New Captain Looking for Answers

[Captain Huxley]

Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

There are plenty of youtubes and instructions out there explaining different methods of using the manual targeting. other than that i can't help you for sure, I've never taken the time, but eventually I might. Good luck! I'm sure there's some thread on subsims too.



Here's a quick couple I pulled up. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfil...?id=2107661987

I have watched all the videos in the Captains Bag of Tricks plus many more but still I tend to miss by 5 or 10 degrees or sometime my torps just seem to go wonky. LOL

[1Patriotofmany]

I'm guessing you are either not getting the speed or the angle of the bow correct... I don't think our torps ever had a problem with gyro angles, depth and mechanical pistol yes. One of these days I sit down and learn to do it and give it a real try.

[pabbi]

I know it's a stupid question, but are you opening the torpedo tubes before shooting.

[1Patriotofmany]

Originally Posted by pabbi

I know it's a stupid question, but are you opening the torpedo tubes before shooting.

Not really, that delay might be the thing. He's a swabbie. Might be a fantastic call. I love this site. What about it Captain?

[Captain Huxley]

Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

Not really, that delay might be the thing. He's a swabbie. Might be a fantastic call. I love this site. What about it Captain?

Don't think that is my issue

[1Patriotofmany]

Originally Posted by Captain Huxley

Don't think that is my issue

So you are opening the tubes before shooting then? 200 meters isn't enough for them to even arm and unless you have a perfect 90 degree shot I'd expect much wonkiness.

[Captain Huxley]

Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

So you are opening the tubes before shooting then? 200 meters isn't enough for them to even arm and unless you have a perfect 90 degree shot I'd expect much wonkiness.

Yeah I am opening the tubes 100% of the time now first career where I went till about July 42 before restarting I would say I tended to forget about 50% of the time but now it is muscle memory to just hit (W) set torp, hit (Q) open tube and confirm all of them even a second time before firing.

As for range I never shoot under 1,000 yards that my go to range sometimes it will creep below 850 but I hit reverse if I see that solution happening. I hold my fire if I was at or under 600 yards though.

[Captain Huxley]

Originally Posted by pabbi

I know it's a stupid question, but are you opening the torpedo tubes before shooting.

At first that may have been an issue but not anymore when my torps tend to go wonky it is when I set range to like 200 meters using the Dick O Kane method of ignoring range.

As for torps missing by a few degrees I am just needing to learn how to dial them in for me I guess

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Captain Huxley

At first that may have been an issue but not anymore when my torps tend to go wonky it is when I set range to like 200 meters using the Dick O Kane method of ignoring range.

As for torps missing by a few degrees I am just needing to learn how to dial them in for me I guess

Try setting it to max range. Then it shouldn't correct for torpedo-turn-parallax as much. That extra bit of torpedo turn is larger when the target is close rather than distant.