visable shore batteries

[ImADot]

p.s. say what? their spray is 200 yds wide or 400?  is this a accurate computer model of the real guns?    if it is a 100 yard radius of error.  that is the distance i used to move off land mode to rake a area.

I think HT is saying that when you click on the map, the aim point of the guns is a random 200 yard spot from where you clicked. You can then manually adjust from there. I think the whole point of that is so you CANNOT one-shot snipe a SB just by clicking on it from the map.

[Scca]

Real guns have forward observers

Our guns can too.

[cav58d]

How many hits with cruiser and how many with bb to kill SB?

[JunkyII]

Our guns can too.

Absolutely but land mode shouldn't be used if someone is talking you in on a target.

[ONTOS]

Like the idea of visible SB. Scouting of the airfield would find them and report they were there.

[JimmyC]

Absolutely but land mode shouldn't be used if someone is talking you in on a target.

Why not..I would use land mode..

[JunkyII]

Why not..I would use land mode..

It's less accurate then if some said Up 200 left 100 and you adjusting the guns manually 1 degree left and .2 up

[hitech]

It's less accurate then if some said Up 200 left 100 and you adjusting the guns manually 1 degree left and .2 up

You're shooting from a moving Target without land mode each shot would also have to compensate for the ship movement.

[JimmyC]

Exactly..precision from land mode would keep it tight..you could adjust 100yrds up  50 right  much easier..

[JunkyII]

Exactly..precision from land mode would keep it tight..you could adjust 100yrds up  50 right  much easier..

You can pin point in landmode those numbers by clicking the map? A manual adjustment if you are being talked in on target is a lot easier and more precise. Taking into account the ships movement is also another adjustment I'd wasn't thinking about because my experience with calling in indirect fire was from stationary mortars and guns.

[NatCigg]

land mode is like your shooting from land.  example, if you shoot withe the same aim it will hit the same spot.  this would not be true if your doing mortars from a moving truck or a boat.  hence land mode.  for sea mode the guns remain stationary after each shot.  land mode the guns are always adjusting to aim at a given target.  hence land mode is how you would want the guns set to be guided in by observer.

i still like the idea of sniping.  everything can be sniped with the correct knowledge of tower and map room placement. 

kudos to those who snipe.  we dont always have to be in uber hard mode, let alone throwing in random error to dumb down a guys ability to shoot.  id bet a dollar the army knew exactly where a shore battery was in world war two.  we dont have wind or waves so we get a snipers best day.

 

[bustr]

The random 200yd error introduction is probably for the 22mile max range of the 16in so a battle ship cannot sit almost a sector away and prep a town for capture. The shore battery still has to be engaged visually to account for the 200yd error. Then minor corrections while you salvo the shore battery down.

[NatCigg]

i hope the randomness is only on the "map click" and not for every "shot". 

The art of shelling got a little tougher.

I remember good days shelling town and airfields by looking at the map.  wow almost gaming the game.  in hindsight we should got paid for our skill.

Im not sure who runs the guns nowadays?

 

[JimmyC]

Click on map first time in land mode..fire guns
Now use wsad keys to move guns from original impact..easy.. 50 yards further 100 yards right etc
Don't click on map after the initial hit..walk the guns around with wsad

[JunkyII]

Click on map first time in land mode..fire guns
Now use wsad keys to move guns from original impact..easy.. 50 yards further 100 yards right etc
Don't click on map after the initial hit..walk the guns around with wsad

It works like that?? Learn something new every day, thought you had to click the map to change the shooting position in land mode