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HowardMilner · 03-13-13, 01:20 PM

Hi, first time poster, long time player.

I generally play with contacts off. I like the little extra work load of making my own plots. I plays TMO 2.5 with the TDC / radar mod built in, so plotting contacts beyond visual range is possible with a pretty high degree of accuracy. At least a fairly historic amount of accuracy.

I have also recently started playing without using sonar. That is to say, I do not man the sonar station myself. I only use the info the crew can relay to me when I inquire about sonar contacts. Again, for a game a little more close to historic accuracy. Being able to reliably listen to contacts 20 miles away was not the norm back then from what I have read. It also makes me feel like the crew ratings might actually mean something, and any time I spend putting crew into positions based on their skills might be worth it, at least in the conning tower crew stations.

And the last play tweak I am trying is to not use the time acceleration / stutter trick to detect contacts in my area. I only accelerate to about 512x and keep the stopwatch hidden. This way finding contacts only comes about when the crew alerts me to it.

03-13-13, 01:20 PM	#12
HowardMilner Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: 22207 Posts: 13 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hi, first time poster, long time player. I generally play with contacts off. I like the little extra work load of making my own plots. I plays TMO 2.5 with the TDC / radar mod built in, so plotting contacts beyond visual range is possible with a pretty high degree of accuracy. At least a fairly historic amount of accuracy. I have also recently started playing without using sonar. That is to say, I do not man the sonar station myself. I only use the info the crew can relay to me when I inquire about sonar contacts. Again, for a game a little more close to historic accuracy. Being able to reliably listen to contacts 20 miles away was not the norm back then from what I have read. It also makes me feel like the crew ratings might actually mean something, and any time I spend putting crew into positions based on their skills might be worth it, at least in the conning tower crew stations. And the last play tweak I am trying is to not use the time acceleration / stutter trick to detect contacts in my area. I only accelerate to about 512x and keep the stopwatch hidden. This way finding contacts only comes about when the crew alerts me to it.