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[merceg100]

I already started playing SH4 career but I'm quite new in this game and still don't know quite a lot of things especialy about manual targeting so i'm going to ask you couple of newbee questions for which i know you all know the answers. maybe there are some questions already answered on forum and i tryed searching for them but without much luck or they were not quite clear to me.

- what is maximun torpedo range?
- i find users speaking about several methods for manual targeting like O'Kane method and some others, where can i find this tutorial and the others to so i can download it if they are in video or pdf format?
- what method is the best one for menual targeting (if there is THE BEST method)?
- how do you calculate shooting with aft torpedoes (is it the same thing like forward torpedos just the AOB is for 180° adjusted or?) - (targeting ships whic are in front of my bow) - (and the ones astern of me)

[Hmuda]

- what is maximun torpedo range?Check the description of said torpedo on the torpedo loadout screen. It will list the possible speeds and the ranges associated with them (but generally: faster->shorter range).
- i find users speaking about several methods for manual targeting like O'Kane method and some others, where can i find this tutorial and the others to so i can download it if they are in video or pdf format?Everything you could possibly need. (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795) Kudos to Rockin Robbins for it. :)
- what method is the best one for menual targeting (if there is THE BEST method)?No "best" method. Entirely depends on your taste and your actual situation. I personally only use the constant bearing method, sufficed so far.
- how do you calculate shooting with aft torpedoes (is it the same thing like forward torpedos just the AOB is for 180° adjusted or?) - (targeting ships whic are in front of my bow) - (and the ones astern of me)If I aim my aft tubes, I simply use 180 as the new 0degrees. Everything else is set up as usual, just with new numbers on the heading indicator.

[el cheguevara]

Beat me to it muda, was in the middle of a very long post describing the same things you just said :damn: :yeah:.

[SteamWake]

Welcome and good luck to you...

While your reading up on stuff give this thread a view...

'How to complete a mission by Beery" http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111509

It will answer some questions you havent even thought of yet :salute:

[merceg100]

i just watched O'Kane video tutorial and on this tutorial i saw him tracking targets course and measuring its speed on the map, but i don't get that information on my map, only if they send me over the radio where is enemy task force or convoy spotted. why is that? is it because i've chosen to play my career on very hard level or something that i'm missing to turn on during the game?

[el cheguevara]

I think he has no map contacts update turned off, when you start a campaign, when you're in the office, click on the little radio to your left, on top of the book shelf and then go to gameplay. In the middle, look for no map contacts update and uncheck that, then you should be able to see them.

[Rockin Robbins]

Sounds like you are running with map updates off. This turns off all your radar and visual nav map contacts. It does make the game more challenging but it does not make it more realistic. Turn them back on and check out Trigger Maru Overhauled if you think rightly that the game is giving you too much data. If you don't like the uber escorts of TMO, then I recommend Real Fleet Boat with the addition of TMOplot.

[el cheguevara]

Of course, search the downloads section for Rockin Robbins as he so nicely uploaded TMO plot for RFB and the imo best keyboard setting, TMO keys. :yeah:

[merceg100]

If you don't like the uber escorts of TMO, then I recommend Real Fleet Boat with the addition of TMOplot.

what do you mean by 'uber escorts of tmo' and what is the difference between TMO and RFB mod so i can know which one suits me best and can i install them although i already started my career?

[merceg100]

Of course, search the downloads section for Rockin Robbins as he so nicely uploaded TMO plot for RFB and the imo best keyboard setting, TMO keys. :yeah:

where can i find the settings of these key, i mean how am i suposed to know which key is for specific order

[Webster]

what do you mean by 'uber escorts of tmo' and what is the difference between TMO and RFB mod so i can know which one suits me best and can i install them although i already started my career?


i would first suggest you play stock game for at least one carrer then you will have a good understanding of everything the stock game offers. then you can tell and apreciate what the large mods do for the game.

a very simplified answer to your question is RFB was originally trying to be purely realistic based only where TMO was going for very realistic but very challenging game play at the same time so for that reason some parts of TMO were made harder than in reality they were. the FOTRS (fall of the rising sun) mod is another very good super mod.

they are all very good and you will enjoy them all, i suggest you try them all and run a full career with each one to learn what they are all about, then you can decide what fits your game style best.

