failing ship recognition / targeting view unlocks

[Tozzifan]

Hi,
I've just reentered SH3 and started a new GWX3 career, tasked with pre-war patrols: there I encounter ships not catalogued by recognition manual, according to their flags; I've downloaded and printed a generic recognition table, yet: how can I input the right ship into SH3 TDC? where do I find in SH3 manual the right ship?

BTW: I have target views (UZO, periscopes) whose lock ... unlocks just after a few seconds ... too much distance, isn't it?

what am I missing or forgetting about these two features of the sim?

thanks

[GoldenRivet]

the ship should be identifiable through GWX - the unlock feature occurs on very dark nights, or at long range or bad weather when the target is not very visible.

[Pisces]

I think he can't switch to the other countries in the book... press the country name on the front of the book.


Yes, the lock sometimes looses automatically. I've heard closing range does solve it, but it's not a realistic feature anyway. You don't have to keep it locked forever, just when measuring range, and when doing the speed measurement.

[Tozzifan]

Originally Posted by Pisces

I think he can't switch to the other countries in the book... press the country name on the front of the book.
....

I chose the right flag, yet the there was not that ship under that flag (in my case a polish cargo), thence I recurred to a quite similar one under the no flag chapter (tough not a correct procedure, I guess)

[danlisa]

The country pages/listings in the recog manual only display the warships.

To find a Polish Cargo, you need to use the Merchant page, which if I recall correctly is one click to the left. All generic & all country merchants are the same (apart from nationality) and therefore all have a single section.

Edit - Failing that, when the Vessel ID shows in the targeting notepad, click on the word SHIP and the recog manual will open to that ships page.