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Old 07-12-2012, 05:17 PM   #1
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Default Fake periscope decoy

I know that there are more than just one decoy in SH4, besides the
"sound-generator metal can", there is some kind of fake scope, but i dont know how to deploy it. is there any special key or i just have to deploy decoys in some special circumstance?
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Old 07-12-2012, 05:41 PM   #2
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Unfinished feature. Still resides in the game files, but was never finished by the developers. Kinda like the FM sonar.
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Old 07-12-2012, 08:34 PM   #3
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fake scope wha??? LOL
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Old 07-12-2012, 11:39 PM   #4
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What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?
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Old 07-13-2012, 01:41 AM   #5
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What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?
I found a news article from Australia from 1915 citing decoy periscopes in use. They are described as lengths of pipe attached to a buoy that floats under the water. It's not described how they are deployed, but they are released to drift with the currents while the submarine approaches from another direction.
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Old 07-13-2012, 09:55 AM   #6
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wtb styrofoam fake sharkfins to be released underneath the escaping lifeboat to scare the bejeezus out of the survivors.
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Old 07-13-2012, 12:39 PM   #7
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oh boonie that is soooo wrong. I'll take 40.
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