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[merceg100]

I already started playing SH4 career but I'm quite new in this game and still don't know quite a lot of things especialy about manual targeting so i'm going to ask you couple of newbee questions for which i know you all know the answers. maybe there are some questions already answered on forum and i tryed searching for them but without much luck or they were not quite clear to me.

- what is maximun torpedo range?
- i find users speaking about several methods for manual targeting like O'Kane method and some others, where can i find this tutorial and the others to so i can download it if they are in video or pdf format?
- what method is the best one for menual targeting (if there is THE BEST method)?
- how do you calculate shooting with aft torpedoes (is it the same thing like forward torpedos just the AOB is for 180° adjusted or?) - (targeting ships whic are in front of my bow) - (and the ones astern of me)

[Hmuda]

Originally Posted by merceg100

- what is maximun torpedo range?

Check the description of said torpedo on the torpedo loadout screen. It will list the possible speeds and the ranges associated with them (but generally: faster->shorter range).

Originally Posted by merceg100

- i find users speaking about several methods for manual targeting like O'Kane method and some others, where can i find this tutorial and the others to so i can download it if they are in video or pdf format?

Everything you could possibly need. Kudos to Rockin Robbins for it.

Originally Posted by merceg100

- what method is the best one for menual targeting (if there is THE BEST method)?

No "best" method. Entirely depends on your taste and your actual situation. I personally only use the constant bearing method, sufficed so far.

Originally Posted by merceg100

- how do you calculate shooting with aft torpedoes (is it the same thing like forward torpedos just the AOB is for 180° adjusted or?) - (targeting ships whic are in front of my bow) - (and the ones astern of me)

If I aim my aft tubes, I simply use 180 as the new 0degrees. Everything else is set up as usual, just with new numbers on the heading indicator.

[el cheguevara]

Beat me to it muda, was in the middle of a very long post describing the same things you just said .

[SteamWake]

Welcome and good luck to you...

While your reading up on stuff give this thread a view...

'How to complete a mission by Beery" http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111509

It will answer some questions you havent even thought of yet

[merceg100]

i just watched O'Kane video tutorial and on this tutorial i saw him tracking targets course and measuring its speed on the map, but i don't get that information on my map, only if they send me over the radio where is enemy task force or convoy spotted. why is that? is it because i've chosen to play my career on very hard level or something that i'm missing to turn on during the game?

[el cheguevara]

I think he has no map contacts update turned off, when you start a campaign, when you're in the office, click on the little radio to your left, on top of the book shelf and then go to gameplay. In the middle, look for no map contacts update and uncheck that, then you should be able to see them.

[Rockin Robbins]

Sounds like you are running with map updates off. This turns off all your radar and visual nav map contacts. It does make the game more challenging but it does not make it more realistic. Turn them back on and check out Trigger Maru Overhauled if you think rightly that the game is giving you too much data. If you don't like the uber escorts of TMO, then I recommend Real Fleet Boat with the addition of TMOplot.