Silent Hunter 5 - U-Boat Convoy Attack!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2024
- Attack several ships at the same time! Silent Hunter 5 (by UbiSoft Games) with latest mods greatly expands the controls, realism, and required skill to play. The mods are available at SubSim.com. All visuals/effects/music are from the game. Screen captures done using FRAPS. Editing... Magix Vegas Pro 14.
This is the Steam version with latest Mods from Subsim.com.
Modding SH5 is complex, and Subsim.com is the place to go for ready help. Read the forums and post your questions/comments there.
For those interested, the exact list of mods I'm using, in order, as they appear in Generic Mod Enabler are:
• sobers hud sounds V1 SH5
• SH5_7A_Conning_Fix
• Sobers CrewAI mod SH5
• Nauticalwolf’s_Torpedo_Textures_v1.2
• MadMaxs_SH5_Subdiesel (mono) v2
• FX_Update_0_0_22_ByTheDarkWraith
• AI_Crew_Damage_Control_Revised_Zones_cfg_Based_On_FX_Update_By_TheDarkWraith
• FX_Update_0_0_22_Stock_Torpedoes (modified for torpedoes failure patches)
• FXU_0_0_22 Ship zon Files
• DynEnv v2.9 - 1.Main Mod
• DynEnv v2.9 - 3.a Enhanced Visibility (medium)
• DynEnv v2.9 - 4.a. Camera Filters - Realistic Colors
• DynEnv v2.9 - 8.a. Wave Mechanics - Breeze
• DynEnv v2.9 - 10.II Seafloor (medium resolution)
• DynEnv v2.9 - 11.a.I Sea Plants - Atlantic Kelp Forests (high resolution)
• NewUIs_TDC_7_7_0_ByTheDarkWraith
• IRAI_0_0_41 ByTheDarkWraith
• Shadow Improvements ModLRes NoImpact
• EUFv2_0_UBoat_FX_v0_0_6f_TheBeast
• gap - Alternative Cursors & KM Map Tools vs - 1. Base Mod
• sobers NO water drops V1
• Equipement_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_byTheBeast
• Equipement_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1
• Equipement_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
• SteelViking’s Interior Mod V1.2
• SteelViking’s Interior Mod V1.2.2 Patch
• MQK Gradient_IO
• MQK Gradient_LocationMaps_IO
• MQK Gradient_ShapeTextures_NO
• MightyFineCrew Mod 1.2.1 Stock w beards
• Water reflections intensity varied by available sunlight by TheDarkWraith
• WHF-FUC_We Have Flooding-Flooding Under Control_Fix
• Sobers collision sounds SH5
You´re doing this great. You´ve got the voice and style for stuff like this... Sounds like a Silent Hunter documentation xD
Its rare for people to notice the actual production elements in these things. I certainly do appreciate your comments. Thank you.
At the beginning it sounded like the diary of a captain!
I like it too you have a calm voice this is just like watching discovery channel
Took me a few minutes to realize a real player was telling these things haha
Nasal Hunter 5.
This guy seems to be a very calm and systematic person. Perfect for commandeering a U-Boat
All is calm in front of a screen. I would like to see him in a real situation
@@mihaipascu4620 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ you want to turn back time to 1945?
@@windshearahead7012 better 1933
@@windshearahead7012 it would be quite the experience.
He would have been rammed, bombed and flooded before he could finish an order... too old and slow
This is the most instructive Silent Hunter XYZ video I have ever had the pleasure of listening. Your voice and narration tone is simply superb! An absolute a pleasure to listen to.
Thank you !!
Mate, its so freaking awesome to see someone simulating the Otto Kretschmer maneuver, very dangerous but very clever too!!! AWESOME VIDEO!!!
So glad you enjoyed it. Its an old game and has its issues, but you can probably tell from the video how fascinating it can be. Thanks for checking in. Cheers
Silent Hunter ASMR
Had to look that one up... Thx!!
YES exactly what I thought!
@@Nebelrose yeah sounds like RelaxingASMR.
People that like ASMR would make great hydrophone operators.
