Stopwatch stopping to soon!

hunter301 · 01-15-06, 06:52 PM

Why is my stop watch stopping when I leave the screen? I am trying to follow Wazoo's manual targeting tutorials that say to let the stopwatch run for 3 min. 15 sec. but when I leave the screen to go start mapping on F5 or setting up my torpedos on F6 and come back to F3 to stop the watch it has already stopped long before it should have. I can only assume from the short amount of time on the watch that it stops the minute I leave the screen. Not very realistic. Not to mention they recommend lowering the scope during the 3 min. time period. So what I just look at a black screen until the time is up?

hunter301 · 01-16-06, 02:32 AM

33 veiws and no response on something as simple as this. Man is it getting dead in here.

Der Teddy Bar · 01-16-06, 04:03 AM

Make that 40 views :rotfl:

Marhkimov · 01-16-06, 06:06 AM

54

Marhkimov · 01-16-06, 06:07 AM

56

lol... I dunno why you might be having that problem. My stopwatch works fine, and it seems that others' do as well.

All I can say is, "What mods?"

DMarkwick · 01-16-06, 06:10 AM

I don't have that problem, my stopwatch keeps going no matter what screen I go to.

The Noob · 01-16-06, 05:18 PM

My stopwatch just keeps running!
One time i forgot stopping it and it runs runs runs runs runs.........
Till i reach the harbor! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Der Teddy Bar · 01-16-06, 06:54 PM

126!!

FUBAR295 · 01-17-06, 09:47 PM

168

Marhkimov · 01-17-06, 09:49 PM

173

...Our numbers seem to be counting okay. I wonder what's wrong with your stopwatch? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

GT182 · 01-17-06, 09:55 PM

Switch to a Timex. It'll take a lickin and keep onn tickin.

hunter301 · 01-17-06, 11:31 PM

Millions of comedians in this world out of work and they all gotta end up here.

hunter301 · 01-20-06, 01:54 AM

Tested it out quite a few times tonight and the stop watch is stopping when I leave the screen to go to the F6 TDC screen. I set the speed timer to let it run for the 3 minutes and 15 seconds as recommended on Wazoo's manual targeting page. But when I leave the F3 page the stop watch stops at that point and does not go any further. I have to come back and reset it and try to time the speed of target all over again.

Der Teddy Bar · 01-20-06, 02:41 AM

395

I have a 100% hit rate. I use the tried & true 'she'll be right mate' method. This method is very foreign to foreigners

So I may suggest that you start with a 6 pack of your favourite ale before even considering using this method.

So I go to the periscope, make a range estimate and note relative bearing, I then note the time of that minute, plot it in the F5 screen and wait however long I feel like it, it could be 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 3 minutes, what ever, I then take another range estimate and note relative bearing, I then note the time of that minute, plot it in the F5 screen, measure it up and use my bestest guess to wether to use 3 minutes only or to use say 3 minutes and 30 seconds or round it up to 4 minutes.

This is my method, and bloody hell it works for me. Obviously the stop watch isn't going to work when you leave the screen, thats life.

jasondef · 01-23-06, 07:37 PM

Well, I had to this happen to me only a couple of times and so far I've done about 9 missions in my campaign. I've had mostly success with my stopwatch not stopping too soon, scoring torpedo hits along with the usual dud rate here and there, but there was like two times when I fired a torpedo then switched to a different screen for a half minute or so for a couple of commands and adjustments, then switched back to my periscope screen only to see the stopwatch dead and the torpedo running in the water that I had just fired icon in the upper left corner of the screen was gone, when there should've been a good minute left or so before torpedo impact. This bewildered me at first, but I chalked it up to just being a dud and the torpedo crapped out before it could make the full run to the target. However, the only two times it happened was when I switched the screen and then switched it back, 2 times out of many times when I often switch screens and switch back, and its never happened when I've just stayed on the periscope screen for the entire run of the torpedo, and I thought it was just a coincidence that I happened to switch screens on just those two particular torpedoes. But hearing that it happened to you too right when you switched screens makes me think its maybe more than just a coincidence, maybe some small bug? I am running with the latest 1.4v update. So all I can say is that its only happened to me with two torpedoes over 9 missions, and I haven't had to worry about it since then so far, so just play through it and maybe it'll go away like it did for me! That's the best I can tell you. OK, so there you go some real feedback on your question.

On a related note, at this date in time, you're now buried a few pages into the forums database, and increasingly I think newer people to the forum, like myself, don't have the patience or the need to dig that deep and far into the database to come across your post. I'm a little dissapointed with subsim's format here, for both the forum and the mods, as there seems to be no way to search for keywords, and there's know way to organize the mods by date, popularity, keywords etc. I've been on a lot of other mod databases for other games, and they are much better organized with crossreference organizing of topics, dates, # of downloads/replies, popularity, etc. It just seems to be organized according to when the mod/post is submitted and that's it, making it much more painstakingly time consuming to find exactly what you want. Am I the only one who feels this way?

01-15-06, 06:52 PM	#1
hunter301 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Central Florida, USA Posts: 377 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Stopwatch stopping to soon! Why is my stop watch stopping when I leave the screen? I am trying to follow Wazoo's manual targeting tutorials that say to let the stopwatch run for 3 min. 15 sec. but when I leave the screen to go start mapping on F5 or setting up my torpedos on F6 and come back to F3 to stop the watch it has already stopped long before it should have. I can only assume from the short amount of time on the watch that it stops the minute I leave the screen. Not very realistic. Not to mention they recommend lowering the scope during the 3 min. time period. So what I just look at a black screen until the time is up?

