We have four new questions answered from the community at www.silenthunter5.com
Any chance to meet a partially damaged ship (imitating activity of another u-boats)?
Yes. This is one of the enhancements of the damage system and the dynamic campaign.
Will there be a Macintosh version of Silent Hunter?
There is no Mac version planned at the moment.
Will the navigation map handle the earth as a cylinder like in SH3?
Yes. Although not geographically correct, the cylindrical view is the easiest to understand and use of all cartographical projections, especially if we consider the possibility that the player could roam all the seas as he / she wishes. We investigated other projections as well, using a globe or specific maps of several locations (like they did in reality) but the drawbacks in terms of usability, freedom and understanding were too big to consider them further. Also, there is a number of technical problems associated to other geographical projections, which we chose not to tackle for now.
Will SH5 allow the flexibility for a player to switch between commanding a surface warship and a submarine or even the ability to switch sides?
For the release of SH5 the player will only be able to command a German u-boat.