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Old 09-09-10, 01:34 PM   #1
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Well, the Captain makes the critical decisions and plans attacks.
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Old 09-09-10, 02:03 PM   #2
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A good leader delegates authority!A good skipper has to make the decisions,so make the chiefs and P.O.'s do the ordering....LOL.It would be great if it worked that way in SH V.Some of the mods actually make it a little better in that regard.Now if I can figure out how to make SH V playable,I will try and delegate the authority,and save the tough decisions for me.
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Old 09-09-10, 02:07 PM   #3
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SH3 had a mode called 'Weapons Officer Assistance'. You would use Manual Targeting, and then ask the WE to identify the target and do the plot. The only thing wrong with it was that he was perfect and rarely missed. Other than that it was a great thing, and I don't see why they dropped it for SH4 and SH5.
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Old 09-09-10, 02:42 PM   #4
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Wow, Sailor! I wonder if that could be possible to implement in SH5. I mean like a mod and altered to be dynamic instead of being dead spot accurate. Ah, a salty dog can dream, can't he?
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Old 09-09-10, 03:04 PM   #5
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SH3 had a mode called 'Weapons Officer Assistance'. You would use Manual Targeting, and then ask the WE to identify the target and do the plot. The only thing wrong with it was that he was perfect and rarely missed. Other than that it was a great thing, and I don't see why they dropped it for SH4 and SH5.
TheDarkWraith systematically implements more and more delays to his mod, some of them (all?) are made configurable, like the speed order delay. I'm sure you would love it, the speed change is no more instant, you need to wait a few seconds before the order is passed down and carried out - maybe later not only delay, but randomness, could be applied to other commands.

As to the topic, there is one thing I hate doing and almost never do - estimating range to targets. I'm being lazy and let my WO do this. He does it much better than I would ever do, too. I'm not a big fan of the hydrophone, but my sonar guy is unbelievably unreliable, so I'm made to. As to the rest of the duties, I enjoy them all, so I'm happy to do all the rest (I don't clean toilets, I doubt anybody does).


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I'm kind of with you on that bandwagon. After calculating 4 or 5 shots at a convoy and all the aftermath of getting away... to come across a lowley single merchant shortly after, I'm like: aww for crying out loud! Can't someone else do this!

my 2 cents..
The good point of this is... convoy shots don't have to be calculated more than once. Unless you got them panic even before you shot, one torpedo solution works for any target in the convoy, even the rear ones.
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Old 09-09-10, 03:25 PM   #6
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How do you configure the most efficient fuel speed in the TDW file and do I have to uninstall the mod to do so?
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Old 09-09-10, 04:33 PM   #7
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Just turn off manual targeting and you can use the TDC at each shot or shoot from the hip by pointing the scope at the target, hit the space bar, hit it again and then point the scope where you want contact of impact. This will simulate others doing the input.
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Old 09-09-10, 06:24 PM   #8
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It's not that easy...I miss a lot.
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