Silent Hunter 4 Manual TDC (With written guide)

[dallatorretdu]

it took me much time, everytime my torpedoes took strange run, like if the ship was a lot closerso they miss the target... maybe i use the stadimeter wrong or is the ship that is doing evasive manouvers?

and when i calculate the speed i got ranegs of values fron 6 to 11 knots, once i got 22.. (on the tutorial mission)

[Agomongo1235]

how do you use the torpedo spread?

[ComputerGeek1999]

A questition... How many torpedos is needed st sink a destroyer? My guess is two, but i dont know...

[threedotsdead]

@ComputerGeek1999 Depends on where you hit it. If you hit the ammunition storage it goes down in seconds. But yeah, usually you´ll need two or maybe three.

[onecheman]

@ComputerGeek1999 For the ship in the vid, 1 just in the middle or 1º degree in front is enought.

For destroyers, if you hit just near middle, 1; if you hit him near propellers-stern, 2, the first one will destroy his engines, probably.

S!

[TheManFromGreece23]

how do you do that in the german submarine in uboat missions?

[threedotsdead]

@TheManFromGreece23 Never played the U-boat expansion, so I have no idea, sorry.

[richyloike]

how do you work out the targets speed and do you use a software to record your game or can you pull the file from a saved replay and upload that?Thanks

[threedotsdead]

@richyloike When I did the video you could only estimate speed by looking at wake size etc, but they´ve patched it since, so now you can use the stopwatch. You look at your target, click it once, then wait a while and click it again (not 100% sure about this, but play around a little and you´ll figure it out).

The video was recorded using fraps.

[iTechOPS]

i run out of torpedoes. how can i resupply? this may seem too noob but i really need your help. it's my first time playing silent hunter. by the way i'm playing silent hunter 4. pls help!

[threedotsdead]

@iTechOPS You need to go back to base to resupply.

[GamingLeeLee]

thought the description said auto targetting :S all i see is the god mode thing on the map :S

[Horwat987]

@GamingLeeLee ble

[GamingLeeLee]

@Horwat987 .. .. .. pardon me?

[cubs197]

that A.O.B. was way off. It should have been 90°.

[GamingLeeLee]

whats noob about using the TDC? ... thats what captains would have used .... though i dont think they had a self updating map ;-) lol

[GamingLeeLee]

@GamingLeeLee i think hes one of those dudes that thinks its more hardcore to use the map and compass and such to plot the target solution like they did back in world war 1 ... which to be honest you can do in these games but fuck me it aint half hard

[Horwat987]

@GamingLeeLee wakin sit

[GamingLeeLee]

@Horwat987 erm..ok....let me know when ya balls have dropped ....

[Horwat987]

@Horwat987 no english

[shenalizer]

what do the 2 circles and 1 half circle around enemyship means? (in the navigation map) they can detect me even when im in the speed of 1/3...!!!

[richyloike]

@shenalizer. abit of a late reply to your comment but if you have not already figured it out or been told the outer circle is how far the ship has range of sight so if your inside the circle you will be spotted the 2nd circle is the hydrophone if your over 1/3 the ship will pick up your prop noise. the semi circle is on the warships usally the destroyers and if your in side it the ship will pick you up by sonar so to get away from it you need to dive untill you hear passing thermal layer.

[richyloike]

also the destroyers do not have a circle to indicate the hydrophone so if you stay at 1/3 while submerged then you wont be detected.have a play around you will figure it all out,it didnt take me long and i never played any of the silent hunter games before SH4 

[Flueeeee]

noob!!! how many times did you try this huh!? LOL

[Agomongo1235]

there a better way getting the AOB use protractor and how do u get speed?

[richyloike]

Hi. i was wondering if this game has minefields?the map that comes with it marks areas where minesfields are but iv never come across any. has anyboby else? Also when my radar man and sound guy give me details the volume of their voices goes up and down,does anybody else get this or anybody know how i can sort it out? Thanks.

[Hoglishva]

wow, i really like all the stuff you have to do to get a hit. what type of game is this(for making a bunch of calculations and stuff)? seems a lot me fun the mw2.

[Zarazazaza]

Well, in my patrol i was able to sink the lead DD, and then sneak into the middle of the convoy, sinking 2 merchants before having to run away. One DD was looking for me, but at the wrong place i managed to escape undetected.

[Acornoa]

@Zarazazaza everytime I get near a convoy, the destroyers kill me even if im submerged. how do you close into a convoy?

[ABMcCarty]

Periscope Depth, ahead 1/3rd. Run silent. If you don't feel safe lower the scope, and dive deeper. Me and another mate had DD's go right above us.

[solidlove12]

how to set 800x600 resolution

[adamfruitcake]

Great game, modding is excellent and the upcoming GWX4 makes the U-Boat Expansion a must too.

