Sub Buddy - the World's First Attack Disc & TADS Computer on iOS & Android

Gray Lensman · 10-18-20, 09:38 PM

As a suggestion, I would love to see a version of this as a standalone PC app using a mouse also. (NOT installed in-game as a tool). Using an android is kinda finger shaky for me especially with the enlarging necessary to read the scales. Be glad to pay extra for such a version.

edit> It would also help the tutorial process if the tutorials were available on the PoutyBatFace Studios YouTube channel so that someone could view the tutorial while handling the Attack/TADS disc WITHOUT switching back and forth from the tutorial.

derstosstrupp · 10-18-20, 10:52 PM

Very good suggestion!

siege00 · 10-28-20, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Gray Lensman

As a suggestion, I would love to see a version of this as a standalone PC app using a mouse also. (NOT installed in-game as a tool). Using an android is kinda finger shaky for me especially with the enlarging necessary to read the scales. Be glad to pay extra for such a version.

edit> It would also help the tutorial process if the tutorials were available on the PoutyBatFace Studios YouTube channel so that someone could view the tutorial while handling the Attack/TADS disc WITHOUT switching back and forth from the tutorial.

There is a variation of this for PC, which I've been using on MS Surface, called Solution Solver. https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...19&postcount=1

It's not the same but has some of the same functionality.

I'm pulling Sub Buddy down on my iPad right now. Can't wait to give it a go!

Elphaba · 10-29-20, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by siege00

I'm pulling Sub Buddy down on my iPad right now. Can't wait to give it a go!

I hope you love it!

siege00 · 11-01-20, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Elphaba

I hope you love it!

Absolutely love it! This is what I've been waiting for, and have been trying to find the time to do myself. I'd much rather pay someone for it though.

Many thanks to the dev team and all who supported in making this happen.

If I may, I have a suggestion that I would love to see happen with this product. On the front-side of the attack disk, would it be possible either via a switch or something, to unlock the outer ring? The logic behind this is that I could change course after setting up the enemy course and AOB, etc, without having to update the rest of the disks simply by rotating the outer ring to reflect my new course.

I hope that makes sense, and thank you for such a great product! Pulling this tool out adds a new layer of realism as well as the improved upon graphics and dial alignment. As a fan of the old style circular Jeppesen Flight Computers, like the CR-5, this is right up my alley. Now if only there were a physical version.

Pisces · 11-01-20, 05:32 AM

There are template files around here in Subsim if you want to DIY. (like the link in my signature) They precede Sub Buddy and it is based on them. So you can make a cardboard physical implementation of it. It won't be exactly like the Sub Buddy disks. Sub Buddy is made with it's own twist on it. On the TADS side it uses 2 orders of magnitude per scale (as opposed to 1 order of magnitude) and adds a tangent scale.

I agree that the dark brown relative bearing disk should be rotatable for easier use. With my physical template disk I grab and hold the (white) compass disk with the AOB disk and other pointers clamped together to set ownship course by turning the brown disk underneath.

Macgregor the Hammer · 11-04-20, 09:15 AM

There's an Android Emulator available for PC called Blue Stacks. It's free and Sub Buddy runs well on it.

Elphaba · 11-14-20, 10:02 AM

Calling out to anyone on iOS (initially) if they'd like to volunteer to beta test Sub Buddy 2.0.

As things get closer to release (weeks) we'll be inviting 'droid owners to join in the Beta.

If you'd like to join you'll need an iOS device running iOS 12 or better, then please PM me with your Apple ID Email address and I'll add you to our beta testers.

New features and suggestions are behind the push for Sub Buddy 2.0, and if we're still missing something you want, please get in touch.

Thanks to the sub community.

Stay safe out there.

Sub Buddy Team.

10-18-20, 09:38 PM	#1
Gray Lensman Frogman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: USA Posts: 308 Downloads: 104 Uploads: 0	As a suggestion, I would love to see a version of this as a standalone PC app using a mouse also. (NOT installed in-game as a tool). Using an android is kinda finger shaky for me especially with the enlarging necessary to read the scales. Be glad to pay extra for such a version. edit> It would also help the tutorial process if the tutorials were available on the PoutyBatFace Studios YouTube channel so that someone could view the tutorial while handling the Attack/TADS disc WITHOUT switching back and forth from the tutorial. __________________ . Member since February 2007 Wargaming since 1971 (1st game Avalon Hill's Stalingrad) Hobby/Gaming Computng since 1977 (TRS-80) (adhoc programming & game modding ever since) Last edited by Gray Lensman; 10-19-20 at 07:51 AM.

10-18-20, 10:52 PM	#2
derstosstrupp Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 490 Uploads: 0	Very good suggestion! __________________ 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

11-01-20, 05:32 AM	#6
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	There are template files around here in Subsim if you want to DIY. (like the link in my signature) They precede Sub Buddy and it is based on them. So you can make a cardboard physical implementation of it. It won't be exactly like the Sub Buddy disks. Sub Buddy is made with it's own twist on it. On the TADS side it uses 2 orders of magnitude per scale (as opposed to 1 order of magnitude) and adds a tangent scale. I agree that the dark brown relative bearing disk should be rotatable for easier use. With my physical template disk I grab and hold the (white) compass disk with the AOB disk and other pointers clamped together to set ownship course by turning the brown disk underneath. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

11-04-20, 09:15 AM	#7
Macgregor the Hammer Chief Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Minnesota Posts: 325 Downloads: 535 Uploads: 1	There's an Android Emulator available for PC called Blue Stacks. It's free and Sub Buddy runs well on it. __________________ "It's impossible to make anything fool proof....Fools are too ingenious!"

11-14-20, 10:02 AM	#8
Elphaba Neptune's daughter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 325 Downloads: 164 Uploads: 0	Sub Buddy 2.0 is almost here! Calling out to anyone on iOS (initially) if they'd like to volunteer to beta test Sub Buddy 2.0. As things get closer to release (weeks) we'll be inviting 'droid owners to join in the Beta. If you'd like to join you'll need an iOS device running iOS 12 or better, then please PM me with your Apple ID Email address and I'll add you to our beta testers. New features and suggestions are behind the push for Sub Buddy 2.0, and if we're still missing something you want, please get in touch. Thanks to the sub community. Stay safe out there. Sub Buddy Team.