MODS for TMA and PLOTTING ???

scott613 · 01-19-09, 12:48 PM

All,

As a submariner from back in the 80's - my battle station watch was to run the "GeoPlot"... This was the master plot that all sensor and other plots fed into... It's purpose was to manually generate a firing solution independent of the MK-117 Fire Control system and graphically present it to the "Con"... LOL - most times the CO woulld fire weapons based on the "GeoPlot" solution - if it varied from the MK-117...

We were capable of generating a failry accurate - "good enough for a 48" - solution from bearing only data... With bearings to a contact - speed strips - and - a few different legs we could calculate a course - range - and - speed of a given contact...

I guess my first question would be - did WWII boats use similiar methods we use today ???

My second - are there any mods to address some of the shortcommings in the plotting capability of SH4 ???

We need things that a crew member on the plot would do for us like...

DR own ships movement...
As information is gathered - there should be a way to have it automatically annotated on the plot...
For example - if the guy on the scope "marks" a bearing to a contact - that line should appear on the plot...
If he also gives a range based on the stadimeter - then a range and a bearing should also appear...
We really need time stamps on the annotations to make sense of anything...

I guess this is just a wish list for SHV...

I am currently using RFB and RSRD...

Thanks,
Scott
ET1/SS
USS Flasher (SSN-613)
1985-1991

01-19-09, 12:48 PM	#1
scott613 Mate Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 60 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	MODS for TMA and PLOTTING ??? All, As a submariner from back in the 80's - my battle station watch was to run the "GeoPlot"... This was the master plot that all sensor and other plots fed into... It's purpose was to manually generate a firing solution independent of the MK-117 Fire Control system and graphically present it to the "Con"... LOL - most times the CO woulld fire weapons based on the "GeoPlot" solution - if it varied from the MK-117... We were capable of generating a failry accurate - "good enough for a 48" - solution from bearing only data... With bearings to a contact - speed strips - and - a few different legs we could calculate a course - range - and - speed of a given contact... I guess my first question would be - did WWII boats use similiar methods we use today ??? My second - are there any mods to address some of the shortcommings in the plotting capability of SH4 ??? We need things that a crew member on the plot would do for us like... DR own ships movement... As information is gathered - there should be a way to have it automatically annotated on the plot... For example - if the guy on the scope "marks" a bearing to a contact - that line should appear on the plot... If he also gives a range based on the stadimeter - then a range and a bearing should also appear... We really need time stamps on the annotations to make sense of anything... I guess this is just a wish list for SHV... I am currently using RFB and RSRD... Thanks, Scott ET1/SS USS Flasher (SSN-613) 1985-1991