Hydrophone issues?

Pondera · 08-24-17, 03:25 AM

Was playing last night, and my sound man detected a merchant travelling slowly, but when I went to look at it myself and begin analysis, I could hear nothing and couldn't get a ping on him. I've read that when a merchant is going under half his maximum speed, he will not show up on sonar. Is there some manner of fix for this? I tried using Vickers Sonar Target Fix, but that didn't seem to solve my problem.

Red Devil · 09-06-17, 06:49 AM

what range was the merchant supposedly at? What was the weather - stormy? Were you on the surface? Was it a voice message eg: 'Sir merchant at 315, closing?' or similar. Because I have found when I surface I get an old message about something that the sonar found but not recent. And no ship is there, its a bug.

on the same idea, in real life, a merchant/warship travelling under 7 knots could not be detected by an acoustic torpedo.

Rockin Robbins · 09-06-17, 09:43 AM

Stock bug! When an enemy ship is not moving at least half its top speed the crew can detect them but you can't hear them on the hydrophone. We're working on it with the FOTRSU mod. No other modding group has even known the bug exists, or at least they never talked about it.

08-24-17, 03:25 AM	#1
Pondera Nub Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 2 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Hydrophone issues? Was playing last night, and my sound man detected a merchant travelling slowly, but when I went to look at it myself and begin analysis, I could hear nothing and couldn't get a ping on him. I've read that when a merchant is going under half his maximum speed, he will not show up on sonar. Is there some manner of fix for this? I tried using Vickers Sonar Target Fix, but that didn't seem to solve my problem.

09-06-17, 06:49 AM	#2
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,515 Downloads: 258 Uploads: 0	what range was the merchant supposedly at? What was the weather - stormy? Were you on the surface? Was it a voice message eg: 'Sir merchant at 315, closing?' or similar. Because I have found when I surface I get an old message about something that the sonar found but not recent. And no ship is there, its a bug. on the same idea, in real life, a merchant/warship travelling under 7 knots could not be detected by an acoustic torpedo. __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

09-06-17, 09:43 AM	#3
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Stock bug! When an enemy ship is not moving at least half its top speed the crew can detect them but you can't hear them on the hydrophone. We're working on it with the FOTRSU mod. No other modding group has even known the bug exists, or at least they never talked about it. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS