Got my first manual targeting kill!

Drakken · 11-27-07, 11:06 PM

Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever!

I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information.

Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

ReallyDedPoet · 11-27-07, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Drakken

Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever!

I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information.

Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

Very nice, congrats

MT makes all the difference in the game

RDP

Seaman_Hornsby · 11-28-07, 12:06 AM

Arrrrrr, another manual targeting convert!

Keep practicing, and soon you'll wonder how you ever played "auto" at all. Congrats on that first kill!

MorganThePirate · 11-28-07, 12:18 AM

Great. I love MT. Now you can enjoy the 3 w's, wine, weather and women, and live the good sailor adventure.

Snuffy · 11-28-07, 07:38 AM

Congrats!

The more you practice it the better you get.

capt_frank · 11-28-07, 07:58 AM

Make sure you turn off that external camera also!

I recently made the switch to everything checked except fuel and map updates and it's a totally new game.

Havin' fun now!

spidair · 11-29-07, 01:58 AM

Auto targeting? What do you mean? :p

I learned manual targeting in SH3 and haven't yet played SH4 on other than realistic... exept for 1 time, with a Gato sub on the first mission, when I turned on external camera just to view the senics...

I love this kind of game, it is challenging as h**l and give you those really creepy moments when the sound go: *ping*--------*ping*------*ping*--*ping*-*ping-ping-ping-ping* wrrrrr.....

So learning how to MT is really lifting this game up from the rest....

Rockin Robbins · 11-29-07, 10:20 AM

The external camera rocks!!! I'll give up my external camera when they pry my cold, dead fingers from the keyboard.

If you use it to cheat shame on you!

AVGWarhawk · 11-29-07, 10:27 AM

Getting that first kill by manual targeting is ALMOST better than a 6 pack and pizza. Puts a whole new meaning on the game really. Nice job!

capt_frank · 11-29-07, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Getting that first kill by manual targeting is ALMOST better than a 6 pack and pizza. Puts a whole new meaning on the game really. Nice job!

I'm glad that you stressed the word "ALMOST"...:p

Von Hinten · 11-29-07, 12:01 PM

Congrats on the sinking m8, you've now got 1 more than I have ...

jazman · 11-29-07, 01:10 PM

It's very satisfying to get a manual targeting kill. It's also maddening when you miss. Because you've done the work and been careful and still you screwed up somehow, and spent a lot of time, and now a juicy target has gone by. Part of the game.

Recently I found a small convoy at night and set up a nice O'Kane shot--but submerged. As the lead ship crossed my scope crosshair, I fired. It was night and I was mistakenly firing at a ship in the far column, instead of the ship I had targeted in the near column! As I fired the last of my spread of three (Porpoise, only four forward), I noticed the bow of a closer ship--my original target--heaving into view. It was just hard to tell in the dark. With a proper line up my fish should still have hit that ship (90-degree AOB makes the range irrelevant), but they didn't--I'm playing the hardcore torpedo mod, so who knows what happened?

With my last torpedo I fired on my proper target, and it hit; even with NSM it broke the ship in two (an old medium European split). Perfect hit, elation! It can be a manic-depressive world.

brandtryan · 11-29-07, 02:32 PM

Congratulations! Now you're in a "simulation" , no longer just a "game".

howler93 · 11-29-07, 05:48 PM

Congrats, Drak! Far more satisfying isn't it? Fun to play with all the PK stuff too!

Shyzar · 11-29-07, 07:37 PM

I just got my first Manuel TDC kill. But it was completely by accident. I was firing at a column of ships in a convoy, I underestimated the range and speed and hit a ship in the second column of that convoy.

11-27-07, 11:06 PM	#1
Drakken Planesman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 194 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Got my first manual targeting kill! Two torpedoes fired under keel against a Japanese Passenger Liner in convoy inside patrol zone off South China Sea. Despite difficulty in estimating range (see below), I fired my two eels anyway. One passed under the transport's keel, but the other blew up right under the middle of the keel. After a minute or so, it blew up and began to sink. First manual kill ever! I must admit I was getting quite desperate at times, because I had difficulty estimating the right range with the stadimeter (aiming at the topmasts at 5,000 feet distance isn't as easy as they say...), and I was estimating bearing and speed way too soon after using the stadimeter several times. Now I'll use a three minute rule between each take to properly estimate these information. Seems I am now part of the real submariners' club!

