Improved TA mod - testers required

[clive bradbury]

Gentlemen,

I am still working on a manual for SCEdit - but the spirit is a little weak! In the meantime, it occurred to me that producing a mod to improve the TA detection ranges for the playable subs would be a much quicker project for me to undertake.

Several members of the forum have stated how poor the current detection capabilities are, and I also get that feeling. I am happy to produce a mod, but do not have the time to carry out testing in the sim. Are there any volunteers prepared to help out?

Initially, I would like a comparison of some of the existing playables as they stand - the three stock, and as many of the SCU platforms you are prepared to evaluate - including my own playables.

Essentially this entails you creating a detection scenario, and establishing the range at which detection occurred. Probably detecting one bogey at one depth would be fine, but if you feel like testing other variables (different depth, etc) that would also be helpful. That way I can build a picture of the existing detection abilities, making the production of a mod easier.

If anyone has any real life information on the different abilities of the TAs in the game that would also be useful, but I presume most of this is classified.

[Frame57]

Clive, that would be a grand idea. I rely on a couple of former shipmates who were sonar tech on 637 class boats. I, unfortunately was a Machinist mate, so my knowledge relies (technical) on their replies. All too often what i get from them is "we can hear a whale fart 5 miles away..." What I do know is when we would "bottom the boat" and rig ship for ultra quiet, we could hear the coolant pumps of Soviet Subs heading out of Murmansk. We would begin our tracking party and Sonar would make recording s of their screw(s) etc...

I would enjoy running some mods on sonar, but i am not well versed in editing things, so I would need a step by step instruction on how to employ the mods. I work full time but can certainy do this on weekends. you can PM anytime regarding this.

Also when we did these "northern runs" we had what we called "spooks" on board. These were specialist who went with us and we also had a special transducer mounted on the sail. To this day i do not know what it was called. But to us it looked like a penis sticking out of the forward part of the sail. I am sure this helped us to hear better than the stock BQQ-5:up: