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Originally Posted by siber
If I turn off map updates though, I'll only be able to find ships that the crew see or hear. Contacts won't be plotted on the map as if reported by BdU or after being spotted nearby by (simulated) other friendly subs or aircraft, right?
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Turning map updates off does not cancel the random contacts announced by other sources - planes, uboats, whatever... You still get them on map. It only cancels the display of contacts spotted by your crew.
I always play with map updates off. Whenever the watch crew announces a contact, I plot it on the map with pencil, ruler and, sometimes, protractor. After several plottings at 2 minutes each, I already get the general course and position of the contact. The same goes for convoys. It's more fun this way, I think, without an attack computer the kind of those installed in today's SSNs. Makes me work harder for a prey.
Coming to sonar contact lines, I can live without them. During an evasion, I frequently listen myself to the hydrophone, to have the situational awareness about who attacks me. Generally, it's enough to me having the SO announce the closest warship.