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Originally Posted by greyrider
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when the target is held constant at a bearing, and does mot advance or decrease in bearings.
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The problem is that in alot of cases you encounter the target with a speed and AOB that does not allow you to keep it on a steady bearing with only 2 knots. When you have encountered the target the AOB may have advanced to well over 30 degrees. Assuming you look on his bow with 10 degrees and make speed determinations of that is just silly. And in those situations I still want to know where he is going.
I have not tried the mission as I have no SH4 installed at the moment. But maybe I'll try to recreate it on paper.
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Originally Posted by greyrider
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pieces brought up somethings such as using other bearings like 270 or 90, if someone were to do that, and try that way, their going to find the target going behind them instead of in front of them, and now will have to turn again,
and start over.
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You misunderstood. Yes the target's sound may go beyond 270 or below 90 degrees. (or in a backwards direction) But then you should accelerate if the sound crosses towards your bow, and decellerate or stop if it crosses towards your aft. The trick is trying to keep him on 90/270 'on average', and thus your speed wil be an 'average'. You definately should not turn. This messes up the attempt to keep a steady bearing. If you cannot get his sound to come back to the 90/270 degree and you are at maximum speed all the time then you have to give up. He is simply too fast with an AOB near 90. But since US subs can use the hydrophone when surfaced I don't see this happening with most merchants.
Because the astrological symbolism of my starsign sometimes actually makes me feel like that, I won't hold this against you!
