Halfway house map contact updates mod?

SteveW1 · 07-16-09, 06:01 AM

I've found the lines aren't always accurate in TMO they usually finish further away than the actual distance of the contact, I could be wrong but that is what I generally find in TMO.

Steve

Rockin Robbins · 07-16-09, 07:29 AM

If so, that's good. The real solution is just don't plot by the length of the sonar lines! That's analogous to not taking speed measurements from visual positions. Sure, you can cheat, but does that mean you must? Of course not!

There is no unscammable system, including reality.

Limey · 07-16-09, 09:08 AM

Thanks RR & SteveW1. TMO it is then.

I admire (but sadly don't share) your self-discipline, Rockin Robbins.

SteveUK · 07-16-09, 10:28 AM

There again RFB does something very similar, no lines and the attack plot doesn't have the line going to the target only small dashes.

Of course the folks at RFB could tell you more about it, I'm only just getting used to it myself!

SgtSabre · 07-16-09, 10:56 AM

RFB uses just a thin dashed line for sonar contacts. It's impossible to tell the distance to contact from it, as far as I can see.

SteveUK · 07-16-09, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SgtSabre

RFB uses just a thin dashed line for sonar contacts. It's impossible to tell the distance to contact from it, as far as I can see.

Agreed but RFB also turns off the course tails from contacts and the generic colors for contacts as far as I've found just get the little box.

Also your sub is a dot not a icon so that makes it more realistic I would have thought.

07-16-09, 06:01 AM	#1
SteveW1 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 331 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I've found the lines aren't always accurate in TMO they usually finish further away than the actual distance of the contact, I could be wrong but that is what I generally find in TMO. Steve __________________

07-16-09, 07:29 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	If so, that's good. The real solution is just don't plot by the length of the sonar lines! That's analogous to not taking speed measurements from visual positions. Sure, you can cheat, but does that mean you must? Of course not! There is no unscammable system, including reality. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

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07-16-09, 09:08 AM	#3
Limey Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Thanks RR & SteveW1. TMO it is then. I admire (but sadly don't share) your self-discipline, Rockin Robbins.

07-16-09, 10:28 AM	#4
SteveUK Helmsman Join Date: May 2009 Location: Essex, England Posts: 107 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	There again RFB does something very similar, no lines and the attack plot doesn't have the line going to the target only small dashes. Of course the folks at RFB could tell you more about it, I'm only just getting used to it myself!

07-16-09, 10:56 AM	#5
SgtSabre Seaman Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 42 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	RFB uses just a thin dashed line for sonar contacts. It's impossible to tell the distance to contact from it, as far as I can see.