RSRDC (run silent run deep campaign) is a campaign mod that brings historical accuracy to ship movements and recreates historic battles at accurates dates and times so this is something you should use with or without any other mods. the exception is when learning the game it will greatly reduce the number and frequency of ships you will find so its better to keep the stock campaign so you have lots of frequent targets to shoot at and learn to set up your approaches and manual targetting with.

[merceg100]

while i was watching O'Kane method i saw his hotkeys which are as you know situated bottom left and they seem to be a lit different than custom ones (some of them were light blue and the ones on the bottom right which are used for maneuvring were also quite different). is there a mod for changing those keys and were can it be found?
and by the way I want to thank you for all your help by now and your patience!

@HMUDA
@EL CHEGUEVARA
@STEAMWAKE
@ROCKIN ROBBINS
@WEBSTER

THANX!!!

[el cheguevara]

I think, not positive, he was using the Trigger Maru supermod. That's how he got the hud shortcuts on it. Always willing to help a fellow subsim fan, been in your shoes before, you will get the hang of it :yeah:. Just remember that no question is a stupid question.

[Hmuda]

THANX!!!No probs mate, always happy to help. :)

[Webster]

while i was watching O'Kane method i saw his hotkeys which are as you know situated bottom left and they seem to be a lit different than custom ones (some of them were light blue and the ones on the bottom right which are used for maneuvring were also quite different). is there a mod for changing those keys and were can it be found?


i believe the blue keys are just used in v1.5 to indicate camera view buttons

you can create your own menu key layouts with jimimadrid's "menumaker v2.0" but dont have more than 10 on any screen or they will be blocked by the fuel guage

[Rockin Robbins]

Don't forget Webster's GFO (Game Fixes Only) mod which joined the supermod family just recently! I have to chime in and suggest that you play the game stock until you are familiar enough to realize what changes have been made by mods you try out. It's hard to decide if you like something better if you don't know what it's better than!

Take her slow, don't get frustrated and have confidence that the learning curve is steep, but the skills will all come together.

[merceg100]

when do you decide to end patrol? i have hull damage of 58% and i have completed several patrols over east china sea, luzon strait, farmusa strait, agent isertion on Okinawa island... i'm now on my way to reful. is it maybe clever to end patrol right now? i have send my status report and they gave me another patrol over esat china sea... what should i do?

[Ivan Putski]

merceg100, If I were in your shoes, I`d head for my home base, and end my patrol. Fifty eight percent hull damage puts you at a great risk of losing your boat. I often ignore my patrol orders if my boat, and crew are in dire straights, better to fight another day, and learn from your mistakes. Puts:yep:

[Sniper31]

merceg100, If I were in your shoes, I`d head for my home base, and end my patrol. Fifty eight percent hull damage puts you at a great risk of losing your boat. I often ignore my patrol orders if my boat, and crew are in dire straights, better to fight another day, and learn from your mistakes. Puts:yep:


I have to agree with the above. Head to your homebase, end patrol and let your boat be repaired. If you don't have enough fuel, then go to a base that is close to refuel, and then head to homebase.;)

[Webster]

when do you decide to end patrol? i have hull damage of 58% and i have completed several patrols over east china sea, luzon strait, farmusa strait, agent isertion on Okinawa island... i'm now on my way to reful. is it maybe clever to end patrol right now? i have send my status report and they gave me another patrol over esat china sea... what should i do?


watch your fuel usage and batteries charging. (this is a hard coded unmoddable game thing you have to watch for)

when batteries are damage the engines always run full speed to charge them and you lose fuel economy so make sure you manually turn off battery charging or it can cut your fuel ranges in half.