Sub Buddy - the World's First Attack Disc & TADS Computer on iOS & Android

[PoutyBatFace Studios]

PoutyBatFace Studios proudly presents, your very own...

Sub Buddy!

If you play WW2 Submarine games, or you have an interest in historical mathematical devices, or even want to become a wiz at 'whizz wheels' then Sub Buddy is for you.

With both the most historically accurate digital German U-boat Attack Disc, our unique TADS Computer disc and the brand new 'Visual AoB Helper' tool, you can perform a huge amount of complex calculations incredibly quickly and far faster than with a calculator or a spreadsheet, whether you play US Navy, German U-boats or any other submarine game.

If you always wanted to learn how the 'Attack Disc' worked, but always felt intimidated or confused, don't worry anymore!

Sub Buddy also contains 27 Tutorial Videos that not only explain the overall concepts behind the Attack Disc and the TADS Computer, but also break down virtually every type of calculation you could ever want to learn for your sub-sim gameplay. Within minutes you'll learn how to use these two discs to make intercepting convoys, planning approaches and fast and accurate torpedo solutions with or without the TDC!

Please check out our website for a demonstration video and samples from our Tutorial Video series.

poutybatface.com/subbuddy (https://www.poutybatface.com/subbuddy)

And maybe check out our privacy policy too...it's not very long but we think it's important.

poutybatface.com/privacypolicy (https://www.poutybatface.com/privacypolicy)

App Requirements:

Sub Buddy fully supports all iOS Devices running iOS 12.0 or newer.

Sub Buddy on Android requires Nougat 7.0.0 or newer.


NOTE: SubSim and Onkel Neal have given us permission to post and cross post. Thank you Neal!

[Pisces]

The US-genre game players can use this. But not so well since this is lacking a yards scale for distance. Any chance for adding such a scale to TADS side as a configuration option? As only the distance scale needs to be rotated with regards to the knots scale. (aside from text changes of course.)

Or is there a replica of the "Submarine Attack Course Finder" in the works as a seperate app? (hint)

example at the end of this manual page: https://archive.hnsa.org/doc/attackfinder/index.htm

[PoutyBatFace Studios]

Thanks Pisces for the requests! We're creating a list of all the suggestions coming in for when we look at any updates to the app. Will give you a shout if we start work on either of those.

[derstosstrupp]

Can confirm! I helped them make the videos etc and I can attest to how much work went into this product. The makers did an outstanding job making the attack disc historically correct down to the last detail, and the TADS Computer slide rule is incredibly versatile and surprisingly quicker than using a calculator in many cases.

More goodies in there too, like the visual AOB helper and the retranslated wartime U-boat Commander’s Handbook!

I don’t share in the proceeds - labor of love for the subject matter!

[PoutyBatFace Studios]

derstosstrupp's training videos are brilliant, showcasing what can be done with the two discs in combination, and it's his English translation of the Handbook that is provided as part of Sub Buddy! It has been a pleasure working with you derstosstrupp!

[makman94]

PoutyBatFace Studios proudly presents, your very own...

Sub Buddy!

If you play WW2 Submarine games, or you have an interest in historical mathematical devices, or even want to become a wiz at 'whizz wheels' then Sub Buddy is for you.

With both the most historically accurate digital German U-boat Attack Disc, our unique TADS Computer disc and the brand new 'Visual AoB Helper' tool, you can perform a huge amount of complex calculations incredibly quickly and far faster than with a calculator or a spreadsheet, whether you play US Navy, German U-boats or any other submarine game.

If you always wanted to learn how the 'Attack Disc' worked, but always felt intimidated or confused, don't worry anymore!

Sub Buddy also contains 27 Tutorial Videos that not only explain the overall concepts behind the Attack Disc and the TADS Computer, but also break down virtually every type of calculation you could ever want to learn for your sub-sim gameplay. Within minutes you'll learn how to use these two discs to make intercepting convoys, planning approaches and fast and accurate torpedo solutions with or without the TDC!

Please check out our website for a demonstration video and samples from our Tutorial Video series.

poutybatface.com/subbuddy (https://www.poutybatface.com/subbuddy)

And maybe check out our privacy policy too...it's not very long but we think it's important.

poutybatface.com/privacypolicy (https://www.poutybatface.com/privacypolicy)

App Requirements:

Sub Buddy fully supports all iOS Devices running iOS 12.0 or newer.

Sub Buddy on Android requires Nougat 7.0.0 or newer.


NOTE: SubSim and Onkel Neal have given us permission to post and cross post. Thank you Neal!

... our unique TADS Computer disc ...

"Your" "unique" tool is nothing more but an identical (100%) remake of "Manos Bearing Computer" (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=235423)

How can you say that this is the "unique" when i firstly created and released, for free, the "Manos Bearing Computer" in 2017 ?

A remake yes but an unique...no! you should have mentioned this at your credits instead of renaming it.

[Pisces]

No, it is not an identical remake. Yes, it uses the same scales. And in the same order. But there is only so many ways in which you can do that differently and still make sense or be practical. But a keen eye can see that each one is drawn on itself. The esthetical appearance of the TADS disk is significantly different. Also, unless I found the wrong file in your (Makman94) mediafire repository, yours are relatively low res (671 pixels square; Manos Bearing Computer v1.0). Sub Buddy has significantly higher resolution. Besides, it is unique in the sense that it is a smartphone app targeted at KM Uboat operation. The android apps available (can't speak for iOS/Apple store) don't even come close.

[edit: I suppose one could say 'unique' is a stretch. But it can't be considered a rip-off either.]

[PoutyBatFace Studios]

The Sub Buddy TADS Computer is unique as it’s the first time, angle, distance and speed disc on mobile devices - and as such doesn’t require the use of any specific PC game or any 3rd party mod. It's also unique amongst other similar discs because it has a second pointer that is used for fast underwater nav plot calculations. The TADS training video 14 shows how that second pointer is used to calculate the turn radius for underwater dead-reckoning navigation, and video 15 also goes on to show the chord length calculation.

The TADS Computer was inspired by discs such as the US Navy “IS-WAS”, multiple circular slide rulers from Silent Hunter 3 mods, makman94's Manos Bearing Computer (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=235423), and the CRP-5 and E6B flight computer slide rules which Sub Buddy's lead developer has a very long and intimate working knowledge of. As you’re of course aware, the rules, the order and the values are as such because of how the calculations need to work and to maximise accuracy. Whilst no one would ever claim any generic circular slide rule is a world’s first, we feel our TADS Computer is justified in that claim for the two reasons mentioned previously; we are most definitely unique amongst any other digital slide rule.

Thank you makman94 for your support in helping us understand slide rule formulas while Sub Buddy was in development. We have credited you in the in-app credits, as we said we would when you were in communication with us during its development. We also provide a link back to your SubSim profile page for people to check out your own contributions to the community.

Thank you also Pisces for your help with our advanced maths understanding, another person we happily credited in-app!


[Edited 8-Nov-2020 to state makman94's Manos Bearing Computer's full name. The original abbreviation to MBC was an oversight and we did not mean any disrespect. Our apologies to makman94 for this oversight, and thank you for bringing this to our attention.]