01-16-06, 06:06 AM	#4
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	54 __________________ It takes two to tango

01-16-06, 06:07 AM	#5
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	56 lol... I dunno why you might be having that problem. My stopwatch works fine, and it seems that others' do as well. All I can say is, "What mods?" __________________ It takes two to tango

01-17-06, 09:47 PM	#9
FUBAR295 Krusty Krab Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decks awash in the North Atlantic Posts: 1,450 Downloads: 493 Uploads: 0	168 __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.

01-17-06, 09:49 PM	#10
Marhkimov Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bay Area, California, USA Posts: 2,377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	173 ...Our numbers seem to be counting okay. I wonder what's wrong with your stopwatch? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: __________________ It takes two to tango

01-16-06, 02:32 AM	#2
hunter301 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Central Florida, USA Posts: 377 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	33 veiws and no response on something as simple as this. Man is it getting dead in here.

01-16-06, 04:03 AM	#3
Der Teddy Bar Blade Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,388 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Make that 40 views :rotfl:

01-16-06, 06:10 AM	#6
DMarkwick Shore leave Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 70 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't have that problem, my stopwatch keeps going no matter what screen I go to.

01-16-06, 05:18 PM	#7
The Noob The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: de_dust2 Posts: 1,417 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My stopwatch just keeps running! One time i forgot stopping it and it runs runs runs runs runs......... Till i reach the harbor! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

01-16-06, 06:54 PM	#8
Der Teddy Bar Blade Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,388 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	126!!

01-17-06, 09:55 PM	#11
GT182 Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Castle of Delaware Posts: 3,231 Downloads: 658 Uploads: 0	Switch to a Timex. It'll take a lickin and keep onn tickin. __________________ Gary No Borders, No Language, No Culture =s No Country I'm a Deplorable, and proud of it.

01-17-06, 11:31 PM	#12
hunter301 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Central Florida, USA Posts: 377 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Millions of comedians in this world out of work and they all gotta end up here.

01-20-06, 01:54 AM	#13
hunter301 Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Central Florida, USA Posts: 377 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Tested it out quite a few times tonight and the stop watch is stopping when I leave the screen to go to the F6 TDC screen. I set the speed timer to let it run for the 3 minutes and 15 seconds as recommended on Wazoo's manual targeting page. But when I leave the F3 page the stop watch stops at that point and does not go any further. I have to come back and reset it and try to time the speed of target all over again.

01-20-06, 02:41 AM	#14
Der Teddy Bar Blade Master Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,388 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	395 I have a 100% hit rate. I use the tried & true 'she'll be right mate' method. This method is very foreign to foreigners So I may suggest that you start with a 6 pack of your favourite ale before even considering using this method. So I go to the periscope, make a range estimate and note relative bearing, I then note the time of that minute, plot it in the F5 screen and wait however long I feel like it, it could be 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 3 minutes, what ever, I then take another range estimate and note relative bearing, I then note the time of that minute, plot it in the F5 screen, measure it up and use my bestest guess to wether to use 3 minutes only or to use say 3 minutes and 30 seconds or round it up to 4 minutes. This is my method, and bloody hell it works for me. Obviously the stop watch isn't going to work when you leave the screen, thats life.

01-23-06, 07:37 PM	#15
jasondef Weps Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 358 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, I had to this happen to me only a couple of times and so far I've done about 9 missions in my campaign. I've had mostly success with my stopwatch not stopping too soon, scoring torpedo hits along with the usual dud rate here and there, but there was like two times when I fired a torpedo then switched to a different screen for a half minute or so for a couple of commands and adjustments, then switched back to my periscope screen only to see the stopwatch dead and the torpedo running in the water that I had just fired icon in the upper left corner of the screen was gone, when there should've been a good minute left or so before torpedo impact. This bewildered me at first, but I chalked it up to just being a dud and the torpedo crapped out before it could make the full run to the target. However, the only two times it happened was when I switched the screen and then switched it back, 2 times out of many times when I often switch screens and switch back, and its never happened when I've just stayed on the periscope screen for the entire run of the torpedo, and I thought it was just a coincidence that I happened to switch screens on just those two particular torpedoes. But hearing that it happened to you too right when you switched screens makes me think its maybe more than just a coincidence, maybe some small bug? I am running with the latest 1.4v update. So all I can say is that its only happened to me with two torpedoes over 9 missions, and I haven't had to worry about it since then so far, so just play through it and maybe it'll go away like it did for me! That's the best I can tell you. OK, so there you go some real feedback on your question. On a related note, at this date in time, you're now buried a few pages into the forums database, and increasingly I think newer people to the forum, like myself, don't have the patience or the need to dig that deep and far into the database to come across your post. I'm a little dissapointed with subsim's format here, for both the forum and the mods, as there seems to be no way to search for keywords, and there's know way to organize the mods by date, popularity, keywords etc. I've been on a lot of other mod databases for other games, and they are much better organized with crossreference organizing of topics, dates, # of downloads/replies, popularity, etc. It just seems to be organized according to when the mod/post is submitted and that's it, making it much more painstakingly time consuming to find exactly what you want. Am I the only one who feels this way?