TMA: auto or do-it-yourself ?

Nydrre · 07-17-05, 11:40 PM

First of all I'ld like to say that Subguru's manuals helped me understand TMA better. The game manual left me confused on lead/ lag situations. The more you practice TMA the more you will pick up on how it works. You might be confused at first but practicing will let everything fall into place.

Secondly I have just started to practice using TMA. So far I have rerun the Kilo demo mission, and combined with the manual programming of the torpedos came up with a better firing solution than I did with auto TMA. I used autocrew TMA at first, then went manual and came up with my own solution by locking in the speed from the DEMON display.

TMA gives you much more insight to whats going on in a given situation. It is the accumulation of all your sensor data. Putting that sensor data together gives you better insight into whats happening on the nav map, and using TMA gives you a better insight into whats happening with your sensors. It also allows you to focus on the target you are after. If you want to instinctively know whats really going on you should at least know how TMA works.

I think it is important to manually use all of the stations, but this can be hard to do especially in a fast moving situation. I look forward to playing MP where I can work the same platform as someone else. Soon I'll be looking for MP where TMA autocrew is not an option.

I haven't voted yet, but most likely I will end up using TMA manually in conjunction with manual presetting of the weapons. TMA autocrew may be useful for an initial solution, but in the end I think its better to use your own.

Using TMA also provides you with insight into tactics and how to manuever to get the most out of your sensors.

View Poll Results: Playing the subs, how do you hanlde the TMA?
I let it on auto	27	60.00%
I start out with auto and manually refine when needed	10	22.22%
I play full manual modus	8	17.78%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

07-17-05, 11:40 PM	#28
Nydrre Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First of all I'ld like to say that Subguru's manuals helped me understand TMA better. The game manual left me confused on lead/ lag situations. The more you practice TMA the more you will pick up on how it works. You might be confused at first but practicing will let everything fall into place. Secondly I have just started to practice using TMA. So far I have rerun the Kilo demo mission, and combined with the manual programming of the torpedos came up with a better firing solution than I did with auto TMA. I used autocrew TMA at first, then went manual and came up with my own solution by locking in the speed from the DEMON display. TMA gives you much more insight to whats going on in a given situation. It is the accumulation of all your sensor data. Putting that sensor data together gives you better insight into whats happening on the nav map, and using TMA gives you a better insight into whats happening with your sensors. It also allows you to focus on the target you are after. If you want to instinctively know whats really going on you should at least know how TMA works. I think it is important to manually use all of the stations, but this can be hard to do especially in a fast moving situation. I look forward to playing MP where I can work the same platform as someone else. Soon I'll be looking for MP where TMA autocrew is not an option. I haven't voted yet, but most likely I will end up using TMA manually in conjunction with manual presetting of the weapons. TMA autocrew may be useful for an initial solution, but in the end I think its better to use your own. Using TMA also provides you with insight into tactics and how to manuever to get the most out of your sensors.