How do the radar and sonar upgrades work?

mookiemookie · 09-23-06, 01:56 PM

If this has been asked before, forgive me. I did a search and didn't find anything on it.

It's April of '42 and I'm headed out back to the coast of New York for a bit of hunting. Before I left, I did my "Wheel of Fortune-esque prize showcase spending spree" (I had a crapload of renown...sank a Bogue class carrier out of a convoy, a ton of miscellaneous cargo ships as well as the passenger liner in NY harbor on my last patrol!

) I bought the FuMO29GEMA Radar upgrade, as well as the S-Gerät sonar. My question is....how the heck do they work??

I've played around a bit with the radar, and the sweep options. It seems pretty much worthless. Single sweep is one sweep and then turns itself off, obviously, but the continuous sweep option turns itself off after a bit as well. I didn't dive, or change course or anything. It just pops itself off. My question is what good does it do? Is it used more in situations where there's poor visibility? Does it attract destroyers? Meaning can they pick up on your radar signal and home in on you?

As far as the sonar goes, I can't figure out how to set a "target" for it. My hydrophone station has the "approximate distance to target" and "exact distance to target" buttons, but if I click them, it says that there's no target selected. How do I select a target?

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer.

EDIT: Not sure if it makes a difference but I'm running the GW mod

09-23-06, 01:56 PM	#1
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	How do the radar and sonar upgrades work? If this has been asked before, forgive me. I did a search and didn't find anything on it. It's April of '42 and I'm headed out back to the coast of New York for a bit of hunting. Before I left, I did my "Wheel of Fortune-esque prize showcase spending spree" (I had a crapload of renown...sank a Bogue class carrier out of a convoy, a ton of miscellaneous cargo ships as well as the passenger liner in NY harbor on my last patrol! ) I bought the FuMO29GEMA Radar upgrade, as well as the S-Gerät sonar. My question is....how the heck do they work?? I've played around a bit with the radar, and the sweep options. It seems pretty much worthless. Single sweep is one sweep and then turns itself off, obviously, but the continuous sweep option turns itself off after a bit as well. I didn't dive, or change course or anything. It just pops itself off. My question is what good does it do? Is it used more in situations where there's poor visibility? Does it attract destroyers? Meaning can they pick up on your radar signal and home in on you? As far as the sonar goes, I can't figure out how to set a "target" for it. My hydrophone station has the "approximate distance to target" and "exact distance to target" buttons, but if I click them, it says that there's no target selected. How do I select a target? Thanks in advance for any help you guys can offer. EDIT: Not sure if it makes a difference but I'm running the GW mod Last edited by mookiemookie; 09-23-06 at 02:00 PM.