Tracking contacts at night?

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by Sigurd

So I decided to give Manual Targeting a go after downloading OLC's GUI. When I was out patrolling, I saw a merchant ship out in the distance, but because it was so dark, I found it hard to calculate its range and AOB. Because of this, I had to stay out of visual range for about 2 or 3 hours until the sun came up.

Is there a better way? Such as just using the map tools to calculate everything? Or is it really best to gather data during the day, then attack at night?

Want to know what I do?

I ask the watch officer for the nearest contact. It's his job to do that.

Obviously that assumes you are surfaced.

Also, at night you can get pretty close without being spotted, provided you keep a narrow profile and don't go to fast.