Amazing Sonar Guy

snwcrsh · 01-22-08, 07:41 AM

I may not be an expert for hydrophone and sonar technology but I think my physics basics are good enough to tell me this should be impossible:

Or, that sonar guy is *really* good. He can hear the screws, knows they are around the bay and so he calculates the actual bearing in his head :p

onelifecrisis · 01-22-08, 08:01 AM

Don't you just hate it? How difficult would it have been for the devs to fix this? Like, two minutes work ffs! *sigh*

Rant over.

TomcatMVD · 01-22-08, 08:39 AM

Hey... we who play with map contact update on need to understand that it is part of that feature to have "every" contact updated on the map.
Geez, when you're surfaced you get contacts way beyond visual range updated in the map (stock SHIII that is).
When things like that happnen, I pretend I don't have that information and continue on my path till a watchman properly reports it.

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-22-08, 08:43 AM

:rotfl: The map looks funny on the screen. Like debris from exploding port. I didn't know we have such a feature.

snwcrsh · 01-22-08, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomcatMVD

Hey... we who play with map contact update on need to understand that it is part of that feature to have "every" contact updated on the map.
Geez, when you're surfaced you get contacts way beyond visual range updated in the map (stock SHIII that is).
When things like that happnen, I pretend I don't have that information and continue on my path till a watchman properly reports it.

This has to do with map update? AFAIK the sonar reports are unrelated to that. So I would guess the sonar guy will detect them even with no map update? (Yes, I am using god's eye map ... yet. This will soon stop :>)

onelifecrisis · 01-22-08, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikhayl

...so you could think that the contact is NOT behind land

You could???

:hmm:

"Sonar, report nearest contact!"

Up scope. Turn scope to bearing...

"Weapons officer! Identify that landmass!"

snwcrsh · 01-22-08, 09:36 AM

Ha! That reminds me of an old joke.

Officer: "Land bears starboard, 32 degrees."
Captain: "Good. Anchor the boat and get ready to set ashore."
Officer: "Sir!? But what about the bears?"

onelifecrisis · 01-22-08, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snwcrsh

Ha! That reminds me about an old joke.

Officer: "Land bears starbord, 32 degrees."
Captain: "Good. Anchor the boat and get ready to set ashore."
Officer: "Sir!? But what about the bears?"

That's a groaner.

TomcatMVD · 01-22-08, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snwcrsh

Ha! That reminds me of an old joke.

Officer: "Land bears starboard, 32 degrees."
Captain: "Good. Anchor the boat and get ready to set ashore."
Officer: "Sir!? But what about the bears?"

BIG LOL!

Blacklight · 01-22-08, 02:45 PM

I encounter this issue whenever I sneak into Scapa Flow. I'll be submerged and my sonar guy is reporting hearing contacts that are on the other side of entire land masses.

I know that sound can travel through rock and all, but WOW ! I didn't know our hydrophones were THAT good !

I seriously wish this could be fixed but unfortunately, I assume it's hard coded.

01-22-08, 07:41 AM	#1
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Amazing Sonar Guy I may not be an expert for hydrophone and sonar technology but I think my physics basics are good enough to tell me this should be impossible: Or, that sonar guy is really good. He can hear the screws, knows they are around the bay and so he calculates the actual bearing in his head :p

01-22-08, 08:01 AM	#2
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	Don't you just hate it? How difficult would it have been for the devs to fix this? Like, two minutes work ffs! sigh Rant over. __________________ Freedom of speech - priceless. For everything else there's Mastercard.

01-22-08, 08:39 AM	#3
TomcatMVD Weps Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: MVD, UY Posts: 359 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Hey... we who play with map contact update on need to understand that it is part of that feature to have "every" contact updated on the map. Geez, when you're surfaced you get contacts way beyond visual range updated in the map (stock SHIII that is). When things like that happnen, I pretend I don't have that information and continue on my path till a watchman properly reports it. __________________

01-22-08, 08:43 AM	#4
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	:rotfl: The map looks funny on the screen. Like debris from exploding port. I didn't know we have such a feature. __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to

01-22-08, 02:45 PM	#10
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I encounter this issue whenever I sneak into Scapa Flow. I'll be submerged and my sonar guy is reporting hearing contacts that are on the other side of entire land masses. I know that sound can travel through rock and all, but WOW ! I didn't know our hydrophones were THAT good ! I seriously wish this could be fixed but unfortunately, I assume it's hard coded. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

01-22-08, 09:36 AM	#7
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ha! That reminds me of an old joke. Officer: "Land bears starboard, 32 degrees." Captain: "Good. Anchor the boat and get ready to set ashore." Officer: "Sir!? But what about the bears?"

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