[WIP] Hydrophone Tracker/Quick Plotter

gutted · 03-31-10, 03:32 AM

I've also expanded upon the crude position keeper "debug display" i left active in the 1st beta Solution solver 2.0.

It's now a full fledged feature and has it's own display, with auto zooming to keep both ships in view and a decent distance apart.

urfisch · 03-31-10, 04:09 AM

integrate apps ingame would be the greatest thing done so far!!! i think of a an enigma machine...and small ingame games, like chess, cards, etc. for getting the time passed...

difool2 · 03-31-10, 08:40 AM

TMA for a WWII sim-wow.

kylania · 03-31-10, 09:34 AM

This looks amazing! I'd just started getting into this hydrophone hunting too. Unfortunately my first attempt was near a harbor so the in harbor patrols kept screwing me up.

gutted · 03-31-10, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by difool2

TMA for a WWII sim-wow.

If you are hinting that this is unrealistic, then you sir are wrong.

It's done with alittle vector math, which you can do by hand by drawing with the in-game tools.

If you dont know how... then view this guide posted a long time ago:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...light=tracking

The program uses roughly the same technique, but spares you from having to draw it out yourself. Think of it as telling your intercept officer the bearings and him plotting it for you.

Pisces · 03-31-10, 12:36 PM

Looks great. Another hydro-tracking tool.

If you also allow for an option to set the sub's course while at the first listening position you could make a true-bearing plot instead of the relative plot now. Then you could also require the player to mark the old first listening location and the new listening location on the game map, have them just measure the (average) distance and course inbetween and feed that to your Solver. Then you'll have the full situation in a true bearing plot automatically. I preffer to do everything on the game map, but I guess alot of other users would find it tricky to compare this relative bearing plot against what they need to plot on the map (the little green line). But what you have sure makes things easier for them allready.

jmr · 03-31-10, 01:38 PM

If you're interested, I scanned the pages from the bearings only TMA chapter from a copy of Naval Operations Analysis. It's focused on Ekelund ranging and Spiess TMA, the latter of which made my head explode.

link

kylania · 03-31-10, 02:00 PM

Wow, Jmr, that's some fantastic stuff. Orbitally over my head, but still fantastic.

03-31-10, 03:32 AM	#1
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	I've also expanded upon the crude position keeper "debug display" i left active in the 1st beta Solution solver 2.0. It's now a full fledged feature and has it's own display, with auto zooming to keep both ships in view and a decent distance apart. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

03-31-10, 04:09 AM	#2
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	integrate apps ingame would be the greatest thing done so far!!! i think of a an enigma machine...and small ingame games, like chess, cards, etc. for getting the time passed... __________________

03-31-10, 09:34 AM	#4
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	This looks amazing! I'd just started getting into this hydrophone hunting too. Unfortunately my first attempt was near a harbor so the in harbor patrols kept screwing me up. __________________

03-31-10, 12:36 PM	#6
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Looks great. Another hydro-tracking tool. If you also allow for an option to set the sub's course while at the first listening position you could make a true-bearing plot instead of the relative plot now. Then you could also require the player to mark the old first listening location and the new listening location on the game map, have them just measure the (average) distance and course inbetween and feed that to your Solver. Then you'll have the full situation in a true bearing plot automatically. I preffer to do everything on the game map, but I guess alot of other users would find it tricky to compare this relative bearing plot against what they need to plot on the map (the little green line). But what you have sure makes things easier for them allready. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

03-31-10, 02:00 PM	#8
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Wow, Jmr, that's some fantastic stuff. Orbitally over my head, but still fantastic. __________________

03-31-10, 08:40 AM	#3
difool2 Commander Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 459 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	TMA for a WWII sim-wow.

03-31-10, 01:38 PM	#7
jmr Commander Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 462 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	If you're interested, I scanned the pages from the bearings only TMA chapter from a copy of Naval Operations Analysis. It's focused on Ekelund ranging and Spiess TMA, the latter of which made my head explode. link