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Capt. EJ · 02-25-14, 06:17 AM

Hello All,

Two questions here, thought I would wrap them up into a single post to save space!

The first, I have recently started using Manual Targeting of Torpedo's in SHIV, thanks to an excellent post Yngvef over on the Ubisoft website.

The steps I follow to fire manually are as follows.

1.) Identify Target via the ingame ship ID Manual
2.) Plug in Mast Height (Usually via the tick box as I find the numbers on the dial hard to read)
3.) Use Stadiometer to estimate range
4.) Estimate AOB based on visual observation. I usually update this as ship gets closer, hopefully to a 90 degree firing angle.
5.) Estimate speed based on multiple range readings.
6.) When target is at desired distance/angle, I fire the torpedos and hopefully score some hits.

Now my question is how do the torpedo's know the location of the target? The torpedo's know the target might be sitting 10 degrees to Port or Starboard and will turn to match but I cannot see where I have input this information based on the above? When I look in the Position Dial on the torpedo tab I see what I think is the ships estimated position on the upper dial but I have not figured out HOW that information is input.

Since I am using manual targeting I am just wondering how this information is being received by the TDC. Any input here would be appreciated.

2nd Question
Thanks to the tutorial I have become pretty proficient at manual targeting (Stock Game, V1.5) and can hit most vessels at ranges of up to 1,500 yards. Anything over that becomes more troublesome due to, no doubt, inaccuracies in my calculations. Usually in these cases a spread of torps and a fire & hope attitude is utilized (with mixed results!

) So on my first patrol I sunk 11 enemy ships (2 where fishermen) for 76k tons (due to me meeting 4 passenger liners in 2 groups with no escorts! One being a Huge EU liner of 19k tons). Out of all my torpedos (Belive 24?) I hit with 16 of them, 5 missing, 1 dude and 2 premature.

So even with all that, I managed to get 76k tons and a Medal of Honor (I believe this is bugged). Is this "normal"? I know when I played with assisted targeting this would be common but always bugged me as striking me as unrealistic, especially when you read historical accounts where Submarine Aces might only sink a combined 60-90k throughout the entire war.

As such, is there any ways to get more accurate patrol scores or do we just need to accept that having unrealistically high tonnage is the norm? Also, I think what also contributes is the strength of the deck gun, sunk to Modern Passenger liners with the Deck gun after about 20 HE rounds below the waterline. When I read historical accounts it seems 50 - 70 rounts of 5inch are required to sink smaller 1k ton ships.

Sorry for the long post but any thoughts would be appreciated!

02-25-14, 06:17 AM	#1
Capt. EJ Watch Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 18 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Manual Targeting and Tonnage Question Hello All, Two questions here, thought I would wrap them up into a single post to save space! The first, I have recently started using Manual Targeting of Torpedo's in SHIV, thanks to an excellent post Yngvef over on the Ubisoft website. The steps I follow to fire manually are as follows. 1.) Identify Target via the ingame ship ID Manual 2.) Plug in Mast Height (Usually via the tick box as I find the numbers on the dial hard to read) 3.) Use Stadiometer to estimate range 4.) Estimate AOB based on visual observation. I usually update this as ship gets closer, hopefully to a 90 degree firing angle. 5.) Estimate speed based on multiple range readings. 6.) When target is at desired distance/angle, I fire the torpedos and hopefully score some hits. Now my question is how do the torpedo's know the location of the target? The torpedo's know the target might be sitting 10 degrees to Port or Starboard and will turn to match but I cannot see where I have input this information based on the above? When I look in the Position Dial on the torpedo tab I see what I think is the ships estimated position on the upper dial but I have not figured out HOW that information is input. Since I am using manual targeting I am just wondering how this information is being received by the TDC. Any input here would be appreciated. 2nd Question Thanks to the tutorial I have become pretty proficient at manual targeting (Stock Game, V1.5) and can hit most vessels at ranges of up to 1,500 yards. Anything over that becomes more troublesome due to, no doubt, inaccuracies in my calculations. Usually in these cases a spread of torps and a fire & hope attitude is utilized (with mixed results! ) So on my first patrol I sunk 11 enemy ships (2 where fishermen) for 76k tons (due to me meeting 4 passenger liners in 2 groups with no escorts! One being a Huge EU liner of 19k tons). Out of all my torpedos (Belive 24?) I hit with 16 of them, 5 missing, 1 dude and 2 premature. So even with all that, I managed to get 76k tons and a Medal of Honor (I believe this is bugged). Is this "normal"? I know when I played with assisted targeting this would be common but always bugged me as striking me as unrealistic, especially when you read historical accounts where Submarine Aces might only sink a combined 60-90k throughout the entire war. As such, is there any ways to get more accurate patrol scores or do we just need to accept that having unrealistically high tonnage is the norm? Also, I think what also contributes is the strength of the deck gun, sunk to Modern Passenger liners with the Deck gun after about 20 HE rounds below the waterline. When I read historical accounts it seems 50 - 70 rounts of 5inch are required to sink smaller 1k ton ships. Sorry for the long post but any thoughts would be appreciated!