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fire-fox
12-07-17, 03:32 PM
Hi guys,

When you have the figures for enemy sensures in CW, at what point are you detected ? Is it+10 or +20

Also is this the same figure ( taking into account all other fractures, water background, own ship selection) ?
FPSchazly
12-07-17, 03:40 PM
From what I understand, the earliest detection can happen is +10 dB. Then, the enemy can hold contact on you down to 0 dB.

Yes, +10 dB is always true as this value is relative to the environment. Basically, whatever the dB of the environment, you have to be close enough to the enemy to be +10 dB louder than the environment to be detected. In noisier environments, units generally have to be closer together to detect each other.
fire-fox
12-07-17, 04:54 PM
Thanks that’s fits with what I was seeing, though seen +20db mentioned
EnjoyableSTIG
12-08-17, 06:14 PM
IIRC, the numbers are percentages plus/minus for detection probability. So at a rating of 0 that means there's a 50 percent chance of detection.

At a rating of 20 there would be a 70 percent chance of detection.
At a rating of -20 there would be a 30 percent chance of detection.

I think.
Julhelm
12-08-17, 07:31 PM
No, they are decibels over background noise. 10 is the detection threshold, 0 is the tracking threshold.
XenonSurf
12-09-17, 12:01 PM
No, they are decibels over background noise. 10 is the detection threshold, 0 is the tracking threshold.

Thanks Julhelm to confirm that, I was quite wrong with my personal guessing...

:)
Erik
12-14-17, 05:10 AM
Is it possible to disable or hide the ownship noise to target numbers... Or randomize them so they couldnt be entirely trusted? To make it more realistic as I think they should be just estimations.
subcritical
12-17-17, 09:03 AM
Is it possible to disable or hide the ownship noise to target numbers... Or randomize them so they couldnt be entirely trusted? To make it more realistic as I think they should be just estimations.

There is a mod for that. On this forum go to Downloads > Cold Waters > Graphics Mods > Hidden SNS Comp.

I've used it and it works great. I only wish there was a game config modification you could do to change the color of the text instead. The mod puts a text colored box around the readings so they disappear.