Sonar/Auto Crew help

nutworld · 12-23-06, 09:14 AM

I've just started playing DW after a lengthy lay-off. I'm working on my skills using 688i and Seawolf. Once I've got them "down" I'll move on to the russian subs.

I've read as much material as I can find here to help me stop relying on Auto-crew.

I'm wondering, if Auto-crew is as bad as it has been stated.

I've read various posts on here saying that you will do a better job of playing the missions if you don't use the Sonar and TMA auto-crew. Yet I've found that if I have sonar auto-crew on, they "find" contacts alot sooner than I do if auto-crew is off.

If the auto-crew guys are so "bad" how come they pick up contacts sooner in scenarios than I do. Granted I'm not an expert, but I can use my ears and eyes to "see" lines of a contact on the waterfall display.

Why is it when I play a scenario using auto-crew Sonar almost always picks up contacts immediately. Yet when I re-start that same scenario and I turn auto-crew off, I don't "find" contacts" Are my eyes and ears that bad?

I'm not talking about any particular scenario, it just seems like those things happen in general.

12-23-06, 09:14 AM	#1
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Sonar/Auto Crew help I've just started playing DW after a lengthy lay-off. I'm working on my skills using 688i and Seawolf. Once I've got them "down" I'll move on to the russian subs. I've read as much material as I can find here to help me stop relying on Auto-crew. I'm wondering, if Auto-crew is as bad as it has been stated. I've read various posts on here saying that you will do a better job of playing the missions if you don't use the Sonar and TMA auto-crew. Yet I've found that if I have sonar auto-crew on, they "find" contacts alot sooner than I do if auto-crew is off. If the auto-crew guys are so "bad" how come they pick up contacts sooner in scenarios than I do. Granted I'm not an expert, but I can use my ears and eyes to "see" lines of a contact on the waterfall display. Why is it when I play a scenario using auto-crew Sonar almost always picks up contacts immediately. Yet when I re-start that same scenario and I turn auto-crew off, I don't "find" contacts" Are my eyes and ears that bad? I'm not talking about any particular scenario, it just seems like those things happen in general.