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Ducimus · 01-29-10, 10:21 PM

I'll TRY and explain how this works as simply as i can.

Active sonar is like a flashlight beam in a dark room. Your either in the beam, (and presenting a favorable aspect for X amount of time), or your not. The beam has a max range, a width, and a height. The height of the beam is expressed in Min elevation and max elevation.

Now, take a look at this protractor:

For our purposes, i want you to imagine this protractor flipped on its side. So the 0 degree mark is straight up and down, and the 90 degree mark is parrell with the oceans surface.

Follow me so far? Now, put a pencil or pen, and point at the letter Y in watermarked "visualdictionary.com" on the protractor pic. Remember, the 90 degree mark is the oceans surface. Now, take a piece of paper, and draw a line from the little hole in the protractor for a pencil, to the 100 degree mark on a right angle. What you have there is an illustration of the stock sonar beam. From 90 degrees to 100 degrees is what the beam is. Note, that the Y is not in the beam. Also note that the beam won't pick you up close. Only far away, and at shallow depths.

Now, take that paper, and move it to a 115 degree right angle. The Y is in the beam now isn't it? Also note that the beam is capable of detecting at greater depths at longer range, and because of the downward angle, can keep contact a shallower depths for much longer then 100 degrees.

115 degrees is what i have set for the AI in TMO. This effects how accurate they are horizontally, and how deep they can "see".

Now once the AI has selected a depth to unload at, it is Tits on every time. It may not have your horizontal position correct, but it will have your verticle position (depth), tits on. What varies is depth percision on the depth charges.

depth percision, sets area at which DC will randomly explode when set at a given depth by the AI. For example, with a depth percision of 20(metric), if the AI sets the DC to explode at 160feet, then the DC could randomly explode anywhere between 140 feet and 180 feet. Default game setting is a depth percision of FIVE. I think i have this set for 18 if i remember correctly.

01-29-10, 10:21 PM	#10
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I'll TRY and explain how this works as simply as i can. Active sonar is like a flashlight beam in a dark room. Your either in the beam, (and presenting a favorable aspect for X amount of time), or your not. The beam has a max range, a width, and a height. The height of the beam is expressed in Min elevation and max elevation. Now, take a look at this protractor: For our purposes, i want you to imagine this protractor flipped on its side. So the 0 degree mark is straight up and down, and the 90 degree mark is parrell with the oceans surface. Follow me so far? Now, put a pencil or pen, and point at the letter Y in watermarked "visualdictionary.com" on the protractor pic. Remember, the 90 degree mark is the oceans surface. Now, take a piece of paper, and draw a line from the little hole in the protractor for a pencil, to the 100 degree mark on a right angle. What you have there is an illustration of the stock sonar beam. From 90 degrees to 100 degrees is what the beam is. Note, that the Y is not in the beam. Also note that the beam won't pick you up close. Only far away, and at shallow depths. Now, take that paper, and move it to a 115 degree right angle. The Y is in the beam now isn't it? Also note that the beam is capable of detecting at greater depths at longer range, and because of the downward angle, can keep contact a shallower depths for much longer then 100 degrees. 115 degrees is what i have set for the AI in TMO. This effects how accurate they are horizontally, and how deep they can "see". Now once the AI has selected a depth to unload at, it is Tits on every time. It may not have your horizontal position correct, but it will have your verticle position (depth), tits on. What varies is depth percision on the depth charges. depth percision, sets area at which DC will randomly explode when set at a given depth by the AI. For example, with a depth percision of 20(metric), if the AI sets the DC to explode at 160feet, then the DC could randomly explode anywhere between 140 feet and 180 feet. Default game setting is a depth percision of FIVE. I think i have this set for 18 if i remember correctly.