tutorial 3, can't find other ships

[nbk_redspy]

On the 3rd tutorial, I am able to find the first ship, but cannot find any others. I figured it might be optional or something, so headed back to the dock. Current mission still says tutorial 3 and I can't select my captain. It keeps selecting the observation guy.

[Dewgle]

The first thing I should point out is that is that UBOAT is still in Early Access and is definitely not in a finished or polished state. This applies to the in-game tutorials as well.

When trying to teach new players the basics of a game, developers will employ one of two methods for their tutorials. A 'hands off' approach that just gives helpful pop-ups on the player's screen that can be dismissed at any time as the player "learns as they play".

The other approach is scripted tutorial missions that put the player on rails. Forcing the player to complete a series of specific tasks before they can progress. Normally during railed tutorial missions, the player literally cannot do anything else until their given task is complete.

The tutorials in UBOAT are attempting to use the second method while still giving the player a modicum of autonomy. However this approach allows the player to break the tutorials without even realizing they're doing it. Each of the tutorial missions can be completed but you have to be careful to only do what the tutorial says, when the tutorial tells you to do it.

Going off-script or trying to anticipate the tutorials will just break them. Please be careful to follow them exactly to the letter and you should be fine.

[Dewgle]

More tips for beginners

Hover your mouse over everything!

I don't know if it was Nihilcat (lead developer/programmer) himself that did it or someone else on the dev team but someone took the time to create 'tooltips' for nearly every single UI element in the game. If it's on the UI? Chances are it has a tooltip.

So get into the habit of hovering your mouse over every piece of your UI to get familiar with it. First example? The FUEL icon at the top.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784801607

Even the detection hint icon in the lower right corner can give you a wealth of knowledge about how detectable you are to the enemy and certain buffs/debuffs such as the shadowzone, lying on the bottom or how depth charges can actually help you escape.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784802244

Are you curious about why some officers have green sailor pips and some have brown? Hover your mouse over the +/- icons in the lower left corner with an officer selected. Seriously, some crazy son of a gun at Deep Water Studios took the time to slip notes into every UI element in the game but only a very small percentage of players take advantage of this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784803311

Check out this gallery to see some more tooltip examples for the targeting sight and hydrophone station. https://imgur.com/a/shvQMug

Video tutorials for periscope tools

When using your periscope tools, there's a little "help" button on the side. Click it!!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784806480

Playable tutorial missions

Talk to the base commander and select the dialogue option for additional training. This will open up a mission selection screen for a series of playable missions that can teach you the basics of how to play.

(IMPORTANT: Stick to the script. Do not deviate or anticipate what the tutorial wants you to do. Do only what it says, when it tells you to. The game will pause/slow down when the tutorial expects you to do something so pay close attention!)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784807471
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784808029

Steam guides, YouTube and the Uboat Discord server

First place you should check out is the Steam Guides section for Uboat by clicking "Guides" up at the top of your Steam browser or just click this link here.

Next there are a great many YT videos that cover almost every aspect of the game from the basics to more advanced instructions such as how to fire your torpedoes manually. Lite_ly Salted, TaffinExile, Wolfpack345 are great content makers just to name a few.

And finally there's the official Discord server where you can ask other community members for gameplay advice, help with bugs or crashes, learn how to mod or just count rivets with other subsim nerds.🤓

A bot will message you when you join, read the instructions and be sure to visit the "opt-in" channel for additional roles and channel access.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2784810551
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2791395931

[nbk_redspy]

Thanks for the info. I figured it was probably a broken tutorial step since it also said something like "please do not dive" or something.

[Robob]

Originally posted by McDougal:

The first thing I should point out is that is that UBOAT is still in Early Access and is definitely not in a finished or polished state. This applies to the in-game tutorials as well.

When trying to teach new players the basics of a game, developers will employ one of two methods for their tutorials. A 'hands off' approach that just gives helpful pop-ups on the player's screen that can be dismissed at any time as the player "learns as they play".

The other approach is scripted tutorial missions that put the player on rails. Forcing the player to complete a series of specific tasks before they can progress. Normally during railed tutorial missions, the player literally cannot do anything else until their given task is complete.

The tutorials in UBOAT are attempting to use the second method while still giving the player a modicum of autonomy. However this approach allows the player to break the tutorials without even realizing they're doing it. Each of the tutorial missions can be completed but you have to be careful to only do what the tutorial says, when the tutorial tells you to do it.

Going off-script or trying to anticipate the tutorials will just break them. Please be careful to follow them exactly to the letter and you should be fine.

Man I've just bought this game after full release and the tutorial is STILL broken,nothing coming up in visual range,tutorial won't allow me to submerge to use the hydrophone either.
Guess i'm softlocked from finding the second ship

[blitzy44]

@Robob, you need to surface first and move your guy to the conning tower. Then you will pick it up. It should have the big Red Arrows on where to click.
I just found it myself.