[PrinceMustDie666]

This is a great game because it is hard enough to be a challenge but not impossible - but seems damn near sometimes - i am still baby stepping with the auto aim and my next goal is to manual aim and sink. I confess to using the torpedo cheats out of frustration!  BTW if you have SH4 dont waste your money on gold! there are only 3 u boat missions and no training at all, and no SJ radar only the stupid line oscilliscope one. Also all the voices are the same (i was expecting das boot i guess!)

[ice115]

I cant get the outline of the ship to appear. in other words the two knobs on the dial in the upper left hand corner

[ErwinNH]

... so they couldn't move very quickly with a crippled BB. I dropped under them, wiggled around a bit, popped up right next to a Mogami, dropped back down, popped up inbetween another Fuso and the Yammy, dropped back down, popped up with a line on my aft tubes, shot them, dropped back down, event view let me know i sank it, and i peaced out. The dusky stormy weather helped me avoid the DDs and CLs, but all in all i learned alot from that stalk.

[ErwinNH]

as far as the convoys go, I've been able to sink a Fuso and a Yamato in a convoy. They're the biggest ships i've been able to destroy, yet, but I did it by scooting around under the convoy on silent running. I gave the Fuso a 4 torp spread, sank it, let them go in crazy circles looking for me while i slowly got away, went upstream a bit farther, reloaded torps (realistic torp reload takes forever), waited for the convoy, gave the yamato a 4 torp spread, crippled but not sunk....

[unkowndrunkenfrankli]

nice vid- but after u enter all of the information into TDC- how are you supposed to know  WHEN to fire the torpedoes?

[threedotsdead]

When the target is at the proper range. The closer you are, the greater the accuracy, and the less time the enemy has to perform evasive maneuvers. But you also want to keep your distance in case you miss and have to escape and to minimize their chances of spotting your periscope.

Of course it all depends on time of day and weather conditions.

So basically: trial and error :)

[unkowndrunkenfrankli]

aa i see- have you had any success at attacking convoys with manual TDC? coz with manual aim i can only get one ship- for the other ships i just set the spread angle on torpedoes different- but those miss most of the time..any tips?

[threedotsdead]

Actually, I haven´t. Attacking convoys is REALLY hard. First you have to sort of creep up on the cargo ships between the escorting destroyers which would probably be an entire instruction-video in and of itself ...continued...

[threedotsdead]

Then you have to make the calculations and fire on your targets in rapid succession because as soon as one gets hit the others will start doing evasive maneuvers and you will have the escorts on your ass. I actually never managed to sink more than maybe one or two ships before getting sunk. So I gave up :p

[4thDimensionFilms]

I got this game a few months ago but geez, its really hard to learn all the techniques an steps in order to accomplish a succesful kill. good job with this, you make it look easy!

[redbugiii]

awesome game and good video!

wish it were about 2 minutes longer.

Nothing like watching the sinking after all that work.!!!

[janeck123]

where you downloaded this game?

[gn4179]

you buy it.

[magicstorm1]

dude i even still play silent hunter 2 with pacifice ace addon with vickors mod and projectM and its still awesome,i can almost match the graphic level of silent hunter 3 with it!!

[LoudS1l3nc3]

this is a very good game, but its has too many bugs and sometimes its very frustrating

[darkdemon247]

When i try to play the mission it says unknown target or "null" what do i do? i tried un and re instaling it message me if you know please.. Thankyou

[SyberSid]

Don't you think that looking at the map and taking a AOB bearing from that is cheating a bit? You can normally get it correct +/- 10 degrees by guesswork alone.

[threedotsdead]

My guesswork has always been atrociously bad. Besides, this was made back when the speed- and distance measuring-devices were broken so you were more likely to hit yourself than the enemy if you didn´t have an exact AOB.

I guess they´ve fixed both in the latest patch?

[SyberSid]

I wouldn't know, I've only played SH3. Do you mean the AI solution finding was broken?

[threedotsdead]

Yes. One of the buggiest games I´ve ever played. The stopwatch thingie that was supposed to calculate speed literally did nothing, which was very confusing since the manual referred to it a lot. Mast heights of ships were also off meaning distance-measuring worked poorly at best.

[SyberSid]

The AI speed finding in SH3 was bugged as well. I always did it all manually (find distance/bearing, mark it on the map. Wait about 3 mins, find distance and bearing again, mark it on map. Find the distance between the two points and use that to estimate the range). If the mast heights were wrong as well that'd really bugger everything up though.

[eeyk1993]

whoo i dont do that i shot shot shot no have IQ 8000

[AHPatriot]

i usually use the spread to punch holes around the ship, (i play with 100% realism and the natural sinking mechanics mod)

[threedotsdead]

Does the spread your torpedoes-thing make a difference in the unmodded game as well?

