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Originally Posted by jmr
Sorry to here about the **** you're going through right now, OLC. Nothing I can say or do can alleviate that but I want to say thanks for this mod of yours. It's your MOD combined GWX that keeps me playing SH3.
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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis
Enemy ships definitely get better at spotting you as the war progresses. Still in March 1941, I just tried a surface attack in clear, calm weather, at the darkest time of the night. I was spotted at 3km! Those ships certainly aren't "blind" in OLCE2 by any measure. I'm thinking this level of night visibility is about right, no? :hmm:
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What speed were you traveling? It's hard to find concrete data on stuff like this so were left with first hand accounts of night time surface attacks by ex submariners. In Iron Wolves, Herbert Werner writes about coming within several hundred meters of an unsuspecting target early in the war. Edward Beach writes similarly about up close and personal attacks in pitch darkness although a foamy wake from high speed runs could easily give you away if you an astute watch crew on the target ship. |
The conditions were: 0m/s wind speed, excellent visibility (16km). From what I know about sensors, this is when you are
most easily detected. My speed was quite fast, around 15kts - again, that makes you easier to detect. Finally, I was fully surfaced (not decks awash). Basically I wanted to see whether they'd see me or not, and they did. I know I could have gotten closer by going slow and decks awash, but I won't know how much closer until I try it. I'll keep posting reports.