ASDIC?

TheDudTorpedo · 03-03-09, 09:26 AM

Hi,

A quick question : is the "pinging" in SH3 an accurate recording of how ASDIC sounded during the real thing? I've read accounts of ASDIC being described as sounding like a rattling tin full of pebbles, but in SH3 it sounds....well....like a "ping". Am I wrong? If not, can anyone point me to a site where I could listen to what ASDIC really sounded like?

Thanks,
Dud

mookiemookie · 03-03-09, 10:02 AM

Apparently it really was a ping. Here's a sound file from the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/m...dio/asidic.mp3

GREY WOLF 3 · 03-03-09, 10:06 AM

Does it matter what the ping sounds like if you are getting pingged GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE

Ktl_KUrtz · 03-03-09, 10:18 AM

In all accounts that I have read the Fahren descibe the sound as..."A hammer hitting the hull of the U-Boat". or "Pebbles hitting the hull" or "a steel cable/hawser being dragged along the U-Boat".
See this thread.
Link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=142163

You can download my mod, above my siggy.
I have attempted to represent the sound of a high energy beam hitting a submerged U-Boat.
KUrtz

03-03-09, 11:34 AM

I have this asdic sound set on my mobile when receiving sms. Always freaks me out when I'm on patrol somewhere submerged

Ktl_KUrtz · 03-03-09, 12:20 PM

Glad that I was able to help!

KUrtz

Captain Birdseye · 03-03-09, 02:51 PM

It doesn't matter really, all I know is that when hear that infamous pinging, i'm going down

. I've never survived depth charging.

kenijaru · 03-03-09, 03:14 PM

maybe I'm playing too much SH3, but that recording really makes me uncomfortable

UberTorpedo · 03-03-09, 03:20 PM

Authentic Sonar Sounds link

mookiemookie · 03-03-09, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

It doesn't matter really, all I know is that when hear that infamous pinging, i'm going down

. I've never survived depth charging.

Well what do you do when faced with a destroyer? Do you go deep (100m +) Do you go to silent running (the Z key)? Stay at no more than 2 knot speed? Try and put your bow or stern face on to him in order to make yourself a narrow target for his ASDIC beam?

03-03-09, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

It doesn't matter really, all I know is that when hear that infamous pinging, i'm going down

. I've never survived depth charging.

Well what do you do when faced with a destroyer? Do you go deep (100m +) Do you go to silent running (the Z key)? Stay at no more than 2 knot speed? Try and put your bow or stern face on to him in order to make yourself a narrow target for his ASDIC beam?

I guess he tries to ram it in periscope depth then if unsucssesfull he surfaces and waves the DD with some sort of white supposed to be rag, but it turns out to be his yellowbrownish underwear

Excuse me...

Don't know what got into me

Captain Birdseye · 03-03-09, 03:53 PM

Not quite!

I descended to a depth of 80m (that's all there was available) and sat very, very still while they hunted over the top of me. I got pinged and I was a goner!

03-03-09, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

Not quite!

I descended to a depth of 80m (that's all there was available) and sat very, very still while they hunted over the top of me. I got pinged and I was a goner!

Have you tried to hide yourself in the ooze ? or dig into bottom mud ?
I should also try to call a Spongebob Squarepants for advice, he always has briliant ideas

Jazer · 03-03-09, 07:09 PM

Are you drunk, Ace?

Subnuts · 03-03-09, 07:58 PM

Aw **** Depth charge Is Coming!

03-03-09, 09:26 AM	#1
TheDudTorpedo Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 128 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	ASDIC? Hi, A quick question : is the "pinging" in SH3 an accurate recording of how ASDIC sounded during the real thing? I've read accounts of ASDIC being described as sounding like a rattling tin full of pebbles, but in SH3 it sounds....well....like a "ping". Am I wrong? If not, can anyone point me to a site where I could listen to what ASDIC really sounded like? Thanks, Dud

03-03-09, 10:02 AM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Apparently it really was a ping. Here's a sound file from the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/m...dio/asidic.mp3 __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

03-03-09, 10:18 AM	#4
Ktl_KUrtz Frogman Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: U-301 Posts: 291 Downloads: 800 Uploads: 8	In all accounts that I have read the Fahren descibe the sound as..."A hammer hitting the hull of the U-Boat". or "Pebbles hitting the hull" or "a steel cable/hawser being dragged along the U-Boat". See this thread. Link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=142163 You can download my mod, above my siggy. I have attempted to represent the sound of a high energy beam hitting a submerged U-Boat. KUrtz __________________ http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...p?do=cat&id=83

03-03-09, 12:20 PM	#6
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03-03-09, 03:20 PM	#9
UberTorpedo Planesman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 194 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Authentic Sonar Sounds link __________________ Download Link for Mods and Other Goodies...

03-03-09, 10:06 AM	#3
GREY WOLF 3 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Down deep avoiding drm attacks Posts: 284 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Does it matter what the ping sounds like if you are getting pingged GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE

03-03-09, 11:34 AM	#5
Contact Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I have this asdic sound set on my mobile when receiving sms. Always freaks me out when I'm on patrol somewhere submerged

03-03-09, 02:51 PM	#7
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	It doesn't matter really, all I know is that when hear that infamous pinging, i'm going down . I've never survived depth charging.

03-03-09, 03:53 PM	#12
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Not quite! I descended to a depth of 80m (that's all there was available) and sat very, very still while they hunted over the top of me. I got pinged and I was a goner!

03-03-09, 07:09 PM	#14
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