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Originally Posted by LGN1
Hi John,
I made a small test by limiting the hydrophone sensor depth to values > -30m, then dove to -50m and approached an escort. As I expected the escort detected me with ASDIC without any previous hydrophone detection.
I'm pretty convinced that the escorts use both sensors all the time. Just because one does not hear the pinging, one should not conclude that the escorts don't use ASDIC.
The problem with removing the hydrophone is that it gives you an unrealistic advantage because in this case you can escape ASDIC much easier by running full-speed ahead without any risk. Therefore I think you need both sensors: hydrophone to keep you from running high rpms and ASDIC to keep you from becoming 'invisible' by 'Schleichfahrt'.
Best, LGN1
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Thanks LGN1, great info. as usual. I noticed that running at high rpm escape example you mention.
I recall Ducimus stating that the AI could only use one sensor (in terms of hydrophones/asdic) at a time.
However, his work was long before yours and much could have been learned in the meantime. Also, what is your take on whether the .exe file contains these functions too ?
I.e, it is possible to delete the sim.cfg file (and the other three "ai files" for that matter) and the game still runs but the escorts detection ability is super powered implying that the files purpose is to modify such.