Automatic TDC dosen`t work

[jorgeneo560]

I am ver very disapointed with this ****ing game , i have downloaded and installed correctly all the parches and 1.3 too and the tdc system dosent work some times , and i dont have time to know who to use the manual system becouse the unuversity demand a lot of time, anybody know how to fix this problem? please help me before i crack the dvd and install the previous game
please email me if anybody have a parche that can solve the problem

[FAdmiral]

I have had a bad install of the original game and one of the patches.
I will suggest what I did the last time. Uninstall everything (and I mean
everything related to SH4) reinstall the game, patch to 1.3 only.
Be careful about adding mods after this cause they can cause conflicts
sometimes. Do tests on mission & single patrols till you achieve what
you want in the game. Then tackle the campaigns....

JIM

[jorgeneo560]

:S i have done that millons of times anyway thanks for you help, i have seen that some files with the same name are in the previous version, i will try to import the old tdc system to the game

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by jorgeneo560

i have seen that some files with the same name are in the previous version, i will try to import the old tdc system to the game

There is no "old TDC system." You just aren't calculating your solutions right. Watch TDC training vidoes created by WernerSobe and stickied in this forum to see how to use the TDC properly.

[jorgeneo560]

you dosent understand or i am wrong, in the game options are a button that says if you lock a craft with the periscope or tbt the solution on tdc will be automatic, and sometimes work and others don´t work and that have me very very angry
i cant beleve that a corporation like ubisoft launch to the market a game with a millons of bugs and after a second parche they says that the game will be no longer soported .

[donut]

Since you may be the only confirmation.It really sounds like your install is corrupted. Reinstall advised

[silentscorp1971]

Not exactly sure what the problem is, are you having trouble with auto-tdc being auto.. or manual-tdc being manual?

If you are using auto-tdc (as in you have unchecked the "use manual tdc" button in the options panel) you simply have to place the periscope vertical crosshair onto a ship and it will automate do the solution for you. You will see a small arrow icon under the ship and its color will denote the quailty of the solution (red=bad, green=good). To "lock" a target click the "L" key by default, this simply locks the periscope onto the ships middle so it follows it without you having to turn the periscope. This works in manual or auto tdc.

There is no way to toggle between auto/manual during a game. If your on auto it will automatically calculate a solution for whatever ship is currently under the periscope. If its manual you have to do it all by hand. Lock periscope is just that. Locks periscope view on current target.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by jorgeneo560

becouse the unuversity demand a lot of time

Woah... :hmm:

Im guessing he never broke the 'lock' from the previous target or the periscope was below water surface breaking lock.

Or firing from 10,000 yards out.

In a nutshell auto TDC does work. Almost too well. If you know all the 'tricks'.

[jorgeneo560]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Woah... :hmm:

Im guessing he never broke the 'lock' from the previous target or the periscope was below water surface breaking lock.

Or firing from 10,000 yards out.

In a nutshell auto TDC does work. Almost too well. If you know all the 'tricks'.

can you read al my post before answer? i say that i complete the sh3 career two time and i know very very well that you cant fire a torpedo to a ship more than 5000 meters becouse can fail, and when the tdc fails it dosen`t mather whow afar is the craft and i have tested the tdc on fine water on day calm sea and sunny and fails too.
And i never broke the lock for a previos ship becouse after you have destroy that ship it automatic broke the lock even when the tdc dosen`t work in automatic mode, so for post here play the game first

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by jorgeneo560

can you read al my post before answer? i say that i complete the sh3 career two time and i know very very well that you cant fire a torpedo to a ship more than 5000 meters becouse can fail, and when the tdc fails it dosen`t mather whow afar is the craft and i have tested the tdc on fine water on day calm sea and sunny and fails too.
And i never broke the lock for a previos ship becouse after you have destroy that ship it automatic broke the lock even when the tdc dosen`t work in automatic mode, so for post here play the game first

All you have to do is tap your space bar that will break the 'lock'.

Ill leave it at that.

[donut]

Just noticed,this happened to us last nite,35th career patrol, "Once", Small Gun Boat,At 20 degrees Stb.,2,500 yds heading 200 degrees,slow. Our heading 280,At PD,no could lock in scope,no sonar indication,but I can see it ! Radar indicates correctly she is there.must be new NIP cloaking devise,you can't be stealthy enough,SHIV is going to kill your ass,:rotfl: The AI is at war with US.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by donut

Just noticed,this happened to us last nite,35th career patrol, "Once", Small Gun Boat,At 20 degrees Stb.,2,500 yds heading 200 degrees,slow. Our heading 280,At PD,no could lock in scope,no sonar indication,but I can see it ! Radar indicates correctly she is there.must be new NIP cloaking devise,you can't be stealthy enough,SHIV is going to kill your ass,:rotfl: The AI is at war with US.

Did you have the stern tubes selected while the target was off your bow ?

[maerean_m]

Originally Posted by jorgeneo560

I am ver very disapointed with this ****ing game , i have downloaded and installed correctly all the parches and 1.3 too and the tdc system dosent work some times

With automatic targeting you point the periscope at the target and the solution is computed instantly (the gyro angle, which is relative to the heading of the sub). If you’re changing course while firing torpedoes, they will always miss. So always go in a straight line when firing torpedoes.