11-28-07, 12:06 AM	#3
Seaman_Hornsby Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 203 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	Arrrrrr, another manual targeting convert! Keep practicing, and soon you'll wonder how you ever played "auto" at all. Congrats on that first kill! __________________ Friends, when once a man is launched on such an adventure as this, he must bid farewell to hopes and fears, otherwise death or deliverance will both come too late to save his honor and his reason.

11-28-07, 12:18 AM	#4
MorganThePirate Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On battle stations in sunny AZ Posts: 54 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Now the fun begins Great. I love MT. Now you can enjoy the 3 w's, wine, weather and women, and live the good sailor adventure.

11-28-07, 07:38 AM	#5
Snuffy XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 420 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Congrats! The more you practice it the better you get. __________________ ----------------- Snuffy!

11-29-07, 10:20 AM	#8
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Turn off the external camera???!!! The external camera rocks!!! I'll give up my external camera when they pry my cold, dead fingers from the keyboard. If you use it to cheat shame on you! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-28-07, 07:58 AM	#6
capt_frank Watch Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the North Carolina Sticks Posts: 335 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Make sure you turn off that external camera also! I recently made the switch to everything checked except fuel and map updates and it's a totally new game. Havin' fun now!

11-29-07, 01:58 AM	#7
spidair Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 9 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Auto targeting? What do you mean? :p I learned manual targeting in SH3 and haven't yet played SH4 on other than realistic... exept for 1 time, with a Gato sub on the first mission, when I turned on external camera just to view the senics... I love this kind of game, it is challenging as h*l and give you those really creepy moments when the sound go: ping--------ping------ping--ping-ping-ping-ping-ping* wrrrrr..... So learning how to MT is really lifting this game up from the rest....

11-29-07, 10:27 AM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Getting that first kill by manual targeting is ALMOST better than a 6 pack and pizza. Puts a whole new meaning on the game really. Nice job! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-29-07, 12:01 PM	#11
Von Hinten Commander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 466 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Congrats on the sinking m8, you've now got 1 more than I have ... __________________ Regardz, Von Hinten UC3 Nautilus' engineer for 45 minutes!

11-29-07, 01:10 PM	#12
jazman Commander Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crush Depth Posts: 449 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	It's very satisfying to get a manual targeting kill. It's also maddening when you miss. Because you've done the work and been careful and still you screwed up somehow, and spent a lot of time, and now a juicy target has gone by. Part of the game. Recently I found a small convoy at night and set up a nice O'Kane shot--but submerged. As the lead ship crossed my scope crosshair, I fired. It was night and I was mistakenly firing at a ship in the far column, instead of the ship I had targeted in the near column! As I fired the last of my spread of three (Porpoise, only four forward), I noticed the bow of a closer ship--my original target--heaving into view. It was just hard to tell in the dark. With a proper line up my fish should still have hit that ship (90-degree AOB makes the range irrelevant), but they didn't--I'm playing the hardcore torpedo mod, so who knows what happened? With my last torpedo I fired on my proper target, and it hit; even with NSM it broke the ship in two (an old medium European split). Perfect hit, elation! It can be a manic-depressive world. __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

11-29-07, 02:32 PM	#13
brandtryan Engineer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Indianapolis, United States Posts: 214 Downloads: 122 Uploads: 0	Congratulations! Now you're in a "simulation" , no longer just a "game".

11-29-07, 05:48 PM	#14
howler93 Medic Join Date: May 2007 Location: Telluride, Colorado Posts: 162 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Congrats, Drak! Far more satisfying isn't it? Fun to play with all the PK stuff too!

11-29-07, 07:37 PM	#15
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I just got my first Manuel TDC kill. But it was completely by accident. I was firing at a column of ships in a convoy, I underestimated the range and speed and hit a ship in the second column of that convoy. __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz