here's a question just to check
does the stock sim.cfg list the visual sensor as having a
speedfactor of 15 knts??
or is this something i've added and forgoten about i did check my back up file but it is the same--
this obviously doesn't make any sense and might explain why the DD's don't allways react when i think they should--( tho i suppose trying to use a pair of binoculars whilst barreling along at 20 knots in choppy seas would no doubt be quite difficult)
anyhuw i've cranked it up to 35 knots and i''ll see if that does owt
also when you trying to guage your hydrophone sensitivity remeber the wavefactor has a huge impact on the DD's hydrophones--
mine seems to be about right in calm seas - but fairly useless in rougher seas--of course if i set it up so it's ok in rough seas it's going to be uber in calm seas --
~~~i think there-fore the wavesfactor might have to be set to zero--
in order to enable you to adjust things about right- then introduce a wavesfactor a tiny amount at a time just so there's a slight reduction in the DD's effeciency in rough seas--
or if as Red suspects there is in fact a randomisation factor then were stuffed completely and throughly UNLESS we can reduce the randomisation;
perhaps if all the sim.cfg enrtys regarding waves and noise were set to zero removing them from the equation ?