User Guide

3D AND THE NAVIGATION MAP
You begin every mission at the Navigation Station (Nav). If you so desire,you can play much of the
game from here.The Navigation Station contains a 2D map of the battle space as well as a
retractable 3D window and a Data Display Indicator (DDI) that displays information about the
selected contact. For a full description of the Navigation Station and how to play the game from
that perspective, see Ship Stations/Navigation Station on p. 40.
WHAT YOU SEE ISN’T ALWAYS WHAT IS THERE!
For those who like to jump right in and begin playing,we offer a word of warning about the 2D and
3D views on the Nav map.What you see on the 2D map and 3D view and read in the DDI is only as
accurate as your analysis of the available information and your classification skills.
NOTE: It is possible to view the actual location of some or all platforms and buildings in a mission
by using the
Show Link Data , Show Dead Platforms and Show Truth Game Options. Be aware
that the directions and information in this manual assume these Game page options and all
auto crew are OFF.For information on the options mentioned see Main Menu/Options/Game
on page 29. If you selected
Novice settings at installation some of the above options are
enabled and the descriptions in this manual will not always match your game experience.
When you enter the game the symbol for Ownship, the sub you are commanding, is the only
contact symbol that appears on the Nav map until one of your sensors detects a contact and you
or your auto crew marks it.The exception to this is land targets. In some cases land targets appear
on the Nav map as soon as the game starts. Land targets (as well as Link contacts) are marked
with an alphanumeric designation that begins with the letter
L . See Main Menu/Options/Game/Show
Link Data on p. 30.
NOTE: If you have selected Novice option settings, you see the symbols for any friendly platforms in
the area and your Sonar Auto Crewman begins reporting contacts. Selecting Novice settings
enables the Show Link Data option.
Once the contact is marked or designated by one of your sensors, a symbol for the contact appears
on the Nav map at the end of a line of bearing.You select a map symbol by clicking on it. (See
Navigation Station/2D Map/Contact Symbols on p. 43.) When a contact is selected on the Nav map,
a 3D object representing that contact appears in the 3D view.Until you classify the contact, only a
large wire-frame bubble, or Area of Uncertainty, appears in the 3D view. The bubble extends above
and below the water indicating that you have not yet classified it as a surface or subsurface
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3D object for a contact of
Unknown Type and
Unknown Alliance
3D View
Data Display Indicator (DDI)
Nav Map
Unknown/Unknown Contact
Symbol
Ownship Symbol
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