Green Torpedo Track

chondria · 05-23-20, 09:12 PM

In the attack map, the green line that shows where the torpedoes will go are not pointing at the ship I set up in the TDC.

So, I sneak up on a convoy, identify the nearest ship and send it to the TDC. I then check for range, put in the speed and put in my AOB from the regular map. I check the attack map and the green line is not pointing at my ship. It's pointing at the escort in front of the convoy.
I turn the TDC off but all that does is remove the white square with track from the attack map. I try to resend the data from the identification manual (basically start over) but the green torpedo track stays stuck on the escort.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks

I bought the game on amazon in 2009 and didn't have time to play it until now. "Original" cd game.

Aktungbby · 05-23-20, 09:49 PM

chondria!

Pisces · 05-24-20, 09:32 AM

The data in the TDC is pointed by entering a range and bearing (point periscope at it) and and sending it to the TDC. The green line should not be on the target but somewhere in front of it, wherever the torpedo will collide with it as the target moves forward. Which may incidentally be where that escort is now. If you don't give it a new range and bearing it will just keep the last setting whatever it may have been before.
By "TDC off" you mean that red button light on the interface? That is really the position keeper, a calculator which progresses the position of the target based on the range and bearing you entered last. (Also that white marker) So if it is off it will not change that position relative to yours. Could you post screenshots of the attack map and TDC/PK displays to give a better analysis of what went wrong?

Raider M · 05-24-20, 05:14 PM

Welcome to the madness chondria.

Havan_IronOak · 05-24-20, 06:55 PM

For what it's worth I created a Lubber's Guide to Manual Torpedo tageting on Steam

Here's a link to the guide.

It's only a starting point but I hope it explains the basics and helps folks improve.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfil...?id=2107661987

If anyone cares to offer suggestions or correct any obvious errors that I've overlooked I'd appreciate it.

05-23-20, 09:12 PM	#1
chondria Bilge Rat Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 1 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Green Torpedo Track In the attack map, the green line that shows where the torpedoes will go are not pointing at the ship I set up in the TDC. So, I sneak up on a convoy, identify the nearest ship and send it to the TDC. I then check for range, put in the speed and put in my AOB from the regular map. I check the attack map and the green line is not pointing at my ship. It's pointing at the escort in front of the convoy. I turn the TDC off but all that does is remove the white square with track from the attack map. I try to resend the data from the identification manual (basically start over) but the green torpedo track stays stuck on the escort. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks I bought the game on amazon in 2009 and didn't have time to play it until now. "Original" cd game.

05-23-20, 09:49 PM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard! chondria! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

05-24-20, 09:32 AM	#3
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	The data in the TDC is pointed by entering a range and bearing (point periscope at it) and and sending it to the TDC. The green line should not be on the target but somewhere in front of it, wherever the torpedo will collide with it as the target moves forward. Which may incidentally be where that escort is now. If you don't give it a new range and bearing it will just keep the last setting whatever it may have been before. By "TDC off" you mean that red button light on the interface? That is really the position keeper, a calculator which progresses the position of the target based on the range and bearing you entered last. (Also that white marker) So if it is off it will not change that position relative to yours. Could you post screenshots of the attack map and TDC/PK displays to give a better analysis of what went wrong? __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

05-24-20, 06:55 PM	#5
Havan_IronOak Navy Dude Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Posts: 175 Downloads: 233 Uploads: 0	For what it's worth I created a Lubber's Guide to Manual Torpedo tageting on Steam For what it's worth I created a Lubber's Guide to Manual Torpedo tageting on Steam Here's a link to the guide. It's only a starting point but I hope it explains the basics and helps folks improve. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfil...?id=2107661987 If anyone cares to offer suggestions or correct any obvious errors that I've overlooked I'd appreciate it. __________________ If I can't be a good example, I'll be a glaring warning! AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor, 3700 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) Windows 10 Home Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB NVidia RTX2070 16 Gig

05-24-20, 05:14 PM	#4
Raider M Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Port Canaveral, FL Posts: 25 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	Welcome to the madness chondria.