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tmdgm · 12-31-10, 01:15 AM

i'm sorry guys, i've EFFFN had it with this game. I just played again, came across a merchant. I have map contacts on so I can see his ship on my map with scope up. I calc 8 knots marking the distance and measuring time, using the chart on the right side. Didn't even use stadimeter. Enter in range, AOB as i have his course and put in 8 knots. I push the red button on TDC. All torps at min depth. Open all doors.

First torp at 10deg to right (target moving left to right). Second torp at 5 deg to right. Third torp at 0 deg. Last torp at 2 deg left. Guess what. They all go in front of the EFFN ship!!! I throw things and quit.

i replay again exact same scenerio. except this time I take marks more often as i want to see if his speed is changing. He's goin 8 knots, no wait, he's goin 10 knots, then he's goin 6 knots. I'm convinced he's changing speed at 3 min intervals. Remember I have map contacts on, scope up so I can see the contact accurately, and this is at night so should be tough to see my scope. This speed change happen more than i think.

Same ritual as above, I kept in 8 knots in tdc. Hit the red button to track. All doors open. First torp 5 deg to right, second and third torps at 0 deg, fourth at 5 deg to left.

They ALL GO EFFN BEHIND!!!!! WTF???? This is insane. I'm convinced i have a bug or a bad install (using RFB). I can't even consistently miss in the same direction with map contacts on. Don't ask me how you play this game with map contacts off. How is this even remotely possible to miss in opposite directions with the same speed in tdc?!?! Unless the merchant is drastically changing speed!!!

I was ~400-500 yds from target both times firing the torps. Confirmed on nav map and on TDC. AOB was good. Both times had 8 knots, exact same EFFN ship in the exact same scenario.

I did for kicks try checking the stadiometer, looks like it's 200-300 yds off nav map, altho the RFB scope sucks and is hard to line up to the bottom of the ship. Like I said, how you play this game without map contacts on is beyond me. And it does seem like the merchant is rapidly changing speeds. That's the only thing that could possibly be off to cause me to miss at first fore, then aft. And I've NEVER EVER had anything near this in SH3 using GWX and OLC GUI.

Maybe TMO is better, but for now, I'm heading back to SH3, unless i can think of something dumb and obvious, but only thing i can see is the merchant is going from 6 to 10 knots on 2 min intervals. Again sorry for my tantrum but eff this!!

12-31-10, 01:15 AM	#11
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	i'm sorry guys, i've EFFFN had it with this game. I just played again, came across a merchant. I have map contacts on so I can see his ship on my map with scope up. I calc 8 knots marking the distance and measuring time, using the chart on the right side. Didn't even use stadimeter. Enter in range, AOB as i have his course and put in 8 knots. I push the red button on TDC. All torps at min depth. Open all doors. First torp at 10deg to right (target moving left to right). Second torp at 5 deg to right. Third torp at 0 deg. Last torp at 2 deg left. Guess what. They all go in front of the EFFN ship!!! I throw things and quit. i replay again exact same scenerio. except this time I take marks more often as i want to see if his speed is changing. He's goin 8 knots, no wait, he's goin 10 knots, then he's goin 6 knots. I'm convinced he's changing speed at 3 min intervals. Remember I have map contacts on, scope up so I can see the contact accurately, and this is at night so should be tough to see my scope. This speed change happen more than i think. Same ritual as above, I kept in 8 knots in tdc. Hit the red button to track. All doors open. First torp 5 deg to right, second and third torps at 0 deg, fourth at 5 deg to left. They ALL GO EFFN BEHIND!!!!! WTF???? This is insane. I'm convinced i have a bug or a bad install (using RFB). I can't even consistently miss in the same direction with map contacts on. Don't ask me how you play this game with map contacts off. How is this even remotely possible to miss in opposite directions with the same speed in tdc?!?! Unless the merchant is drastically changing speed!!! I was ~400-500 yds from target both times firing the torps. Confirmed on nav map and on TDC. AOB was good. Both times had 8 knots, exact same EFFN ship in the exact same scenario. I did for kicks try checking the stadiometer, looks like it's 200-300 yds off nav map, altho the RFB scope sucks and is hard to line up to the bottom of the ship. Like I said, how you play this game without map contacts on is beyond me. And it does seem like the merchant is rapidly changing speeds. That's the only thing that could possibly be off to cause me to miss at first fore, then aft. And I've NEVER EVER had anything near this in SH3 using GWX and OLC GUI. Maybe TMO is better, but for now, I'm heading back to SH3, unless i can think of something dumb and obvious, but only thing i can see is the merchant is going from 6 to 10 knots on 2 min intervals. Again sorry for my tantrum but eff this!!