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Torpedo sight


tankski

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When you are on the bridge (4) and then go to the torpedo sight (4 again) you will notice the sight adjust for either your left or right tube. At this point, right-click and hold to look down the sight.

Couple things to note about the sight..

First, it works off your speed.. so if you are changing speed (full to 1/3rd) while looking through the sight you will notice a marker on the center strip of the sight moving back towards you. *The sight will not adjust unless you are in the sight view (4 then 4) and not looking through it (right-click and holding). It is best to hold your fire till the marker stops moving... Then look through it to line up the shot.

Second, I found it best to attack with the broadside of the target to me (obviously) but also while moving at 1/3rd speed. I aim for the front 1/3 of my target and try to fire around 300-500 meters away.

Third, you need to make sure you have a target when aiming down the sight by marking it with the red-triangle. The torpedo sight works off of your marked target.. No target, no solution and you will be firing an un-aimed shot.

Using the sight properly is what they call an aimed shot in the game and it seems to program 1 gyro angle turn into the torpedo. If you do not use the sight properly it will fire the torpedo straight with no gyro turn to help adjust it on target. Also note your torpedos will fire from your boat at an angle due to the way they are mounted which makes un-aimed shots even more difficult.

I found a most excellent series of videos on WW1 gunnery and torpedo director firing when I started playing Jutland. The portion on the torpedo director is most helpful in understanding what your sight is doing for you.

Link to the site: http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/

Link to the video page: http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tech/

Link to the torpedo director part 1: http://dreadnoughtproject.org/sim/media/TorpedoDirector2006_1.mov

Link to the torpedo director part 2: http://dreadnoughtproject.org/sim/media/TorpedoDirector2006_2.mov

I hope that helps.

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