Preferred targeting method

meduza · 08-10-08, 10:03 AM

What is your preferred targeting method?
I usually use the first one.

Puster Bill · 08-10-08, 12:31 PM

OK, file me in the "something else" category.

I use Periscope observations, or occasionally radar and/or active sonar, and Hitman's Kriegsmarine whiz-wheel. I enter the data manually into the vorhaltrechner.

I don't plot contacts, either on the in-game map or seperately on a maneuvering board or graph paper, although I have done all three in the past.

Tango589 · 08-10-08, 01:00 PM

I'm bone-idle and let my officers do the working out. What are they there for if not to do their job?:hmm:

Chisum · 08-10-08, 02:16 PM

Nothing, I'm the captain and the captain makes not calculation.
:p

U-46 Commander · 08-10-08, 02:39 PM

I agree with Chisum. After all, I am the great and mighty captain, and i allow my officers the pleasure of running the necessary calculations.

Sailor Steve · 08-10-08, 03:52 PM

I like the idea of letting the officers do the work, but unfortunately they are way too perfect for someone who considers himself a realism buff.

I'm slowly learning U-Jagd tools, which has an on-screen version of the whiz-wheel.

PsFr · 08-10-08, 04:04 PM

I let my officer do the work as did most real kaleuns but always bring my touch if i don't quite agree with him , i use all realism option ticked except this one , simply because i can never estimate the distance to the ship accurately (hardest for me , especially in bad wheather ) , for the angle i'm often about right as i always try everything to flank him and manoeuver to have a good angle (80-110° ) but when i'm not in "ideal "position i struggle to be accurate , and for the speed i sometimes make mistakes too but it's the easiest part so i usually correct angle and speed when i don't agree with the weapon officer (which is quite rare i have to say ) .

Siara · 08-10-08, 05:28 PM

Olc mod, 100% reality. I like to do it myself. More satisfaction.
I worked my vista to accept the GWX and all the extrass / took me 6 months / but unfortunately no Olc special runs on it without black sky.
If Olc only everything runns fine.:hmm:

08-10-08, 06:40 PM

1WO (aka Weapons Officer) does all the surface attacks; submerged attacks I calculate and input the data myself. All gunnery is done by the crew, I never man the guns myself but since I usually patrol in 1944 and later, all this talk of guns and surface attacking belong in the past. However, I try to keep the 1WO busy when patrolling the Black Sea...
Good Hunting

onelifecrisis · 08-11-08, 01:00 AM

For me it's a combination of 1 and 3, but I voted 3 of course.

badwolf · 08-11-08, 02:14 AM

Depends on situation, methods 1,3 & 4. The last one is guesswork by estimating, using ships visual orientation, usually close range.

Rommer69 · 08-11-08, 02:46 AM

I use the first method, altough sometimes i get some help from the periscope.

Weapons officer only to direct the guns in rough seas.

Sensekhmet · 08-11-08, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I like the idea of letting the officers do the work, but unfortunately they are way too perfect for someone who considers himself a realism buff.

I'm surprised you say that as my WO seems to miss around half the time

(and yes, I do have my hatches opened in time)

tomfon · 08-11-08, 04:51 AM

I voted 3.

Pisces · 08-11-08, 10:28 AM

I do have the OLC Gui mod, and I love it to bits. But I must admit I spend most of my time drawing on the navmap. I.e. drawing hydrophone bearings and attempting to fit a course in between them. Once I have that I try to draw a speed diagram to get an intercept course, maintain distance/'go roundabout' or for avoidance. And when visual contact is made simply taking my watch-officer's range/bearing reports and plot them. So by the time I am ahead of the target (at 90 degrees) I don't have to look through the scope anymore to get an AOB, speed or range. But I rely heavily on the built-in Attackdisk and Range/AOB calculator in OLC's Gui to get those.

View Poll Results: What is your prefered targeting method?
Using Nav map to gather the data, and manualy enter into TDC	13	23.21%
Using the Notepad and built-in tools	4	7.14%
Using OLC GUI or U-jagd tools	12	21.43%
Something else (please elaborate)	2	3.57%
Nothing, I let my Officers do the hard work	25	44.64%
Voters: 56. You may not vote on this poll

08-10-08, 10:03 AM	#1
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Preferred targeting method What is your preferred targeting method? I usually use the first one.

