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Originally Posted by Sniper297
Yeah, the actual problem may be the flotation physics. If you go to external view in rough weather the hull sometimes appears to be above the surface, even when the depth gauge is showing 19 feet or whatever. I'm watching the wave rise to the bridge coaming, depth gauge shows 22 feet, wave height is (visually) 10 feet below the radar dish and the hand icon goes dark.
I thought one possible solution might be to activate the radar periscope at the start of the war, but trying a BALAO career start 1944 there's no option for it. UpgradePacks.upc shows;
[UpgradePack 6]
ID= UpackSTRadar
NameDisplayable= ST Radar
FunctionalType= UpFTypeSensorPeriscope
UpgradePackSlotType= AdvPeriscope
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1941-07-01, 1944-12-31, 3000
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions2=1945-01-01, NULL, 1500
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= ObsPeriscopeST
But with the 1944 BALAO career start there's no option for a radar observation scope.
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Well, the stock ST Radar doesn't work as intended anyway. It's not implemented, due to the fact there's specific files missing to have it work. The Dev's didn't separate the two sensor's using the same object......A Visual Sensor using the Observation Periscope Head, and the Radar Sensor using the same Head. It works for the Visual, not for the Radar part. You put the ST into the air and go to the PPI screen.......you got nothing, it's not capable of turning "On".
As far as the different SJ Antenna's, one of the issues with them is the
bottom of the antenna is where it decides whether it's above water or not. If the water line just swells up to the bottom of the radar antenna...its thinking its below water and Off it goes.
I'll admit, the idea of
not getting the radar to work during a heavy sea/storm is authentic. It's been known that just the slight rocking of the boat lost radar contacts. Think of the radar as a beam of light streaming from the emitter. On a rocking platform, that beam drives into the sea just yards away from the sub, then shoots up into thin air with the following roll. It's wasn't very consistent with target acquisition when the boat rocked and rolled in moderate sea conditions.