Once is enough already....

Slick Rick · 12-27-08, 03:07 PM

I was recently on patrol and my watch officer sighted a destroyer in the distance....it was dusk and the enemy was moving away at a good clip so I decided to stay surfaced...problem was....my watch crew kept calling out the ship every five seconds......it got real old real fast and I ended up submerging just to get some peace and quiet.....is there a fix for this ? I have encountered this before and seem to remember reading about this also.......Rick

Dowly · 12-27-08, 03:47 PM

AFAIK, this happens when the enemy ship goes over the "seeing" distance of the watch officer and later on comes back, because it slowed down, turned or something like that, making the WO call it again as it enters his visual range.

Brag · 12-27-08, 04:02 PM

As the Ferret says, when the ship is at the limit of the visual range, the officer or lookout will lose sight of the target and regain it. Each time it will report ship spotted.

A Very Super Market · 12-27-08, 04:06 PM

You could feasibly just remove the watch officer/hydrophone operator and just log the ship yourself.

12-27-08, 03:07 PM	#1
Slick Rick Sonar Guy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Whats left of Florida Posts: 396 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Once is enough already.... I was recently on patrol and my watch officer sighted a destroyer in the distance....it was dusk and the enemy was moving away at a good clip so I decided to stay surfaced...problem was....my watch crew kept calling out the ship every five seconds......it got real old real fast and I ended up submerging just to get some peace and quiet.....is there a fix for this ? I have encountered this before and seem to remember reading about this also.......Rick __________________ Wasserbomb!!!!

12-27-08, 04:02 PM	#3
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	As the Ferret says, when the ship is at the limit of the visual range, the officer or lookout will lose sight of the target and regain it. Each time it will report ship spotted. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

12-27-08, 04:06 PM	#4
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You could feasibly just remove the watch officer/hydrophone operator and just log the ship yourself. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

12-27-08, 03:47 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	AFAIK, this happens when the enemy ship goes over the "seeing" distance of the watch officer and later on comes back, because it slowed down, turned or something like that, making the WO call it again as it enters his visual range.