The Hunt: An illustrated example of how to sink a ship - Page 2

audio-junkie · 11-06-12, 10:10 AM

What an awesome guide! I can't wait to begin stalking reported contacts. I usually missed many of them before, but now I have a surefire way of making sure I arrive ahead of schedule and sending those contacts to the Deep Six.

Steve Gad · 07-31-13, 08:21 AM

WOW! Pretty amazing read, especially since my uniform is still brand new and without a single patch of sweat anywhere. I'm sure that'll change as soon as I get out of the Academy. I'm stuck on the shelling exam at the moment, so I'm hunting for some tips on how not to waste all my ammo blowing up wooden crates on deck!

Thanks again, this will come in very handy.

Pisces · 07-31-13, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Gad

WOW! Pretty amazing read, especially since my uniform is still brand new and without a single patch of sweat anywhere. I'm sure that'll change as soon as I get out of the Academy. I'm stuck on the shelling exam at the moment, so I'm hunting for some tips on how not to waste all my ammo blowing up wooden crates on deck!

Thanks again, this will come in very handy.

Do you have stock SH3, or modded the game, like with GWX?

The bigger mods changed the sinking mechanics to prefer damage from flooding, instead of direct hitpoints. So, put some holes below the waterline, and in different spots along the hull. Not all in one spot.

ntz · 08-11-13, 07:57 AM

yeah, for single target is asking watch officer for measuring its course and speed good if you don't have god's eye enabled (funny is, that all of the most serious guides about mathematical conclusion of speed and course was built upon the marking exact position via enabled god's eye) .. problem is, if you're targeting more ships from convoy .. your WO will still refer only the closest one ..

i play on 100% realism and it's very hard to get enemy's speed from one spot by measuring ..

to be honest i usually make all decisions off hand by some initial measuring .. distance is obvious (it starts to be precise below 3000m), AOB is tricky but still can be derived by eye and the speed should be also precise if you have good watching position (AOB 60-120, 150-210) ..

my second approach is to line up for a while with the target and get this way its course and speed .. disadvantage is that you should count with submerged speed so you'll hardly track this way even medium speed targets

werwulf · 08-21-13, 09:22 PM

Thank you for this thread! I downloaded the file, so I will have a copy of it to explore at leisure. For those of us who are not really math experts, it is always great to have step by step instructions!

Thank you once again.

Wassail.

GalaxyMaster06 · 10-01-17, 04:00 AM

This guide helped me a BUNCH.
I managed to sink 10 ships using information from this guide, a 3 of them were warships.
Thank you

CTU_Clay · 10-01-17, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by GalaxyMaster06

This guide helped me a BUNCH.
I managed to sink 10 ships using information from this guide, a 3 of them were warships.
Thank you

Your first post. Welcome to SubSim GalaxyMaster06!

Sulikate · 02-03-06, 07:48 PM

great job, it makes TCD much clearer

robj250 · 05-16-06, 10:51 AM

Great Post. It will most certainly help me to understand what to do with the tools.

I copied it and pasted it into my word processor and labelled the "snaps". Thanks

Myxale · 05-16-06, 11:43 AM

Enigma · 05-16-06, 11:52 AM

Very nice of you to take the time to post that, sir. Cheers.

GreyOctober · 05-16-06, 01:25 PM

I propose a sticky!

AWESOME!

Safe-Keeper · 06-23-06, 07:52 AM

Great tutorial, thanks a lot!

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Some people get confused and think that the aid is upside down

The course-plotting aid (I think) is upside-down, too. It specifically shows "N" as South and vice-versa. Is that, too, supposed to be that way for whatever odd reason? Should've been possible to turn them around, you can in reality, you know:p.

06-23-06, 11:09 AM

When you use it the line behind the cursor drags over the appropriate degree for the course. If it was 'right-side up' the line would show the degrees for the opposite course.

Bum · 06-23-06, 10:48 PM

bravo!

