While on the subject - Finding targets course

Reece · 01-04-07, 11:56 PM

Hi, manual targeting has always been a pain for me, and calculating the AOB would be a lot easier if I could get my sub to travel a parallel course to the target, but in order to do that I need to find his course!

Forget Wazoos' tutorial, half the nav map tools he uses I don't have but even then too complicated, for me anyway.

In the past I use the nav map with god's eye view to match course & calculate speed, but this is rather cheating & not really manual targeting!!

There must be a relatively easy way though to find the targets course knowing:
1) Target Bearing
2) U-Boats course
3) Anything I may have missed!
If anyone knows of a good method could they please explain it to me?

Many Thanks.

Dantenoc · 01-05-07, 01:03 AM

You don't have the NavMap tools that Wazoo uses??... they are included in SHIII stock IF you have patched it, if your playing the game as it came out of the box then you're missing out on a lot.

Reece · 01-05-07, 01:29 AM

From Wazoo's Manual charting & Targeting part II:

Quote:

Step #6 Draw a Bearing Line to the Target
Select the ruler tool, and extend a line from the position you marked as your observation point in Step #4 through the bottom of the compass that appears at the tip of the ruler.

No compass appears at the tip of my ruler, & I use 1.4b!!!!
Like I said, His way is too complicated & I don't particularly want to scan the picture in, upload it, just to show the tools he uses that are NOT standard!

11Bravo · 01-05-07, 08:37 AM

Go to the Nav map and click the ? mark before selecting a tool. Did this help?

Reece · 01-05-07, 09:27 AM

For crying out Loud!!

If you read this Gizzmoe Please delete this whole thread.

Thanks.

_Seth_ · 01-05-07, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reece

For crying out Loud!!

If you read this Gizzmoe Please delete this whole thread.

Thanks.

Reece, mate, dont give up. I know you can make this, its easy!

Reece · 01-05-07, 08:03 PM

To all the Noobies: Sorry to be abrupt (not nice) but have come a lot further than the obvious answers given!

I went to Wazoos site & he lists the mods to be installed to use his tutorial but I don't want to do this, the nav map is cluttered enough & the mods are no longer available anyway (well I don't think they are) but as I said in the post It is far too dificult to me to be able to do all that he says in 3 minutes, I'm no mathematition

But there must be an easier way, U-boat commanders must have been pretty darn smart to know all the things required to run a U-boat!

Being in my 50's the old saying "can't teach an old dog new tricks" may apply here!:rotfl:I'm currently trying to learn another technique, & if I ever work this out, I'll write a Tutorial in "Laymans terms"!!!

01-06-07, 09:35 AM

Have you seen the videos about how to plot...?

They are quite educational. I can from request put them on my filefront space.

01-04-07, 11:56 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,718 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	While on the subject - Finding targets course Hi, manual targeting has always been a pain for me, and calculating the AOB would be a lot easier if I could get my sub to travel a parallel course to the target, but in order to do that I need to find his course! Forget Wazoos' tutorial, half the nav map tools he uses I don't have but even then too complicated, for me anyway. In the past I use the nav map with god's eye view to match course & calculate speed, but this is rather cheating & not really manual targeting!! There must be a relatively easy way though to find the targets course knowing: 1) Target Bearing 2) U-Boats course 3) Anything I may have missed! If anyone knows of a good method could they please explain it to me? Many Thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

01-05-07, 01:03 AM	#2
Dantenoc Captain Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ensenada, B.C., Mexico Posts: 504 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You don't have the NavMap tools that Wazoo uses??... they are included in SHIII stock IF you have patched it, if your playing the game as it came out of the box then you're missing out on a lot. __________________ Going to U-boot school : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88922 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=90234 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=97682

01-05-07, 09:27 AM	#5
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,718 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I give up!! For crying out Loud!! If you read this Gizzmoe Please delete this whole thread. Thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

01-05-07, 08:03 PM	#7
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,718 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Calm down Reece! To all the Noobies: Sorry to be abrupt (not nice) but have come a lot further than the obvious answers given! I went to Wazoos site & he lists the mods to be installed to use his tutorial but I don't want to do this, the nav map is cluttered enough & the mods are no longer available anyway (well I don't think they are) but as I said in the post It is far too dificult to me to be able to do all that he says in 3 minutes, I'm no mathematition But there must be an easier way, U-boat commanders must have been pretty darn smart to know all the things required to run a U-boat! Being in my 50's the old saying "can't teach an old dog new tricks" may apply here!:rotfl:I'm currently trying to learn another technique, & if I ever work this out, I'll write a Tutorial in "Laymans terms"!!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

01-05-07, 08:37 AM	#4
11Bravo Medic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Error Triangle Posts: 168 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Go to the Nav map and click the ? mark before selecting a tool. Did this help? __________________ "Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him." -- Job 15:21

01-06-07, 09:35 AM	#8
Mav87th Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Have you seen the videos about how to plot...? They are quite educational. I can from request put them on my filefront space.