Matrix Games Forums

Forums  Register  Login  Photo Gallery  Member List  Search  Calendars  FAQ 

My Profile  Inbox  Address Book  My Subscription  My Forums  Log Out

Time On Target

 
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
Users viewing this topic: none
  Printable Version
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Command: Modern Operations series >> Time On Target Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Time On Target - 6/19/2021 6:04:30 PM   
1nutworld


Posts: 365
Joined: 4/13/2014
Status: offline
Hey everyone,

I'm back with another strange question.

I seem to recall, but my memory is foggy, about someone posting an excel spreadsheet to help with Time on Target calculations. Does my memory fail me on this, and if not, does anyone remember where it was posted so I can find it?

I tried using the forums search feature using the phrase "time on target" and didn't have much luck.

Thanks everyone!

_____________________________

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1990-1994.
Post #: 1
RE: Time On Target - 6/19/2021 7:18:22 PM   
KnightHawk75

 

Posts: 1450
Joined: 11/15/2018
Status: offline
It's in: The War Room \ Excel Strike planner (about 5-6 down)

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4013929

(in reply to 1nutworld)
Post #: 2
RE: Time On Target - 6/19/2021 7:51:22 PM   
stilesw


Posts: 1497
Joined: 6/26/2014
From: Hansville, WA, USA
Status: offline
Hi Scott,

Here are the spreadsheets that I have. Both are from 2016 with Databases CWDB443 and DB3K444.

-Wayne

Attachment (1)

(in reply to 1nutworld)
Post #: 3
RE: Time On Target - 6/19/2021 9:31:34 PM   
1nutworld


Posts: 365
Joined: 4/13/2014
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: stilesw

Hi Scott,

Here are the spreadsheets that I have. Both are from 2016 with Databases CWDB443 and DB3K444.

-Wayne


Thank you!

_____________________________

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1990-1994.

(in reply to stilesw)
Post #: 4
RE: Time On Target - 6/19/2021 9:31:56 PM   
1nutworld


Posts: 365
Joined: 4/13/2014
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: KnightHawk75

It's in: The War Room \ Excel Strike planner (about 5-6 down)

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4013929



Thank you! I was looking under the wrong search terms

_____________________________

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1990-1994.

(in reply to KnightHawk75)
Post #: 5
RE: Time On Target - 6/27/2021 4:22:25 PM   
1nutworld


Posts: 365
Joined: 4/13/2014
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: stilesw

Hi Scott,

Here are the spreadsheets that I have. Both are from 2016 with Databases CWDB443 and DB3K444.

-Wayne


Good afternoon Wayne,

I've downloaded the TOT strike planner but I have some questions about using it now that I've had time to open the spreadsheets up and start to play around with them

1) what format is the location entered in, in that particular cell of the spreadsheet?

2) I am not seeing a location for the desired target of the spreadsheet either, now maybe I am just overlooking it.

3) cruise missiles - how do you enter waypoints and speed when calculating those into the planner. I know you can plot waypoints in CMO for the launch of those, but how do you know what that data is to enter into the planner?

This might be a conversation best done in PM??? or maybe doing so on this thread so others can learn from my own um....experiences, might be the best way.

I appreciate any answers and help that you can provide as I try and take advantage of this tool

Thanks,

Scott

_____________________________

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1990-1994.

(in reply to stilesw)
Post #: 6
RE: Time On Target - 6/27/2021 8:34:06 PM   
stilesw


Posts: 1497
Joined: 6/26/2014
From: Hansville, WA, USA
Status: offline
quote:


1) what format is the location entered in, in that particular cell of the spreadsheet?

2) I am not seeing a location for the desired target of the spreadsheet either, now maybe I am just overlooking it.

3) cruise missiles - how do you enter waypoints and speed when calculating those into the planner. I know you can plot waypoints in CMO for the launch of those, but how do you know what that data is to enter into the planner?


Hi Scott.

Unfortunately, I have to admit my ignorance here. I captured these spreadsheets when they were put on the forum but have never actually tinkered with them myself. I had intended to do so but other things kept bumping them down on my list of things to do.

