I believe you are correct with regards to sea state and maximum concealment. Secondly, you can extend your periscope farther than it normaly does by holding down CTRL and the scope raise button.

I've also noticed the sonar seems to work better a few feet below the default periscope depth. I think this may be a bug, but diving 5 meters or so below default scope depth seems to allow sonar to function correctly. Using CTRL you can still raise the scope high enough even at the lower depth.

I'd like to recommend a few mods, first up is Captain Midnight's CBS radio mod. It adds a new radio station that plays period music, then the music dims and news recordings are played as historical events occur in game.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108756

And I like the Fairbanks diesels,

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=110470

When I get home I'm gonna try this one,

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108512

humm, shift F2 view does'nt work for me in the external view,Just put's me back inside the sub

Ishbu, for some reason the latest patch took away the ability to use the Shift-F2 in external view. Too bad, it made for some great screenshots.

with 1.3 I cant get that "control + periscope" button to work.. maybe im doing it wrong?

Blindeye, I just tried Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDown in 1.3 and it worked. Are you using any mods?

Oak Groove's Submarine Instruments mod. If you download only one graphics mod for SH4, make it this one. This one dramatically improves the look of the interior and the various attack stations of all submarines. OG did a great mod like this for SH3, so if the name looks familiar, that's because it is.

Oh I was using Control and clicking the button on the screen to lower / raise the periscope. haha...I didnt know Pageup/Pagedown controlled it :(.

This thread seems to be dead....

I just installed newly bought SH4 with 1.4 patch and looking to make it as realistic as possible. What mods should I get? I don't want Hollywood style explosions and other silly things.

With SH3, I used GWX and everything was good. With SH4 I see there are billion mods without description. What do those mods do?... ROW / Trigger Maru etc?

I'm with Sim ...

Just got this title and have it patched up to 1.4

Whats the " MUST HAVE " mods to make it sing !


vK ~

Letterboy probably knows more than me. If you want to "get real" I would say just to load Trigger Maru 1.7. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=115258

There is also a compilation mod that combines the best of several mods outside of Trigger Maru
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=126250

There do seem to be some changes though in 1.4 that some mods like ROW need to be looked at, and TM is also being looked at, so maybe best to wait a little bit for them to work them out. Personally I don't have much in terms of mods except for a small one that tones down air traffic, one that tweaks test/crush depth that I made myself, and Oak_Grooves interface and interiors mod.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118902