gettin really annoyed with radar

Laffertytig · 12-28-07, 07:05 AM

ok whats the deal with radar constantly turnin itself off? when the patrol starts its fine but after a dive the problems start.

i tried using thje buttons at the bottom of the screen (turnin it on then clickin sweep and also at th actual radar screen but it always switches back to single sweep. the only reason i know this is hapnin is cos i get visual contacts but by the time the game snaps back outa TC its long gone.

im also havin this problem with air search radar as well. help

Rockin Robbins · 12-28-07, 08:32 AM

Actually go to the radar station and flip the switches yourself. Then you know for sure what the settings are and everything works. I do it as a matter of course every time I surface or every time I leave TC. It's a bother, but we could have worse problems.

ReallyDedPoet · 12-28-07, 08:33 AM

Nice tip RR

RDP

Laffertytig · 12-28-07, 09:28 AM

on closer inspection they are a group of sampans. i never realised they things were invisible to radar

Takao · 12-29-07, 12:29 AM

@Laffertytig

The radar automatically shuts of when a high wave washs over the mast. So, if your running in a storm, you have to keep turning it on again. In high time compression, it seems like you are constantly turning it back on again. At lower TC, its not so bad. With a vanilla copy of SHIV, its been my experience that the air search radar is always on. I get notification of inbound contacts even if the surface search radar is off.

It's not that the sampans are invisible to your radar. They show up just fine. It's that the crew won't alert you to their presence. You have to go to the radar station and track them manually, until you get in visual range. Guess the are not worth our while. If you are in TC and the stopwatch starts skipping seconds, thats a good clue something is nearby. Drop down to 1x TC, if you not notified of any contacts, check the radar station proper. Set you radar to max range and I'll bet you will get some contacts that will turn out to be sampans or junks.

Laffertytig · 12-29-07, 05:49 AM

yeah good tip about the storms and high TC thats makes sense and your right about the sampans, they do show up on radar just that the crew dont notify u about them.

TC isnt perfect in SH4 but its so much better than in SH3 where u need to stay under 256x to avoid numerous problems which i find painful bein stuck at such a low game speed all the time

12-28-07, 07:05 AM	#1
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	gettin really annoyed with radar ok whats the deal with radar constantly turnin itself off? when the patrol starts its fine but after a dive the problems start. i tried using thje buttons at the bottom of the screen (turnin it on then clickin sweep and also at th actual radar screen but it always switches back to single sweep. the only reason i know this is hapnin is cos i get visual contacts but by the time the game snaps back outa TC its long gone. im also havin this problem with air search radar as well. help

12-28-07, 08:32 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Workaround Actually go to the radar station and flip the switches yourself. Then you know for sure what the settings are and everything works. I do it as a matter of course every time I surface or every time I leave TC. It's a bother, but we could have worse problems. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

12-28-07, 08:33 AM	#3
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice tip RR RDP __________________ Back in the Day

12-28-07, 09:28 AM	#4
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	on closer inspection they are a group of sampans. i never realised they things were invisible to radar

12-29-07, 12:29 AM	#5
Takao Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 244 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	@Laffertytig The radar automatically shuts of when a high wave washs over the mast. So, if your running in a storm, you have to keep turning it on again. In high time compression, it seems like you are constantly turning it back on again. At lower TC, its not so bad. With a vanilla copy of SHIV, its been my experience that the air search radar is always on. I get notification of inbound contacts even if the surface search radar is off. It's not that the sampans are invisible to your radar. They show up just fine. It's that the crew won't alert you to their presence. You have to go to the radar station and track them manually, until you get in visual range. Guess the are not worth our while. If you are in TC and the stopwatch starts skipping seconds, thats a good clue something is nearby. Drop down to 1x TC, if you not notified of any contacts, check the radar station proper. Set you radar to max range and I'll bet you will get some contacts that will turn out to be sampans or junks.

12-29-07, 05:49 AM	#6
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	yeah good tip about the storms and high TC thats makes sense and your right about the sampans, they do show up on radar just that the crew dont notify u about them. TC isnt perfect in SH4 but its so much better than in SH3 where u need to stay under 256x to avoid numerous problems which i find painful bein stuck at such a low game speed all the time