"slow","medium","fast" speeds?

[Bilge_Rat]

On the nav map, what is the speed in knots of contacts marked as "slow", "medium" or "fast"?

a basic question really, but I could not find the answer in the manual or in a quick search on the forum.

Without an easy way to determine target speed, you need every help you can get when doing manual TDC.

[U-Bones]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

On the nav map, what is the speed in knots of contacts marked as "slow", "medium" or "fast"?

a basic question really, but I could not find the answer in the manual or in a quick search on the forum.

Without an easy way to determine target speed, you need every help you can get when doing manual TDC.

From data\cfg\contacts.cfg

[ContactSpeeds]
;less than each value means (in this order): stationary, slow, medium and fast speed ; over the last value means very fast speed
Merchant=0.1,8,12,35 ;[kts]
Warship=0.1,8,19,35 ;[kts] including uboats
Air=0.1,8,19,35 ;[kts]
Convoy=0.1,8,12,35 ;[kts]

[Sailor Steve]

35 knots is fast for AIR? Most planes I'm familiar with can't even get off the ground at that speed!

[Bilge_Rat]

thanks U-Bones, exactly what I was looking for, although I see it won't be much help in manual TDC.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

35 knots is fast for AIR? Most planes I'm familiar with can't even get off the ground at that speed!

Ultra lights :p

Now we need that link to the exprimental "Kite" that was dragged behiind a sub as a spotting platform.

[SUBMAN1]

I think the .1 is stopped. Slow would be 8 knots for a Merchant. Medium would be 12. Never mind - up to is the key word. ANything over .1 is slow. 8 knots is where medium starts.

-S

[tycho102]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

On the nav map, what is the speed in knots of contacts marked as "slow", "medium" or "fast"?

6-7 knots

10-12 knots

17-19 knots -- +21 after the first attack


+24 knots -- the naval attack task forces (no troop ships)

[FAdmiral]

The really great thing about these speed settings are:

You Can Adjust Them to Your Own Preferences !!

JIM

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by U-Bones

From data\cfg\contacts.cfg

[ContactSpeeds]
;less than each value means (in this order): stationary, slow, medium and fast speed ; over the last value means very fast speed
Merchant=0.1,8,12,35 ;[kts]
Warship=0.1,8,19,35 ;[kts] including uboats
Air=0.1,8,19,35 ;[kts]
Convoy=0.1,8,12,35 ;[kts]

so slow, medium, fast:
-merchants: 1-7, 8-11, 12-35;
-warships: 1-7, 8-18, 19-35;
-convoy: 1-7, 8-11, 12-35;

Originally Posted by Tycho102

6-7 knots

10-12 knots

17-19 knots -- +21 after the first attack


+24 knots -- the naval attack task forces (no troop ships)

these numbers are slightly different, which are the correct ones?

"+21 after the first attack" means after my sub has been detected?

what about the slow, medium targets, do they speed up?

[NefariousKoel]

Originally Posted by tycho102

6-7 knots

10-12 knots

17-19 knots -- +21 after the first attack


+24 knots -- the naval attack task forces (no troop ships)

Good rundown Tycho.

However, I'd modify it a bit from what I've experienced using the 3 minute rule and often running it to 6 minutes to be sure:

6-7 knots

8-11 knots

12+ knots


Reason being.. I just had a "task force" consisting of 2 big Euro Liners and 3 or 4 Destroyers which were labelled as 'fast' speed on my nav map. They were doing 12 knots. Also, I've seen plenty labelled as 'medium' speed doing 9 knots. Quite a few of them. I'm not sure if 8 knots should be slow or fast as I haven't experienced any 8 knotters yet.

I had "show contacts on map" for my 3 minute rule speed check and I was dead on with my shots on all of these.

[19Herr_Rapp86]

I learned somewhere the rule of "three".

Very Slow ~ 3kts
Slow ~ 6kts
Medium ~ 9kts
Fast ~ 12kts
Very Fast ~ 15kts

As you can tell it is a very generalized rule of thumb but applying that to Wazoo's method for plotting an intercept course, 9 times out of 10 I'm right on the money

you replied to a thread thats 10 years old lol

[Barkerov]

better late than never