aob problem
 

Ok i have done all the steps the manual told me.
I had done a little bit of research to find out what all the terms meant.

But only one question remains : how do i known the angle on bow there is never a button that says calculate or something like that :p

im still trying to sink the japanese ship in the tutorial mission so if anyone can help me out that would be nice

See this post:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...59&postcount=2

Yea that makes sense. Thanks for your help!

srry im a noob
 

srry but i still dont understand it (mostly because my motherlanguage is dutch)

can somebody explain it really step-by-step with some pictures or something because i just dont get it how to aob.

O and another thing is that in that tutorial mission, the estimated speed is always way to fast. I have to put the stadiometer just down right?

Hey baracoeda welcome to the forum

Hier heb je een link naar videotutorials die je een héél eind op weg zullen helpen :
(here a link to some videotutorials that will help you ....)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118923

angle on the bow
 

Barcaeda,

The angle on the bow is the angle formed by the line of the target's course and the line of sight from you to the target. For example, if the target is heading directly at you the angle on the bow AOB is 0 degrees. If the target is heading straight north, and you hare heading straight west, and the target is right in front of you, the angle on the bow is 90 deg right. The Angle on the Bow is used by the TDC to calculate the target's course so the torpedo gyro angle can be set. you estimate the angle on the bow by clicking on the angle button (the middle one in the upper right hand TDC dial) An outline of a ship appears in the dial. Using the mouse pointer, rotate the ship icon until its orientation matches the target's angle on the bow. If the angle on the bow is 90 right, set the ship icon so it points directly to the right. If the target is comming directly at you , set the ship icon to point straight down, etc. Then click the little button on the top of the dial to send the AOB to the TDC. The position keeper will then show the target ships course on the upper left hand dial I hope this helps. Unfortunately , I am not at my home computer so I cannot post images, hopefully someone else can . Joe S

I have been running a few "training missions" and tried to use sonar to send range and bearing to TDC. No luck whatsoever in getting accurate readings. I assume its possible based on results that others have posted, so I dont know why it isnt working. Joe S

Ok bedankt momo (ondertussen had ik al een filmpje gezien op youtube maar kzal ook es naar die kijken)

I have a question that is not related to the topic but i don't want to start a new topic :p

I just quitted carreer because something was wrong : my torpedo's didnt do any damage!!! :o is anyone familiar with this bug.

Is it also normal that when you dive in shallow water ,you dive true rocks and stuff on the bottom? :huh:

I was so happy when one of my torpedos hitted the target but it didnt do **** :nope:

You need to ping three or four times and get the average range. Sound travel is unpredictable due to water and other factors. As far as range, I usually dial this in manually by using the sonar alone. These are not dead on for calculations but certainly any small error will be compensated by getting as close as you can to the target.

Can the speed calculation be off if the ship is zigzagging? :confused:

Is it possible to automatically determine correct speed even if my sub is moving?

Yes, the method used to estimate speed works even if your sub is moving (or changing course).

Well, i've tried this 20 times, every time, after i've sent range to tdc twice, i go to speed and click the click and every time i never get an estimate, all i get is that big stupid clock popping up in middle of my screen.

You either

• didn't install patch 1.3 (that changed that button from "displaying the clock" to "estimating the speed"). If you place the mouse over that button, the tooltip will probably say "Clock" instead of "Estimate target's speed".
• use a mod that is intended for patch 1.2 and modified the "data\menu\menu_1024_768.ini" file, removing the modifications done to it in patch 1.3

To determine the version you're using, look in the bottom right corner of the screen in the game's main menu.

Thanks maeran, i didn't know how to find out what version i had but i thought i downloaded updates when i first tried to get online and assumed i had 1.3, i'll check that out, thanx again.