Range to target

robj250 · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: Range to target

Is there a mod that will tell me the distance to a target is metres instead of long range, medium range and short range? If there is, where do I obtain it? Thanks. Robert

VonHelsching · Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 666 Location: Athens, Greece

Dimitrius07 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 91 Location: Israel :)

Yep its true but its not realistic :down: :down: :8 Cool

Rosencrantz · Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 280

RobJ250. The system short-medium-long is very realistic. At least much more realistic than it would be if your hydrophone operator would tell you: "Ahoy, Skipper! Frachter coming close, distance 2581 meters!" :huh:

In contacts_cfg (Silent Hunter/Data/Cfg) you can take a look or adjust values in every "category" = short range could be for example up to 2000 meters, medium up to 10 000 meters and long over 10 000 meters.

Greetings,

-RC-

robj250 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:25 am Post subject:

vois2 · Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 313

This question has been hashed out a lot in the forums since the game's release in late March 2005. Many people argue that it is indeed 'realistic' to ask the watch officer for the range to nearest target, because this sums up the work of several officers who would have been plotting and range-finding as their duties.

Those determined to do so can always find the range by themselves. The stadimeter on the periscope and uzo device can be used once a target has been identified. Of course it's a bear to use in heavy seas.

I'm not aware of a mod which relieves us of the need to click on the watch officer and then ask in his submenu for range to nearest target. But they may well be such a mod.

Like most interested players, I first learned the whole routine, acting as if I were the only officer on board and responsible for all calculations from 'A' to 'Z'. This is fun and rewarding for a while but can be a massive investment of time. These days, like so many others, I simply never worry about range. I find the target's rough course, and set in for a rough 90 attack, and fire when I have my sub in good firing position and less then about visual 700m or so.

robj250 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject:

vois2 · Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Posts: 313

Back in the old days, in April and May of 2005, when everyone was still quite new to the game, there were so many great notions floating around to use the elements of planar geometry to determine detection and interception angles. There was really beautiful geometry out there integrating estimated target speeds and vectors to easily find the best track. Though it seems unlikely, range to target always ended up being the least useful variable for practical purposes.

Now, with regard to convoys, you should be able to always target only the middle two or three lanes, where all the juicy targets are located. This requires you to 'pop up' in between the lanes themselves, with a row of targets about 300m to your bow and a second nice row of targets about 300m behind you, to the stern. You can then fire the bow and stern torp at the same time, and no more fiddling with small merchants -- you'll be taking out huge oil tankers and troop transports and perhaps even battle cruisers in the middle convoy lanes. If you'd like help with that notion, just email.

robj250 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:06 pm Post subject:

VonHelsching · Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 666 Location: Athens, Greece

robj250 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: The "GAME PAUSED" screen

Hi. Thanks for informing me that it is an obsolete mod. I will not bother installing it. Do you know how to stop the words "GAME PAUSED" from appearing when the game is paused. It has to do with removing those words in a cfg file somewhere but I cannot remember. Robert.

robj250 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: The "GAME PAUSED" screen

Krieg-Schwein · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 243

There is an other way to get the exact distance from any target and keep it there when ever you need it..

In the set key program (Get at http://u-boot.realsimulation.com/ in the general section) to assign your own custom shortcut keys look for (Sonar Ping) and set it to {Crew and what ever key you want}. Then in game when you come across a ship go to the hydrophone and find the target you want then use the shortcut you made for (Sonar Ping) and it will give you the exact distance from the target every time you hit your Short cut key,
However it wont give you the bearing and if you go back to the Hydrophone you will lose the target, but you can go deep and use the ping to find out how far the target is from you at any time as long as you are not on the hydrophone. This is real nice trick to know if you are being pursued by a Destroyer, but you can only ping 1 target at a time so if 2 or more are after you then you can only keep an eye on one

robj250 · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject:

Krieg-Schwein · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 243