Manual TDC entry when in automatic mode?
 

Having played SH3, SH4, and Dangerous Waters on and off for a while, I decided to combine the immersion and campaign of SH4 with the sneakiness and sensing ability of Dangerous Waters. I installed the 688i SSN mod on top of SH4, did a test campaign mission (periscope depth / radar depth attacks with auto targeting), and all was well -- if obviously horribly unbalanced. :D

So then it was time to restore some of the difficulty by employing proper SSN procedure, i.e. deep operation and EMCON. I started using MoBo to do pure passive sonar-based TMA on a lone merchant ship, got an excellent solution. So I figured I'd start punching data into the TDC ...

Trouble is, none of the knobs will turn. They work fine in manual mode, but it seems that auto TDC completely disables the ability to enter data manually -- and unlike SH3, there's no manual override button. (Except oddly, there is a manual override if you're driving a U-boat.)

Am I missing something, or is there literally no way to do manual solutions when you've got auto TDC? I'm all for trying 100% manual for a bit (with or without the periscope), but I was sorta hoping to be able to mix it up on a whim, rather than defining it at mission start and that's it.

Easy Aob
 

You need to download the Easy Aob mod, which permits manual entry of speed, aob and range on the Attack Dials with the PK in the off position. This is for use in manual targeting, not automatic targeting. Please refer to my posts 138 and 140 in the thread Easy AOB if this is responsive to you post. It is in the mods forum.

Thanks, that sounds perfect -- I'm giving it a try now.

You cannot do maunal targetting if you have Auto Target Mode on. EasyAOB the does not change that, the rings are still locked in Auto mode.

Yep, you just need to go to options and check what you want to work. Just enable the manual targeting and adjust the realism the way you want. Easy AOB is a great mod, but you still need manual targeting on.

I think my post above clearly qualified that Easy Aob is for use in manual targeting. But, hey, if it doesn't, yours makes it clearer.