Around the time this game came out I was 8 or 9 years old. My dad bought it for me and we managed to get it to run on his old PC. I can say with confidence I had absolutely no clue what I was doing in the slightest, but I loved the game so much anyway. I would chase down convoys from the surface and fire at them with free hand torpedoes, praying that one would hit while I tried shooting ships with my guns until I ran out of ammunition and inevitably sunk. Sometimes I would try plan something out but because I had no clue how to properly launch an assault I would fail every time. Yet I still loved the game so much. Sometimes I'd surface and stand on top of my U-boat as captain, staring out into the ocean and simply enjoying the virtual view. This video reminded me of those days 7 or 8 years ago, in a way that was made perfectly. You built up so much suspense while I prayed your torpedos would hit, just like I did many years ago. Excellent video, thank you for sharing.
I also stand on the bow and just enjoy the waves, spray and scenery. One of the great pleasures in life, especially on a 3D TV.
this sounds so relatable
9 year old you is my fucking hero. i would have done the same. however the couple of times i have played, i have fallen in love with the idea of hitting multiple ships as nearly to simultaneously as possible.
During the entire 21 minutes of this video, I was absolutely sure I was watching a "Developer's walk-through". Only by reading the comments I found out that this perfect-for-the-situation voice belonged to a fellow gamer. I agree with Mimi Kal that it sounds like the diary of a captain.
MAN, you did well. Thanks a bunch for sharing, it was an outmost pleasure to watch!
I am honored. Thank you!
This game was my very first inspiration. I played Silent Hunter lll with my dad when I was 5 years old. It was truly an unforgettable moment of my childhood. Thank you, devs for building my gaming childhood. Thank you
I'm not a dev, but I certainly enjoyed the game (and mods) back in the day. Thanks
Excellent tutorial and I had to keep reminding myself that this was “just a game”! The main reason for that is that my father served in the Royal Navy on a destroyer protecting the North Atlantic convoys and was actually torpedoed twice within 24 hrs. He lost a lot of good friends and it used to upset him to talk about it. (Which was very very rarely) He was also at Normandy and after the war served in India. I couldn’t watch or play this without thinking of him. I lost him 13 years ago at 80. My hero.
Its rate to hear from an actual Sub mariner or family of same. That's some story, torpedoed 2x in 24 hours! Yikes. Very lucky to survive that. Thanks for checking in... and for your compliments
Great video Don. It's like many others may have said. You narrate awesomely, in fact, you make us feel we're actually inside the U-boat! I was frozen, couldn't move! in fear of the enemy hearing it! Thanks for sharing your stealthy moves on the U-boat. Cheers
I so appreciate hearing this. I always thought of my voice as inferior... a bad speaker. To get this sort of feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you !
Winnie the Pooh plays SH5.
Hahaha
Just goofing around Don. Excellent video sir!
genius
It was a very enjoyable video, but once my brain imagined a silly old bear in a uboat, made it priceless lol
"I'm out of layer, out of fish, battery, cigarettes, and schnapps, and the enemy has switched to active. Oh, bother!"
"Under the Periscope, an NPR exclusive, has been brought to you by grants from the MIT Alumni foundation, Maybach-Motorenbau, and Sperry Corporation"
Took me a while to figure out how to operate the TDC (torpedo data computer), after that, loved the game.
you should keep playing.
Don deCourcelle I'm lazy (and bad at trigonometry) so I let the auto targeting do the hard work. If I had to work out all the calculations myself, I'd probably shoot my own foot...
yep, but try without pausing, its more better experience when you need to compute and wait for your moment;], with pause is like shooting birds with... pause
Your voice reminds me of RelaxingASMR.
@@kubamiszczz thats why i loved SH4, you could not do shit while pausing the game^^
Nicely Done! I've returned to subsims after a long nap, having grabbed up Cold Waters just the other day...thanks to this video, Silent Hunter 5 will be purchased in the morning. AllTheBest, subscribed....
Watching this was really enjoyable, and the fact that you play so well made it even better.
Thank you so much. I made this to show my kids, thinking this game was more thought provoking than run n gun games. I had no idea it would pull so many views and likes on TH-cam. I made two other SH5 vids BTW. Each one, the quality gets a little better. If you get a chance check them out. Thanks again.
@@dondec all your vids should be sub sims. You have great potential in this.
Amazing stuff Don, I use Silent Hunter 3 with GWX, and never get this close to convoys without getting detected by destroyers. Silent Hunter 5 seems to be much more in depth, with incredible graphics. Thanks for the video, remember run silent and run deep....see you on subsim.
I've had this game for years and this is the first time I've seen a video where it's shown how to do it manually. I think I'll start playing around with it again.
Wow, your narration is super - it feelt like i was watching a very exciting movie. Then I realized it was a game. All cudos to you!
Much appreciated. Thank you
That was one of the most refreshing gameplay videos I have seen in quite some time, mellow and measured. I've yet to play SH5. I'm in a SH3 campaign right now that I plan to stick out for as much of ww2 as my crew survives. :)
Thanks so much!
this is far better than majority of TH-cam game play videos.
Thank you very much Isuru!
Played my first Sub game on the commodore 64 'Silent Service' . Actually was a very good and in depth form of gameplay for a basic machine. Then I got a 'silent *something'* on the Amiga and was totally addicted. Played Silent Hunter 1 on the PC years ago. This has got me wanting to grow me beard and board Das Boot again :) Great vid
I appreciate these stories. I developed my interest watching the old Disney movie “20,000 Leagues under the Sea”. Years later I got a sub game, GATO I think on the original 512k Mac. A few years after that I got an Amiga, which is where I started doing video editing. Today I play using the Razer OrbWeaver Chroma + mouse (no KB) from an easy chair. My how times have changed!
I spent many hours playing Silent Service on my Commodore 64 as well, running around the South Pacific terrorizing convoys. My father was a Submariner, albeit much later than WW2, and on a boomer instead of an attack sub. He still had input for me playing the game, as I was a young child and didn't understand some concepts at first such as leading targets and some other aspects of submarines.
The was "Silent Service II" for AMIGA and PC. I loved it and played it for many hours.
Wow.I think this is the best video on all Silent Hunter games.Very informative and you made it understandable to amateurs like me.Well done Captain.
Thanks... I was trying to explain the game to my kids. They got it... success! Haha
Very nice Videos. I like your calm tone and the spontaneous dramaturgy. That's imho how one has to approach games like that. To viewers of somebody playing this it seems hilarious, to the players it's a revelation in gaming. It's all about headtrips. As a german, the scenario is somewhat confusing and frightening, especially with all the mods and darn swastikas, but this early scenery and aspects of submarinery with it's fast development and technological boundaries on the brink to microtechnology and digitalisation are a perfect fit for thrilling gaming. Have a nice Xmas.
Thanks Hans... likewise, and thanks for checking in.
Did you just call Swastikas "frightening"? You really are so brain washed in Germany huh? They have whipped you good over there
This is a Task Force, front line high-value naval units screened by destroyers and light units.
A convoy is a group of merchant ships (cargo ships, bulk-carriers, tankers) usually protected by frigates, corvettes, sloops and other lighter, slower naval vessels where endurance
is more important than speed.
Amazing video, sir! Looks like I was watching a History Channel documentary.
Thanks Ricky. I never imagined this would pull so many views. It was just a quick video I created to show my kids over the holidays. Since then I made 2 other Sub vids, which you might find entertaining, this one being the best: th-cam.com/video/L2GpfPJqFdU/w-d-xo.html
Same
Its like watching an HD CGI Das Boot. Awesome.
Alan... thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it
Nicely done - this game seems to have done a good job of balancing realism with the reality of a functional crew of one. It does require mastery of the basic concepts, and you have done a good job with that. Another commenter mentioned realism levels:
1. Radar - if this is early war the Brits probably would not have had it.
2. Asdic - they should, however, have had the active (pinging) sonar. Although it was limited in range.
3. On the surface in daylight - that is a bit troubling. The Mark 1, Mod 0 eyeball was fully functional. A periscope might escape detection, but a conning tower? (To be sure, the light was not perfect.)
Pretty interesting historical details. Love this stuff. Thank you
This video is seriously good, even the gameplay of this game is boring you are doing a great job to make it more alive for the viewers. I am interested in all sort of WW2 stuff and have a fair knowledge to conclude that this is one of the best simulation gameplay I ve ever seen. good luck.
