Am I still cheating?

[Sailor Steve]

First off, WELCOME ABOARD! Love your screen name.

Originally Posted by mmm...Dönitz

I eventually decided that the coastal merchants were in fact Grenville type freighters and started getting hits, presumably because my range estimates were not better, however by this time I had fallen into a targeting method that makes me think I am actually still cheating a bit.

Glad your getting hits that way, especially since they are not Granville freighters at all, but 1960-ton 'Tramp Steamers' (unless I'm thinking about something else, or more likely not thinking at all).

As has been said, the scope could not lock at all. On the other hand all the captain had to do was look through it and keep it centered on the target, which is much more difficult with a mouse or computer keys than it was in real life, so it's not cheating so much as faking the real thing.

1) No. There is the 'Bearing Tool' which gives you a compass that moves with your boat, but not the target.

2) 'Q' key. You can also open all the tubes from the switchboard in the Weapons Officer's position (up above the chart table), conning tower (on the bulkhead) or the outer Attack Scope position (look down).

3) The only way I know is to reprogram the bearing for each torpedo.