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Sniper297 · 11-13-14, 04:30 PM

If by "deck swash" you mean decks awash;

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211613

I gotta disagree - my experience with decks awash consistently reduces the range at which the enemy spots me by 2000-4000 yards. Again though, in real life if you sink patrol ships guarding the narrows there would be SOME response by the enemy, sending out more destroyers and aircraft to find out what happened and punish the culprit.

In game that doesn't happen, you sink the patrols on the way into the harbor/bay and you won't be bothered by any on the way out. The other unrealistic thing (among many) is that enemy sonar doesn't detect you at all unless you're deeper than 30 feet, so running on a dark night full speed at a keel depth of 27 feet with the spray kicking up all over and the diesels roaring you can pass withing 1000 yards of a destroyer without him seeing or hearing you. Ridiculous, but that's the way it's programmed.

11-13-14, 04:30 PM	#14
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	If by "deck swash" you mean decks awash; http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=211613 I gotta disagree - my experience with decks awash consistently reduces the range at which the enemy spots me by 2000-4000 yards. Again though, in real life if you sink patrol ships guarding the narrows there would be SOME response by the enemy, sending out more destroyers and aircraft to find out what happened and punish the culprit. In game that doesn't happen, you sink the patrols on the way into the harbor/bay and you won't be bothered by any on the way out. The other unrealistic thing (among many) is that enemy sonar doesn't detect you at all unless you're deeper than 30 feet, so running on a dark night full speed at a keel depth of 27 feet with the spray kicking up all over and the diesels roaring you can pass withing 1000 yards of a destroyer without him seeing or hearing you. Ridiculous, but that's the way it's programmed.