Thank you very much. Great to hear and Appreciate the note.
That voice. So relaxing. I know where to go when I go to bed now
Hell no! He doesn't want to wake his wife up!
Feels like a tutorial, got the chance to play this few years ago and I had no idea how I do it whatsoever, now I know the way to attack a convoy from underneath.
Tod Von Unten
Good video, solid commentary.
As a veteran of some much older sub sims (and a reader of several related books), I was VERY surprised to see both capital ships sunk with only two torps each..
Unbelievably great I really enjoyed your documentary style voice and hunting techniques! 😊👍🏻
Much appreciated, thank you.
I like your voice too, but the loud plosives (the loud "pops" one hears everytime a "P" type of sound is made) are extremely annoying. You should either use some kind of sound-softening filter in front of your mic, or remove the plosives in post-processing/editing. There's even preset filter for this very purpose in Sound Forge.
Right on. I had no training in audio tech I didn't even hear those pops/clicks till much much later. Now that I'm aware of them quality can most definitely improve. Nice handle BTW ;)
Thanks for posting. Bought SH5 a month ago and finally got all of the TWoS mods working. With the modded interface I like it as much as 3 or 4(personal fav because of the Pacific theater) and god the beautiful carnage.
I use a hand tweaked subset that worked well for me. I play using a Razer Orb Weaver Chroma for the left hand, mouse - right. No keyboard! So I can play from an easy chair in dim light.
" I play using a Razer Orb Weaver Chroma" Well I would like to welcome our new alien overlords. :) I have to look that up.
That's a cool setup. I don't think I possess the proper coordination to carry it off. :) Happy Hunting.
Haha... not trying to "sell" you, but I also use it for all my Audio and Video editing too. Super efficient. The trick is to apply small bits of Velco to different buttons and create a pattern of Touch Feedback you're "fingers remember" without looking. After that, just add one key strokes at a time, starting with the most used... its fully programmable :)
Good Job Don that was amazing...you sure as hell know what U-are doing....also love the way you explain it !!!!!!!
Haha... thanks Chris. Had fun making it. Appreciate the post and thx for checking things out 😊
Amazing video! You should make more like this, detailing the decision-making process and explaining your actions. Great vid!
This was the best thing in gameing i have ever watched. This guy went deep with this game.
Much appreciated! Thank you.
I agree what others say, awesome voice and volume, i love the low voice, as you are in a sub minding your sound profile.
You got yourself a new sub-scriber and a thumps up!
Thanks Phil, much appreciated !!
The best WW2 sub sim has yet to be written. Ubisoft had a good crack at it with their Silent Hunter series but made some embarrassing and somewhat foolish errors. Having a sub commander have to come back from a mission where the chances of survival were slight only to have to buy his own torpedoes and sub updates was a hilarious and stupid addition. It was board game thinking not computer game thinking. Tying overly frequent and often pointless radio messages to the increase time control made playing the game a needless exercise in frustration and, like the lazy watch commander in SH3, was a bug or error never addressed. Then there was the stupid crew fatigue crap that was tied, again, to the increased time control. This was a pathetic attempt to add realism that failed completely.
These errors made Ubisoft look cynically lazy and disinterested in their customer base. Storms that never ended. Fogs that never lifted. The lack of thermal layers to dive beneath and escape detection. A sea with zero wild life in it except the occasional whale modders put in and a totally flat sea bed with no canyons to hide in that often made escape impossible increased frustration as the players own natural cunning was factored out of the game.
With all its faults, version three still remains the best version. Ubisoft tried to make the graphics the focus but missed understanding that game atmosphere was the vital component in a cat and mouse game taking place in a claustrophobic steel tube. The series died because you needed a super computer to run the damn game in the end and when you did run it the bugs were just as annoying as ever. Basically, Ubisoft sold you a box of bugs in pretty wrapping paper. That was not professional or respectful.
On the plus side, the atmosphere in the game that really did work, was created by the tention of the hunt and escape.
So, what would I like to see in a new Sub Sim series dealing with this fancinating era?
1. A genuine wolf pack where I, as a Sub commander, could meet with and see other subs as we arranged to attack the convoys.
