Do destroyers have super sensitive IR detectors or something?

BooBooLovesAll · 07-06-08, 12:21 PM

:p

I am chillin out at 392 feet, engines off... silent running turned on. And they come over me and drop DC with excellent accuracy as if someone on my sub is taking a little hammer and hitting the side of the hull to let them know where I am.

No pinging was used, so I assume he was relying on passive sonar.

What gives?

I am using TMO w/RSRD mods as an FYI.

W4chund · 07-06-08, 12:25 PM

It´s normal if you playing with TMO. Read the first Post in the Sticky Trigger Maru Thread.

BooBooLovesAll · 07-06-08, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by W4chund

It´s normal if you playing with TMO. Read the first Post in the Sticky Trigger Maru Thread.

Normal as in the mod designed the DDs to do this... or something that cannot be corrected?

Rockin Robbins · 07-06-08, 12:40 PM

Normal as in the mod allows escorts to do that. I find subchasers are particularly hateful. TMO is designed to bring fear back into submarine simulation. Works well, no?

Sailor Steve · 07-06-08, 01:43 PM

Also remember that in real life you can't "sit" anywhere - the boat will either begin to rise or to sink. True neutral bouyancy is impossible to maintain, so you either move or balance the tanks by running the pumps, which is noisier than moving.

germannoob · 07-06-08, 01:49 PM

Also the us boat captains got to know it's noisier to have 2 e-engines hat low spead. Better to have a high running single e-engine working.

Peto · 07-07-08, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by germannoob

Also the us boat captains got to know it's noisier to have 2 e-engines hat low spead. Better to have a high running single e-engine working.

There's a bit of trivia I didn't know

! If you know off-hand what your source for that information is, I'd like to know :hmm:. It does make sense though. I'm just always looking for new material to learn something more.

Cheers!

Peto

07-09-08, 02:55 AM

You can change the AI's sensitivity settings. It'c covered in the FAQ with TMO and on the TMO thread (First Post)

I set them back to "Easy" mode. Yet I'll still occasionally get that destroyer who finds me sitting at 560 and crawling ahead at 1/2 knot.

07-06-08, 12:21 PM	#1
BooBooLovesAll Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 106 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Do destroyers have super sensitive IR detectors or something? :p I am chillin out at 392 feet, engines off... silent running turned on. And they come over me and drop DC with excellent accuracy as if someone on my sub is taking a little hammer and hitting the side of the hull to let them know where I am. No pinging was used, so I assume he was relying on passive sonar. What gives? I am using TMO w/RSRD mods as an FYI.

07-06-08, 12:25 PM	#2
W4chund Seaman Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 35 Downloads: 114 Uploads: 0	It´s normal if you playing with TMO. Read the first Post in the Sticky Trigger Maru Thread. __________________ You are New in this Forum? Click me!!!!!!!

07-06-08, 12:40 PM	#4
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Normal as in the mod allows escorts to do that. I find subchasers are particularly hateful. TMO is designed to bring fear back into submarine simulation. Works well, no? __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

07-06-08, 01:43 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Also remember that in real life you can't "sit" anywhere - the boat will either begin to rise or to sink. True neutral bouyancy is impossible to maintain, so you either move or balance the tanks by running the pumps, which is noisier than moving. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-06-08, 01:49 PM	#6
germannoob Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dresden, Germany Posts: 46 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Also the us boat captains got to know it's noisier to have 2 e-engines hat low spead. Better to have a high running single e-engine working.

07-09-08, 02:55 AM	#8
Lynx2069 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	You can change the AI's sensitivity settings. It'c covered in the FAQ with TMO and on the TMO thread (First Post) I set them back to "Easy" mode. Yet I'll still occasionally get that destroyer who finds me sitting at 560 and crawling ahead at 1/2 knot.