How do you Point and Shoot?

[joea]

Again auto-aiming in the realism manual, one point in SHIV the periscope is not linked to the TDC so if you use manual you gotta send all data to the TDC. BTW in the reals US subs the periscope was not linked to the TDC, unlike in the German u-boats.

[starbird]

Just sending speed won't send the bearing. You need to use the sadimeter to send the bearing info (as I understand it, its what I've been doing anyhow).

So if your target is stationary, and you set speed to 0, aob to anything, and set the range to anything using the stadimeter, you can point to your target and hit the 'send range to tdc' button, and your torps should go where you want them to.

[SteamWake]

I belive the OP is asking about a "snap shot" wherein you use best guess estimates.

Just set the range to some reasonable number, spread angle to zero, speed to high, open the torpedo door have the periscope at zero and take your best guess at lead and fire the torp and hope for the best.

Be advised though you had better be a little ways out otherwise the torp wont arm and will just doink off the target.

Personally I prefer to let the TDC do its thing its a lot more accurate than I am.

[heartc]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Just set the range to some reasonable number, spread angle to zero, speed to high, open the torpedo door have the periscope at zero and take your best guess at lead and fire the torp and hope for the best.

Yeah, this works if you want to aim with your "sub nose". If he wants to aim with the scope, though, my advise is accurate. I hope it works as described in the manual, then it really wont be a problem. If it doesn't, he just needs to set the speed to zero. And he should only have to take target bearing, which is not possible to send seperately w/o a range transmission, so he needs to hit the "send" button when on the "range page" of the upper right hand dial. Any range in fact, cause it doesn't matter at all for a snapshot with target speed zero.