So, all I can recommend is for you to do as I would have - play around with them and see what results you achieve. You can also modify things as you see fit to see how/what happens. As this is a public discussion perhaps another forum member can provide details on using the spread sheets.

-Wayne


_____________________________

“There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it.”

Charles Edward Montague, English novelist and essayist
~Disenchantment, ch. 15 (1922)

(in reply to 1nutworld)
Post #: 7
RE: Time On Target - 6/28/2021 12:14:05 PM   
1nutworld


Posts: 365
Joined: 4/13/2014
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: stilesw

quote:


1) what format is the location entered in, in that particular cell of the spreadsheet?

2) I am not seeing a location for the desired target of the spreadsheet either, now maybe I am just overlooking it.

3) cruise missiles - how do you enter waypoints and speed when calculating those into the planner. I know you can plot waypoints in CMO for the launch of those, but how do you know what that data is to enter into the planner?


Hi Scott.

Unfortunately, I have to admit my ignorance here. I captured these spreadsheets when they were put on the forum but have never actually tinkered with them myself. I had intended to do so but other things kept bumping them down on my list of things to do.

So, all I can recommend is for you to do as I would have - play around with them and see what results you achieve. You can also modify things as you see fit to see how/what happens. As this is a public discussion perhaps another forum member can provide details on using the spread sheets.

-Wayne



I appreciate the candor and hopefully someone will be scrolling past this particular post and maybe can help resolve some of the questions, if not, I guess I'll just play around and see what I can come up with.

Still, greatly appreciate your taking the time to respond as well as providing me with the link to get the spreadsheets in the first place.

Happy Hunting Wayne!

_____________________________

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1990-1994.

(in reply to stilesw)
Post #: 8
RE: Time On Target - 10/4/2021 11:47:51 PM   
skorpio667

 

Posts: 30
Joined: 10/24/2013
From: The Netherlands
Status: offline
Hi Scott,

I made that TOT planner. To answer your questions (a bite late):

1) A/C or Group location has no format. It is a free text-field, just as a reminder of where that group of A/C is located

2) The location of the target is determined by the length of the flight plan. A recon mission after the strike could determine if there was indeed a target there and assess the amount of damage done, just as in real life?

3) when I started on the planner, cruise missiles could not fly a complicated flight plan. They could only fly in a straight line to their target.
However, it doesn't matter they can now: as their speed is constant, just enter the total length of their flight plan. If they zigzag from waypoint to waypoint for 50nm or fly 50nm in a straight line, the time it takes them to fly that 50nm is the same. Therefore, if you enter the total length of their flight plan, ToT isn't affected.

Greets,

Skorpio667

(in reply to stilesw)
Post #: 9
RE: Time On Target - 10/9/2021 11:50:30 AM   
1nutworld


Posts: 365
Joined: 4/13/2014
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: skorpio667

Hi Scott,

I made that TOT planner. To answer your questions (a bite late):

1) A/C or Group location has no format. It is a free text-field, just as a reminder of where that group of A/C is located

2) The location of the target is determined by the length of the flight plan. A recon mission after the strike could determine if there was indeed a target there and assess the amount of damage done, just as in real life?

3) when I started on the planner, cruise missiles could not fly a complicated flight plan. They could only fly in a straight line to their target.
However, it doesn't matter they can now: as their speed is constant, just enter the total length of their flight plan. If they zigzag from waypoint to waypoint for 50nm or fly 50nm in a straight line, the time it takes them to fly that 50nm is the same. Therefore, if you enter the total length of their flight plan, ToT isn't affected.

Greets,

Skorpio667



Thanks for the reply. I'm sure that this information will help me figure out the best way to utilize the TOT planner, I'll just have to play with it to get things figured out.

Thank you for your work on it, Skorpio!


_____________________________

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) 1990-1994.

(in reply to skorpio667)
Post #: 10
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [New Releases from Matrix Games] >> Command: Modern Operations series >> Time On Target Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts


Forum Software © ASPPlayground.NET Advanced Edition 2.4.5 ANSI

2.797