2. Better input from High command. Perhaps some strategic options for the player?
3. Each new addition to the series could concentrate on a different section of the submarine war. German in the North Atlantic and Med. British and American subs in the pacific and against German and Italian units in the Med. Japanese subs in the Pacific regions. This would give players a feel for how each navy conducted its submarine warfare and the equipment used by them. Maybe even the addition of the mini-subs and their activities?
4. Less sudden deaths of the subs. Unless crushed by pressure there is no need to just end each failing mission with a sudden message saying you died. Game tension could be racked up considerably by giving the player a chance, however slim, of repairing a damaged craft. This was one of the things Ubisoft did well but which could be improved greatly. HOW the vessel dies is where great improvements to atmosphere and playability can come into play. A skipper that could load a tube with oil and another with clothing, paperwork and so one might just be able to convince an attacking vessel that he was dead. Sometimes it could work, sometimes not. Diving into a canyon and remaining silent on the bottom could protect a sub from depth charges. On the other hand, running into a canyon wall could also sink it.
5. Sudden attacks from aircraft diving, at night, from a height in a glide with engines cut, only to light you up with a spotlight and bomb the crap out of you would make for thrilling moments.
6. A thermal layer to hide under now and then would be good too. A little good luck for a hard pressed skipper would be welcome.
7. More imaginative ship deaths. A ship breaking in half and looking like the hull was severed with a sharp knife is just cheap crap and lazy programming. Modders did wonders with the way ships died but they should not have had too. They were thinking about things the way Ubisoft should have been thinking about them.
8. A surface and surrender option.
9. Give the boats being attacked some humanity. Let's see the crews escaping the sinking vessels. Floundering in oil burning seas. Lets us remember that war is about people dying and not just ships sinking. War is not fun. We should be reminded of that.
The genre is wide open for intelligent software companies to invest and create hugely popular Sub Sim games set during the great world wide conflict of WW2. From the Arctic ocean to the Pacific and through each of the sea going nations contributions to the submarine war.
It is quite staggering that the only thing that killed off Silent Hunter 3 in the end was that Windows operating systems could no longer cope with running it correctly and even that was only because of a single .dll file in SH3 that constantly crashes under windows 10. If not for that it would still be being played around the world on modern computers, such is its popularity. That is also a measure of how close Ubisoft game to getting it right.
Wow, that is some list. You've obviously got more game time in than me. Excellent list of enhancements. For my view, I like that palette of game control options SH5 provides. Allows me "as a video maker" to tell a visual story without getting too techie. Better 3D graphics is assumed in a newer game and I certainly like "free roam" around the boat. Speaking of story telling, and tying in with your idea, it would be fun to play a Station, like Torpedo Mate, XO, dive planesman. Probably asking too much but these ideas came to mind.
Thanks. You did a hell of a job with the video. Your explanation of manual targeting was superb. Are you a teacher by trade?
Thanks. No, not a teacher... I was a "telecomm programmer" (AT&T, Lucent, Verizon etc.) back a few, now retired. But I've been a hobbiest home movie maker (family vids) and got used to talking over my videos. Came pretty natura to mel for this gaming vid
I ve been waiting so long for your comment...
There's a VR with 3 playable positions
You brought that game to live, thanks! I remember attempting to play a sub hunter game back in the late 80’s but could n very really get the hang of it. I was more into role-playing first person games. Nice video!!
Much appreciated, thanks!
I must agree on your comment.. It is fascinating see those huge scales of tonnage sunk.. Imagine all the work, money, material and energy put into that.. All the experience of the crews etc.. It all just vanishes in few moments.. I imagine how terryfying this must have been i real life as well as fascinating.. Thank you for a great vid! =)
This is a really nice example of a Silent Hunter convoy attack by the way. I tend to allow myself the pleasure of external camera even though the suspense of not having it gives a different kind of experience. I usually remove the visual marker where my sub is though.
The horror of seeing and hearing a ship dying...its agony, its might turned into nothing but metal sinking to the ground in minutes, the bow sticking out of the water as a memorial of man's both ingenious and destructive mind, finally giving in and covered by the endless tears of the sea. Touching and yet we have to sink these ships. Well done.
Great story telling, nice graphics.... I loved the tactics you used, you showed good judgement to your situational awareness of the enemy.
