GAAARGH help me get a workable UI/workflow

[maillemaker]

So, what is "sad" about escorts been unpredictable?

It's sad that I can't shoot them as easily as before!

you need to learn how...

So what's the trick here? I have to manually set the planes to zero in order to hold depth at deep depths?

I would have expected the Chief to do this automatically for any given depth I order.

Steve

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

It's sad that I can't shoot them as easily as before!



So what's the trick here? I have to manually set the planes to zero in order to hold depth at deep depths?

I would have expected the Chief to do this automatically for any given depth I order.

Steve

The trick is to get rid of some water from ballast tanks in order to obtain positive buoyancy. Let say you want to dive to 190m.
When your sub sinks to something like 200m press "blow ballast" and quickly select desired depth, but not deeper than your current depth (in this case 190m). After that control your depth with dive planes and forward movement only...

[maillemaker]

Good to know, thanks. I will play with it and see if I can keep depth below 200m.

Strange that the Chief can manage depth keeping on his own above 200m but fails at the job below that.

Steve