Map interpretation

clayp · 03-04-08, 07:16 PM

Please look at this picture and tell me what its supposed to be telling me......

Digital_Trucker · 03-04-08, 07:38 PM

I don't know why the lines are broken, but it looks to me like whole bucket load of sound contacts to me.

JREX53 · 03-04-08, 08:56 PM

It looks like you have at least 17 sound contacts to me.

Looks like time to go hunting.

Go Get 'em Clayp, GOOD LUCK!!!

clayp · 03-04-08, 09:50 PM

There is a big convoy to my left West I guess. Lots of merchant and war ships. I really dont have any idea how to intercept them. I guess I will just try and hit and run from the side...I thought this map was supposed to help you set up on a convoy?

Wilcke · 03-04-08, 10:04 PM

My 5 year old says its a cute porcupine.

Happy Hunting!

Ducimus · 03-04-08, 10:05 PM

Use the Navigation map.

Take your pencil tool, and place a mark at the end of the contact lines. (not all of the lines, just one or two of em).

Fast foward the game a couple mins.

Place a second mark down at the ends of the lines again. So now you should have two marks per contact that you were tracking. Try and remember which line had which marks.

For each contact you made a mark for, connect its two marks with a straight line.

You now know there course.

clayp · 03-04-08, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Use the Navigation map.

Take your pencil tool, and place a mark at the end of the contact lines. (not all of the lines, just one or two of em).

Fast foward the game a couple mins.

Place a second mark down at the ends of the lines again. So now you should have two marks per contact that you were tracking. Try and remember which line had which marks.

For each contact you made a mark for, connect its two marks with a straight line.

You now know there course.

They dont show on the navagation map only on the attack map and I cant get to the end of the lines

Fincuan · 03-05-08, 05:43 AM

Ah but they do show on the nav map. See the black line extending from your sub to NW? That's all the contact lines, but the game shows them as one because of the scale. Zoom in a bit, and you'll see all of them exactly as on the attack map.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 03-05-08, 06:57 AM

I would be careful about TC'ing. It seems that the escorts will pick you up real easy. Maybe you can get away with 4x or 8x TC at that distance from the Convoy/TF. You can measure an estimated distance from them by using the ruler and calculate whether you can reach a good firing distance in time.

Paajtor · 03-05-08, 08:22 AM

Clayp, your images are 1-1.5Mb...make 'em a bit smaller in size, because there are allot of people here on dial-up.

Like the 1st one...really doesn't have to be bigger than 150KB, and still gives a good IQ.

clayp · 03-05-08, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paajtor

Clayp, your images are 1-1.5Mb...make 'em a bit smaller in size, because there are allot of people here on dial-up.

Like the 1st one...really doesn't have to be bigger than 150KB, and still gives a good IQ.

How do you do that?

peabody · 03-05-08, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clayp

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paajtor

Clayp, your images are 1-1.5Mb...make 'em a bit smaller in size, because there are allot of people here on dial-up.

Like the 1st one...really doesn't have to be bigger than 150KB, and still gives a good IQ.

How do you do that?

Depends on the program you are using, but you can resize it to make it smaller, maybe 500 pixels, just look for a resize image in one of the menus. Then save as a .JPG it will compress it, you lose a little bit of quality but on a monitor you won't even notice the difference.

If you happen to be using Photoshop Elements, there is a menu for "Save for the Web" and the compression is great. If you give info on the program you are using I am sure we can give you some pointers.

Peabody

AVGWarhawk · 03-05-08, 11:56 AM

Yes, save as .jpg

BTW, turn into the oncoming convoy, ahead flank. Battle Stations! Prep your torps now! Get a range with a ping. Set up the PK to what you think is going on...AOB, etc. Close the track. Good times be heading your way!

clayp · 03-05-08, 10:04 PM

Well I have been shadowing this convoy I have been able to count 16 ships medium passenger ships and lots of escorts could maybe be an invasion force..The seas are extremely high and its almost impossible to see with the periscope.So I'm waiting for the seas to go down or for dark so I can maybe try a surface attack...

THE_MASK · 03-05-08, 10:10 PM

Scroll your mouse wheel down so you can see a closer map .

03-04-08, 07:16 PM	#1
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Map interpretation Please look at this picture and tell me what its supposed to be telling me...... __________________ clayp

03-04-08, 07:38 PM	#2
Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	I don't know why the lines are broken, but it looks to me like whole bucket load of sound contacts to me. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

03-04-08, 08:56 PM	#3
JREX53 Frogman Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 300 Downloads: 353 Uploads: 13	It looks like you have at least 17 sound contacts to me. Looks like time to go hunting. Go Get 'em Clayp, GOOD LUCK!!! __________________ Jim

03-04-08, 09:50 PM	#4
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	There is a big convoy to my left West I guess. Lots of merchant and war ships. I really dont have any idea how to intercept them. I guess I will just try and hit and run from the side...I thought this map was supposed to help you set up on a convoy? __________________ clayp

03-04-08, 10:04 PM	#5
Wilcke The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,441 Downloads: 234 Uploads: 0	My 5 year old says its a cute porcupine. Happy Hunting! __________________ Wilcke **For the best in Fleet Boats go to: Submarine Sim Central. http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php Check out: A Brief Introduction to the Pacific Submarine War by Ducimus http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=128185 Operation Monsun plus OMEGU, the #1 ATO Solution for SH4! Signature Art by Gunfighter**

03-04-08, 10:05 PM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Use the Navigation map. Take your pencil tool, and place a mark at the end of the contact lines. (not all of the lines, just one or two of em). Fast foward the game a couple mins. Place a second mark down at the ends of the lines again. So now you should have two marks per contact that you were tracking. Try and remember which line had which marks. For each contact you made a mark for, connect its two marks with a straight line. You now know there course.

03-05-08, 05:43 AM	#8
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Ah but they do show on the nav map. See the black line extending from your sub to NW? That's all the contact lines, but the game shows them as one because of the scale. Zoom in a bit, and you'll see all of them exactly as on the attack map.

03-05-08, 06:57 AM	#9
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	I would be careful about TC'ing. It seems that the escorts will pick you up real easy. Maybe you can get away with 4x or 8x TC at that distance from the Convoy/TF. You can measure an estimated distance from them by using the ruler and calculate whether you can reach a good firing distance in time. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

03-05-08, 08:22 AM	#10
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	Clayp, your images are 1-1.5Mb...make 'em a bit smaller in size, because there are allot of people here on dial-up. Like the 1st one...really doesn't have to be bigger than 150KB, and still gives a good IQ. __________________

03-05-08, 11:56 AM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,257 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes, save as .jpg BTW, turn into the oncoming convoy, ahead flank. Battle Stations! Prep your torps now! Get a range with a ping. Set up the PK to what you think is going on...AOB, etc. Close the track. Good times be heading your way! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-05-08, 10:04 PM	#14
clayp The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,554 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 0	Well I have been shadowing this convoy I have been able to count 16 ships medium passenger ships and lots of escorts could maybe be an invasion force..The seas are extremely high and its almost impossible to see with the periscope.So I'm waiting for the seas to go down or for dark so I can maybe try a surface attack... __________________ clayp

03-05-08, 10:10 PM	#15
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Scroll your mouse wheel down so you can see a closer map .