[REQ] How to get the sound guy to report range? [Archive]

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Gabucino

03-09-10, 02:35 AM

Okay I've defined the "range to contact", and the hydrophone sweep/contact/warship shortcut keys.

Problem is: despite the periscope+hydrophone focus on the target warship, the "range to contact" function says "No contact selected". I have to climb down from the attack periscope, march to the sound guy, focus the listener by hand, and THEN it will work... then march&climb back, enter range into the "TDC"...

Solution?

Decoman

03-09-10, 02:44 AM

I did not know that the hydrophone could be used to the get range to a contact. Was that even possible? Would that be possible with some kind of active sonar on the uboat?

Highbury

03-09-10, 02:57 AM

Gabucino

03-09-10, 03:04 AM

I did not know that the hydrophone could be used to the get range to a contact. Was that even possible? Would that be possible with some kind of active sonar on the uboat?

I don't know squat about IRL, but these two functions (estimate/precise range to contact) sure did work in SH3 too! :) Without any sonar.

Gabucino

03-09-10, 03:06 AM

The only time I get "No contact selected" when using my hotkey is if I don't have the vertical center of the UZO/Scope on the ship. I also believe it is my WO that is bound to give me that info, not the sound guy. I didn't bind it myself, I use the one with the Commands Mod.

It's not the same. The WO's function only works on the surface (of course) and it's the "Report nearest visual contact" function.

Highbury

03-09-10, 03:19 AM

It's not the same. The WO's function only works on the surface (of course) and it's the "Report nearest visual contact" function.

Well I do it submerged looking through the scope and get a range, so apparently it does not only work on the surface.

Gabucino

03-09-10, 04:05 AM

Well I do it submerged looking through the scope and get a range, so apparently it does not only work on the surface.

Heh, nice.