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Originally Posted by sparrs
Thanks for clearing that up. Funny enough, my last patrol off the coast of Manila did show the radar working with aircraft, but they were not an excessive amount (probably I am to used to the stock game), but it did work from a distance - enough time to crash dive.
I understand the SD radar more now, a always assumed that it was one of the radar displays in the conning tower. Understood, thanks.
I have another problem now, that is loosing all my deck gun crew after a Tambor class boat upgrade after a mission. I posted that on the TMO thread - this gets kinds confusing with different mods.
Cheers folks.
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Yer welcome, I'm sure. I got confused myself over SD and SJ, and had to edit my post to unconfuse things. Just remember 'D' comes before 'J' (Airsearch comes before Surface Search). And always keep your finger on the 'C' key when on the surface during daylight hours. I think that it is RSRDC that fixed the constant aircraft issue. Aircraft are alot more rare when you are far away from land (unless you are close to an aircraft carrier).
If you have ever watched 'Run Silent, Run Deep' (the movie), you'll see a scene with blips on the SD scope when they get attacked by aircraft. The game has no such display, but if your Contacts Option is set to 'On' they will show up on the Nav Map. You said you are playing 'Ironman', so I'll assume Contacts are 'Off'. Personally, I'm not very good at trig or ballistics, so I play with the Map Contacts 'On'. Later, when you get a Gato/Balao class sub, the 3D TDC sub-mod will become active, and you can do all your plotting from the two Radar Scopes. Quite realistic! I have a step-by-step instruction for the TDC. If you'd like it, drop me a 'Private' message with your email, and I'll forward it to you.
How'd you get a Tambor sub so fast? You were on a Salmon yesterday. Anyway, one of the sub classes is only equipped with an aft-mount deck gun, I think its the Salmon. I'm using one, and it has no deck gun). If you don't have the mod enabled for aft-mount, you get no deck gun at all for this class (nor any crew for it). Also note: if you enable the aft-mount feature, you can't change your mind later and mount a gun forward of the conning tower.
TMO makes changes in the environment; realistic ocean waves, sub interiors/exteriors, and capabilities of units. RSRDC made changes to the 'shipping layer' of the game, and is much more realistic than the original game. Convoys no longer just 'pop up' out of nowhere. They are actually made to follow the real life shipping routes. Best way to find shipping is to use the pull down map (radio button) and stick around the shipping routes near your patrol area. The shipping is so accurate that you can drift around for a whole patrol, and never see a target - most annoying!
"There are only two types of ships: Submarines and TARGETS"
TMO + RSRDC - Don't leave home without them!