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Adooo · 05-06-11, 06:47 PM

I understand that it is not realistic to have the range info from the hydrophone and that u guys want 100% realism but this is a game and i play it to enjoy and where i enjoy is hunting with hydrophone only (used to it from SH4). Now, i dont have any problems at all to hunt a single ship but to hunt a convoy with hydro only is almost impossible atm. I have also tried the four bearings methode but without range info and using 4 bearings method u wont be able to hunt a convoy with hydro only because the sonar guy will not report the bearing for the same 1 ship. He will report the first bearing for the leading destroyer and after 5 mins he will (sometimes) report the bearing for the 2nd or 3rd merchant from the convoy or the side protecting destroyer etc...so u never know...

Another thing. Where is the problem in having options? If u are going for 100% realism nobody said u have to use the range option, its up to you but its a good thing to have different options...

I made this thread because it was really annoying when i was hunting my last convoy with hydro only. When u click on estimate range he gives u a range for 1 of those 10 ships from the convoy so u never know for sure for which one. I click on report nearest contact and he says bearing 30, after 3-4 mins he report me the nearest contact at bearing 77 and the convoy was heading from my right to my left side so WTF?

Anyways i would like to know (if anybody knows) the mechanics behind the hydrophone when hunting a convoy. For which ship is the range/bearing reported and on what is it depending? Why do you have different range calculations if TDC is on or off? I did some tests but cant say for sure...

Finally is it possible, can i change some file or settings to get the range calculated depending on what bearing(ship) i choose at the hydrophone? Currently, if the contact is at bearing 30 u can put the hydrophone at bearing 20 or 40 and the range will be reported for the same contact and thats where the problem is when hunting a convoy...Is it possible to lower this from 20 degrees to lets say 1,2 or 5 degrees so if u have 2 ships, 1 at bearing 10 and the other one at bearing 17 they are processed as 2 different contacts and not like 1 as it is the case atm? Anybody know if this can be done?

Thanks!

05-06-11, 06:47 PM	#7
Adooo Watch Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 23 Downloads: 161 Uploads: 0	I understand that it is not realistic to have the range info from the hydrophone and that u guys want 100% realism but this is a game and i play it to enjoy and where i enjoy is hunting with hydrophone only (used to it from SH4). Now, i dont have any problems at all to hunt a single ship but to hunt a convoy with hydro only is almost impossible atm. I have also tried the four bearings methode but without range info and using 4 bearings method u wont be able to hunt a convoy with hydro only because the sonar guy will not report the bearing for the same 1 ship. He will report the first bearing for the leading destroyer and after 5 mins he will (sometimes) report the bearing for the 2nd or 3rd merchant from the convoy or the side protecting destroyer etc...so u never know... Another thing. Where is the problem in having options? If u are going for 100% realism nobody said u have to use the range option, its up to you but its a good thing to have different options... I made this thread because it was really annoying when i was hunting my last convoy with hydro only. When u click on estimate range he gives u a range for 1 of those 10 ships from the convoy so u never know for sure for which one. I click on report nearest contact and he says bearing 30, after 3-4 mins he report me the nearest contact at bearing 77 and the convoy was heading from my right to my left side so WTF? Anyways i would like to know (if anybody knows) the mechanics behind the hydrophone when hunting a convoy. For which ship is the range/bearing reported and on what is it depending? Why do you have different range calculations if TDC is on or off? I did some tests but cant say for sure... Finally is it possible, can i change some file or settings to get the range calculated depending on what bearing(ship) i choose at the hydrophone? Currently, if the contact is at bearing 30 u can put the hydrophone at bearing 20 or 40 and the range will be reported for the same contact and thats where the problem is when hunting a convoy...Is it possible to lower this from 20 degrees to lets say 1,2 or 5 degrees so if u have 2 ships, 1 at bearing 10 and the other one at bearing 17 they are processed as 2 different contacts and not like 1 as it is the case atm? Anybody know if this can be done? Thanks!