Fake periscope decoy

SuperEtendard · 07-12-12, 05:17 PM

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?

Ducimus · 07-12-12, 05:41 PM

Unfinished feature. Still resides in the game files, but was never finished by the developers. Kinda like the FM sonar.

merc4ulfate · 07-12-12, 08:34 PM

fake scope wha??? LOL

Tempest555 · 07-12-12, 11:39 PM

What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?

doulos05 · 07-13-12, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Tempest555

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.

boonie · 07-13-12, 09:55 AM

wtb styrofoam fake sharkfins to be released underneath the escaping lifeboat to scare the bejeezus out of the survivors.

Char · 07-13-12, 12:39 PM

oh boonie that is soooo wrong. I'll take 40.

07-12-12, 05:17 PM	#1
SuperEtendard Mate Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Buenos Aires, ARG Posts: 51 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	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?

07-12-12, 05:41 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Unfinished feature. Still resides in the game files, but was never finished by the developers. Kinda like the FM sonar.

07-12-12, 08:34 PM	#3
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	fake scope wha??? LOL

07-12-12, 11:39 PM	#4
Tempest555 Electrician's Mate Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 137 Downloads: 166 Uploads: 0	What did it look like in real life? I know about balloons with reflectors and the decoys used in game-but fake periscope?

07-13-12, 09:55 AM	#6
boonie Electrician's Mate Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 134 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	wtb styrofoam fake sharkfins to be released underneath the escaping lifeboat to scare the bejeezus out of the survivors.

07-13-12, 12:39 PM	#7
Char Medic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Albany,NY Posts: 160 Downloads: 199 Uploads: 0	oh boonie that is soooo wrong. I'll take 40.