Fog and Target Locking

[Dogfish40]

Welcome aboard!!

[stephenf555]

Thank you Sir! Glad to be aboard Sir! Lots to learn Sir!

Thanks again for the info. I'll give the lite fog mod a go. I'll also go figure out the stadimeter as my next step towards manual targeting.

Regards,
Stephenf555

[Takao]

The easiest way around the auto-lock is not to wait for it. At a distance, if you hit the "Lock" hotkey, the lock will hold for a second or two, then disappear.

Solution:
1. Select tube to fire.
2. Press the hotkey to open outer door.(IIRC, it is the "q" key)
3. Center periscope on target.
4. Hit the "Lock" hotkey.(make sure you see the triangle, but don't wait too long)
5. Hit the "Fire" hotkey(IIRC, Enter key)

If you wish to fire a second torpedo:
Repeat Steps 1 thru 3.
4. Hit the "Lock" hotkey, then hit it again to unlock and move the scope slightly left or right and then fire(but be quick about it.

This exploit worked wonders for me when I was just starting out.

[MaddogK]

I've always found that a torpedo fired without a lock always tracks the path of the last solution that was entered (your last successful lock), and have read elsewhere around here that you must hit the lock button twice without a target in view to clear the last lock and make the torpedo track straight when fired. I would assume you can also clear the last lock by sending the straight ahead bearing from the sonar console (hydrophones) to the TDC but don't remember ever trying it.

[WernherVonTrapp]

I believe, if you point your periscope at a specific heading (during the heavy fog) and hit the "L" (lock) key, even though you don't see anything, your torp will follow the locked path of that track. So, theoretically speaking, you an do this by picking a spot ahead of your target (say 15 degrees) and fire, or just fire w/o locking anything (including sonar) when the target is about 12-15 degrees off.