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thehiredgun
02-23-07, 05:20 AM
Does anyone know if SH-4 has a visable sonar screen ?
Boris
02-23-07, 07:11 AM
Did, fleet subs have sonar? not sure...

anyway, I'm pretty sure I've seen a hydrophone and maybe a radar screen around.
TDK1044
02-23-07, 07:40 AM
Does anyone know if SH-4 has a visable sonar screen ?

Yes it does. :D
geetrue
02-23-07, 06:17 PM
Did, fleet subs have sonar? not sure...

anyway, I'm pretty sure I've seen a hydrophone and maybe a radar screen around.

Sonar station in the conn and in forward torpedo room, but I haven't seen if there is a screen yet ... passive is better anyway. They took the fuses out of our sonar gear in the 60's so we wouldn't accidently ping.
nattydread
02-23-07, 10:11 PM
I think they had em, but I know no one used them. Just stay passive!
Harry Buttle
02-24-07, 12:04 AM
If you have FM sonar you'll want to go active to find your way through minefields.
nattydread
02-24-07, 02:02 AM
yeah, but mines only, it had a short range. basically once the bells chimed you had to be maneuvering and you had to be crawling at like 2kts or something ro you'd hit before you got clear.

But no one else could hear it!
Boris
02-24-07, 06:37 AM
Well, I wonder if that sonar will be modelled in SH4... the one to find mines I mean :hmm:
hyperion2206
02-24-07, 10:19 AM
Well, I wonder if that sonar will be modelled in SH4... the one to find mines I mean :hmm:

I would be surprised, I guess it is not the kind of gameplay the devs intend.
Finback
02-25-07, 12:49 AM
Pre-war doctrine included a "sonar approach" on surface vessels. When the war started, some of the old-time skippers actually used this approach and (not surprisingly) didn't hit squat. Even though the sonar approach was actual doctrine, ComSubPac chastised those who used it for "not being aggressive".

The sonar approach was quickly abandoned.

(Silent Victory by Clay Blair gives some example I think).
Capt.LoneRanger
02-25-07, 03:57 AM
In some of the videos posted, the sonar was visible and AFAIK it was also mentioned the sonar had the ability to ping and there would be a sonar to detect mines.

I don't know, if it acutally had a screen.


AFAIK in some dev-Q&A, it was also mentioned, both sonar and radar were fully operational just like the original at the given times.