Are you having trouble with manual TDC?

[orangewhale]

Hi this post is here because I found it difficult using manual TDC in SH2 until now

goto http://www.communitymanuals.com/shiii click on manual targeting for sh3

it shows you if you don't understand the basic concepts behind TDC mathematics like most of us poor sods how to find the AOB (angle off the bow) using a simple sum/equation. The sum is universal for the SH games. If your asking why would you want to use math in a game well the answer is you kind of have to to operate a manual torpedoe data computer it's not that hard and I find it makes the game more fun anyway.

By the way was this the real method used to calculated the AOB if so how did the submariners determine the heading variable to make this work

[Hitman]

I'm afraid you have found a tutorial that is worthless for SH2

It looks that SH2 has the correct german TDC of WW2, while SH3 has a wrong one, partly copied from US subs -which used position keeper and AOB to determine the solution-, so if you use the methods of SH3 tutorials, you will not be able to fix a proper solution.

Ironically, SH3 did wrong the only thing that SH2 had really done well :P

[lafeeverted]

So true! Manual targeting in SH3 is much more complicated than SH2.

[orangewhale]

well i feel like a fool now:rotfl:. That sucks why would they change the way the tdc operates from the correct method to a historically inaccurate method. Then how do you operate the manual TDC on SH2 lol :hmm: i discovered i was using the wrong method after i made this post not before unfortunately. How does the inner needle of the top left dial work to give a solution - is this the AOB?

[orangewhale]

worked out how to ACTUALLY use manual TDC on SH2 looks like i set out to help others only to be helped by the community lol cheers - orange whale