I suppose it's time....

Red October1984 · 01-15-13, 10:58 PM

I need to learn how to do manual targeting. I've used the Weapon Officer long enough. I want to try manual targeting. SH3 and SH4 mainly. I need some challenge and realism. Plus, this will be good for me to do some extra math in my free time.

Stealhead · 01-15-13, 11:18 PM

You know that the best place to ask this is in the SH3 and SH4 thread this thread is for other games not having their own dedicated seaction every Silent Hunter has its own section.

here are some places to take gander of or post a new topic in the SH3 or SH4 thread many avid SH# and SH4 players rarely venture outside those respective forums :
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=182

Red October1984 · 01-16-13, 08:44 AM

I posted here so I could get a good idea how to do it and learn the fine points later

Pisces · 01-16-13, 09:53 AM

It's good you gave it some thought before posting, but really this place isn't appropriate for your question. Actually, you didn't really ask anything. It was more like a statement of desire.

Anyway, SH3 and SH4 (SH5 even) have clearly distinct methods of inputting the targeting data, so there isn't a one-way general approach to do it in both sims. Some concepts are the same, as you need to figure out range and bearing, Angle on the Bow (AOB), speed. But each has a different way of getting them in the game. And some are unimportant in one sim, while required for the TDC in the other sim. It really pays to search the individual forum sections of the games.

As a start, start with the Subskippers Bag of Trick thread (link) in the SH4 section for SH4. And for SH3, the GWX 3 manual (direct link) has an appendix in the back with a clear tutorial on the targeting proces. Which is good and valid enough for stock SH3 too, iirc.

Red October1984 · 01-16-13, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

It's good you gave it some thought before posting, but really this place isn't appropriate for your question. Actually, you didn't really ask anything. It was more like a statement of desire.

Anyway, SH3 and SH4 (SH5 even) have clearly distinct methods of inputting the targeting data, so there isn't a one-way general approach to do it in both sims. Some concepts are the same, as you need to figure out range and bearing, Angle on the Bow (AOB), speed. But each has a different way of getting them in the game. And some are unimportant in one sim, while required for the TDC in the other sim. It really pays to search the individual forum sections of the games.

As a start, start with the Subskippers Bag of Trick thread (link) in the SH4 section for SH4. And for SH3, the GWX 3 manual (direct link) has an appendix in the back with a clear tutorial on the targeting proces. Which is good and valid enough for stock SH3 too, iirc.

Well then....

Thank you anyway. I'll take a good look at those links.

seaniam81 · 01-17-13, 10:43 AM

Good luck my friend. It's not easy. I have yet to hit the barn door from 5 feet away.

01-15-13, 10:58 PM	#1
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I suppose it's time.... I need to learn how to do manual targeting. I've used the Weapon Officer long enough. I want to try manual targeting. SH3 and SH4 mainly. I need some challenge and realism. Plus, this will be good for me to do some extra math in my free time. __________________

01-16-13, 08:44 AM	#3
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	I posted here so I could get a good idea how to do it and learn the fine points later __________________

01-17-13, 10:43 AM	#6
seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	Good luck my friend. It's not easy. I have yet to hit the barn door from 5 feet away. __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

01-15-13, 11:18 PM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	You know that the best place to ask this is in the SH3 and SH4 thread this thread is for other games not having their own dedicated seaction every Silent Hunter has its own section. here are some places to take gander of or post a new topic in the SH3 or SH4 thread many avid SH# and SH4 players rarely venture outside those respective forums : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=146795 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=182

01-16-13, 09:53 AM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	It's good you gave it some thought before posting, but really this place isn't appropriate for your question. Actually, you didn't really ask anything. It was more like a statement of desire. Anyway, SH3 and SH4 (SH5 even) have clearly distinct methods of inputting the targeting data, so there isn't a one-way general approach to do it in both sims. Some concepts are the same, as you need to figure out range and bearing, Angle on the Bow (AOB), speed. But each has a different way of getting them in the game. And some are unimportant in one sim, while required for the TDC in the other sim. It really pays to search the individual forum sections of the games. As a start, start with the Subskippers Bag of Trick thread (link) in the SH4 section for SH4. And for SH3, the GWX 3 manual (direct link) has an appendix in the back with a clear tutorial on the targeting proces. Which is good and valid enough for stock SH3 too, iirc.