Ships & Modules

Does tracking speed of turrets take into effect MY speed in relation to the target ? So if Im going to fast in relation to the target does that affect my guns tracking?



Im going 3500 m/s target is going say 1500 m/s will my guns be able to keep up ?

Using light Neutron Blasters - tracking .51985

Yes my guns will keep up............

OR

yes it takes my speed into effect if Im going to fast?

Im trying to decide if I should go with a AB or MWD on an Atron...either way Im cap stable so not sure which direction to go with.

There's no easy answer to the question because absolute velocities are only one part of the equation here. Tracking uses radial velocity, which combines not just the velocity of each ship but their direction and range. Some examples:

1) You're walking down the street. Across the street is, say, a tree. You constantly rotate to keep the tree directly in front of you. When do you have to rotate the fastest? When it's directly across from you, of course.

2) Same scenario, except you and the tree are now on the same side of the street. You're passing close to it but not colliding. You have to turn about much, much faster because you are now much closer.

3) Now the tree is, oddly, walking down the street as well. Maybe it was never a tree at all. Regardless, you're now on the opposite side of the street and otherwise trying to stay facing it. How fast you have to turn to accomplish that depends on which directly the tree is walking. If it's walking in parallel towards you, you will have to turn faster. If it's walking in parallel away from you, you will have to turn less slowly (still assuming you're the fast one of course). If it's walking in any non-parallel direction you will have more or less difficulty maintaining your facing.

Your rotation here is the angular velocity that determines if your guns are tracking the target. So the answer, as given, isn't wrong. Sometimes those two velocities in combination generate perfectly good tracking. Sometimes it's atrocious. It all depends on how you're flying.

I would highly recommend this video on the topic:

http://www.evealtruist.com/2011/12/video-tracking-and-spiralling.html

I am currently developing a tool that calculates the chance to hit a target at different transversal speeds and ranges.
It takes in account the gun's attributes as well as the target's attributes.

The application is still in alpha (it doesn't include painters, tracking computers etc.), so give me some time.

Because I wanna.

Fair enough. One of the best reasons for doing anything IMO

Eve HQ does this as well.

I thought Eve HQ had gone bye-bye? Is it still being updated?

EveHq's graph for accuracy (Chance to hit) of tracking a target as well as tracking a moving target is very informative and handy before a fight.

As another plug for EVE-HQ the new developer has integrated EVE-Central's market information into it as well so the current costs of fits as well as a fairly accurate assets manger is working very well as well.