On Testing the v 1.9.0
The notepad pops up when it gets to x32 TC. Very nice. It also goes back away (hides) when I drop below x32 TC. Spectacular!
I got a radio contact and it was several hundred kilometers away from me at a port. I clicked on the reported ship and it locked onto it by putting a little red box around the contact ship location.
I checked my periscope and I was not locked onto it (I am glad, it would be silly to lock onto something so far away).
The mini-map showed in the upper left edge:
Contact Spotted:
No words were after this.
Also.. I normally keep my mini-map smaller and when it is smaller the (Contact Spotted) does not show up on the mini-map.
I've got a laptop and my screen isn't large enough to keep the mini-map open to default size.