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LGN1 · 05-28-15, 02:52 PM

Hi La vache,

thanks for posting and asking questions. It helps me (and hopefully others).

Concerning your question:

It can happen that you are detected without having sent any message or sunken any ship. In this case the app uses the patrol area (from the .psc file) as a guess for your position. In your example it seems that the "Null Grid" mod somehow changed the file (I don't know the details of this mod).

However, this is not serious because the app uses the grid from the radio message (AL 2). Even without the radio message it would not be serious because the app just would not find your position and thus, not send a HK group. In other words, you can ignore the lines:

Use of uninitialized value $patrol_area in substr at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325.
Use of uninitialized value $patrol_area in substr at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325.
substr outside of string at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325.

The difference between your first and second run ("Grid not found or not detected!" and "Detected!") is just chance. For every sent message or sunken ship the probability increases that you are detected. But this doesn't mean that you are detected. If you run the app again and again for the same save-game, you will be sometimes detected and sometimes not.

Regards, LGN1

PS: The line in the file *.psc should be exactly like this: "PatrolArea=AE89" (well, AE89 might differ

, but no spaces, capital letters as given (not patrolarea,...)).

05-28-15, 02:52 PM	#61
LGN1 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,138 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 12	Hi La vache, thanks for posting and asking questions. It helps me (and hopefully others). Concerning your question: It can happen that you are detected without having sent any message or sunken any ship. In this case the app uses the patrol area (from the .psc file) as a guess for your position. In your example it seems that the "Null Grid" mod somehow changed the file (I don't know the details of this mod). However, this is not serious because the app uses the grid from the radio message (AL 2). Even without the radio message it would not be serious because the app just would not find your position and thus, not send a HK group. In other words, you can ignore the lines: Use of uninitialized value $patrol_area in substr at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325. Use of uninitialized value $patrol_area in substr at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325. substr outside of string at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at script/Submarine Tracking Room V4.pl line 325. The difference between your first and second run ("Grid not found or not detected!" and "Detected!") is just chance. For every sent message or sunken ship the probability increases that you are detected. But this doesn't mean that you are detected. If you run the app again and again for the same save-game, you will be sometimes detected and sometimes not. Regards, LGN1 PS: The line in the file *.psc should be exactly like this: "PatrolArea=AE89" (well, AE89 might differ , but no spaces, capital letters as given (not patrolarea,...)).