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MarkShot
02-20-08, 06:57 PM
Does the thermal layer vary by location and time of day? Or is it relatively static?

I remember in SH1 (SHCE), the given patrol either has a thermal layer or it didn't. Once checking and found, it was available for the rest of the patrol.

Thanks.
Snuffy
02-20-08, 07:08 PM
I think it's water temperature determined.

I can find it some days just under 100 feet and other days I have to go to 155 or slightly deeper.

It's a thermal layer the difference between water temps on the surface lit by the sun and the colder water that doesn't get that warming.
John Channing
02-20-08, 07:14 PM
The depth also depends on what latituide you are at. The farther north, the deeper (I think).

JCC
mwmav8r01
02-21-08, 02:31 AM
How do you know where it is in the game?
John Channing
02-21-08, 06:29 AM
Keep diving deeper until your crew wills let you know with the audio message "Passing thermal layer".

JCC
M. Sarsfield
02-21-08, 10:55 AM
Just make mental note of it when they say it, because nothing actually records the depth.
gumbeau
02-21-08, 05:41 PM
A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?
Gino
02-21-08, 07:22 PM
A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

Here are some pictures of a Bathythermograph:

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/7356/btgcardrh8.th.jpg (http://img489.imageshack.us/my.php?image=btgcardrh8.jpg)

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/7417/img0036cc1.th.jpg (http://img489.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0036cc1.jpg)

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/8184/img0035gw4.th.jpg (http://img489.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0035gw4.jpg)

groetjes,
difool2
02-21-08, 08:17 PM
You're kidding, right? SH1 had a bathythermograph, fer Chrissakes. [Me I'm waiting for a new comp to run SH4, hence my ignorance on this point] And now upon reading another thread I see that there's no screen for the SD radar. Hanh? :roll:
LukeFF
02-21-08, 10:22 PM
A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/SH4/SH4Img2008-02-19_173325_953.jpg

;)
LukeFF
02-21-08, 10:24 PM
And now upon reading another thread I see that there's no screen for the SD radar. Hanh? :roll:

Call it a case of "the devs just used the radar model from SH3."

Not to mention, the SD radar in SH4 gives bearing information. Hmmpf...
M. Sarsfield
02-21-08, 10:28 PM
Yeah. Not much thought was put into these features. Sort of thrown in at the last second.
gumbeau
02-21-08, 11:58 PM
A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/SH4/SH4Img2008-02-19_173325_953.jpg

;)

I guess my crew threw it overboard or traded for an ice cream machine.