SHIP SPOTTED - but no ship...

jumpy · 05-12-07, 10:45 PM

I get this occasionally trundling through the channel (western end of the channel- not the bit anywhere near Dover

) using the latest GWX incarnation with the 16km dobery. Watchman calles out 'Ship spotted!' but there's nothing in sight on a clear day, except a new map contact that appears about 50 miles away in an enemy port. About 15 minutes later after a dive to 60m at ahead slow, all of a sudden I get a cuple of destroyers buzzing me.

Don't know if I'm missing something and this is correct behaviour, but it seems a little strange to me; no a bug as such, just odd.
Anyone else see this kind of thing happening? Maybe the britishers are using a primitive SOSUS (or whatever the acronym is) in the channel in '39

Hitman · 05-13-07, 03:14 AM

This might have to do with the vampire vision that becomes noticeable when using 16 km visibility mods:hmm: SH3 visual sensor has apparently a hardcoded proportion between day and night sighting, so when you put the visibility limit to 16000 metres instead of the original 8000, the night vision also jumps way ahead

Mods tend to solve that through use of fog and other tricks, which give correct results in 90% of the situations (GWX and NYGM have very very elaborated visual sensors, but note that GWX default is 8km!) but sometimes it just happens.

Jimbuna · 05-13-07, 05:13 AM

This should help you sort it

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112712

Paajtor · 05-13-07, 10:03 AM

I once had a similar thing, in GWX1.02...about 300km west of Ireland, I got a stationary radio-contact.
While I was shadowing a convoy, I kept an eye on it, and it stayed there, and didn't move at all.
So I thought - hey, let's check it out....maybe it's an easy prey.
Plotted a course, that would bring me at 12k from the target...the radio-contact was still there, allthough I saw no smoke.
Makes sense, I concluded...it has engine-damage, and is sending an SOS.
So I approached submerged, but saw nothing at the spot.
Went to the exact location - nothing!

Beats me what had caused this...probably a screwed save-game?

05-12-07, 10:45 PM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	SHIP SPOTTED - but no ship... I get this occasionally trundling through the channel (western end of the channel- not the bit anywhere near Dover ) using the latest GWX incarnation with the 16km dobery. Watchman calles out 'Ship spotted!' but there's nothing in sight on a clear day, except a new map contact that appears about 50 miles away in an enemy port. About 15 minutes later after a dive to 60m at ahead slow, all of a sudden I get a cuple of destroyers buzzing me. Don't know if I'm missing something and this is correct behaviour, but it seems a little strange to me; no a bug as such, just odd. Anyone else see this kind of thing happening? Maybe the britishers are using a primitive SOSUS (or whatever the acronym is) in the channel in '39 __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

05-13-07, 03:14 AM	#2
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	This might have to do with the vampire vision that becomes noticeable when using 16 km visibility mods:hmm: SH3 visual sensor has apparently a hardcoded proportion between day and night sighting, so when you put the visibility limit to 16000 metres instead of the original 8000, the night vision also jumps way ahead Mods tend to solve that through use of fog and other tricks, which give correct results in 90% of the situations (GWX and NYGM have very very elaborated visual sensors, but note that GWX default is 8km!) but sometimes it just happens. __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

05-13-07, 05:13 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This should help you sort it http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112712 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-13-07, 10:03 AM	#4
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	I once had a similar thing, in GWX1.02...about 300km west of Ireland, I got a stationary radio-contact. While I was shadowing a convoy, I kept an eye on it, and it stayed there, and didn't move at all. So I thought - hey, let's check it out....maybe it's an easy prey. Plotted a course, that would bring me at 12k from the target...the radio-contact was still there, allthough I saw no smoke. Makes sense, I concluded...it has engine-damage, and is sending an SOS. So I approached submerged, but saw nothing at the spot. Went to the exact location - nothing! Beats me what had caused this...probably a screwed save-game? __________________