Wiped out a 20-ship convoy tonight.

[nemchenk]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I'm tempted to turn that off, too, because it is getting the point where I can accurately fire torpedoes from the TDC screen, leading my auto-update target on the map appropriately and make the kill. Plus the auto-map gives you precise range and bearing info. It's getting a little arcade-like with the "god-view".

But I figure that in real life the captain would be calling down range and bearing information from the attack scope and someone would have been plotting that info anyway.

I did just last week, precisely for the same reasons. I do a little bit of pleasure sailing, and let me tell you plotting your position on a chart is easily one of the most demanding things! Having the GPS-like "god view" was making the game too easy for me, so I've decided to restart with map contacts off. And I've disabled the range callout from my WO too, so I am solely in charge of getting range and bearing for a plot.

Wow! What a different experience it is proving to be! Suddenly even plotting an intercept course is a challenge! I am greately enjoying my first shakedown cruise in my new Type II


PS. could I entreat you to convert your screenshots to JPG format before posting them? I very much enjoy seeing the carnage, but BMP is so painfully slow to download