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ddiplock · 07-21-08, 03:43 PM

Quite interesting though, as I remember in the very first Silent Hunter, the Japanese escorts would be pinging constantly, they wouldnt know you were there, but they would be pinging away non-stop. As you approached the convoy, you could hear the faint pings in the water, that would get louder the closer you got. For a game modelled in 1996, it was really well done

In truth, I think that's how they really did it. I know that in real life, British destroyers anyway when escorting convoys would constantly be using active ASDIC on the chance they'd detect a U-boat trying to penetrate the convoy.

07-21-08, 03:43 PM	#16
ddiplock Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 552 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Quite interesting though, as I remember in the very first Silent Hunter, the Japanese escorts would be pinging constantly, they wouldnt know you were there, but they would be pinging away non-stop. As you approached the convoy, you could hear the faint pings in the water, that would get louder the closer you got. For a game modelled in 1996, it was really well done In truth, I think that's how they really did it. I know that in real life, British destroyers anyway when escorting convoys would constantly be using active ASDIC on the chance they'd detect a U-boat trying to penetrate the convoy.