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Catfish · 12-09-09, 09:19 AM

Hello Looney,
thanks for coming back to my rescue

You wrote:

" ... you have got an incorrect AOB! The AOB is the angle at wich the enemy captain needs to look to spot your submarine. ...

Yes - but i do enter the correct angle at the notepad. To find out the angle of the bow, i set the outer ring mark to the position, from which i look at the target ship, which is represented by this "needle".

So if i look at an enemy ship, which is steaming towards me at 45 degrees, i set the ring mark to "315" degrees of the ring, if you imagine this ring as a compass rose. So the angle on the bow is 45 degrees. Now going to the torpedo settings screen, it looks like in the screenshot i posted, only now with 45 rather than 30 degrees. And the torpedo wanders off to the right.

It seems adjusting the angle on the bow at the notepad, and checking the box, does not transmit the appropriate angle to the TDC ?

" ... So if the captain has to look to 45° starboard (right) then the aob is 45° right (green). No matter at what angle your periscope (uzo) is looking! ..."

So how DO is set the AOB ?
From your example, if the captain has to look 45 degrees to the right of his course, to see my ship, he will be e.g. 45 degrees left in my UZO, or periscope (supposing two courses like a "T"). So i adjust the ring mark of the notepad in AOB mode, to 45 degrees - again if you imagine this ring as a compass rose. Because this is how i look at the enemy ship.

I take it the small little symbol or needle is the enemy ship, and i adjust MY view to from where i look at it ?

Or not ?

Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

12-09-09, 09:19 AM	#12
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,820 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello Looney, thanks for coming back to my rescue You wrote: " ... you have got an incorrect AOB! The AOB is the angle at wich the enemy captain needs to look to spot your submarine. ... Yes - but i do enter the correct angle at the notepad. To find out the angle of the bow, i set the outer ring mark to the position, from which i look at the target ship, which is represented by this "needle". So if i look at an enemy ship, which is steaming towards me at 45 degrees, i set the ring mark to "315" degrees of the ring, if you imagine this ring as a compass rose. So the angle on the bow is 45 degrees. Now going to the torpedo settings screen, it looks like in the screenshot i posted, only now with 45 rather than 30 degrees. And the torpedo wanders off to the right. It seems adjusting the angle on the bow at the notepad, and checking the box, does not transmit the appropriate angle to the TDC ? " ... So if the captain has to look to 45° starboard (right) then the aob is 45° right (green). No matter at what angle your periscope (uzo) is looking! ..." So how DO is set the AOB ? From your example, if the captain has to look 45 degrees to the right of his course, to see my ship, he will be e.g. 45 degrees left in my UZO, or periscope (supposing two courses like a "T"). So i adjust the ring mark of the notepad in AOB mode, to 45 degrees - again if you imagine this ring as a compass rose. Because this is how i look at the enemy ship. I take it the small little symbol or needle is the enemy ship, and i adjust MY view to from where i look at it ? Or not ? Thanks and greetings, Catfish