Manual Targeting in TMO different from stock game?

[Gray Lensman]

Originally Posted by Mallet

Can i ask why range doesn't factor in the Dick o'kane method? Kind of confuses me how you could pick any range and the torpedo wouldn't just turn way left to catch a target 10000 yards away versus 1000.

edit> RR beat me to it, LOL His small video is a great "perfect" situation example and gets the point across quite elegantly, however, in the real world the torpedo wakes of the first couple of torpedo(s) will most likely be seen traversing in front of the closest targets (unless of course you are using wakeless electric torpedos, gotta love those). That's one of the reasons I prefer the angular standoff shot... less chance of the wake being observed by the closer ships.

Just to clarify, in his (RR's) Dick O'Kane video he accomplishes the straight shot (zero gyro angle) by backing the TDC range setting down against the minimum range stop point.