Got my first manual targeting kill!

Drakken · 11-27-07, 11:06 PM

Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever!

I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information.

Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

ReallyDedPoet · 11-27-07, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakken

Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever!

I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information.

Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

Very nice, congrats

MT makes all the difference in the game

RDP

Seaman_Hornsby · 11-28-07, 12:06 AM

Arrrrrr, another manual targeting convert!

Keep practicing, and soon you'll wonder how you ever played "auto" at all. Congrats on that first kill!

MorganThePirate · 11-28-07, 12:18 AM

Great. I love MT. Now you can enjoy the 3 w's, wine, weather and women, and live the good sailor adventure.

Snuffy · 11-28-07, 07:38 AM

Congrats!

The more you practice it the better you get.

capt_frank · 11-28-07, 07:58 AM

Make sure you turn off that external camera also!

I recently made the switch to everything checked except fuel and map updates and it's a totally new game.

Havin' fun now!

SemperFi · 11-29-07, 11:08 PM

I just started hitting MT myself. Very cool aspect of this sim as it takes strategy one step further. I think setting up yourself up in a nice spot while not being detected is the tricky part for me. Turning the Japanese fleet into an underwater museum is the easy part

. Like RR said,the last thing to go on my game play settings is going to be external camera....it's just too damn good to let go.

Drakken · 12-02-07, 02:00 AM

Gah, I'm so tired of miscalculating the range!

I'm in front of a carrier task force heading for Java. The carriers are too close to prepare my solution, so I aim for the next best thing, a Maya heavy cruiser 8,000 feet away. I use the stadimeter, aiming at the highest point I can see, but my calculation vary each time by 2,000 + or -!

And since the task force is heading directly for me, I don't have a lot of leeway. I've been reloading my game 10 times to aim the best I can, with no avail.

Shyzar · 12-02-07, 11:33 AM

Are, you sure it was a Maya? because if not, the range can be way off.

If you are sure it's a Maya, what I would do is play with map contacts on, and when you measure range, check with the attack map, adjust your range accordingly, and see where your errors are.

If that still doesn't help, make sure, that the second image, is right on the masts.

And if none of this works, just stick with it, I was thinking of quitting Manuel TDC just yesterday, but I'm determined to be able to play without targeting assistance.

mrbeast · 12-02-07, 12:04 PM

To: Lt Cmdr Drakken
From: SUBCOMPAC

Congrats on first manual sinking X Keep up good work X Please note in all future comms torpedoes should be refered to as 'fish' not 'Eels' in accordance with USN parlance X When next in officer's mess have beer on house X Good hunting Skipper X

kapitan_zur_see · 12-02-07, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakken

Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever!

I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information.

Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

congrats

Welcome in the world of obsessed subsimmers lol
Manual targeting or nothing my boy! even in the middle of a night, with not even a glitch of light outside, and through 15 windspeed with the periscope moving lie crazy lol

11-27-07, 11:06 PM	#1
Drakken Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 194 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Got my first manual targeting kill! Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever! I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information. Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

11-28-07, 12:06 AM	#3
Seaman_Hornsby Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 203 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Arrrrrr, another manual targeting convert! Keep practicing, and soon you'll wonder how you ever played "auto" at all. Congrats on that first kill! __________________ Friends, when once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid farewell to hopes and fears, otherwise death or deliverance will both come too late to save his honor and his reason.

11-28-07, 12:18 AM	#4
MorganThePirate Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On battle stations in sunny AZ Posts: 54 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Now the fun begins Great. I love MT. Now you can enjoy the 3 w's, wine, weather and women, and live the good sailor adventure.

11-28-07, 07:38 AM	#5
Snuffy XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 420 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Congrats! The more you practice it the better you get. __________________ ----------------- Snuffy!

11-29-07, 11:08 PM	#7
SemperFi Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 9 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I just started hitting MT myself. Very cool aspect of this sim as it takes strategy one step further. I think setting up yourself up in a nice spot while not being detected is the tricky part for me. Turning the Japanese fleet into an underwater museum is the easy part. Like RR said,the last thing to go on my game play settings is going to be external camera....it's just too damn good to let go. __________________ Man by God, Marine by choice USS Boxer, USS Tarawa Proud Veteran

11-28-07, 07:58 AM	#6
capt_frank Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the North Carolina Sticks Posts: 335 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Make sure you turn off that external camera also! I recently made the switch to everything checked except fuel and map updates and it's a totally new game. Havin' fun now!

12-02-07, 02:00 AM	#8
Drakken Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 194 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Gah, I'm so tired of miscalculating the range! I'm in front of a carrier task force heading for Java. The carriers are too close to prepare my solution, so I aim for the next best thing, a Maya heavy cruiser 8,000 feet away. I use the stadimeter, aiming at the highest point I can see, but my calculation vary each time by 2,000 + or -! And since the task force is heading directly for me, I don't have a lot of leeway. I've been reloading my game 10 times to aim the best I can, with no avail.

12-02-07, 11:33 AM	#9
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Are, you sure it was a Maya? because if not, the range can be way off. If you are sure it's a Maya, what I would do is play with map contacts on, and when you measure range, check with the attack map, adjust your range accordingly, and see where your errors are. If that still doesn't help, make sure, that the second image, is right on the masts. And if none of this works, just stick with it, I was thinking of quitting Manuel TDC just yesterday, but I'm determined to be able to play without targeting assistance. __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz

12-02-07, 12:04 PM	#10
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To: Lt Cmdr Drakken From: SUBCOMPAC Congrats on first manual sinking X Keep up good work X Please note in all future comms torpedoes should be refered to as 'fish' not 'Eels' in accordance with USN parlance X When next in officer's mess have beer on house X Good hunting Skipper X __________________