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Wim Libaers · 08-21-06, 03:05 PM

First, I'd like to stress that I like DW. This is not a thread to say how horrible DW is, because it isn't. However, there is always room for improvement, and certain changes would be nice. This is just to see which changes people would like most.

My two leaders:

- The "realistic" sub physics. Something strange is going on when you get a huge down angle during an ascent, including the sub slowing down and even going backwards. It would not be so bad if it only was a display problem, but it has an impact on how the game is played. The long time required for depth changes and the occasional TA cut are problems.

- Contact marking oddities. Drop a buoy contact on the navmap and you may no longer be able to mark it again later from the gram. Or the helo dipper may give incorrect bearings when first lowered into the water. Or updating contact bearings from a gram display may fail. clicking the frequency dot instead of trying to mark a bearing may help here, but the system seems a little hard to use, and with little information on success on the nav map (I sometimes see long ages on merged contacts, even on those where I have a good and recently marked or even tracked contact).

08-21-06, 03:05 PM	#1
Wim Libaers Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Flanders Posts: 569 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Worst annoyances in DW? First, I'd like to stress that I like DW. This is not a thread to say how horrible DW is, because it isn't. However, there is always room for improvement, and certain changes would be nice. This is just to see which changes people would like most. My two leaders: - The "realistic" sub physics. Something strange is going on when you get a huge down angle during an ascent, including the sub slowing down and even going backwards. It would not be so bad if it only was a display problem, but it has an impact on how the game is played. The long time required for depth changes and the occasional TA cut are problems. - Contact marking oddities. Drop a buoy contact on the navmap and you may no longer be able to mark it again later from the gram. Or the helo dipper may give incorrect bearings when first lowered into the water. Or updating contact bearings from a gram display may fail. clicking the frequency dot instead of trying to mark a bearing may help here, but the system seems a little hard to use, and with little information on success on the nav map (I sometimes see long ages on merged contacts, even on those where I have a good and recently marked or even tracked contact).