question on gyro angle and moving periscope to target front of ship

tmdgm · 07-24-10, 02:03 PM

In SH3, once you locked the target with all info, you could move the periscope around and target the front or back of the ship.

Is it the same in SH4? That doesn't seem to work that way. Seems if you want to target the front or back, you use the spread dial on the torpedo function.

Munchausen · 07-24-10, 08:37 PM

In auto mode, no need to lock the target. Just launch a torpedo as the intended part of the ship passes the crosshairs. In manual mode, it works much the same way ... assuming you've made the proper calculations and set them in the TDC.

Deephunter · 07-24-10, 11:28 PM

When I played in auto mode, I locked the target for a few seconds to make sure the TDC/PK got all their numbers right. Then I unlocked and swept the periscope to hit the "juicy" spots on the target. Worked for me...

Armistead · 07-25-10, 12:15 AM

You can basically do the same. Using the lock funtion, stad, aob, ect..do all the standard things you would do manual targeting. Once you have it all set, unlock the scope and place in in front of the target, but be sure to click that new bearing, then shoot at places you want to hit as the target crosses the wire.

I find this much better shooting spreads.

tmdgm · 07-25-10, 05:29 PM

thx, just didn't seem like the gyro angle and stuff was changing when i unlocked and moved the scope around.

Munchausen · 07-26-10, 10:42 AM

It doesn't. That's why you need to send the new bearing to the TDC yourself.

07-24-10, 02:03 PM	#1
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	question on gyro angle and moving periscope to target front of ship In SH3, once you locked the target with all info, you could move the periscope around and target the front or back of the ship. Is it the same in SH4? That doesn't seem to work that way. Seems if you want to target the front or back, you use the spread dial on the torpedo function.

07-24-10, 08:37 PM	#2
Munchausen Commodore Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 608 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 1	In auto mode, no need to lock the target. Just launch a torpedo as the intended part of the ship passes the crosshairs. In manual mode, it works much the same way ... assuming you've made the proper calculations and set them in the TDC.

07-24-10, 11:28 PM	#3
Deephunter A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 79 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	When I played in auto mode, I locked the target for a few seconds to make sure the TDC/PK got all their numbers right. Then I unlocked and swept the periscope to hit the "juicy" spots on the target. Worked for me...

07-25-10, 12:15 AM	#4
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	You can basically do the same. Using the lock funtion, stad, aob, ect..do all the standard things you would do manual targeting. Once you have it all set, unlock the scope and place in in front of the target, but be sure to click that new bearing, then shoot at places you want to hit as the target crosses the wire. I find this much better shooting spreads.

07-25-10, 05:29 PM	#5
tmdgm Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 219 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	thx, just didn't seem like the gyro angle and stuff was changing when i unlocked and moved the scope around.

07-26-10, 10:42 AM	#6
Munchausen Commodore Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 608 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 1	It doesn't. That's why you need to send the new bearing to the TDC yourself.