Firing a torpedo successfully

[OldCoder]

Thanks, I did finally manage to sink the tutorial tanker (only taken me 6 months! well, on and off due to very little time) by following the info in this thread and the auto targeting tutorial linked from Berbster's FAQ.

Two things I wasn't sure about. The XO pop-up continued to display unknown target when I'm tapping space bar. Why is it unknown? It was pretty close, and visually huge at x6 scope. How do I get my crew to identify it.

Second, I tried following the auto targeting tutorial (move to 800 range and perpendicular etc) but couldn't get the 1, 2, 3 circles to appear on the mini map, so setting the firing speed of the torpedo was guesswork.

TIA for tips.

[Peter Cremer]

Originally Posted by OldCoder

Thanks, I did finally manage to sink the tutorial tanker (only taken me 6 months! well, on and off due to very little time) by following the info in this thread and the auto targeting tutorial linked from Berbster's FAQ.

Two things I wasn't sure about. The XO pop-up continued to display unknown target when I'm tapping space bar. Why is it unknown? It was pretty close, and visually huge at x6 scope. How do I get my crew to identify it.

Second, I tried following the auto targeting tutorial (move to 800 range and perpendicular etc) but couldn't get the 1, 2, 3 circles to appear on the mini map, so setting the firing speed of the torpedo was guesswork.

TIA for tips.

I got so frustrated in trying to sink, or even get a hit, on the tutorial ship that I finally surfaced and sank it with the deck gun.

[artbysmiley]

Originally Posted by Peter Cremer

I got so frustrated in trying to sink, or even get a hit, on the tutorial ship that I finally surfaced and sank it with the deck gun.

Follow this tutorial http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=146

It tells you how to activate auto TDC in TWOS and how to use it. It is as simple as lock ship with space bar, unlock ship with space bar. Fire torpedo

[Captain_AJ]

Originally Posted by artbysmiley

Follow this tutorial http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=146

It tells you how to activate auto TDC in TWOS and how to use it. It is as simple as lock ship with space bar, unlock ship with space bar. Fire torpedo

OMG .. all you cry, babies . if you ever took the time to learn what is being offered in teaching you concepts would have a 70- 80 % hit rate, even 100% playing at that easy level. Play at 100 %, it will force you to play efficiently. I miss at times but I kill as well with a 70% kill rate without all the BS in an easy setting, guess you all gonna blame VDr, cause you can't hit ca-ca -- wake up, learn something . use the vids that are available .. quit crying

[J0313]

Originally Posted by Captain_AJ

OMG .. all you cry, babies . if you ever took the time to learn what is being offered in teaching you concepts would have a 70- 80 % hit rate, even 100% playing at that easy level. Play at 100 %, it will force you to play efficiently. I miss at times but I kill as well with a 70% kill rate without all the BS in an easy setting, guess you all gonna blame VDr, cause you can't hit ca-ca -- wake up, learn something . use the vids that are available .. quit crying

I'd really like to know who yanked your friggin chain. Nobody is crying fool, they are just asking for help. Why don't you keep your comments to yourself and stop butting in to what basically amounts to another conversation unless of course you have something constructive to add but I doubt it.

[vdr1981]

So guys, you are saying that auto targeting as seen in this video, with self adjusting firing solutions when ship is in sight and without any need for target marking/locking or OFEV tinkering, works only for me and no one else? Did I understand that right?

[XenonSurf]

Originally Posted by vdr1981

So guys, you are saying that auto targeting as seen in this video, with self adjusting firing solutions when ship is in sight and without any need for target marking/locking or OFEV tinkering, works only for me and no one else? Did I understand that right?

First, in your video you are so close to enemy that you don't need to ID the ship, you can use eyeball with its flag. So you can skip my a) above.

I don't know what you do exactly in your video (I did watch it in the past), but if you simply point and fire then you have no control about WHERE on the ship your torpedo will hit, it will always hit dead center. If I fire 2-3 torpedos I don't like them hitting at the same place.

If you watch the dials, you will see that the numbers are only updated if you unlock the target after locking it. So the right sequence is not point-and-fire, but lock target/unlock target/aim/fire.
By no way will a beginner of the SH series figure this out by himself! But yes, by following your method he will at least hit the target and doesn't need to 'lead the aim' for a precise location hit.