User Guide

Status and Torpedo Room Stations
Pressing F8 from any station, or moving the pointer until it changes to the
word Status while in the control room, shows the Damage Control and Status
station. The cut-away view of the submarine at the top of the screen contains
important areas of the submarine outlined in dark red. Damaged areas are
outlined in a brighter color red and may show some animation, for example,
flooding. When the cursor is over an area for which a damage report is avail-
able, it changes from an arrow to a cross-hair. Left-clicking causes the status
of that area to be shown on the Damage Control Report panel.
Below the cut-away are the display panels which show the status of important
ship systems. Each system has “Christmas tree” lights which allow a quick
status check of systems such as the torpedo tubes and specific engines.
If the submarine suffers damage, the Damage Control Report panel lists
important information about the damage. The location of the damage, the
severity of the damage, the repair status and time if repairs are possible,
and any effects the damage may be having on submarine operations.
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HUNTER
38 COMMANDING THE SUBMARINE: Status and Torpedo Room Stations
The knob on the right side of the sighting scope raises and lowers the gun,
and the smaller knob on the left side of the sighting scope increases the
zoom from 1x to 2x, 4x, and 8x then back to 1x. Moving the pointer to the
handles on either side of the gun mount activates the Rotate Left or Rotate Right
controls. Left-clicking when these commands are visible turns the gun
mount in the appropriate direction, through 350 degrees. Note: the deck
gun cannot be trained on anything directly in front of the submarine since
that would force it to shoot through the conning tower. The same applies to
two mount submarines for the forward gun.
At the top of the screen is the Relative Bearing Indicator, which shows the
bearing of any object viewed in the sighting scope relative to the subma-
rine’s heading. Below the sighting scope is the control panel for the deck
gun. The large black button on the left side of the panel fires the gun. The
knob above the target range display toggles control of the gun between
automatic and manual as does pressing Alt -G. When set on automatic, the
deck gun will fire at the nearest target until the gun is taken off of auto-
matic, the submarine submerges, all the ammunition is used up, the
quality of aim drops below 80%, or the gun is damaged.
The closer to the target, the more effective the deck gun can be. A red triangle
will appear in the sighting scope when the target has been acquired, and the solu-
tion dial shows the increasing solution quality. The solution dial indicates how
accurate the firing solution is for the deck gun. Speed, weather, and crew quality
all effect how accurate gunnery fire is. Press the fire button to fire the gun when
the target is centered in the cross-hairs of the sighting scope. The ready light
indicates the wait while the gun is reloaded and the shells counter shows the
amount of ammunition remaining.
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HUNTER
37 COMMANDING THE SUBMARINE: Bridge