Thanks, I made it to show my kids how interesting this game was. They're used to Run N Gun and Driving games. In this one you have to actually think and plan ahead.
Your voice is so calm, and you bring detailed infos across so calm but exciting.
THank you KeFeng... much appreciated!
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Absolutely fascinating video, first one I've seen actually, and your voice is almost mesmerising thank you, I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Thank you fred... most appreciated!
My phone must have a leak cause i hear water dripping...
But this was very well done!
Thanks C Smith, had fun making it... a complex game that gets more interesting as you learn the various techniques. Thanks for checking in !
My God, that was simply awesome! I'm starting to play SH5.
Thank you George. Much appreciated. This game is quite old now. Sorry if its no longer available. Thanks again.
search SH5 to inspire me to play again.. well, found a gem of a video.
I'm disappointed UbiSoft hasn't improved these games. There was so much potential.
A couple things this "old salt" noticed. First, the clouds are moving one direction, but the smoke is moving in a drastically different direction? Bah! Next, I guarantee that the destroyers and other ships (not "boats"!) would be pinging with active sonar, not listening passively. They should have been all over you in short order.
One the other hand, I'd admire your game play, narration and explanation! Well done!
I think the sim year was 1940 so their tech might not have included much more that ASDIC, an early form of sonar. Clouds... good eye. Much appreciated the comps, thanks.
Also one would never keep periscope up during an attack. It would be too dangerous and risking detection. What one would do is to lift the periscope and take the readings and lowering immediately. Doing this for every reading would greatly reduce the risk of detection. The game is either very unrealistic or you are playing on easy level settings. The freighter was only a few cables away and should easily have detected the scope as it was on full elevation during daytime.
Yeah, that was a mistake. I made the video to show my kids how interesting this game was. Never thought it would get this sort of traction. Anyway, at the time I was pretty happy I did the calculations right. :)
SH3, best silent hunter... mods make it a tad better graphical. good Sim game play. ...
So you are encouraging your children to develop into couch potatoes! Go angd play some football with them instead.
Great video and well told, had really goose bumps. have been playing SH5 for years and have never used the computer target. thanks for the lesson. Greetings from Germany
Sven... thank you so much. I was playing this game and enjoying it so much... I made the vid to show my kids. Indeed there's more to life than run and gun haha. Thanks for checking in... and Greetings from eastern USA.
You make this game look a lot easier than it is. Wow!
Thanks... much appreciated
As someone who has never enjoyed naval simulator games, I cannot believe how much I enjoyed watching this video. I think a lot of that was the narrators voice. It's like listening to David Attenborough describe a cheetah stalking a gazelle. :D
Very much appreciated Richard... Thank You !
more like werner herzog :)
"Sadly now, there can be but one outcome..."
Just watched the movie "Greyhound" with Tom Hanks. 👍👌
A well narrated attack demo vid. Enjoyed it a lot. I’m currently playing SH3 and having a “blast”. Heh...
I really enjoyed your enunciation and oratory. Hardly any youtubers speak so clearly and carefully. I haven't played silent hunter since the grey wolves days. I also like to watch the targets slip beneath the waves as they flood. I did buy silent hunter 5 a long time ago, but found it unplayable for some reason. Also I notice they don't model the lifeboats around the sinking targets. I always wanted to play a late war campaign with the type 21, supposing that they deployed it a year earlier. Thanks for posting this video.
You know, type 21 is sort of a sweet thing! I think Germany spent so much time debugging the new tech that only 5 or something were actually made. But haha, I'd love to try that too. Thanks for checking in.
I just stumbled on this video Don and had to write a comment on it (I dont normally on most You Tube Videos). First off the only word I can think of is Magnificent!!!!.
I have played Silent Hunter in its many versions and guises since I purchased my first version of SH3 and have ntal block over this thing called "Angle on the Bow" and setting the TDC up correctly. There have been various videos that have been released, but I have got to say watching this one has blown away has got to be the most comprehensible whilst being presented in such a logical straightforward manner.
You have prompted me now to reload SH5 and apply your guidance, so much was I inspired. The only thing I regret is not coming across this video earlier!!!!.
