Realism of the Map and WO-generated Fire Control Solutions

Sheppard · 08-18-09, 12:29 AM

In Silent Hunter 3 and 4; I always disable the mods that remove the ability to see units' positions on the map when my periscope is up or when I'm running on the surface, because I simply assume that it's my crew that's taking down the bearings from the guy manning the periscope and plotting them on the map.

It would be awesome if in SH5; the quality of your map depended entirely on how rested and well trained your crew was -- a poorly trained bridge crew that's tired would plot an attack map that bore no relation to reality -- ships misidentified, ranges wrong, bearings wrong; and slow to update.

Likewise; when I lock onto a ship and tell my Weapons officer to give me a bearing to fire in SH3; I wished that the accuracy and speed in which he generated a fire control solution depended on his experience.

Of course, there would have to be a "Debug" mode, which showed the actual AOB, range, speed of the ships and the ones generated by your Fire control team so that you'd be able to tell if it was a bug in the game or not...

08-18-09, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheppard

In Silent Hunter 3 and 4; I always disable the mods that remove the ability to see units' positions on the map when my periscope is up or when I'm running on the surface, because I simply assume that it's my crew that's taking down the bearings from the guy manning the periscope and plotting them on the map.

And I assume it is the captain himself who is manning the periscope and ordering to set Speed, Range, AOB to the crew into TDC panel.

And having ship icons on a nav map with GPS precision is also not cool at all in WW2 era.

Blood_splat · 08-18-09, 03:24 AM

"It would be awesome if in SH5; the quality of your map depended entirely on how rested and well trained your crew was -- a poorly trained bridge crew that's tired would plot an attack map that bore no relation to reality -- ships misidentified, ranges wrong, bearings wrong; and slow to update."

Yeah but during combat wouln't adrenalin kick in and make your crew focus on the task at hand?

I don't think being tired would cut it with most sub commanders for an excuse.

Apocal · 12-28-09, 02:49 AM

Just wanted to see how many others are interested in a feature like this. Because I am.

VirtualVikingX · 12-28-09, 05:05 AM

I'm with you on this Apo.

sayaret · 12-28-09, 05:31 AM

i get your point, but as somone said already, things like experience or being tired in reality wouldnt affect map plotting at all. These are two diffrent things.

08-18-09, 12:29 AM	#1
Sheppard Captain of the Nautilus Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 0	Realism of the Map and WO-generated Fire Control Solutions In Silent Hunter 3 and 4; I always disable the mods that remove the ability to see units' positions on the map when my periscope is up or when I'm running on the surface, because I simply assume that it's my crew that's taking down the bearings from the guy manning the periscope and plotting them on the map. It would be awesome if in SH5; the quality of your map depended entirely on how rested and well trained your crew was -- a poorly trained bridge crew that's tired would plot an attack map that bore no relation to reality -- ships misidentified, ranges wrong, bearings wrong; and slow to update. Likewise; when I lock onto a ship and tell my Weapons officer to give me a bearing to fire in SH3; I wished that the accuracy and speed in which he generated a fire control solution depended on his experience. Of course, there would have to be a "Debug" mode, which showed the actual AOB, range, speed of the ships and the ones generated by your Fire control team so that you'd be able to tell if it was a bug in the game or not...

08-18-09, 03:24 AM	#3
Blood_splat Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Beneath the waves Posts: 568 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	"It would be awesome if in SH5; the quality of your map depended entirely on how rested and well trained your crew was -- a poorly trained bridge crew that's tired would plot an attack map that bore no relation to reality -- ships misidentified, ranges wrong, bearings wrong; and slow to update." Yeah but during combat wouln't adrenalin kick in and make your crew focus on the task at hand? I don't think being tired would cut it with most sub commanders for an excuse.

12-28-09, 02:49 AM	#4
Apocal Navy Dude Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 176 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Just wanted to see how many others are interested in a feature like this. Because I am.

12-28-09, 05:05 AM	#5
VirtualVikingX Captain Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 262 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	I'm with you on this Apo.

12-28-09, 05:31 AM	#6
sayaret Watch Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 27 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	i get your point, but as somone said already, things like experience or being tired in reality wouldnt affect map plotting at all. These are two diffrent things.