really requires is silent running and use of the thermal layer.
DantehMan You may want to employ silent running when approaching where destroyers or sub hunters are and drop below thermal layer as you said. Keep in mind that while in silent running mode, you cannot do repairs or reload torps. So get where you need to be, wait, rise to periscope depth, raise periscope, fire, do a 180 and fire some more, and drop as low as you can. If you plan on just escaping at this point, you can leave silent running on unless you take damage. If they get near you, fire a couple of decoys and change course slightly and you should be good. I never come in close at more than 1/3rd speed (around 2-3 knots; the idea is get there first so you can be silent).
I tried using manual targeting but I suck lol
Guybrushk can you tell me where you can get those mods like each link? or are there updates for the links? I'm still very new to this game.
Are RSD and TMO the only mods you have installed? Please do some more tutorials!!!
Hi, I just started playing this "game".
What are the abbreviations TDC and TBT please?
And which modes do you have installed?
I ask because the buttons look different ony my SH4 WOTP.
Thanks
To find knots, time for three minutes, distance traveled/100?
Yes. For example, 12 kts == 12 NM(Nautical Miles) per hour == 1200 yards per 3 minutes.
did you put in the mast height?
Nice job!
Because I'm pretty sure he has Uboat missions, which changes the UI
3rdOfMalkavain just some mods
@Blazingspitfire Of course.
ok when you said its 38 I see no 38 on the aob thing
I dont have a radar yet. Tips?
guybrushK you have any graphic mods installed in your sh4? IF YES.. can give me your mod list?
how did you go to "radar depth"?? i've got silent hunter 4 wolves of the pacific, but i havent found anything called radar depth
Colin Shahan just hit r
everytime there is a destroyer nearby, i rig for silent running and go usually around 200-240 feet down and they still get me! its like the game is too smart. is there a trick to evading a destroyer?
Colin Shahan They can't hear you if you sail (for lack of a better word) behind their propellers. And once they start laying depth charges, I go hard left at flank speed then quiet up. Also, it helps to go below the thermal layer, as again, they can't hear you that far down. The thermal layer is the red line on the deeper depth gauge. Around 350M I think.
"When you shoot at a destroyer and miss, it's like hit'in a wildcat in the ass with a banjo" by Chief Officer Steward Dogan - USS Gurnard.
A.Plosky Ha!
what mod are using and why your torpedos have the colour black copper?
Just by looking at this video I think he has Trigger Maru Overhauled 2.5 (TMO 2.5) Mod installed. You can get in from subsim.
thank you brother Merry Christmas
As a new player to the series, what do you guys advice me to play first. SH3 or SH4 + u-boat missions?
Tclans Silent Hunter IV American Campaign after the subschool
how comes my SH4 UI dosnt look like that
samiel992 mods
What's the short cut for radar depth?
Chip Henriss when you play press F1 and search
Works Silent Hunter 3 and 4 on Windows 8.1? Someone who knows? Grateful for answers.
Lasse Johansson I recently bought SH4 and I can run it on my Windows 8.1 pc :)
Ok. Thank´s.
+Lasse Johansson You may have to run the installation in capability mode, I had to anyways. Otherwise it works perfectly fine.
Thank You Hapie, I try that. and se.
sometimes, you can attack the destroyer
Tam Nguyen Bad Move. They'll go into Zig Zag pattern unless you use the Mark 18
He's using Trigger Maru Overhauled. A Mod.
Hi y'all. Old timer (sort of), new gamer here. Getting new gaming rig. Looking for a decent but not too complicated sub sim, WW2. Would you recommend this? Tutorial looks pretty darned cool. Would this game still work on a new computer? Thanks for any advice.
Did you see that fucking thing blow up!?
cool!!!
Is my sh3(original game) my torps always ran aft and I can't really hit target even how accurate my calculations is. Probably is a bug ir something
You've given very little info to go on here but have you considered it might be the difference between imperial and metric measurements between the two games?
i can find convoys but broblem is how to sink them i miss all of my torpedos :(((((((((
kylpyankka21 Use automatic targeting to start
damn ur ice cold! :D
Can anybody pls tell me how do I download this beautiful game Silent hunter 4...pls 🙏
its like £1.35 on steam
i picked up SH4 and expansion and SH3 for like £8.99
@Cryton12345
Subsim DOT com
Where are the escorts?
zero13827 Ahead of the convoy. There's a Mutsuki leading it