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Shoie13 · 02-25-09, 06:09 PM

First off, very new to this game so I'm having problems firing torpedos. I'm no good at it to begin with so I'd like to do it simply. I have a few problems so I'll outline them:

1) I can't tell where ships are when the sonar announces their bearing. Does that mean if they're at bearing 241, I can point my periscope at the 241 notch and that's exactly where the ship is?

2) I generally can't tell where anything is underwater so I started surfacing the ship so they appear on the map, but then I found out you could just raise the periscope and it'd do that to, but either way it gives away your position. How do you find out where a ship is so you can shoot it down without using a periscope or surfacing? I figure it has something to do with bearing.

3) I also tried using the TDC to fire off torpedos, but the torpedos always miss and I can only fire the torpedos in a left direction, so I usually end up spinning around in the water aimlessly until the ship just happens to cros over the torpedo line and I fire off shots. Is there any easier way to fire torpedos in the right direction?

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

02-25-09, 06:09 PM	#1
Shoie13 Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Firing torpedos? First off, very new to this game so I'm having problems firing torpedos. I'm no good at it to begin with so I'd like to do it simply. I have a few problems so I'll outline them: 1) I can't tell where ships are when the sonar announces their bearing. Does that mean if they're at bearing 241, I can point my periscope at the 241 notch and that's exactly where the ship is? 2) I generally can't tell where anything is underwater so I started surfacing the ship so they appear on the map, but then I found out you could just raise the periscope and it'd do that to, but either way it gives away your position. How do you find out where a ship is so you can shoot it down without using a periscope or surfacing? I figure it has something to do with bearing. 3) I also tried using the TDC to fire off torpedos, but the torpedos always miss and I can only fire the torpedos in a left direction, so I usually end up spinning around in the water aimlessly until the ship just happens to cros over the torpedo line and I fire off shots. Is there any easier way to fire torpedos in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!