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gradenko_2000 · 03-06-25, 01:05 AM

Long-time lurker, first-time poster.

I've gotten pretty confident with doing visual-only, in-game-only attacks, especially with the Easy AOB and MaxOptics mods: identify the target, take a range-and-bearing with the stadimeter, wait a bit, take a range again, get a course and speed estimate from the speed dial, plug in the speed and AOB, keep taking stadimeter readings, adjust as the estimate changes/develops, and so on.

I'd like to ask if anyone has done a deep dive on how the target plot works, specifically:

- is there a preferred or minimum time between taking readings? Intuitively you'd want to do it when there's actually a significant change in the range-and-bearing.

- is there a maximum time between readings?

- I know that you need at least two readings for the thing to work, but does it actually take multiple readings into account, or just the last two?

- It *feels* like the estimates always change significantly on third (and every succeeding odd-numbered) reading that I take. It's enough that I always take readings in pairs now: 1 and 2, then get an estimate. 3 and 4, then get a new estimate. And so on. This is just a gut feel though, and I'm wondering if there's actually anything to this.

- if I'm changing targets, does the game know that?

- if I attack a target, and miss, and come back later when/how does the target plot reset?

03-06-25, 01:05 AM	#1
gradenko_2000 Swabbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	How does the in-game target plot work? Long-time lurker, first-time poster. I've gotten pretty confident with doing visual-only, in-game-only attacks, especially with the Easy AOB and MaxOptics mods: identify the target, take a range-and-bearing with the stadimeter, wait a bit, take a range again, get a course and speed estimate from the speed dial, plug in the speed and AOB, keep taking stadimeter readings, adjust as the estimate changes/develops, and so on. I'd like to ask if anyone has done a deep dive on how the target plot works, specifically: - is there a preferred or minimum time between taking readings? Intuitively you'd want to do it when there's actually a significant change in the range-and-bearing. - is there a maximum time between readings? - I know that you need at least two readings for the thing to work, but does it actually take multiple readings into account, or just the last two? - It feels like the estimates always change significantly on third (and every succeeding odd-numbered) reading that I take. It's enough that I always take readings in pairs now: 1 and 2, then get an estimate. 3 and 4, then get a new estimate. And so on. This is just a gut feel though, and I'm wondering if there's actually anything to this. - if I'm changing targets, does the game know that? - if I attack a target, and miss, and come back later when/how does the target plot reset?