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Originally Posted by bertockamus
I must say that I am somewhat surprised that they cannot hear you when you are on the surface. Although I do not know the location of the hydrophones on a DD, unlike your uboat, the DD's hydrophones are always underwater listening so why would then not be able to hear you?
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For starters, your hydrophones are not underwater while you are surfaced.
the Hydrophones on a DD are located on the bow on the underside of the ship.
these hydrophones are specifically designed to search for submerged submarines.
also there is a fair degree of "surface clutter" (there is probably another name for it) but at the surface, especially in rough weather, acoustic quality is destorted to such a great extend that you could run toward a DD at flank speed and he wouldnt know it assuming you are on the surface during your mad dash.
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Originally Posted by bertockamus
You can hear surface traffic when you are just submerged (8m, but hydrophone shallower) and I suppose their hydrophones are about 2-3m down. The deeper you go, the better you can hear (notwithstanding the thermalcline, is that modeled in SH3?) because you can get away from the surface noise.
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thermals are not modeled in SH3 - you are either on the surface or you are submerged.
In real life there are a number of factors affecting underwater acoustics... none of them are modeled in SH3. this is one of the games major shortcomings.
cold water, warm water, muddy water, water with high salinity, deep water, shallow water, surface disturbance, underwater currents and thermal layers etc etc
all of these things affect underwater listening gear... and NONE of them are modeled in SH3 sadly enough