For those of you who cannot get on with real navigation I would suggest to make it a bit more challenging than using waypoints is to go in to both of the map tabs in TDW’s Options File Editor Viewer and disable the waypoint patches.

You will still see the sub and map contacts on the maps (game play setting) but you will now need to use the compass and rudder to navigate and the protractor and ruler to set up a 90ᵒ angle attack.

Peter

Could someone please advise on how I can change the underwater transparency? Thank you :)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R...ew?usp=sharing

If you replace these two files in relevant folders in MODS directory, you should be able to see as much as in vanilla SH5.

I think these files come from one of sober's mods but I might be wrong...

I tried them, it made everything underwater pitch black lol. Should of made a backup >.>

If you want the underwater to be more transparent, try using Enhanced Visibility from Dynamic Environment SH5 v 2.9-
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=202520

Thank you, but im not sure how to modify it from within TWOS megamod.

hmmmm next problem .....

I cant seem to complete the first mission (Dazig Bay) .....The Captains log states that both primary / secondary objectives are complete and I recieved a message to rebase at Keil. I headed to Keil but I dont get any dialog to refit/ end patrol? I seem to recall little blue anchor symbols from the vanilla version? How do I end this mission?

Hi CaptainFunk

You do not say if you have entered Kiel.

You should see the U-Boat base icon in Kiel.

This does not happen immediately when you receive the radio message.

On your way to Kiel at some point the U-boat base icon will move from Memel to Kiel.

Do not end your patrol before 4th September 1939 stopwatch time 00.00 otherwise when the game loads you will not be able to select the new mission.

The next mission will show on the navigation map when the nautical time is 00.00 but the stopwatch time will show 23.00.

Always work to the stopwatch time as here in Kiel GMT is + 1 hour.

Head for the U-boat base icon and at some point you will be able to end the patrol before reaching the bunker.

Keep a check on TWOS post #2 as this is constantly updated by vecko to keep us all informed what to look out for.

Quote > Make sure to be ON PATROL when deadline date of last objective is reached, preferably somewhere at the open seas without AI units in your vicinity . This is important so be careful if you use mods like "Change Days in Bunker"... The end date of first "Coastal Waters" campaign is 1st June 1940.

Peter

Thanks for the help Berb, got me up and running! I do have one more problem though. Which mod out of the bundle in the mega do I need to remove for auto-TDC. The way it runs now I lost the 6 white circles for a plot to hit. I know some folks like doing the plotting themselves but I have no desire to do it. If I need to remove the mega I will but I'm hoping if just one of the mod in the collection is removed those plot/attack circles will return.

I have another problem that has cropped up as well. When I go to use my binoculars I now have 4 different views. In in each of the 4 corners and showing the entire scope view but in 4 sections. Very weird and very hard to work with. Any idea what might be going on?

HI Peter, thanks for.helping however.I'm.still.confused.

I am in Keil Harbour now and there's a little gold sub symbol next.to.the.Blue.anchor symbol.for.Keil. Is that the.symbol.you.mention?

Another.mission for.British coastal.waters.has.also appeared on the.map.

However.I am.still unable.to.enter.Base? I even.went all the.way.to the.Keil u.boat.pens. The.first mission.ended.on 4.Sept and I.arrived back in Keil around 6 Sept. (I'm not at Pc to confirm but it was.definitely.post.4th)

I presume I need to dock for refit and to complete mission? The captains log states.that it is.all complete and is highline as such in green text.

Not sure.what I'm missing?

After installing 1.04, I had to 'improve underwater visibility' as well.

I just (literally, 10 mins ago) copied this file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8R...ew?usp=sharing

into
x:\xxx\Silent Hunter 5\data\Filters\ColorCorrection

And I can see underwater again.
This one is different from the one I linked before.

Hi CF

Sounds like you have a number of issues going on with the binoculars and end of patrol.

The sub base icon is just to inform you where your base is.
It is a marker to aim for when entering a harbour as without it if you were going there for the first time you would not know where to go.
Entering Kiel at night and in fog can be challenging.
As you will notice the icon is nowhere near the actual bunkers, but as you head towards it the end of patrol/refit activates with the flashing anchor.

I would be inclined to install a new version of TWOS and see if that sorts your problems out.
I have had a problem in the past also and that fixed it for me.
You maybe unlucky that in the download a file was corrupted.

If not you may need to re-install SH5.
If so make a copy of of the CareerHistory cfg file found in the path
Documents\SH5\data\cfg\CareerHistory
Copy and paste it back when SH5 is re-installed.

If you use refit you will not get a grid reference.
The plus side with refitting is there is no date advancement.

When you end the patrol you are able to request a mission which will give you a number of grid references to patrol and earn bonus points.
The downside is the bunker days have been increased from 14 to 24 days.
This puts pressure to complete BCW and NWA as where I used to get a VIIB I like Shaefer still have a VIIA.

