Haven't checked this thread for a while...thanks a bunch for the PDF! great great work there man.:up:

So my biggest problem sofar with the game, is that I haven't figured out how to gather the length of the ship. Either by the ship indenfication booklet, or by other means. Someone care to help me out in this area?

Otherwise, it's a great manual, and I use the other parts of it to gather the information for the TDC, it's just my AOB and Speed are always somewhat off and it's somewhat of a miracle I hit the target.

.rar ???????
 

Stupid question but how do I view this file. What is a .rar file and what do I use to view it???

It is a zipped file . You can download Winrar ( a trial version) for free and you are good to go.

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

JCC

It's a great thing that people like you, and others take the time to do tutorials for others to lean the game better. Thx's to all that helps the rest lean to play the game the was it was ment to be played............CHEERS

good work.

just few things.

1. Its not required to put the ship on the horizon line when taking the range with stadimeter. Thats how it worked in sh3. In SH4 all you have to do is match the waterline with the masts. There is no connection with horizon line. Makes taking range a lot easier in rough seas.

2. Aspect Ratio is one method to get the AoB. However historicaly rarely used due to many reasons. At first you must know the aspect ratio, that was not always the case. Then it was less acurate then it appears in sh4 because it was very hard to hold the scope on one place with a boat being shaked around in rough sea. And after all it requires to have the periscope raised for to long time.

Altirnatively you can take two position marks and make a plot. That will not only provide the course (which can be converted into AoB easily) but the speed also.

Basicly youre doing it anyway. When you get speed you also have course information. Just tune in the course in TDC compas and you have your AoB. No calculations needed.

Great work on this Hitman :up:, others as well, just started down the path of manual targetting, it totally changes the experience :yep::rock:


RDP

Hitman - thank you for creating and posting this manual targeting tutorial. I have been leary of manual targeting because of the difficulty in using the manual method and I also enjoyed putting those weapons officers and crew to good use (translation I was lazy)! This manual helped greatly in understanding how to use manual targeting and was easy to understand. Now I am ready to give it a try as I am starting a new career in SH4. Cheers!

Great tutorial

Thank you very much

Regards
Dieter

Any chance you will release this Hitman ??

Thanks very much for your work :)

Can you suggest a recognition manual with ship lengths/AoB aspect ratios displayed for SH4 1.5 with TMO?

i wish i could do anything in this game :-? i can only sink Merchant ships. well i atleast enjoy the game guess i just need some practise :D

I hope HITMAN does not mind, but here is a printer-friendlier version I done....

http://www.alienmoons.com/public/mis...00/smt100r.htm

Demon

Ok..it is accurate. Fair enough....but what I would like to ask is why is this "proof" that this method is "exact"?...more so than other methods?

I am not really being a smart a$$ here. I really would like to know. I am getting solutions that result in hits ...though not always 100% I admit...and my attack screen solutions look every bit as "good "as this one.

http://www.alienmoons.com/public/mis...ges/img_11.jpg



I use only the tools provided by the sim for Range and AOB...and determine the speed from the plotting board. This method seems a bit complicated and to use it in the middle of a heavily escorted convoy attack...without hitting the pause button over and over...(immersion killer for me)... well I dunno...:nope: