Sehr gut! RangeStartUpdatingRadioContactReportsCourse sounds like a good way to handle this issue.:up:

I just installed SH 5 after been playing SH 3 for months. I installed the latest patch 1.2, and installed this super mod!
For the first time I'm trying to use the manual TDC, but I don't seem able to use the data (speed and distance), when using the option "contact updates on".
I know this is cheating, but I'm just an apprentice, so please forgive me. Anyway, the stadimeter doesn't seem to work correct! Is this a bug in the mod, or is it so intended. And if so, is there a way to put it of in the options menu in the file?

Make sure you've properly installed a Dials option. Also make sure you're properly using the standimeter.

Are you sure that air target can be "stationary"? Airplanes have always more than 35kt...
Maybe:
Air=0,81,189,297 ;[kts] (0,150,350,500 kmh)
:hmmm:

Aha, it is indeed a G7e. I don't recall ordering one of those myself. Must be default loadout when given new sub...thanks :)

I installed the all dials option (love the graphics) together (as second) with the major mod, and is doesn't seem to work out. What concerns the stadimeter: as I mentioned in my first post, being new and certainly unexperienced with this rather difficult calculation, I prefer to obtain these data at this moment from the dialogue screen, normally given in the contact report.

Your file front d/l isnt working

Working fine for me. :DL Just dled latest version from it.

more updates: finally decided on what I was going to do with the contact spotted overhaul. Non-radio contacts all get the contact timestamp, course, bearing, true bearing, and intercept. Radio contacts get speed also. Speed is the speed when they were reported and can either be the real speed or a range value via user option ShowContactsActualSpeed. Course is subject to user option RangeStartUpdatingContacts. For non-radio contacts, if the range of the contact is greater than this user option then the course displayed is '---'. Once the range is less than or equal to the user option then the course is displayed (updated in real time as crew should be able to discern the course). Radio contacts are different only in that their initial reported course is displayed when range is greater than the user option. Once range drops below the user option then their course is updated (once again in real time). Course can either be the real course or a range value via user option ShowContactsActualSpeed. All this information is available on the TAI and the nav map (although nav map also gets Lat and Long values for the contact).
I'm unable to get speed info for non-radio contacts and thus that's why only radio contacts get speed. What I'm thinking about doing is when you have a contact selected and you use the XO TDC dialog box to estimate it's speed then I'll update the contact with that speed estimate.
Now I'm working on adding constant bearing to sonar and finishing up the editable ships journal :D

contact greater than user option range:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=2110

contact comes into range:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=2109

Dude, so many are waiting on this (me too) can't wait for the next release... before the weekend? :D

Brilliant solution! Well done!

You might not even need to do that, since if you're in visual range your XO has built in speed estimation abilities already from the stock UI, or you can use the many methods of fixed line or 3:15 rule to figure speed. For those unfamiliar or uncomfortable with those methods, the Show Info screen would display speed as well, per stock.

This is really great work!

Excellent TDW !!!

Just one suggestion regarding the discussion we have had previously: perhaps it could be better to change the name of "True Brg" to call it "Scope Brg" to avoid missunderstandings...

What do you think?


Txema

Can someone upload this to subsim.. the filefront page isnt working :down:

Just tried FF, seems to be fine on this end :yep:

sounds like a very reasonable request....consider it done :up: