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Originally Posted by secretgimp
No need to worry about overwrites or sequence, because the stadimeter portion of the TDC supplies bearing information and the AoB portion supplies relative target track information. Different pieces of data, there is no overwrite.
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First of all, I didn't notice it was your first post until I read Rockin Robbins post. Welcome!!
Second you commented the stadimeter supplies bearing, wouldn't it have to also supply range, wouldn't that be the reason for measuring the mast height? Which of course doesn't apply with this meathod, but that is why I thought they might overwrite, because AOB would give direction the ship is travelling in relation to the sub and I thought that might include range info. Thanks for the step by step. I kind of had the idea, I was doing something wrong because the torp wasn't coming out straight in the attack map. But I finally did it straight and sank two BBs that I set up in Mission Editor. But like I commented I cheated because I already knew the speed because I put it in.
I commented to the others that I am still on auto targeting, I haven't had the game very long and it's the first sub sim I've ever played so I want to learn how to do these things but I also want to be able to have a good time without being frustrated constantly. So every once in a while I try something new and piece by piece it's coming together. I also pick up a few tricks now and then which I'm sure the good players have already done many times. One is attacking convoys, after I shoot I always swing aroung before I drop the scope to see if the DD saw me. A lot of times I see him heading straight at me. So I leave the scope up and 'ahead flank', as he gets close enough I shot one right at his bow the turn a bit port and let one go and a bit starboard and let another one go, about 7 times out of 10, he turns right into it trying to avoid the one head on. I'm not so sure that would work in like TM or Mods where they are more "intelligent" DDs.
I had an unbeliveable day well night (till 2:30 AM.
boy am I tired)last night, I demolished two convoys. I did the first on auto target and the second I tried this technique, but once the ships got scrambling around the speeds changed so I missed a few times. Those misses went by
twice and hit DDs charging in. Next thing I know it's just me and four merchants left. (No DDs, talk about luck) Both convoys only had one ship get away. In fact I ended up having to finish off a couple with the deck gun, no fish left. (I did refit between convoys, I didn't do two convoys with one load of torpedos)
Here's a little tip you may already know but it's the first time it happened to me. I am using the kind of purple color torps (I'll look it up....MK-23) even though they are one speed they seem to work good for me so I buy them at $100 each. Well, if you stop at a refit station they load you with whatever you already have on the boat, but I went right by the refit and went back to port. I had to buy them again. I could have gotten them free if I had stopped at the refit.
Again, Welcome, you will meet a lot of helpful people here. And good hunting. And if you read the recent threads you'll see one about helpful people but one made a comment about the moderators, he hasn't been heard from since. We're pretty sure he is strapped to the conning tower of a gato at 300 ft.
Another thing you might find interesting, I knew if wasn't right but I had no other way to do it since I didn't have the mods. I used the spread angle dial to put the torp straight out the front of the boat and read the angle off of there to get angle A. (resetting to zero after) Then of course after the next step they will be coming straight out the front.
Peabody