Completing BCW and NWA is more important than going after the BB's in BTF where your limited torpedo resources will be tested.
If you want to take out both of the BB's means an earlier torpedo replenishment which eats into the mission times.
To get around the new bunker days in v1.04 you can always add the mod Change days in bunker and set your own limits.

I am not having any problems with these mods.
The Wolves of Steel 1.04
The Wolves of Steel 1.04 - Real Navigation_by TheDarkWright
The Wolves of Steel - 16x9 Resolution Patch
DeckGun Friendly Waves_Test
DeckKannon
sobers 7A_B deck crew moved for Shaefer SH5
sobers OH2.5 Kiel Lite mod V4 SH5
Change days in bunker
Clock by Shmal
one ship, one torpedo v1.00
Critical hits v 1.2
gap - HD 1 deg Scope Bearing v 1.0
The Wolves of Steel - Wind & Smoke addon

I added the deck gun mod after sinking a SV SMC 1936 tons I only had 59 HE and 53 AP shells left.
In hindsight I probably could have used less shells and waited for it to sink.
Not had a chance yet to put this deck gun mod to the test on anything larger than a coastal boat.

As far as the Auto TDC I think this is an enforced manual setting in the Options File Editor Viewer (OFEV) that needs to be disabled.
If you are using the internal OFEV that comes with TWOS I think vecko may have set a number of the default patches to suit his mod.
You need to disable the last patch in the XO tab.
http://i58.tinypic.com/2eyhw5k.jpg

In the Game Play Options you need the Manual Targeting System tick box empty.
http://i58.tinypic.com/27zdjkj.jpg

I would recommend my tutorial post #146 rather than using the circles.
The circles really limits your capability where as my tutorial will still allow you to fire at targets beyond 4,000 metres.
If you cannot do without the circles then make changes in the OFEV Navigation and TAI tabs where you can enable the patches to enforce the circles to show in your game.
http://i59.tinypic.com/29fuhk.jpg

Peter

Hello my fellow captain's!

I have used this mod little while (couple day's) and when im doing mission i can't see any progress bar, i cant get any iron cross top left corner when im in the map.

Other problem is that, it crashes suddenly, without warning, no errors. :hmmm:

Hi Nilssoni

To understand the game you need to read the FAQ's on the TWOS post #2.
This all becomes a bit like a stuck record unnecessarily repeating ourselves when all the information can be found there.
Please take the trouble to read it as it might save another unnecessary post.

Peter

F.A.Q. & Tips
- Where's mine tonnage bar?! I can't play without it!
I'm sorry...It's dead!

Is Wolves of Steel - Documentation A mod or a many little mods ?????????
 

Servas all together .
I've Wolves of Steel 1:04 downloadet .its Wolves of Steel - Documentation available .
As in Wolves of Steel - Documentation instead of the usual data or data is in each Kleinmod Docomentation , I'm assuming the Wolves of Steel - Documentation a Big Mod is the once angeclickt is instaliert moved or is or is everyone in little mods contained therein can be opened with Documentation; and then try installing is the assume I just let ?

Well now what ????? Is Wolves of Steel - Documentation a mod or a many little mods ?????????

Good news its sorted :yeah::up: I loaded a slightly earlier save and the Anchor popped up as I entered the Kiel Harbour near the symbol. I must have either missed it or not gone close enough to the symbol as I just made my way to the Sub pens at the end of the harbor. So bottom line was to use the symbol on nav map to aim for rather than pens!!!

Back to battle on Mission 2!!:up:

PS I might try some of the MODS you mentioned as I found the deck gun a little under powered (not that I have a RL reference or experience of such things!). Also some of the Torp damage mods you mentioned sounds interesting i.e. Critical hits and One Ship, one shot.

Thanks Again for your help

Hi FTC

TWOS v1.04 does not come with any text information regarding this version.

We will probably have to wait for the first patch to appear before we can see all the changes that have been made.

Peter

Hi CF

With Wilhelmshaven the bunker is prominent.
The sub icon is a distance away from the bunker.

You will always get a flashing anchor to alert you before it goes static, but it should not disappear.

There is nothing to stop you taking the u-boat down to the bunker if that is something that you like to do.
However, there must be a bug or something that kicks in and you can get, but not always, a horrible grinding noise as you try to take the u-boat in to the entrance of the bunker even though you are perfectly lined up to do it.

The "Critical hits" deck gun mod is too early to access it's effectiveness.
It did make short work of the coastal boat better than the default one.

The torpedo mod v1.00 does exactly what it says.
There is also a less powerful version v1.00a
This can save a lot of traveling time to replenish if you are having to fire 2 or 3 torpedoes at a time.
Not for the purist's this one.

Peter

That worked for me, thank you very much :)

how do you do that
 

how do you do that

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