

You need to set up an intercept course-don’t set a heading to where the target is, but where they will be (i.e. Basically, if you are attempting a convoy attack, and are running on the surface to get in position, while you will spot them before they spot you (depending on visibility conditions of course), eventually if you get close enough they will start shooting at your boat.

SILENT HUNTER 3 TORPEDO GUIDE MOD
Alas, if you are interested in downloading any mods*, today is a very bad day to be doing this as the main mod depository for many people there, Filefront, will die tonight at midnight.Īs for your specific question, I’d need some more info. ^^įirst of all, you must go to Subsim (+ its forums), as there are tons of help files/threads and such there. Watch all torpedoes miss, hit and go dud, or hit, explode, and do virtually no damage. Find whoever is shooting me on periscope. Take that as a cue that I’ve been spotted. Feel ship shaking and hear damage reports come in. In particular, I was hoping to get a crash course on basic naval tactics: my biggest problems have been closing on a hostile fleet after my sonar picks up a contact, and on surviving a fight with more than one ship… every fight seems to go “Find contact, follow black line on combat navigation chart. Given that, I was hoping someone would know of an extremely thorough website or guide aimed towards beginners, or at the very least be willing to offer some tips and advise about the thing. The game came with a fold-out control guide in lieu of a manual, and since the basic tutorials seem pretty insufficient I’ve been having trouble working out a few fundamental aspects of gameplay.

I bought a new copy of Silent Hunter IV: Gold Edition and, having very little experience with subsims, have proceeded to have a ball with the thing all afternoon.Īlso, I’ve died a lot.
