Wow... how did i miss out on this game for so long?

[peabody]

Originally Posted by Akula4745

Yessir SW, I had to start out using the auto targeting... too many other buttons to learn and locate on my first mission. But I have snagged every tutorial I have seen available regarding manual targeting and hope to give it a whirl as soon as I am comfortable with basic game knowledge...

So having the bow (and tubes) pointing directly at the target is not the best approach? I should work to have to target slightly off-center of my tubes? Last night I was 90 degrees off a merchant about 800-900 yards away... and couldn't even hit the dang thing with 2 fish. So I know I've got some learning to do.

Are you sure you missed? There are duds programmed into the game. 800 yds sounds hard to miss.

Peabody

[MonTana_Prussian]

Originally Posted by peabody

Are you sure you missed? There are duds programmed into the game. 800 yds sounds hard to miss.

Peabody

Ahh,yes,dud torps. pretty good possibility in '41,and as was said,pretty hard to miss at 800 yards.

[Akula4745]

Originally Posted by MonTana_Prussian

...pretty hard to miss at 800 yards.

MP - if anyone could miss from 800 yards it would be a noob just like me! <G>

[Akula4745]

Originally Posted by peabody

Are you sure you missed? There are duds programmed into the game. 800 yds sounds hard to miss.

I had a couple that were duds - the crew announced them when they happened. I actually wondered if I was so close the torpedos couldn't arm or something... and the crew announced two misses so I assumed they did.

I was dad-gum close - and they both missed. Must have been something I was doing wrong... no idea what yet tho.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Akula4745

I had a couple that were duds - the crew announced them when they happened. I actually wondered if I was so close the torpedos couldn't arm or something... and the crew announced two misses so I assumed they did.

I was dad-gum close - and they both missed. Must have been something I was doing wrong... no idea what yet tho.

I have not played with auto target but I think you still need to open the torpedo doors in auto target mode. Could be wrong, have not played auto target for a long time. If this is the case then you are losing a few seconds waiting on the doors to open. That is view to a miss for sure. Make sure your doors are open on the tubes you are firing.

[Akula4745]

Oops... you may have just hit the nail on the head, WH. I never opened any torpedo doors. I will have to test it but it sounds logical. My bad!

[Torplexed]

It's simple enough to do. Just hit the 'Q' key and the door will crank open on whichever tube is greenlighted.

[Akula4745]

LOL - gonna try it right now, Torp!

[Frame57]

Practice setting up the shot. You want a target to cross your path either directly in fron of you or behind you if you use your stern tubes. Your yardage is fine by the way. Cycle your tube doors before firing this is the Q key on the keyboard. It is also possible that your target saw you and began to evade. So stay stealthy by dipping your scope and attacking at night. You can get real good at this by using your nav map. Sonar contacts will appear as a dark line to target. take your pencil and make a mark, then repeat a few times given the target time to travel. Then take your ruler and draw a line through each mark. Know you have a decent method of how you want to engage the target simply by using your nav-map. I always attempt to run ahead of the target by a mile or so in order to do this.