Manual targeting question

[Whippy]

Hi skippers,

As we all have our own preferences when it comes to realism and targeting technique, I'm not sure if anyone will be able to help me, but let me ask.

I use "full realism" in the SHIV options with the exception of allowing outside views. I also "cheat" by letting my stopwatch calculate target speed for me (with some exceptions)

When entering a target ship's data in the TDC, I find that I can usually enter very confident data with the exception of the targets angle.

There was a trick to calculating this that someone here told me about once but I have forgotten the trick and forum searches are coming up with nothing either.

Everything I have found on the forums is much more difficult than it has to be from what I remember. All I can say about the trick is that it went something like this:

step 1: have the crew report nearest sighting and the man gives you the target's course (yes, another "cheat" lol)

step 2: subtract (or add) your true course from the target's true course and then add (or subtract) 180

step 3: use the number that you get and select the same number off the target's angle "wheel" on the TDC.

Does this method sound at all familiar to anyone? It was a very long time ago when someone gave me this tip and it may have even been for SHIII

I am now able to make some very excellent hits by just eyeballing the angles, but I like to be SURE I am right rather than relying on such an inconsistant method as I currently use.

The TDC target angle computer has numbers around the edge for a reason, I'd like to use them to make my job easier.