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Originally Posted by I'm goin' down
the above radar mod is what Armistead is referring to. I would think again before I learned the game using TMO playing with map contacts off. The 3D TDC mod has many steps, and it slows the time it takes attack down a REALLLLLLY long time. If you are a glutton for punishment you will love it. And you will be able to plot course, get speed calcs, take out carriers at night in a hurricane (or cyclone), and win the medal on honor. You will also lose your job, wife and kids, and the dog will walk out on you too.
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The good thing with the radar mod, if you get two good measurements with it, you can actually use the 3 minute rule with it and get course and speed and then set your intercept. Damn lot faster than when we didn't have it.
I'm doing this patrol contact and cams off. Just started out of Manila and attack the first Lingayen invasion force. Don't have the radar mod this go round and do I miss it, but don't have surface radar anyway. I did OK my first setup, had to dive about 9000 yards in front, but off a starboard track. Got up to scope depth the Large Pass. liner I wanted was bearing 270 with a 0 AOB at 1100 yards. I hit flank in just enough time to use my sterns and sunk it with two, shot the large tanker with two, hard flank left and shot the Kuma with 4 and sunk it. Deep to evade. I spent the next two days chasing the group as it went south, but it turned back north and around I go again. Got chased away by the DD's a few times. Finally got on track and sunk a Nagara and shot 4 more at the listing tanker, had to head deep with escorts on my arse. Somehow all 4 missed.
Guess what I'm getting at...If I had contacts and cams on I can do all of this in one go round in about a hour at the most. I've been at this for 3 hours and right now have escorts pinging me. That's the hardest thing no cam or contacts, damn slow play, almost real time evading. I can hardly stand it. Wish we could at least get sonar lines with contacts off.