08-10-08, 12:31 PM	#2
Puster Bill Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: BA8758, or FN33eh for my fellow hams. Posts: 833 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	OK, file me in the "something else" category. I use Periscope observations, or occasionally radar and/or active sonar, and Hitman's Kriegsmarine whiz-wheel. I enter the data manually into the vorhaltrechner. I don't plot contacts, either on the in-game map or seperately on a maneuvering board or graph paper, although I have done all three in the past. __________________ The U-Boat Commander of Love

08-10-08, 01:00 PM	#3
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	I'm bone-idle and let my officers do the working out. What are they there for if not to do their job?:hmm: __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

08-10-08, 02:16 PM	#4
Chisum Seasoned Skipper Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Posts: 716 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	Nothing, I'm the captain and the captain makes not calculation. :p __________________ [http://simus-paradise.forumactif.com/silent-hunter-iii-f12/

08-10-08, 02:39 PM	#5
U-46 Commander Lieutenant Join Date: May 2008 Location: The absolutely most exciting state!! Iowa! Posts: 251 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 0	I agree with Chisum. After all, I am the great and mighty captain, and i allow my officers the pleasure of running the necessary calculations. __________________ "Loved By Few, Hated By Many, Respected By All."-The U-boats.

08-10-08, 03:52 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I like the idea of letting the officers do the work, but unfortunately they are way too perfect for someone who considers himself a realism buff. I'm slowly learning U-Jagd tools, which has an on-screen version of the whiz-wheel. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-10-08, 04:04 PM	#7
PsFr Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I let my officer do the work as did most real kaleuns but always bring my touch if i don't quite agree with him , i use all realism option ticked except this one , simply because i can never estimate the distance to the ship accurately (hardest for me , especially in bad wheather ) , for the angle i'm often about right as i always try everything to flank him and manoeuver to have a good angle (80-110° ) but when i'm not in "ideal "position i struggle to be accurate , and for the speed i sometimes make mistakes too but it's the easiest part so i usually correct angle and speed when i don't agree with the weapon officer (which is quite rare i have to say ) .

08-10-08, 05:28 PM	#8
Siara Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mitcham/London Posts: 818 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Olc mod, 100% reality. I like to do it myself. More satisfaction. I worked my vista to accept the GWX and all the extrass / took me 6 months / but unfortunately no Olc special runs on it without black sky. If Olc only everything runns fine.:hmm: __________________ Master Models

08-10-08, 06:40 PM	#9
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	1WO (aka Weapons Officer) does all the surface attacks; submerged attacks I calculate and input the data myself. All gunnery is done by the crew, I never man the guns myself but since I usually patrol in 1944 and later, all this talk of guns and surface attacking belong in the past. However, I try to keep the 1WO busy when patrolling the Black Sea... Good Hunting

08-11-08, 01:00 AM	#10
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	For me it's a combination of 1 and 3, but I voted 3 of course. __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.

08-11-08, 02:14 AM	#11
badwolf XO Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 427 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	Depends on situation, methods 1,3 & 4. The last one is guesswork by estimating, using ships visual orientation, usually close range.

08-11-08, 02:46 AM	#12
Rommer69 A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 72 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I use the first method, altough sometimes i get some help from the periscope. Weapons officer only to direct the guns in rough seas.

08-11-08, 04:51 AM	#14
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	I voted 3.

08-11-08, 10:28 AM	#15
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I do have the OLC Gui mod, and I love it to bits. But I must admit I spend most of my time drawing on the navmap. I.e. drawing hydrophone bearings and attempting to fit a course in between them. Once I have that I try to draw a speed diagram to get an intercept course, maintain distance/'go roundabout' or for avoidance. And when visual contact is made simply taking my watch-officer's range/bearing reports and plot them. So by the time I am ahead of the target (at 90 degrees) I don't have to look through the scope anymore to get an AOB, speed or range. But I rely heavily on the built-in Attackdisk and Range/AOB calculator in OLC's Gui to get those.