Silent Hunter 5 Tactics & Tips - "How do I?" & FAQ! READ IF YOU ARE STUCK - Page 2

Jeevz · 03-04-10, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I'm sorry that doesent qualify as 'quickly checking' in my book. Quickly checking would be glancing at a tool bar at the bottom of the screen at an indicator not having to step through a series of menus.

You don't have to step through a series of menus, You press one button and there it is, press the button again and it goes away. Does anything related to those 4 things happen ever so fast you need to have them in your view constantly? In SH3 you had to use the slideout or ask your Chief Engineer to see them unless you modded them on to the UI.

Skeeder · 03-04-10, 01:28 PM

I finished the tutorial, but when i go to get my 1st mission and watch the briefing, i have no mission icon anywhere on the map. Anyone else have this problem and know what I can do? Thanks in advance.

ReallyDedPoet · 03-04-10, 01:33 PM

Nice thread, looking forward to seeing it develop.

ReallyDedPoet · 03-04-10, 01:35 PM

Where is the gramophone and radio. I see the folders, but cannot locate them in-game

And yes I got the game

Heretic · 03-04-10, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Where is the gramophone and radio. I see the folders, but cannot locate them in-game

And yes I got the game

Gramophone works if you assign keys to it in Commands.cfg.

ReallyDedPoet · 03-04-10, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Heretic

Gramophone works if you assign keys to it in Commands.cfg.

Thanks. Radio as well ?

Edit: What about getting your watch crew down below?

Heretic · 03-04-10, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Thanks. Radio as well ?

Edit: What about getting your watch crew down below?

Dunno about the radio. I didn't see anything that jumped out at me in the file. Your watch crew is supposed to go down automatically when you dive. There's an intermittent problem where they sometimes don't. Was in SH4 too.

Heretic · 03-04-10, 01:44 PM

How to go up the ladders

I see a lot of people are having trouble with this. I did too initially. The key is to not look up too much. Look at the ladder, a couple rungs above eye level - not the hatch above.

ReallyDedPoet · 03-04-10, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Heretic

Dunno about the radio. I didn't see anything that jumped out at me in the file. Your watch crew is supposed to go down automatically when you dive. There's an intermittent problem where they sometimes don't. Was in SH4 too.

Strange one

, when I dive it says the watch crew need to go below. The file is there for the radio, same as 4, just can't find it in-game yet.

Heretic · 03-04-10, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Strange one

, when I dive it says the watch crew need to go below. The file is there for the radio, same as 4, just can't find it in-game yet.

You can't order a dive while you're on the bridge. You sure that's not the problem?

ReallyDedPoet · 03-04-10, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Heretic

You can't order a dive while you're on the bridge. You sure that's not the problem?

It might be

, thanks for the help by the way

Heretic · 03-04-10, 03:22 PM

Here's a good tip from Gutted in another thread to counter the annoying navigator calling out every waypoint as you plot a course. Especially annoying going thru the Kiel Canal.

Hit pause (backspace) before you enter the waypoints.

reaper7 · 03-04-10, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Skeeder

I finished the tutorial, but when i go to get my 1st mission and watch the briefing, i have no mission icon anywhere on the map. Anyone else have this problem and know what I can do? Thanks in advance.

Same problem here. No mission icon anywhere on the briefing map.
Even wnt on another patrol and still no mission selection available afer docking? Any ideas?

Rickenbacker · 03-04-10, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by reaper7

Same problem here. No mission icon anywhere on the briefing map.
Even wnt on another patrol and still no mission selection available afer docking? Any ideas?

Did you actually select a mission? You have to actually sit through the "briefing" (I'd skip it, at least after the first time, it'll be the same for a while) and THEN click on a mission (round german cross icons on the map), hit "request mission" in the window that pops up, and then close the map. After that, if you talk to the guy again and select "start patrol", you should have a mission icon on the map.

Decoman · 03-04-10, 04:29 PM

I just discovered that the TAB key toggles three mini-map modes. Pressing Shift + TAB closes the minimap and the expandable nav tool tray.

Closed, minimal and maximal. One can resize the minimal and maximal manually, and use the TAB key, but it seem bugged. The maximized-mode doesn't like being resized it seems to me, but the smaller one can be without bugging out.

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I noticed that one of the two crew manning the cannon, is actually rotating a wheel, synched with the boat ocillating sideway, for keeping the canon barrel level.

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Also, I found a couple of hotkeys that seem to close the tubes in sequence, wonder what they are for. I get the message "Closing tube1" on pressing , (comma) and . (punctum), "Closing tube2" when pressing the keys again, and etc.

Edit: It seems that the two keys I mentioned cycle through the selection of the five torpedo tubes, backwards or forwards.

03-04-10, 01:28 PM	#17
Skeeder Bilge Rat Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Getting a mission in the campaign I finished the tutorial, but when i go to get my 1st mission and watch the briefing, i have no mission icon anywhere on the map. Anyone else have this problem and know what I can do? Thanks in advance.

03-04-10, 01:33 PM	#18
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,817 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice thread, looking forward to seeing it develop. __________________ Back in the Day

03-04-10, 01:35 PM	#19
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,817 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Where is the gramophone and radio. I see the folders, but cannot locate them in-game And yes I got the game __________________ Back in the Day

03-04-10, 01:44 PM	#23
Heretic Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nebraska Posts: 617 Downloads: 240 Uploads: 2	How to go up the ladders I see a lot of people are having trouble with this. I did too initially. The key is to not look up too much. Look at the ladder, a couple rungs above eye level - not the hatch above. __________________ - heretic I enjoy drinking beer. MightyFine Crew Mod 1.2.1 - Updated 22 March MightyFine Less Annoying Footsteps Crew AI Scripting Information

03-04-10, 03:22 PM	#27
Heretic Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nebraska Posts: 617 Downloads: 240 Uploads: 2	Here's a good tip from Gutted in another thread to counter the annoying navigator calling out every waypoint as you plot a course. Especially annoying going thru the Kiel Canal. Hit pause (backspace) before you enter the waypoints. __________________ - heretic I enjoy drinking beer. MightyFine Crew Mod 1.2.1 - Updated 22 March MightyFine Less Annoying Footsteps Crew AI Scripting Information

03-04-10, 04:29 PM	#30
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I just discovered that the TAB key toggles three mini-map modes. Pressing Shift + TAB closes the minimap and the expandable nav tool tray. Closed, minimal and maximal. One can resize the minimal and maximal manually, and use the TAB key, but it seem bugged. The maximized-mode doesn't like being resized it seems to me, but the smaller one can be without bugging out. --- I noticed that one of the two crew manning the cannon, is actually rotating a wheel, synched with the boat ocillating sideway, for keeping the canon barrel level. --- Also, I found a couple of hotkeys that seem to close the tubes in sequence, wonder what they are for. I get the message "Closing tube1" on pressing , (comma) and . (punctum), "Closing tube2" when pressing the keys again, and etc. Edit: It seems that the two keys I mentioned cycle through the selection of the five torpedo tubes, backwards or forwards. Last edited by Decoman; 03-04-10 at 05:29 PM.