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Originally Posted by The Fishlord
1. Ohio is silent as it should be, DDs can't detect me running flank under them. But I can't hear them any better than a WWII sub-any chance of extending this to more realistic ranges (I doubt any civilian knows the real range of the ohio though)
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I can sorta answer this. Detection range depends upon several factors, the ocean environment, and the contact are the main ones. Its therefore possible to gain a contact at a range of 100 NM.
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Originally Posted by thyro
@tomagabriel
damage:
It is a bit hard to get some equipment damage, my ohio has been hit by countless depth charges while at periscope depth and no internal/hull damage. Only when I surfaced right in the middle of two BBs got a few blasts on each side and "voila" 14% hull damage and several holes on each side 
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I must have been the unlucky one then, a good string dropped on me at PD did me in.
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Originally Posted by thyro
Hi,
Bow foam... this one seem a bit out of context, specially when the sub is idle. Cheers
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In the open ocean at All Stop, you can still get foam like in the pic.
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Originally Posted by The Fishlord
0.2 is great! Blew up a task force with Tomahawks. They're fun to use  The intro is awesome too.
But I don't seem to be able to get the ADCAPS right. It always just turns to the left 180 degrees and heads back behind me, like the FaT I LuT I think it's called, instead of homing in on anything. Anyone else have that problem? |
I can confirm this. My first one I launched did this to me. Might have something to do with range to target. I'll look more into this.
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Originally Posted by thyro
Thanks for the insight... I had a look at that file but I don't understand it 
b) the submarine dives uncontrollably (when stationary undrwater) until it exceeds maximum depth and is destroyed.
I've not seen it happening while stationary. But diving Ohio at high speed, the sub is unable to get into the desired depth and tend to go further down... I guess that is because its displacement.
Same happen if in high speed (full/flank) lets say if the sub is at 350ft then issue a periscope depth... it does surface entirely 1 or 2 times until it stabilizes at periscope depth. |
Sounds like you need better planesmen.
In reality though driving the ship at high speeds is very difficult and only the more experienced planesmen are allowed to do it.
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Originally Posted by tomagabriel
Some answers to some of the questions:
c) I do not know how to change the CO2 problem at the moment (without doing the realism change). The only workaround without decreasing the realism "number" is to probably change the realism weight of this setting to 0 so that fiddling with it does not change realism. Also don't know how to do this at the moment.
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I believe I've come across where to edit this before, I'll have to search for it again and get back to you.
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Originally Posted by thyro
more tower details for Ohio... vents on the top and kind of "door" on the plane?
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The door is just an access panel to the inside of the sail. The vents you see is called the Exhaust Plenum. That where the diesel exhaust or air from the LP Blower exits the boat from when ventilating.
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Originally Posted by thyro
@tomagabriel
4 holes on each side not 3 cheers
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This gets tricky. Not all of the boats have those holes there. What those specific ones are are the 5" countermeasures. You see them more on the east coast boats than the west. The west coast ones have been upgraded to the 6" countermeasures.
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Originally Posted by thyro
On Ohio...
Can anyone pin-point where the vents from ballasts tanks are positioned?
I would like to try adding a spray on them but got no clue, neither pictures that show where they are... Thanks
edit: OK! found one
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Both are good sources to a point. The pic you have there is only of the forward group venting. And as for Crimson Tide, some of the scenes actually show a 688, not a Ohio.
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That first one is a good pic. Believe I might have another for reference as well. And as for the "AA capabilities" I wouldn't rely on it too much.
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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427
very nice pics thyro!
in that second picture down, the bridge pic, the guy on the left is the lookout and the guy on the right is the Junior OOD (from 6 guys to 2 in just 40 years) because the OOd is BELOWDECKS in the Control Room.
EDIT: but then, with a bald spot like that on the JOOD, he might be the OOD, no offense to balding ppl, of course
note the flashlight on the holster on the windscreen, used when one can't see the compass in the dark, and the sticky antenna, used only (and still with a lot of caution) on the surface. The windscreen is hinged and folded up and taken below when its time to dive, and i think its against regulations for the lookout to sit in the bridge, like the photographer is also doing |
You're right about the guy on the left. The one on the right IS the OOD. In the submarine world we don't have a JOOD, that's a skimmer thing. As for the antenna, if it's what I think it is, it's the antenna for the ships cell phone. The windshield is actually three seperate pieces, a center, left, and right piece. And it's only against regulations if you get caught by someone that cares.