Going Full Real™ :) (please check my process)

Antiacus · 02-15-08, 08:09 PM

So it's time to lose my last crutch and turn off automatic map updates.

Firstly... I'm using GWX2, OLC GUI, and Torpedo Damage mods...

The problem... I'm not sure how to go about getting the first exact fix on the target... Once that happens, thanks to OLC's excellent video, i'm all set to get his course & everything else.

I noticed in OLC's video that his watch officer reports not only the targets relative bearing, but also his exact range. Mine (due to experience?) only reports short, medium, or long range... So I need to get the range myself, which is fine really, because years ago as a seaman apprentice I was a special sea detail lookout myself & thus know that irl ranges are "eyeballed" by the lookouts.

So... Here is my plan, please let me know if there is a more elegant or better way:

1. Get set up within 5-6km of the target, id, establish speed, and get his range using the GUI... Then shoot his relative bearing & immediate plot his fix on the map...
2. Get his AOB & update the attack disk to find out his true course...
3. Flank the target.
4. Get into position and shoot a new AOB (also maybe double check speed w/3 minute rule (still not sure how to use the conversion chart ont he map))...
5. Plot the distance using my position against his course line when i want to fire.
6. Wait for close to 0 gyro angle & LOS!

Sound okay?

(btw if you're curious, my shipboard experience was 1993-4 on the USCGC Sweetbrier (buoy tender) in Alaska... I later became a Bosunmate and ran Motor Life Boats out of Oregon)

-Antiacus
GWX2, OLC GUI, Torp Damage Final

02-15-08, 08:09 PM	#1
Antiacus Medic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Springfield, Oregon Posts: 161 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Going Full Real™ :) (please check my process) So it's time to lose my last crutch and turn off automatic map updates. Firstly... I'm using GWX2, OLC GUI, and Torpedo Damage mods... The problem... I'm not sure how to go about getting the first exact fix on the target... Once that happens, thanks to OLC's excellent video, i'm all set to get his course & everything else. I noticed in OLC's video that his watch officer reports not only the targets relative bearing, but also his exact range. Mine (due to experience?) only reports short, medium, or long range... So I need to get the range myself, which is fine really, because years ago as a seaman apprentice I was a special sea detail lookout myself & thus know that irl ranges are "eyeballed" by the lookouts. So... Here is my plan, please let me know if there is a more elegant or better way: 1. Get set up within 5-6km of the target, id, establish speed, and get his range using the GUI... Then shoot his relative bearing & immediate plot his fix on the map... 2. Get his AOB & update the attack disk to find out his true course... 3. Flank the target. 4. Get into position and shoot a new AOB (also maybe double check speed w/3 minute rule (still not sure how to use the conversion chart ont he map))... 5. Plot the distance using my position against his course line when i want to fire. 6. Wait for close to 0 gyro angle & LOS! Sound okay? (btw if you're curious, my shipboard experience was 1993-4 on the USCGC Sweetbrier (buoy tender) in Alaska... I later became a Bosunmate and ran Motor Life Boats out of Oregon) -Antiacus GWX2, OLC GUI, Torp Damage Final