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Originally Posted by Herman
The control panel shows different throttle settings such as 1/3, 2/3, Stnd, Full, and Flank. Will the player be able to issue specific speed commands like 17kts?
Naval War Arctic Circle only allowed ships to have generic throttle settings. There was no way to order all ships to move at the same speed. Giving a group of different ships the 'cruise speed' command meant they got scattered, since each ship had a different setting for cruise speed. It was a ridiculous situation, IMHO.
Your description of the 'auto-steer' function seems much more reasonable than the manual micro-management hell required by Cold waters; where the player literally had to play the role of dive officer and helmsman in order to conduct course and depth corrections.
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Notice the + and - buttons on either side of the ordered settings. Those allow you to order a speed to the knot.
As for formations, that's always rather annoying when a game doesn't handle those well. I'm thinking of making them like waypoints in some way.
And to be fair, in Cold Waters you could order depth to the nearest 50 feet and order a course. No waypoints, though.