User Guide

This button is found on the Bridge station and goes to
the Deck Gun station. For more information see the
“Deck Gun” section starting on page 36.
The Bathythermograph button is located
at the Gauges station. It replaces the
“Christmas tree” display, which indicates the usage of engines to charge bat-
teries, with the bathythermograph. For more information see the “Thermal
Layers and the Bathythermograph” section starting on page 26. When the
bathythermograph is visible, the Bathythermograph button switches to a
button marked “Engines” which restores the Bathythermograph button and
the Christmas tree display.
COMMANDING THE SUBMARINE
The control room is the nerve center of the submarine. All other stations
necessary to fight and maneuver the submarine are accessed from the con-
trol room. Other stations are reached from the Control Room by moving
the pointer until it changes to a word, for example Charts or Gauges. Left-
clicking changes the view to that particular station. Note: On actual U.S.
submarines the periscope was accessible in the conning tower. It has been
placed in the Control Room in S ILENT H UNTER for ease of use.
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Control Buttons
At each station there are buttons at the bottom of the screen for changing
certain game settings, stations or accessing features.
The rate at which time passes can be changed by left-
clicking this button, from 1x to 256x. At 1x time passes at
the normal rate. This button appears on all stations. The + key increases
compression, while the – key decreases time compression. The Enter key
returns the time rate to 1x. Note: During encounters with enemy ships,
the maximum rate of time compression is 16x. While torpedoes are active the
maximum rate is 8x.
This common button is used to return to the Control
Room from almost any station on the submarine. The
control room button is available on the Gauges, Status, Captain’s Quarters,
Periscope, Charts and TDC station screens.
This button brings up the first of three
parts of the Torpedo Data Computer (TDC)
for use at the periscope or the Target Bearing Transmitter (TBT). This button
appears on the periscope screen and the TBT screen. At the Status Station, the
Torpedo button toggles the view to the Torpedo Room station where the tor-
pedo tubes are reloaded displayed combat and the status of torpedo reloading
can be found. The button is replaced with the Status button while the Torpedo
room is visible. See the Status Station section on page 38 for more information.
The Wheel button changes the “controls” portion of any
screen to the Maneuver Controls subset. This button
appears on the periscope, the TBT station, and the Chart station.
The Bridge button returns to the Bridge view from
the TBT and Deck Gun stations.
Pressing this button opens the Ship Identification
Manual which is normally stored in the Captain’s
Quarters. It contains views of the ships that Naval Intelligence has deter-
mined are likely to be encountered. This option is available at the TBT,
Periscope stations, and the Captain’s Cabin. For more information see the
section on the Captain’s Cabin starting on page 17.
The Target Bearing Transmitter (TBT) button is located
on the Bridge and contains the same components as the
Torpedo Data Computer (TDC), divided into three sections to fit at the bot-
tom of the screen. For more information see the section on the TBT
starting on page 35.
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