[REL] TDC (with working dials) for SH5

[GDFTigerTank]

Ok you have to go through the little dialogue in the periscope with your XO.

1. Turn the TDC on
2. Lock on a target (click on "lock")
3. It now says in the dialogue I see a "unknown class" ship at bearing "XXX", "range "YYYY" yards, etc.

4. Click on the "unknown class" and then select the target's class using the pictures in the popup recognition manual - this is what sends the funnel and keel info to the TDC. You can also search here for your target by matching funnel and bow shapes. The small button to the right of the bow and funnel matching buttons (looks sort of like a black dot) is what you click to lock the info for the target into the TDC. Why they made it that way, who knows. You'll know you did it right when a check appears on the picture of the ship in the recognition manual.

5. Go back to the same dialogue as before and you will see it has filled the "unknown class" entry with the class you selected. Now click where it says range "YYYY" yards.
6. It will ask if you want to calculate using the stadtmeter or enter range manually"
7. "click use stadtmeter"
8. Move mouse up and down to raise and lower stadtmeter image and left click to set the range into the TDC when you get it right.

Note: It will not let you even use the stadtmeter until you have entered a ship class via the recognition manual for the target.


Further note: Thanks for all your hard work on this! Even if it takes a while to get all the features we need ingame, without your mods this game is damn near completely unplayable.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by GDFTigerTank

Ok you have to go through the little dialogue in the periscope with your XO.

1. Turn the TDC on
2. Lock on a target (click on "lock")
3. It now says in the dialogue I see a "unknown class" ship at bearing "XXX", "range "YYYY" yards, etc.

4. Click on the "unknown class" and then select the target's class using the pictures in the popup recognition manual - this is what sends the funnel and keel info to the TDC. You can also search here for your target by matching funnel and bow shapes. The small button to the right of the bow and funnel matching buttons (looks sort of like a black dot) is what you click to lock the info for the target into the TDC. Why they made it that way, who knows. You'll know you did it right when a check appears on the picture of the ship in the recognition manual.

5. Go back to the same dialogue as before and you will see it has filled the "unknown class" entry with the class you selected. Now click where it says range "YYYY" yards.
6. It will ask if you want to calculate using the stadtmeter or enter range manually"
7. "click use stadtmeter"
8. Move mouse up and down to raise and lower stadtmeter image and left click to set the range into the TDC when you get it right.

Note: It will not let you even use the stadtmeter until you have entered a ship class via the recognition manual for the target.

excellent. You just saved me some time from coding in a stadimeter (cause I couldn't find one )

[GDFTigerTank]

Glad to be of service sir!

[Therion_Prime]

Sorry darkwraith, I'm an idiot. The original targeting dialog is still there, so no problems.