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Originally Posted by Washington
I am hoping we can turn this thread into a strategy session about aproaching convoys. What speed can you remain undetected? What is the range of enemy sonar? Everyone share their experience please. This could be a very very useful thread on getting in close to an escorted convoy. Let the magic begin!
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So much of this is dependant on many many variables. Are you driving a uboat or a fleetboat? Fleetboats dealt with generally inferior Japanese sensors. Fleetboats had superior radar. UBoats had lousy radar, excellent sonar, but the Allies were much better than the Japanese at prosecuting submarine contacts.
What version of the game are you using? Patch 1.4 (I think) added a 20km player bubble, and changed the ingame sensors to match.
What mod are you using? I know that Trigger Maru really ramps up the Japanese ability to detect you, and maintain that detection, even giving planes the ability to spot you underwater.
However a few things stay constant: the faster you go, either surfaced or submerged, the more likely you are to be detected. You will be detected faster if the enemy has a side profile of your sub than if they have an end-on profile, whether surfaced or submerged. I've even read, tho I can't find the source, that having your periscopes up while on the surface increases the chance of being detected in the game.
The point here being, that if people are going to start posting their detection ranges, they should post a few other details, such as weather (fog, rainy, wind speed etc), time of day, type of submarine, what detected you first, how fast were you going, what depth were you at, were you running decks awash, the game year and month, version of the game they are running, what mods, applicable difficulty settings (realistic sensors?), was silent running on or off, battlestations on or off, radar on or off.