Haha, I am honored. Thank you. Much appreciated.
Well I loaded the game up and started with a historical mission. A question if you could possibly answer it.
When I click on the ship I find that the info re speed and course, etc is in the bottom right in a solid box. Yours is in the top left in semi transparent print. Have you got any mods added to your game or is it vanilla?
F1 shows a list of KB commands. ESC will pause and bring up menu. The mods I use are listed in the video description. Scroll down. I got them from SUBSIM.com in what was then called the Sober's MegaMod pak. Sorry I can't be of more help with modding, but all the advice is on SUBSIM. The articles there got me going. The RULER I got in one of the mods looks like a 360 degree compass, I think that's what you want.
Bob Ross has such a soothing voice, I had no idea he was a gamer.
Guy who could’ve made an outstanding U-boat skip back in WWII
Thank you!
That was really fascinating for something so dry. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
I'm new to this channel but i love it. Love your videos Don but I like the Silent Hunter videos the most!
Keep up the good work, grtz from Europe
I appreciate your message Heinz. I've tried a little of this and that, mostly things that interested me, gaming, spiritualism, sight seeing, and mostly for my family. A complete shock to see my SH video go 100k recently, after sitting unviewed 20+ months. I suppose I'll have to do more. Subscribe. BTW, the SH vids were all recorded/editing in Stereo 3D. A shame I could never figure out TH-cams 3D encoding... stereo depth really adds. Regards.
You need to work as a narrator for documentaries! Enjoyable and exciting, your voice is amazing!
Very well put together video - Ubisoft should be grateful for the advertising. Also it's great to hear someone with a North American accent to use "meters." Great job.
One of my favorites games ever. I love SH-5
Never saw this before. Sounds like you are really in the sub. Just like RSProduxx mentioned before me, great voice style and delivery!
Thank you very much!
This man's voice indicated he is a veteran. Perhaps an ex-U boot crew...precisely his tactic is awesome...
Haha Farhan... no I'm not that old. But I have played over 200 hrs on this game. You learn things playing your failed missions over. That's where all this stuff comes from. Thanks for checking it out.
This is excellent! Great explanations, I learned so much I didn’t get from the manual. You should be doing documentaries!
Thank you very much!
I hope the BDU gave you a medal for that!
Wow Crasher925... thanks! You obviously know a bit about naval history. Thx for checking in
seriously, I thought it was mission voiceover until you mentioned the minimap :)
Nice gameplay tutorial and exposé. You have a good voice for exposition-maybe you should voice documentaries! Sub warfare is fascinating especially the history of the Wolfpacks of the German Kriegsmarine during WW2. Havent played it but the game looks very detailed and thorough even though it is a bit old now.
Hey Kenji, really enjoyed your thoughtful comment. I've gotten quite a few posts regarding my voice "...you should be doing documentaries" is a common thread. The other is "... your voice is on par with David Attenborough". Hehe... who knew my voice could inspire such comments! Anyway, thanks again for the message and for checking things out.
Taking out two capital ships during one patrol.... Iron Cross First Class with oak leaves swords and diamonds. A hero of the Reich!
Thank you James. Obviously you know quite a lot about WWII Honors!
Only one man received this award... Hans Ulrich Rudel!
_Golden_ oak leaves, swords and diamonds ;-)
This is the 3rd time I've watched this and all I know is I have a new found major respect for those Silent Service skippers and crews. In a word... WOW.
Hi Minong... Thank You !
And thank you!
One funny technique I use in this game is to get so close alongside a ship below water that it's guns can't depress to hit me-then suddendly surface and dive which results in the entire convoy opening fire which by then I'm back below water and the ship next to me gets blown apart by gunfire. I know it's absurd but it works-I had a carrier blown out of the water this way by about 7 destroyers.
Hahahahah…. that is really funny, and... CLEVER, Joyce! Thanks for posting this, and for checking things out.
The last Silent Hunter game I played was 2 I think. There was an option to only have the visibility options that the actual crews would have, meaning there were no 'exterior' views or other aids to help you see exactly where your targets, or enemies were. There was also a section in the back of the manual (remember those) that suggested if you wanted to simulate a 'real' patrol and have the same odds of finding a convoy, you should get a deck of cards and draw one every time the game said you'd encountered something. If you drew anything other than a picture card, you were to ignore that encounter as a false contact.
