Always miss just behind merchant!!

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

hmm not sure about the stern tube. Dont think i have ever tried shooting one of those. I know i just did the travelly tutorial on 4 bearing all over again to see if i was doing something wrong. Other then my lines not being the same as his.

Im wandering could all this be caused because i am using the mano scope mod 16:9 when in fact my resalution is 1440x900, which i believe is actully 16:10. Could that cause all my problems?

Im going to uninstall that scope mod and give it try and see

It very well could be. If you're using my UIs mod I have patches that will calibrate the scope to your display.

[sirbum69]

i am using yours but none of the scopes that come with yours come with a 16:10 ratio, they all only have 16:9 ratio.

[oakdesign]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

i am using yours but none of the scopes that come with yours come with a 16:10 ratio, they all only have 16:9 ratio.

The scopes that comes with TDW has for sure 16:10 ratio
just do the math 16/10 = 1.6 = 1440/900 = 1.6 = 8/5 = 1.6 so just use the 8x5 Manus Scopes. I'm playing with those on 1440x900 in windwed mode without having any issues

[sirbum69]

Thank you, i was just coming back to post an edit to my last LOL. After doing a search i found how you get the 1.6 thing. never new that before, so i am off to put in the 8x5 ratio one.

Thanks again all..

By the way TDW do you know what might be causing the other issue of the sonar man saying on his own the contact info of say 330 degrees but if i hit the Z key at the same time or just after it will always tell me 1 degree different. so it would show 331 degrees.

[Trevally.]

try adding this mod after your scope mods and allow overwrite http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=182912

[ETsd4]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

T do you know what might be causing the other issue of the sonar man saying on his own the contact info of say 330 degrees but if i hit the Z key at the same time or just after it will always tell me 1 degree different. so it would show 331 degrees.

To give the soundman the order "what's the bearing to nearest soundcontact" is a mistake. Because bearing of 359.6 T, ...,000.4°T is always 000°T for the soundman. And that causes errors. Here, in this example, at a distance of 6600m, the error was 300m.

- At 00:30:45, soundman reported "soundcontact, merchant, long range"
- At 01:00:00am the commander ordered to start the 4-bearing-method with a 10min interval. The soundman called out: ship at 287° True, long range.
- At 01:10:00am the soundman called out:" merchant at 290° True, long range.
- At 01:20:00am the soundman called out:" merchant at 295° True, long range.

The commander ordered to determin the course of the ship and get this result:

True course of the ship was, however, C 090°T, S 07kts.




The situation is different with using the order "Follow the nearest soundcontact".

[sirbum69]

Well ETsd4 i understand what you are saying for the most part, and i concure with you. I also think that is part of my problem. I figured that 1 degree would add up over time. Only reason i have been doing that is bacuase in both tutorials that is how they do it.

Stoinam says in his tutorial that you must do the z key cause the sound man will lag and not call out at exactly the time you need, and in the one that is in automation he also does that.

I thought when i use to play that i didnt have this problem. I could have sworn that it would always give the same bearing when i hit the Z key to what he would call out being on follow nearest contact. That is why i was asking what may have changed it.

And thankyou Trevally, i forgot all about that mod. Downloaded it and installed

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by sirbum69

Well ETsd4 i understand what you are saying for the most part, and i concure with you. I also think that is part of my problem. I figured that 1 degree would add up over time. Only reason i have been doing that is bacuase in both tutorials that is how they do it.

Stoinam says in his tutorial that you must do the z key cause the sound man will lag and not call out at exactly the time you need, and in the one that is in automation he also does that.

I thought when i use to play that i didnt have this problem. I could have sworn that it would always give the same bearing when i hit the Z key to what he would call out being on follow nearest contact. That is why i was asking what may have changed it.

And thankyou Trevally, i forgot all about that mod. Downloaded it and installed

When you are using the 4 bearing to find ship info - you should also check this info with your scope.
So just use the 4 bearing to get into the best area to attack from - then use a scope attack.

Just using the hdro to attack a ship without ever raising your scope is very hard. You would want to take many more reading to cut out any errors.