Problem with Cromwell attack method

[Nisgeis]

Hmmm. I'm pretty sure the gyro angle is zero, you don't use the TDC at all and you just shoot when the target reaches the firing point.

[Rockin Robbins]

IF you are using the Vector Analysis fork of John P Cromwell, you are correct. That works by freezing the gyro angle at zero and reverse engineering the firing bearing. You won't get a firing bearing of exactly 350 in my example above, if you use Vector Analysis.

I was presupposing the rule of thumb (for lack of a better word) fork of the John P Cromwell method which freezes the aiming angle and lets the TDC calculate the gyro angle, which most likely won't be exactly zero.

Actually nobody in the early part of the thread was talking about the Vector Analysis method, which Nisgeis introduced by the way, and they should. It accomplishes everything the solution solver does but requires no tools but what are found in SH4. You don't have to alt-tab out of the game (freezing time in the process) to another application to do Vector Analysis. It's quicker, can be done in real time and does exactly the same thing as Solution Solver.

And again, Vector Analysis also uses fewer steps, so it also introduces fewer opportunities for error to creep into your solution. Vector analysis is also self-correcting! Because it is a scale drawing of the attack, just looking at it validates the solution as correct. That self-validation is unique to Vector Analysis. No other method can claim that.

RR wrote...

You don't have to alt-tab out of the game (freezing time in the process)

So, if you are playing the game on, for instance, your desktop computer and you had a laptop next to it then you could use solution solver or mobo or whatever on the laptop and not ruin the immersion factor(in my opinion) as it would be like the plotting party doing their thing. Unless this was a crisis(maybe even then) you should have ample time to set everything up without freezing the game. RR always points out how leisurely this process is in his videos. I haven't actually done this but I am just coming back to SH4 (bizarre, untimely death of my gaming computer a while ago*) and previously I didn't have a laptop but I got a dead one from a friend and resurrected it. I just started a new career (God, I missed this game) and I think I'm going to try this.

Urge

* I will NEVER again buy a CPU fan with the push and twist connectors. Backplates and bolts for me.

[Rockin Robbins]

OOOOOO! Two computers could be really cool. Or a multi monitor setup so you never have to leave the SH4 screen.

@Urge, your computer must not have had software that slows down or shuts off the computer before it incinerates? I have that and it STILL didn't help. It was my video card wanting to detonate. I had smoke and everything! It was pretty exciting for a few minutes. The fan on my video card seized up and EVGA honored their warranty, sending me back a claimed identical card with updated cooling system that is really awesome! Now my video runs cooler than my CPU. EVGA rocks!

RR wrote...

Urge, your computer must not have had software that slows down or shuts off the computer before it incinerates?

O Yeah, now you got me, what is this software I've never heard of? Me want! My CPU fan had those push and turn connectors and one of the plastic pieces broke lifting the fan off of the CPU. This is almost instant death (what, like maybe 5-10 seconds before you cook at least the CPU if not the MOBO). That software probably wouldn't have helped me but I can definitely see a place for it on every computer I own.I never even owned a laptop before but this dead laptop I was given had a bad MOBO and I found one cheap in Hong Kong with free shipping! Two years later and it's still working great.
Urge

[Rockin Robbins]

My AMD microprocessor has that built in and it automatically works as long as it's enabled in BIOS. Laptops get really hot sometimes so most of those also have this feature that slows down or shuts down the computer when it's in danger of ignition.

Many motherboards have Cool & Quiet features that throttle your fans and microprocessor as needed to avoid damage. I'll give you specifics when I get home and have access to the thing.