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OKO · 11-26-05, 12:08 PM

the most important thing concern the sound propagation model.
Of course there is other things in this patch, some bug corrections, like the end of the sound clic bug on the KILO and the MH60 (and other bugs, see the readme)
but the most important change, to my eyes, is concerning the sound propagation model.

It is really improved, and give the same kind of problem as real ones => before this change, SSP just increased or decreased your capabilities to detect the contacts = you could detect contact farther or closer, depending on the SSP type.
Now, this is completly changed = the SSP type will allow you in some case to hide from surface contact, completly.
There is real shadow zones, convergence zone, and you could be at less than 3 miles of a warship pinging, without any track on sonar and not even the ping of the ship on the active intercept.
On the other hands, you can suddenly have a loud contact appearing on the sonar, and disapearing after some minutes => you just met a convergence zone.

So, the SSP profiles is much more strong than before.
This will need to develop and learn new tactics, much closer to the real ones, where you could approach a target in absolute silence at very close range, where you could use distant occasional sonar contact on a convergence zone to detect a target you will approach the more stealthy way you could, to pop up at close range and engage it without beeing detected.

In resume, this new sound propagation model is A W E S O M E
DW is GREATLY improved with it.
But I must admit tactics will be much harder now.

In fact, with this new SSPs, depending on the type of SSP, you could have VERY different tactics for your mission.
All will need to exploit SSP singularity and specifications.
For the good and the realism of DW.

This is just the best improvment from the release of DW.
We now have SSP much closer to the real thing than before ... much difficult to use also.
But now a good commander of a KILO could really snake inside a defensive screen without beeing detected if he kow how to use the layer and shadow zones.

Thank you Sonalysts.

11-26-05, 12:08 PM	#3
OKO Commander Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Solar system, mainly on earth Posts: 476 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	the most important thing concern the sound propagation model. Of course there is other things in this patch, some bug corrections, like the end of the sound clic bug on the KILO and the MH60 (and other bugs, see the readme) but the most important change, to my eyes, is concerning the sound propagation model. It is really improved, and give the same kind of problem as real ones => before this change, SSP just increased or decreased your capabilities to detect the contacts = you could detect contact farther or closer, depending on the SSP type. Now, this is completly changed = the SSP type will allow you in some case to hide from surface contact, completly. There is real shadow zones, convergence zone, and you could be at less than 3 miles of a warship pinging, without any track on sonar and not even the ping of the ship on the active intercept. On the other hands, you can suddenly have a loud contact appearing on the sonar, and disapearing after some minutes => you just met a convergence zone. So, the SSP profiles is much more strong than before. This will need to develop and learn new tactics, much closer to the real ones, where you could approach a target in absolute silence at very close range, where you could use distant occasional sonar contact on a convergence zone to detect a target you will approach the more stealthy way you could, to pop up at close range and engage it without beeing detected. In resume, this new sound propagation model is A W E S O M E DW is GREATLY improved with it. But I must admit tactics will be much harder now. In fact, with this new SSPs, depending on the type of SSP, you could have VERY different tactics for your mission. All will need to exploit SSP singularity and specifications. For the good and the realism of DW. This is just the best improvment from the release of DW. We now have SSP much closer to the real thing than before ... much difficult to use also. But now a good commander of a KILO could really snake inside a defensive screen without beeing detected if he kow how to use the layer and shadow zones. Thank you Sonalysts.