mark2469
03-21-2005, 01:54 AM
Hi all,
First off, GREAT GAME!!! I love the way your success isn't a "given", & that it must be mastered. Which brings me to my problem. I have a very low hit rate using the manual torpedo option, & am wondering what I'm doing wrong. Here's a typical scenario:
I line myself up for a beam shot at about 600m. I take the range, AoB, & take 30 seconds divining the speed. The speed comes up 24777kts!!! Aaaaagh. I'll do it for a minute now, but now the other data is out of date, right? So I do it all over, & now have a 45 degree shot, fading fast. Is it possible to get the speed beforehand, at a greater range, & to save time, enter it manually into the TDC moments before firing? As far as I can see, having to spend 1 minute plus accurately getting the speed right takes so long at short
range, that by the time I have it, the range & AoB are hopelessly out of date. Being able to get the speed data early, & enter it manually would seem to me to represent a time & accuracy saving ploy when doing the final calculations for a shot. Anyone do this?
Does anyone else have any tips? Not just for this predicament, but little protocols you follow to ensure an accurate shot.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Mark
First off, GREAT GAME!!! I love the way your success isn't a "given", & that it must be mastered. Which brings me to my problem. I have a very low hit rate using the manual torpedo option, & am wondering what I'm doing wrong. Here's a typical scenario:
I line myself up for a beam shot at about 600m. I take the range, AoB, & take 30 seconds divining the speed. The speed comes up 24777kts!!! Aaaaagh. I'll do it for a minute now, but now the other data is out of date, right? So I do it all over, & now have a 45 degree shot, fading fast. Is it possible to get the speed beforehand, at a greater range, & to save time, enter it manually into the TDC moments before firing? As far as I can see, having to spend 1 minute plus accurately getting the speed right takes so long at short
range, that by the time I have it, the range & AoB are hopelessly out of date. Being able to get the speed data early, & enter it manually would seem to me to represent a time & accuracy saving ploy when doing the final calculations for a shot. Anyone do this?
Does anyone else have any tips? Not just for this predicament, but little protocols you follow to ensure an accurate shot.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Mark