"Let me pause the war while I prepare my torpedoes."
Crew of one time management haha
I can’t believe you pulled that off
Hahaha... what an enjoyable comment. TY. This other one is the best I was able to achieve, after a great deal of practice... enjoy: th-cam.com/video/L2GpfPJqFdU/w-d-xo.html
I cant wait to try this out. It's been a while since I've played a good sub sim.
Nice Video My Man. Out Of All The Videos I've Seen On TH-cam, Yours Is The Best. Great Video, Great Voice. Keep Up The Good Work.
Kind Regards
T.J
Thank you very much! I enjoy making them.
Wow, that was an impressive video with an even more impressive narration. You’ve got a great voice.
Thanks Tyler. Much appreciated !
Excellent work, and narration!
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Larry... much appreciated.
@@dondec Thanks again, Don, for this actual tutorial.
The last game I played was silent Hunter 3.
(I just now finished a new computer build after 15 years).
I never really got into the depths of playing silent Hunter 2 or 3, except for some mission builders, but with silent Hunter 5, you explained it well, in this actual tutorial example.
I'm going to see if I can reinstall silent Hunter 3, in the new computer, then check out the newer, subsequent versions.
Thanks again Don, for your educational tutorial!
The music in this game is just awesome!!
Not the kind of style I usually go for - shooting torpedoes til I run dry (Red Storm Rising - that's an old game). But great work!
Last time I played this game in the 90s the manual came with instructions on how to calculate a firing solution with a pencil, paper and compass.
I enjoyed that, mate. Good job.
Thank you!
That voice belongs on TV doing documentaries,possibly wildlife ?
Subscribed.
Haha thanks!
Wow. Great game. Thanks for sharing.
you'll get the u-boat war badge with diamonds for that action
SuperAWaC es gibt ein kreigsabzeichen fur ihm...
Excellent video! Love watching those ships sink...though, even if it isn't modeled, I think of the people that are losing their lives on that ship as it goes down. Like, one minute they're there and the next...gone. Like they were never there. Seems so trivial. Really messes with your morality. Like those ships are the enemy but they're still...humans. People. With families and history and lives back home. I couldn't even imagine how the real sub captains dealt with the guilt, if they did.
Interesting points. The morality aspects are horrible. Even today people get nervous seeing a Sub from an oceanliner. In terms of game play, I love the calculations and strategy over traditional run and gun.
Wow they have really come a long way I used to play the first one
People who are bad at geometry and trigonometry shouldn't play this game.
Narration is very profession and informative.
Absolutely cool !!
You did a wonderful job with calculations !!
Thanks. I've never played a game quite like it. The calculations are certainly interesting, and so satisfying when done right.
That was excellent! I agree with all the comments regarding the voice, calm, etc. As a combat veteran my heart races at the thought of sitting in the middle of a military convoy, only 700 meters from a carrier! Those U-boat crews had balls of steel and deserved their Knight's Crosses!!
Nice work Don. I wouldn't want to be on a surface ship with you around sir.
Haha, thanks Paul !
Simple, effective, entertaining. Very well done.
Thanks BJ. Much appreciated
Awesome commentery dude well played
Thx Rob, much appreciated
Fantastic narration and presentation. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you MissCelticGirl. Much appreciated 😃
Love submarine warfare...It's like sending a shark toward unbeknownst swimmers...
Going up against you would be like facing Leutnant zur See Otto Kretschmer. Very methodical.
Thanks, that's quite a compliment. As a video maker I love telling a good visual story, and this game can do that well. I posted a few other SH5 videos here on TH-cam. Thanks again.
Part of me wishes I would have done this IRL. I work on the Border atm, but I could get into this.
you sound like an American David Attenborough! Great narration :)
Thanks! I have a few other SH5's here on TH-cam... enjoy.
This feels like a documentury.
I haven`t played a sub hunter killer game since the Amiga days lol
Hehe... Karl, I had 2 Amigas. Even started selling my own Amiga software. Couldn't believe they just closed up shop, no warning. Wow.
Silent service was awesome, imagine seeing games like this back then