Map contact

bacchusxxx22 · 03-28-20, 03:03 PM

I never played late war.
What are hydrolines?

Fifi · 03-28-20, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bacchusxxx22

I never play late war.
What are hydrolines?

Hydrophone contact lines

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

One could create a batch file/program to scan all folders and replace said tga files with a properly blanked tga.

Excellent idea

Jeff-Groves · 03-28-20, 04:37 PM

Myself? I'd write a script for 010 to do the job.
But not everyone uses the program sadly.
If Modding? I can't even imagine doing without it!

Write the script and run it? All files would be replaced in mere seconds!

bacchusxxx22 · 03-28-20, 05:43 PM

Ah ok.

When you surfaced you have the nachster sichtkontakt button. If officer is on post, you get all info to draw the lines yourself .that's the way you get course of ships. No you need to be fast to be exact.

I'm not sure the lines are of need.
Then you just follow lines and Mark with pencil. Ends up same as map contact on.

Manually to figure out the ships course is the real way to play
That's what real captains do. Hehe

John Pancoast · 03-28-20, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bacchusxxx22

Ah ok.

When you surfaced you have the nachster sichtkontakt button. If officer is on post, you get all info to draw the lines yourself .that's the way you get course of ships. No you need to be fast to be exact.

I'm not sure the lines are of need.
Then you just follow lines and Mark with pencil. Ends up same as map contact on.

Manually to figure out the ships course is the real way to play
That's what real captains do. Hehe

Actually, that's what real *navigation officers/weapons officers* do.

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Harder does not in itself mean more realistic. Having said that, I'm a fan of the assisted plotting mod, similar to what you're mentioning.

derstosstrupp · 03-28-20, 07:59 PM

That’s one of those things that no subsim has gotten completely right. As far as U-boats went, the first watch officer did all surface shooting through the UZO, with the skipper giving his input or overriding him if necessary. Of course, for submerged attacks it was completely the skipper’s domain. He alone sat at the scope and made the decisions and called the values. However, every effort was made to estimate The values while surfaced before the boat submerged, Either by plotting, or more often by matching.

The assisted plotting mod is very slick and offers a pretty good compromise.

bacchusxxx22 · 03-29-20, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by derstosstrupp

That’s one of those things that no subsim has gotten completely right. As far as U-boats went, the first watch officer did all surface shooting through the UZO, with the skipper giving his input or overriding him if necessary. Of course, for submerged attacks it was completely the skipper’s domain. He alone sat at the scope and made the decisions and called the values. However, every effort was made to estimate The values while surfaced before the boat submerged, Either by plotting, or more often by matching.

The assisted plotting mod is very slick and offers a pretty good compromise.

Stosstrupp: mein man!

I see no reason to turn on map contact.

It's like a cheat with on

To use transparent tga is a nice idea.
However, with map contact off it's a simulation.
With on it's a action game.

03-28-20, 03:03 PM	#1
bacchusxxx22 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 130 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	I never played late war. What are hydrolines? __________________ Mornar Brane Last edited by bacchusxxx22; 03-28-20 at 06:06 PM.

03-28-20, 05:43 PM	#4
bacchusxxx22 Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 130 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Ah ok. When you surfaced you have the nachster sichtkontakt button. If officer is on post, you get all info to draw the lines yourself .that's the way you get course of ships. No you need to be fast to be exact. I'm not sure the lines are of need. Then you just follow lines and Mark with pencil. Ends up same as map contact on. Manually to figure out the ships course is the real way to play That's what real captains do. Hehe __________________ Mornar Brane Last edited by bacchusxxx22; 03-28-20 at 06:05 PM.

03-28-20, 07:59 PM	#6
derstosstrupp Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 918 Downloads: 490 Uploads: 0	That’s one of those things that no subsim has gotten completely right. As far as U-boats went, the first watch officer did all surface shooting through the UZO, with the skipper giving his input or overriding him if necessary. Of course, for submerged attacks it was completely the skipper’s domain. He alone sat at the scope and made the decisions and called the values. However, every effort was made to estimate The values while surfaced before the boat submerged, Either by plotting, or more often by matching. The assisted plotting mod is very slick and offers a pretty good compromise. __________________ Ask me anything about the Type VII or IX! One-Stop Targeting Shop: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...WwBt-1vjW28JbO My YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJ...9FXbD3S2kgwdPQ

03-28-20, 04:37 PM	#3
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,654 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Myself? I'd write a script for 010 to do the job. But not everyone uses the program sadly. If Modding? I can't even imagine doing without it! Write the script and run it? All files would be replaced in mere seconds!