Why stop with almost 100% realism? Turn off the navmap updates, easy to plot the target track manually if you can do the torpedo computations

Just mark the bearing and range, use the AOB to get a rough course, then repeat every 3 minutes, soon you will have a decent track on the map. I find it interesting when the target is zig-zagging, you can get in position submerged and await his last zig onto your intercept point.

07-31-13, 08:21 AM	#2
Steve Gad Bosun Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mansfield, Notts. UK Posts: 69 Downloads: 521 Uploads: 0	WOW! WOW! Pretty amazing read, especially since my uniform is still brand new and without a single patch of sweat anywhere. I'm sure that'll change as soon as I get out of the Academy. I'm stuck on the shelling exam at the moment, so I'm hunting for some tips on how not to waste all my ammo blowing up wooden crates on deck! Thanks again, this will come in very handy.

08-21-13, 09:22 PM	#5
werwulf Watch Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Near Calgary, Alta. Posts: 25 Downloads: 268 Uploads: 0	Thank you for this thread! I downloaded the file, so I will have a copy of it to explore at leisure. For those of us who are not really math experts, it is always great to have step by step instructions! Thank you once again. Wassail. __________________ "Only if for a Night" - Florence + the Machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKTfugNaQpk

10-01-17, 04:00 AM	#6
GalaxyMaster06 Bilge Rat Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 1 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Amazing, just amazing This guide helped me a BUNCH. I managed to sink 10 ships using information from this guide, a 3 of them were warships. Thank you

02-03-06, 07:48 PM	#8
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	great job, it makes TCD much clearer __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

05-16-06, 11:43 AM	#10
Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	__________________ SH3+GWX SH5+WoS Still Sailing....still Deep

11-06-12, 10:10 AM	#1
audio-junkie Nub Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Maryland Posts: 2 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	What an awesome guide! I can't wait to begin stalking reported contacts. I usually missed many of them before, but now I have a surefire way of making sure I arrive ahead of schedule and sending those contacts to the Deep Six.

08-11-13, 07:57 AM	#4
ntz Watch Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 17 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	yeah, for single target is asking watch officer for measuring its course and speed good if you don't have god's eye enabled (funny is, that all of the most serious guides about mathematical conclusion of speed and course was built upon the marking exact position via enabled god's eye) .. problem is, if you're targeting more ships from convoy .. your WO will still refer only the closest one .. i play on 100% realism and it's very hard to get enemy's speed from one spot by measuring .. to be honest i usually make all decisions off hand by some initial measuring .. distance is obvious (it starts to be precise below 3000m), AOB is tricky but still can be derived by eye and the speed should be also precise if you have good watching position (AOB 60-120, 150-210) .. my second approach is to line up for a while with the target and get this way its course and speed .. disadvantage is that you should count with submerged speed so you'll hardly track this way even medium speed targets

05-16-06, 10:51 AM	#9
robj250 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Port Hardy, BC, Canada 75 yo with M.S. & C.O.P.D. & heart problems Posts: 1,930 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Great Post. It will most certainly help me to understand what to do with the tools. I copied it and pasted it into my word processor and labelled the "snaps". Thanks

05-16-06, 11:52 AM	#11
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Very nice of you to take the time to post that, sir. Cheers. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

05-16-06, 01:25 PM	#12
GreyOctober Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 394 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	I propose a sticky! AWESOME! __________________

06-23-06, 11:09 AM	#14
Sailor Steve Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	When you use it the line behind the cursor drags over the appropriate degree for the course. If it was 'right-side up' the line would show the degrees for the opposite course.

06-23-06, 10:48 PM	#15
Bum Gunner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Death Valley Posts: 97 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	bravo! Why stop with almost 100% realism? Turn off the navmap updates, easy to plot the target track manually if you can do the torpedo computations Just mark the bearing and range, use the AOB to get a rough course, then repeat every 3 minutes, soon you will have a decent track on the map. I find it interesting when the target is zig-zagging, you can get in position submerged and await his last zig onto your intercept point.