Growl. My Weapon Officer has a mind on his own

bigboywooly · 12-01-06, 07:39 AM

Let them go
Find some targets elsewhere

MarshalLaw · 12-01-06, 11:02 AM

When you went to manual, did you set your Gyro angle to 0 degrees ( or 180 if stern shot)and set the speed knob to 0? What ever the angle and speed was before will stay there until you move it. I have done that myself before, scratching my heading and saying WTF, then I look at the Gyro angle knob or speed knob and see it pointing at 7 degrees and 5 knots.

Easy mistake to make if that's the case.

Jimbuna · 12-01-06, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Let them go
Find some targets elsewhere

AGREED...go for the bigger boys

12-01-06, 04:41 PM

I wish I could remember the particulars with something that happened to me similar to you.

It was a singleton, dead in the water. I could lock onto it, and target it, but I couldn't get the TDC to accept the information. When I went to F6 to check out the run times, I was surprised to discover that, regardless of being locked onto the ship it wasn't showing any run time at all. I shrugged, figuring it must just be a slight glitch, and fired anyway. I fired twice, and both times they angled off into oblivion, absolutely not even close to where I was aiming and locked onto.

It wasn't until I manually targeted and entered the information that I generated a hit.

d@rk51d3 · 12-01-06, 05:17 PM

Same thing happened to me a couple of times. Way down the coast of Africa, spotted a few merchants and let rip with a salvo, only to watch them all go in the wrong direction

Reloaded, try again......... same

Reloaded, check all settings etc, fire......... same

I gave up and returned to base. It was just too frustrating losing about 10 torps, and watch them head off into the sunset, nowhere near the direction of their targets.

12-01-06, 06:47 PM

time for an all expenses paid vacation for your weapons officer to Stalingrad.

12-01-06, 07:39 AM	#1
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Let them go Find some targets elsewhere __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-01-06, 06:47 PM	#6
Wave Skipper Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	time for an all expenses paid vacation time for an all expenses paid vacation for your weapons officer to Stalingrad.

12-01-06, 11:02 AM	#2
MarshalLaw Navy Dude Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando Fla USA Posts: 174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	When you went to manual, did you set your Gyro angle to 0 degrees ( or 180 if stern shot)and set the speed knob to 0? What ever the angle and speed was before will stay there until you move it. I have done that myself before, scratching my heading and saying WTF, then I look at the Gyro angle knob or speed knob and see it pointing at 7 degrees and 5 knots. Easy mistake to make if that's the case.

12-01-06, 04:41 PM	#4
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I wish I could remember the particulars with something that happened to me similar to you. It was a singleton, dead in the water. I could lock onto it, and target it, but I couldn't get the TDC to accept the information. When I went to F6 to check out the run times, I was surprised to discover that, regardless of being locked onto the ship it wasn't showing any run time at all. I shrugged, figuring it must just be a slight glitch, and fired anyway. I fired twice, and both times they angled off into oblivion, absolutely not even close to where I was aiming and locked onto. It wasn't until I manually targeted and entered the information that I generated a hit.

12-01-06, 05:17 PM	#5
d@rk51d3 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,953 Downloads: 207 Uploads: 0	Same thing happened to me a couple of times. Way down the coast of Africa, spotted a few merchants and let rip with a salvo, only to watch them all go in the wrong direction Reloaded, try again......... same Reloaded, check all settings etc, fire......... same I gave up and returned to base. It was just too frustrating losing about 10 torps, and watch them head off into the sunset, nowhere near the direction of their targets.