TDCs and Idiots

dean_acheson · 03-21-07, 07:32 PM

This is a short post for folks out there using the TDC, and who don't really know what they are doing....

I found that playing the school torpedo mission, over and over, where you have some free shots at a crusier moving across your bow, as well as reading the endsheet in Theodore Roscoe's book on Submarine warfare in the pacific, helped a ton.

I am still really basically guessing at the AOB (angle on the bow) and the speeds, but figure that I will get better with time.

What I started doing wrong, is that I didn't realize when inputting the AOB into the TDC, that it isn't asking for the target's angle on MY bow, it is asking what is the angle from the TARGET to MYSELF, namely, if the capt. was standing on his bridge, what would be his angle of view to ME.

Now all that might sound lame, but it isn't something that I ever really realized in reading about this stuff, and in SH3, I always let the WO do the inputs....

For those w/o this game, or are still just pointing and shooting, it is a helluva thrill to get your first hit doing your own inputs on a moving ship....

neato!

03-21-07, 07:32 PM	#1
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	TDCs and Idiots This is a short post for folks out there using the TDC, and who don't really know what they are doing.... I found that playing the school torpedo mission, over and over, where you have some free shots at a crusier moving across your bow, as well as reading the endsheet in Theodore Roscoe's book on Submarine warfare in the pacific, helped a ton. I am still really basically guessing at the AOB (angle on the bow) and the speeds, but figure that I will get better with time. What I started doing wrong, is that I didn't realize when inputting the AOB into the TDC, that it isn't asking for the target's angle on MY bow, it is asking what is the angle from the TARGET to MYSELF, namely, if the capt. was standing on his bridge, what would be his angle of view to ME. Now all that might sound lame, but it isn't something that I ever really realized in reading about this stuff, and in SH3, I always let the WO do the inputs.... For those w/o this game, or are still just pointing and shooting, it is a helluva thrill to get your first hit doing your own inputs on a moving ship.... neato!