No map update players - do you ask your WO for range to target?

Iron Budokan · 01-28-07, 11:38 AM

Yes!

Sailor Steve · 01-28-07, 03:32 PM

I use the Weapons Officer. I also have Map Updates on. I also use the Assisted Plotting mod, which gives realistic updates, like you can't see anything on the map that you haven't identified.

Reece · 01-28-07, 05:46 PM

Sailor Steve:

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I use the Weapons Officer. I also have Map Updates on

Now do the right thing & turn them off Steve.

If I have to suffer for realism sake so should you.......How dare you enjoy the game!

Sailor Steve · 01-28-07, 06:20 PM

Why? With Assisted Plotting, ships get marked on the map exactly as the are in real life-one ship at a time.:p

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-29-07, 06:13 AM

Yes, I ask the First Watch Idiot the range because of my laziness. But (there are always some buts [shouldn't I spell it butts?]):
- he is too accurate, he can measure the distance very precisely even at like 8 km distance.
- he can measure the distance so precisely even before I identify the ship (and that's quite amazing, he's a master...),
- he's totally blind. He usually sees nothing till I show it to him with my finger (lock with 'L' button).

I'd like hime to learn some new abilities:
- tell me the distance to a ship I POINT, not to the closest one,
- shut the &^%# up when not asked to repeat his annoying reports.

But to say the truth, I like him... My best officer and I'll never let him be transfered - BdU would have to kill me before. And I love my First Watch Idiot name - Herbert Mientus ('Mientus', or more properly spelled 'Miêtus' is a 'spearmint candy' in Polish.

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raduz · 01-29-07, 08:31 AM

I also think the Watch Officer is way too accurate, and thats why I dont use his assistance at 100 percent realism. anyway, I think he should announce an approximative range to target at least... lets say in tousands meters (range to target 7000 m... 6000 m) or something like this.

I would like to quote Dantenocs oppinion that I share with him. He said once:

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Originally Posted by Dantenoc

... having a watch officer that is too precise might be somewhat unrealistic, but having a watch officer so incompetent that he can't even venture a guess at a target's range is clearly even more unrealistic.

Corsair · 01-29-07, 08:51 AM

This is probably why the WO range to target was reintroduced in last NYGM 2.4 version...

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01-28-07, 11:38 AM	#1
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yes! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-28-07, 03:32 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I use the Weapons Officer. I also have Map Updates on. I also use the Assisted Plotting mod, which gives realistic updates, like you can't see anything on the map that you haven't identified. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-28-07, 06:20 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Why? With Assisted Plotting, ships get marked on the map exactly as the are in real life-one ship at a time.:p __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-29-07, 06:13 AM	#5
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	Yes, I ask the First Watch Idiot the range because of my laziness. But (there are always some buts [shouldn't I spell it butts?]): - he is too accurate, he can measure the distance very precisely even at like 8 km distance. - he can measure the distance so precisely even before I identify the ship (and that's quite amazing, he's a master...), - he's totally blind. He usually sees nothing till I show it to him with my finger (lock with 'L' button). I'd like hime to learn some new abilities: - tell me the distance to a ship I POINT, not to the closest one, - shut the &^%# up when not asked to repeat his annoying reports. But to say the truth, I like him... My best officer and I'll never let him be transfered - BdU would have to kill me before. And I love my First Watch Idiot name - Herbert Mientus ('Mientus', or more properly spelled 'Miêtus' is a 'spearmint candy' in Polish. ). __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to

01-29-07, 08:51 AM	#7
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	This is probably why the WO range to target was reintroduced in last NYGM 2.4 version... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander