General Attack plotting for Dummies

ChrisPhoenix · 03-04-19, 11:36 AM

Dear Subsim community,

I recently bought Silent Hunter 5 and started playing with TWOS. I'm playing without real navigation simply because i like to set waypoints but everything else is set to realistic. My main problem now is simply the missing map symbols. Years ago i attempted to play Silent Hunter 3 like this but found myself unable to do so, so i turned the symbols back on. But now i just want to improve and to learn.
In SH3 i just looked at my map, drew the lines and intercepted the ship. Now Dieter says "Smoke on the Horizon" and i just can not figure out how to get its exact course and position. Could you guys tell me which methods and tactics you use to find that out?
What i want is simply: figure out the ships heading, get myself at 90 degrees at ca 1000-2000 meters away, and still have enough time to identify the ship and take a look at its flag, which is sometimes hard enough at nighttimes. I tried to figure out the RAOBF but most of the time the Ship is just to far away and too tiny to make any useful measurements with it. So: How do you guys do it?

Thanks in advance!

03-04-19, 11:36 AM	#1
ChrisPhoenix Bosun Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 62 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	General Attack plotting for Dummies Dear Subsim community, I recently bought Silent Hunter 5 and started playing with TWOS. I'm playing without real navigation simply because i like to set waypoints but everything else is set to realistic. My main problem now is simply the missing map symbols. Years ago i attempted to play Silent Hunter 3 like this but found myself unable to do so, so i turned the symbols back on. But now i just want to improve and to learn. In SH3 i just looked at my map, drew the lines and intercepted the ship. Now Dieter says "Smoke on the Horizon" and i just can not figure out how to get its exact course and position. Could you guys tell me which methods and tactics you use to find that out? What i want is simply: figure out the ships heading, get myself at 90 degrees at ca 1000-2000 meters away, and still have enough time to identify the ship and take a look at its flag, which is sometimes hard enough at nighttimes. I tried to figure out the RAOBF but most of the time the Ship is just to far away and too tiny to make any useful measurements with it. So: How do you guys do it? Thanks in advance!