[AHPatriot]

the mod i use makes no difference to the TDC and manual torpedo control so i would say that its the same for the normal game without the mod

[threedotsdead]

No, I meant a difference in the sinking-time of ships and such...

[ruckin123]

threedots ive got this game but ive got a problem.. the problem is when i try to install directx 9.0 it says something like (a cabinet file nessasary cannot be trusted. please vertify the cryptographic services are enabled and vaild).. do you know how to fix this problem?

[threedotsdead]

Sorry, I have no idea what could be wrong.

Try the official tech-support forums. Just google "Silent hunter 4 Community Technical Help" and it´s at the top.

[halahmir]

Hey, thanks! And what about the speed?

[halahmir]

Hey, speaking about the AOB.. what if you get an angle of 71? The number 7 and 1 are not next to the other... what i should do?

[threedotsdead]

Yeah, when setting AOB the dial only goes from 0 to 18 (I think) representing 0 to 180 degrees. So if you have a 71 reading, set the dial to 7,1. If you get 85 set it to 8,5 and so on.

[Otacrunk]

Silent Hunter is the shit man! I wish SL2 worked on my computer, i installed it but its having some wierd error....ill have to look into getting 4.

[atlantafan447]

me 2

[HungryBeast]

Sinking only 1 ship like in this tutorial is fun, but when you have to go against 3 or 4 DDs at the same time it's a pain in the neck, I'm playing on a 35% realism, look it this way, I get to sink any ships I want.

[threedotsdead]

That´s why you fire your torps and then run deep and silent:p

[jonobonnowonno]

shittin jesus, those are some l33t graphics

[jessica2645]

hi, i was just wondering how u move the camera so fast to follow the torpedos. Mine moves really slow and i am using the arrow keys. by the way you are not noob, u r pro compared to me :P well done

[threedotsdead]

Hehe, well thanks I guess:)

If I remember correctly (haven´t been playing for a few months) you hold the shift button while pressing the arrow keys or moving the mouse. Hope that helps.

[CptBeeson]

Hey man, good vid. I play silent hunter on 100% realism, but I can't understand angle on bow. I can't see what angle you have in the video, but what if you get an anlge of, say, 56 degrees. How do you enter that to the TDC? There's nothing that says "56 degrees" on the little dial if you see what I mean. Thanks.

[threedotsdead]

Look at it this way: the little white arrow pointing upwards at the bottom of the dial is your ship, and the rotating dial represents the target ship and its heading compared to you. That means the AoB is the angle from which YOUR SUB would appear, seen from the enemy vessel. If you by measuring on the map come up with the value 56 deg. all you have to do is put the dial between the "5" and "6" (numbers are reduced by a factor of ten for some reason).

[callofduty4ownsu]

holy crap that looks fun is that game an mmorpg or do u have to buy??

[threedotsdead]

Nope, just single player. And it´s got a shitload of bugs too. But I guess you can always pirate it...

[HungryBeast]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET, I gotta learn to do that.

[hanniba123]

link is good;]i search a bit and found what i wanted thx man;]]

[threedotsdead]

Sure thing. Have fun:)

[hanniba123]

this tutorial is quite good...I am interestinh how u would know the course of enemy ship if u wont see him on map (100% realism)...i dont know how to do it...

[threedotsdead]

I´m quite a bit of a noob when it comes to this game actually, so I didn´t even know you can´t see them on the map on ultra realism... I looked around on subsim dot com and found a nice guide though, but it looks really complicated. I´ll include the link to it in the video-description.

[Thaxlsyssilyaan]

I think in 100% realism, you can only see the locked ship.

[nirland]

really nice, I'll try to learn this. cheers.

[Bletsoburger]

"I like you three second "geezer"-vids btw. Very creative."

Many thanks i tried slowing down a bit just so retards like yourself could understand what i was saying.

[threedotsdead]

Hey buddy, now you can play again. The mongoloid-edition is up!

[Bletsoburger]

Yeah great tutorial? how about slowing down a bit or were you just trying to show off?

Heres a tutorial for you!

1- fuck

2- right

3- off

[threedotsdead]

Thanks for the well motivated insults. I was thinking about uploading a slower version, but I 1: didn´t have place for a 10 gb file and 2. haven´t gotten around to it. And if you read the tips and pause the video it really isn´t that hard. Unless you are retarded that is.

I like you three second "geezer"-vids btw. Very creative.

[WilliamBrothers]

Threedotsdead, thanks for the informative tutorial. Its been a while since I've played the SH series, but this should get make back into the groove.

A for bletsoburger, when you run out of quarters and zits for your "noob" settings, take this tutorial, sim, and historical setting a little more seriously.

[threedotsdead]

Hello and thanks for your comment. I also made a similar tutorial, but with step-by-step text in the video itself. Youtube won´t let me link to it, but if you´re interested you can find it on my channel.