Manual Plot

Donkey-Shot · 10-03-09, 01:57 AM

My suggestion would be this:

Instead of having to manually draw your readings on the map, have that done sort of semi-automatich. What I mean is this: at the scope, UZO or hydrophone you take your bearing/range readings and press 'mark'. Then the your readings get drawn "by the crew" on the (attack)map.

This way, there's no auto-update cheat and you don't have to do the cumbesrome task of drawing the stuff on the map with inaccurate drawing tools.
The markings on the map would be accurate, but only as accurate as the readings you took!

Some info I'd like to have displayed this was is:
-- own boat position,
-- own boat course and speed
-- time of reading
-- target 'mark' + time of reading
-- If tracking multiple targets; "target1", "Target2" at the reading marks

Info like own course and speed and the time at wich the reading was taken could be made to appear by hovering over the mark/own ship position with the mouse cursor to avoid clutter.

But like I said: this way you don't have a god's eye view. But you do get a nice plot development.

I'm no programmer, but this doesn't seem like a hell of a difficult thing to make and I bet it would make a lot of people happy.

10-03-09, 01:57 AM	#1
Donkey-Shot Watch Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 15 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Manual Plot My suggestion would be this: Instead of having to manually draw your readings on the map, have that done sort of semi-automatich. What I mean is this: at the scope, UZO or hydrophone you take your bearing/range readings and press 'mark'. Then the your readings get drawn "by the crew" on the (attack)map. This way, there's no auto-update cheat and you don't have to do the cumbesrome task of drawing the stuff on the map with inaccurate drawing tools. The markings on the map would be accurate, but only as accurate as the readings you took! Some info I'd like to have displayed this was is: -- own boat position, -- own boat course and speed -- time of reading -- target 'mark' + time of reading -- If tracking multiple targets; "target1", "Target2" at the reading marks Info like own course and speed and the time at wich the reading was taken could be made to appear by hovering over the mark/own ship position with the mouse cursor to avoid clutter. But like I said: this way you don't have a god's eye view. But you do get a nice plot development. I'm no programmer, but this doesn't seem like a hell of a difficult thing to make and I bet it would make a lot of people happy.