Basics of Hydrophone Tracking?

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I seem to remember an old modern sub sim game that had something like a 10-point divider to help plot off of hydrophone bearings. I can't remember which one it was though.

I think you're referring to Fast Attack. Although not shown in those screenshots, it does have a TMA plotting board although it doesn't specifically have a 10 point divider.

Just like in some of the sub sim games the player can send data to the TDC, why can't the player send data to the plot? The computer (simulating the crew) would faithfully plot what ever data the player sends it. The player makes an error in observation, well the plot will faithfully plot the errors.. just like in real life.

Yes, I would absolutely love to have something like this, especially in SHIV as the fleet boats had tracking parties to do just what you described. Maybe we'll see it in Tony Hawk's Silent Hunter XXX