Problems with the Data Notepad (noob question?)

Mr Salad Monday · 04-02-22, 11:49 AM

Hey all, been lurking for a few weeks now trying to find time to sit down with the game, and as of today I'm a few hours in now (with the Grey Wolves mod). It looks like I'm glitch/compatibility issue free but I'm having one final problem with gameplay.

Namely, I'm having a nightmare time trying to get my targeting/data notepad entry to log target speed. When I raise my attack periscope I have no issue figuring out the type of ship, angle on bow, range, and getting all that entered into the notepad, but anytime I try to enter the Speed I'm stumped. If I break my periscope 'Lock' to time the ship moving from bow-to-stern (I make sure I'm at a 90 degree angle and my speed is less than 1knt) and use the stopwatch nothing gets entered into the data notepad. Yet, if I remain locked and start the stopwatch and stop it after some time, I get a knot value entered.

The thing is though, how am I to assess the ship's speed if my periscope is locked on the ship the whole time? I'm aware of the 3min 15sec system and utilised it on my first kill, but I'm talking specifically about the attack periscope when you're lining up the shot. Anyone know what the issue might be? I don't know what the game wants me to time when I'm locked on to the target because surely I can't time it moving bow-to-stern if the periscope is moving with it can I? Yet this is the only way the notepad records a knot speed and enters it into the computer, so I'm stumped as to what it is it wants me to measure.

Anyone have any familiarity or ideas? I honestly expect this isn't a glitch so much as I'm probably overlooking something obvious. If this has been answered before I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction; I did have a search of the forum posts but didn't see anything that addressed this specifically.

04-02-22, 11:49 AM	#1
Mr Salad Monday Nub Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Problems with the Data Notepad (noob question?) Hey all, been lurking for a few weeks now trying to find time to sit down with the game, and as of today I'm a few hours in now (with the Grey Wolves mod). It looks like I'm glitch/compatibility issue free but I'm having one final problem with gameplay. Namely, I'm having a nightmare time trying to get my targeting/data notepad entry to log target speed. When I raise my attack periscope I have no issue figuring out the type of ship, angle on bow, range, and getting all that entered into the notepad, but anytime I try to enter the Speed I'm stumped. If I break my periscope 'Lock' to time the ship moving from bow-to-stern (I make sure I'm at a 90 degree angle and my speed is less than 1knt) and use the stopwatch nothing gets entered into the data notepad. Yet, if I remain locked and start the stopwatch and stop it after some time, I get a knot value entered. The thing is though, how am I to assess the ship's speed if my periscope is locked on the ship the whole time? I'm aware of the 3min 15sec system and utilised it on my first kill, but I'm talking specifically about the attack periscope when you're lining up the shot. Anyone know what the issue might be? I don't know what the game wants me to time when I'm locked on to the target because surely I can't time it moving bow-to-stern if the periscope is moving with it can I? Yet this is the only way the notepad records a knot speed and enters it into the computer, so I'm stumped as to what it is it wants me to measure. Anyone have any familiarity or ideas? I honestly expect this isn't a glitch so much as I'm probably overlooking something obvious. If this has been answered before I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction; I did have a search of the forum posts but didn't see anything that addressed this specifically.