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This is a nearly perfect list. Step c is not necessary though, as at zero speed, range cancels out. The range can be whatever garbage resides in the TDC when you turn it on. I tried it out last night during an actual career, and verified that setting any range (mine was zero, having counted down to that from a previous AOB 0º shot) is not necessary.
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Try a 0 kt, 90 deg reletive bearing shot with the range at 300 yards and try it again with the range at 1200 yards and tell me the range doesn't matter.
The short range shot will set the gyro angle for greater than a 90 degree turn since the torpedo doesn't curve instantly but will go considerably forward before making the turn and the TDC knows this and will set a higher than normal turn on the torpedo to turn back after going forward to hit the short ranged target.
You can easily miss a stopped ship at 2000 yards if you point-shoot using 300 yards instead of 1200 if the ship isn't closer than +/- 45 deg from straight ahead.