Noob question about radar
 

On the surface getting reports from radio man that radar signals are being detected. What exactly does that mean. Aircraft, warships, merchants...?

Means your boat is being "painted" by the radar of a radar equipped warship or aircraft.

Re: Noob question about radar
 

It's time to dive! :P

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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Yep its get out of there time,

Swith off gramaphone, tell the men to be shut up and bury your sub under the waves.

Either that or be a complete rambo and man your guns waiting

Agreed, Get a radar signal don't assume its only from a aircraft, could be a destoryer that would like nothing better than to blow you out of the water :o

When an enemy with a radar set approaches you, the following should happen - in theory.

First:
The transmissions from his Radar are just strong enough to reach you, and your Radar man may be able to detect them and give you a warning.

Second:
As the enemy gets closer, his radar transmissions are now strong enough to hit your hull, bounce off, & the reflected signal return to his Radar set. Then he detects you.

However, things are rarely that simple.

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does your gramaphone playing give you away?

I've read that in the game it doesn't, but it certainly could in real life, and it's also very annoying when you're trying to concentrate.

when i spot a merchant, a convoy or a warship i dive to scope depth and as a reflex i turn off the gramophone just to avoid distracting the crew and makeing sounds that the asdic could pick up. when im hunting/being hunted the atmosphere in the room changes... it gets silent, just like in a sub.
im thinking to get some red paper to put in the lamps just to get a sub-like atmosphere when atacking =P
i just try to act like if i where there. :arrgh!:

Ahh. The you-are-there atmosphere. Gives one a handy excuse to neither bathe or shave. ;)

i dont shave..... yet :shifty:

just like in Das Boot: they are sending kids to fight, the only diference is that, even if you take photos of me when im heading to port i wont have a beard :88)

Heh I've been having similar thoughts... though what I'm contemplating is a small red light (like a reading light) just to illuminate the keyboard. I like to game in a darkened room anyway but I find any glare from lamps really interferes with night shooting (or more specifically, ID'ing the ship before firing), while if I turn off the lamps I'm handicapped by not being able to find the needed hotkeys on the keyboard (and turning a lamp on and off over and over is annoying).

Any added immersion as a side effect would be a bonus :)

i find it really hard to identify the ship with the lights on too :yep:

That's a question I've been wondering about for a while.

Is the sound generated by the gramophone modelled in the game world, or is it just something for the player to hear while playing the game. (back ground music, that isn't 'heard' in the game)

I read somewhere in the run up to the game that it would be picked up.but ive played it at loud volumes regularly and they dont seem to pick you up any quicker. The community manual is blank on the matter as well.