New Interface for Uboats

[Catfish]

Hello Karamazovnew,
thanks a lot, i really appreciate it - but don't neglect your exams
Good luck,
Catfish

[karamazovnew]

Done... Hope this does the trick.. I've updated the documetation links on the first post too.

http://www.filefront.com/15351513/Manual-Targeting.zip/

PS. I don't have the patience or energy to go through it again. If there are typos or the whole thing doesn't make sense, oh well...

@MTotenkopf: sorry mate, your english will have to do. I hope the pics speak for themselves.

[Catfish]

Hello Karamzovnew,

hey thanks a lot !!
Just downloaded your document, a "short" 30+ pages report done in a few hours eh ?
When you wrote (not literally) that the bow and stern has to pass the mark, and not the beginning of the pixels i suddenly realized what was wrong and felt like an idiot lol there went my speed calculations
Will still have to read it all, and make some parallel practising.

Hope all goes well with yor exams, i wish you luck

Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

[karamazovnew]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Hello Karamzovnew,

hey thanks a lot !!
Just downloaded your document, a "short" 30+ pages report done in a few hours eh ?
When you wrote (not literally) that the bow and stern has to pass the mark, and not the beginning of the pixels i suddenly realized what was wrong and felt like an idiot lol there went my speed calculations
Will still have to read it all, and make some parallel practising.

Hope all goes well with yor exams, i wish you luck

Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

I didn't say I wrote it in a "Few hours". It was more like 12 hours
Yeah, at small AOB angles, the width of the ship becomes a problem. If you can clearly see the peak of the bow and the start of the flag (where applicable), then you can take a reading. If not, it's better to wait until you can see them properly. Should the target pass the 000 gyro "fire bearing", as I've shown in the tutorial, don't panic, just take a range reading and use magnetic torpedoes set at a depth equal to the target's draft.

Speed and Bearing need to be accurate.
Range can be off by a few hundred meters, and the AOB can be off by up to 10 degrees, you'll still hit your targets.

[karamazovnew]

So.. did it help? Have I managed to turn anyone to manual targeting?

[Catfish]

Hellop,
i'm still reading and trying, 'twas the first time i realized the AOB would not change after having once entered it - as long as you did not mess it up with certain actions lol
The manual is very thorough, but i'm not yet finished
Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

[looney]

I think I'm goin to need to edit the file as to get a better view of the stadimeter and aobwheel buttons.

[-Danse-]

Is it possible to use this outside of Operation Monsun, back in the Indian ocean area?

Is there a stand-alone download anywhere that I'm missing?

After playing with this thing for a couple of hours, I can't imagine playing a U-boat now without it, but there are aspects of Monsun that I could do without.

I assume it's not compatible with Trigger Maru?


Sorry, one question became a few.

[Galanti]

Originally Posted by karamazovnew

So.. did it help? Have I managed to turn anyone to manual targeting?

It's a phenomenal piece of work, but...I am mainly loving the eyecandy of having the TDC dials visible from the scope, and being able to work the knobs right from that screen.

The AOBwheel...not so much...is there anyway I could mod the stadimeter to send range to the TDC like in olden times?

[karamazovnew]

Originally Posted by Galanti

It's a phenomenal piece of work, but...I am mainly loving the eyecandy of having the TDC dials visible from the scope, and being able to work the knobs right from that screen.

The AOBwheel...not so much...is there anyway I could mod the stadimeter to send range to the TDC like in olden times?

You can use the old Stadimeter and notepad in the Observation scope. I haven't touched that part. Just remember that using the stadimeter that way will reset your speed to zero and will probably mess up your AOB too