Miscelleneous

snwcrsh · 01-17-08, 10:31 PM

Hi again... I am back (after a ridiculous amount of time with GWX/OLB, no sleep

). And again some questions, these should be easy, but I couldn't find the specific information i needed by searching.

1) Back to the sonar, or rather hydrophone. Actually I am only curious how accurate it is, as compared to visual observations. I had a hell of a time setting up an attack against a single british mercheant in the Nordsee. Weather was rough and it was night, it was close to impossible to get a visual read on this thing.

Basically I could do all necessary calculations with the hydrophone and the map; getting speed with 1-2 measurings for the distance, with that i also have its course. Range is easy with the ruler and as for the AoB there's the angle tool.

But I guess that would be to easy

How close is this to the real thing?

2) I apologize for my lack of knowledge here: What do the blinking lights mean? I know red lights is to preserve night vision but i couldn't find a pattern when they blink? Just being curious here.

3) When ingame radio messages talk about coordinates, they give 4 numbers, i.e. AM2342 -- how does that translate to the map secors which only have 2 numbers?

4) Lastly, this is more something I noticed: You cannot refuel at a base before you have reached (and cleared) your patrol area. Rather you can, but you grid and orders will get nulled. Is this intentional?

Thanks again -- and while I am here, I want to thank all the developers involved into GWX and OLC -- these mods sure rock the hell. I always been a fan of submarine simulations (ahh, good old Silent Service...), but SH3+GWX+OLC ... is excelsior.

I just wish the same was available for a pacific campaign with US submarines :-)

01-17-08, 10:31 PM	#1
snwcrsh Engineer Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lübeck Posts: 211 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Miscelleneous Hi again... I am back (after a ridiculous amount of time with GWX/OLB, no sleep ). And again some questions, these should be easy, but I couldn't find the specific information i needed by searching. 1) Back to the sonar, or rather hydrophone. Actually I am only curious how accurate it is, as compared to visual observations. I had a hell of a time setting up an attack against a single british mercheant in the Nordsee. Weather was rough and it was night, it was close to impossible to get a visual read on this thing. Basically I could do all necessary calculations with the hydrophone and the map; getting speed with 1-2 measurings for the distance, with that i also have its course. Range is easy with the ruler and as for the AoB there's the angle tool. But I guess that would be to easy How close is this to the real thing? 2) I apologize for my lack of knowledge here: What do the blinking lights mean? I know red lights is to preserve night vision but i couldn't find a pattern when they blink? Just being curious here. 3) When ingame radio messages talk about coordinates, they give 4 numbers, i.e. AM2342 -- how does that translate to the map secors which only have 2 numbers? 4) Lastly, this is more something I noticed: You cannot refuel at a base before you have reached (and cleared) your patrol area. Rather you can, but you grid and orders will get nulled. Is this intentional? Thanks again -- and while I am here, I want to thank all the developers involved into GWX and OLC -- these mods sure rock the hell. I always been a fan of submarine simulations (ahh, good old Silent Service...), but SH3+GWX+OLC ... is excelsior. I just wish the same was available for a pacific campaign with US submarines :-)