[TEC] Basic manual TDC tutorial

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by voss

Not your fail. This is a known issue. I believe the AOB is reset every time you update the other information in the TDC. It needs to be the last bit of data you enter.

Happy hunting!

that is correct, in the stock game, you have to enter AOB last to get an accurate solution.

[Loganrocks7]

Thanks

So i infiltrated scapa and missed horridly on two shots which I think came down to my range readings.

On the stadimeter. Do you measure to top of masts(I'm using TDW ui)? If so, you must have to get damn close to make these shots, passed 4km you have no hope of seeing these masts on even a extremely still sea and clear day.

Again, on the stadimeter, does your horizontal line have to be at the bottom of the ship or can it be anywhere?

Also has someone made a practice scenario where they don't shoot back you can just practice aiming and shooting manually?

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by Gaugeforever

On the stadimeter. Do you measure to top of masts(I'm using TDW ui)?

Again, on the stadimeter, does your horizontal line have to be at the bottom of the ship or can it be anywhere?

Yes top masts, and horizontal line on flotation line

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by Gaugeforever

So i infiltrated scapa and missed horridly on two shots which I think came down to my range readings.

On the stadimeter. Do you measure to top of masts(I'm using TDW ui)? If so, you must have to get damn close to make these shots, passed 4km you have no hope of seeing these masts on even a extremely still sea and clear day.

Again, on the stadimeter, does your horizontal line have to be at the bottom of the ship or can it be anywhere?

Also has someone made a practice scenario where they don't shoot back you can just practice aiming and shooting manually?

You could try one of my tutorials - it takes you through this in game

Originally Posted by Trevally.

You could try one of my tutorials - it takes you through this in game

Done, and tried it. Questions.

http://imgur.com/0BUQ7uE

So you can see I am in the stadimeter and have it set to the range (within 10m) of what your tutorial says it is and yet no where near the top of the masts. I tried on several ships and the range of your tutorial was correct, however the stadimeter (even when remotely close to top of masts) was wrong.

Also your AOB in your tutorials is wrong I think. I found AOB to be -46 in that pic (guess) and your tutorial said -134. No clue where that number came from. Anyways my AOB hit dead on center, so might be an issue there. But your range is WAY more accurate than mine. Just as I suspected my range finding is the issue.

How can I get better at this... Where am I supposed to put this stadimeter... it's so confusing.

[Yotaturbo]

thanks to this thread, i've got my first manual kill

[Bilge_Rat]

wow, this is a blast from the past. I was going to do a second part on full manual, but never got around to it.

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by Gaugeforever

however the stadimeter (even when remotely close to top of masts) was wrong.

I agree, stadimeter isn't very accurate and even adjusting it very carefully flotation line/top of masts usually give an error +- 100m further 90% of time.

I saw this using boats icons on map and solution line.
Mesuring distance to icon with ruler, and putting manually distance in stadi, the solution line just reach the boat icon...now using only stadimeter, solution line is off by at least 100 m

As the distance is corrupted further, i usually set the stadi a little more higher than the top mast.

But in RL, was the stadimeters that accurate too?

[Spectre-63]

Question for the more experienced Kaleuns:

In the past, I have always fired from a fixed wire - allowing my target to cross into the scope to the point where I want the torpedo to hit and then fire. Based upon my limited experience (and success) so far, I believe that unlocking the target may be shutting off the TDC and throwing off my shots. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

M

[RustySubmarine]

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