New Interface for Uboats

[I'm goin' down]

If too much time elapses between calculation of the target's speed and Aob, it appears that the Aob reading will be inaccurate. The longer ones delays or the faster the target is moving the degree of inaccuracy in the determination of its Aob increases. Are, as a general rule, these assumptions correct? If so, since calculation of a target's speed is in part a function of its range and and time (i.e. the number of seconds it takes the target to travel its length), a delay in setting the Aob after speed is calculated may result in an inaccurate determination of Aob. This might result in screwing up the firing solution.

If the foregoing is correct, then as a general rule it seems that speed should be calculated after range and Aob are calculated. If a target takes a long time to cross a bearing on the periscope, or if is travelling at a high rate of speed, a subsequent Aob determination could very well be inaccurate. In the KIUB written tutorial, Karamazovnew's calcualtes range, Aob and speed in that order.

One altermative is that you can calcuate speed first. Then recalculate range and Aob. This means that you will make a second range reading to caluclate the target's speed.

Is may analysis of this issue correct. The above assumes that the KIUB interface is being used for the range, speed and Aob calculations.

[CVeezy23]

On my attack periscope, when I zoom, it says it's a 4x zoom. When I zoom out, it's 1x zoom. In the manual it said it was 1.5x and 6x. Does this matter or is there something wrong? I'll reinstall it all, but I just thought I'd ask.

Thanks

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by I'm goin' down

If too much time elapses between calculation of the target's speed and Aob, it appears that the Aob reading will be inaccurate. The longer ones delays or the faster the target is moving the degree of inaccuracy in the determination of its Aob increases. Are, as a general rule, these assumptions correct? If so, since calculation of a target's speed is in part a function of its range and and time (i.e. the number of seconds it takes the target to travel its length), a delay in setting the Aob after speed is calculated may result in an inaccurate determination of Aob. This might result in screwing up the firing solution.

If the foregoing is correct, then as a general rule it seems that speed should be calculated after range and Aob are calculated. If a target takes a long time to cross a bearing on the periscope, or if is travelling at a high rate of speed, a subsequent Aob determination could very well be inaccurate. In the KIUB written tutorial, Karamazovnew's calcualtes range, Aob and speed in that order.

One altermative is that you can calcuate speed first. Then recalculate range and Aob. This means that you will make a second range reading to caluclate the target's speed.

Is may analysis of this issue correct. The above assumes that the KIUB interface is being used for the range, speed and Aob calculations.

Correct, within all the parameters course is the most stable, as long as your concealment is proper. The AOB can be determined by eye, by the KiUB, or from your map tracking data. The speed in OM can be tricky, these targets like to change speed so its important to listen to the officers calling speed changes from the hydrophone or from the scope when up. Its always a good idea to do a guick check of your data about a minute before firing to make sure the solution is viable. Then you get close 800m or less which assures that any minor error is irrelevant.

Happy hunting!

[jaxa]

I've found this thread looking infos about KIUB in OM. Idea of this user interface is good and I like it, but when I use my LCD native resolution (1680x1050) KIUB doesn't look sharp, rather like coloured pencil drawings. Is it possible to polish it and make it more photorealistic and more HD? Maybe grey colour of back panels rather than brown too?

[jaxa]

Small misunderstanding - I was talking about GUI and all gauges of periscopes & UZO views for torpedo attacks, not about environment.
Gauges of attack map look crisp, but those I'm talking about like in lower resolution. Back panels are brown - better (and probably more historic accurate) look in grey, like in most of GUI addons. Using 1280x1050 resolution it's clearly visible. I saw at SH5 workshop thread about GUI for SH5 based on Karamazov KIUB for SH4 - gauges looked better than in original set IMHO.