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Originally Posted by G7eT2
From what I have read convoy escorts and patrol vessels did ping the entire time they were on duty, regardless of whether they suspected anything.
Presumably the game does not model this because it would be incredibly annoying to have to listen to all the pinging anytime an asdic equipped vessel was close by.
So you may actually be being detected by asdic initially rather than hydrophone effect, and the game then starts up the pinging sound effect to add to the atmosphere of being hunted.
I could be wrong and will no doubt be made fully aware of the fact if I am.  |
What sources are you quoting from regarding the constant pinging?
My understanding is that escorts wouldn't go 'active' until they suspected there was a U-boat in their immediate vicinity.
Constant active pinging would simply forewarn a U-boat of an approaching convoy.