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Sniper297 · 05-10-13, 10:58 PM

My theory is they totally screwed up the AI in this - the radar or sonar operators will report contacts WHICH CAN NOT BE SEEN. If the contact is visible to the deck watch or in the periscope, to the sensor operators it's no longer a "contact", so they know nothing about its existence. If you're in visual range of a target with the periscope up, the "not my job" syndrome affects the sound man - lower the periscope so the target is no longer visual THEN he becomes aware of it again. Raise the scope and he "loses" the contact again, because it has changed from a sound contact to a visual contact. Apparently the game is programmed so it can only be radar OR sonar OR visual, never more than one type at the same time.

05-10-13, 10:58 PM	#5
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	My theory is they totally screwed up the AI in this - the radar or sonar operators will report contacts WHICH CAN NOT BE SEEN. If the contact is visible to the deck watch or in the periscope, to the sensor operators it's no longer a "contact", so they know nothing about its existence. If you're in visual range of a target with the periscope up, the "not my job" syndrome affects the sound man - lower the periscope so the target is no longer visual THEN he becomes aware of it again. Raise the scope and he "loses" the contact again, because it has changed from a sound contact to a visual contact. Apparently the game is programmed so it can only be radar OR sonar OR visual, never more than one type at the same time.