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07-28-09, 06:10 PM | #31 | |
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07-28-09, 08:23 PM | #32 | |
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Just looks like the basic schematics for how it works... Probably no more or less difficult to operate than what we're using in the game. |
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07-28-09, 08:34 PM | #33 |
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Cool find! And keep in mind that it was much simpler than the TDC on a US boat and probably slightly simpler than a German TDC. Both could use more accurate modeling in future games.
Aaronblood, I understand now that you just used terminology carelessly rather than making an explicit call for a position keeper, which is a clock driven device automatically updating angle on the bow and range parameters over time assuming that target course and speed remain constant. That was a piece of equipment not present in German or Japanese boats. You meant TDC inputs or equivalent German nomenclature. I don't have any problem with which screen inputs are in as long as they remain authentic. I don't find notepads to be authentic TDC input devices. I think we all agree that PC rendering of the TDCs of all countries is an area where future subsims have plenty of room for improvement. I'd love to see the device the OLC GUI replicates included in the U-Boat. I'd love to see stadimeter plots and bearing difference plots included in fleet boat targeting too.
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07-28-09, 08:39 PM | #34 | |
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How could I have been any more or less careless in wording in this post from 8 months ago? |
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Boy, RR, it's tough discussing something with someone who can't/won't read what has been written.
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Finally, the allies could also indulge in disguising ships characteristics, and i repeat my point that, like the Americans, the Germans also rarely had exact information regarding merchant ships. Quote:
Regarding radar: Obviously the allies had better radar and were always one step ahead, but it was also a generational change. The U-boat war was ending as the US submarine war was starting. Noone had effective radar until 43 - both did at the end. You use the technology you have at the time. Quote:
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