SH5 Watch officer spotting ships Submerged

redsocialist · 11-11-11, 07:43 PM

Well I'm not sure what the problem is and I'm very certain the watch officer or (crew) is not suspose to be spotting ships when I'm submerged even if my periscope is up? I uninstalled all my mods using stock 1.2 and this problem still occured. Is there a fix for this?

I'm not able to use that patch, (hydrophone fix), that came out, and I'm also wondering what mods fix all the SH5 bugs, and which order I need to install them in. Once I have those in, I will add my enviornment, sound mods etc, back in

Thanks!

Ducimus · 11-11-11, 08:15 PM

This is one of those old quirks that have existed since SH3. Or rather, it's an unresolved bug or feature (take your pick), that has existed in SH3, carried over into SH4, and also SH5 since it's based on the previous two games.

Periscope up = watch officer calling out visual contacts since the periscope counts as a visual sensor.

Speaking of sensors, you only have one active sensor available at a time. Say for instance yourr looking at your map and looking at all the sonar contact lines of an incoming convoy. Raise your periscope and the contact lines go away, because the game went from using the hydrophone sensor, to the visual sensor. Drop the scope, wait a second or three, and the contact lines will reappear. At least thats how SH3 and 4 behave in this regard, so I'm assuming 5 does as well.

11-11-11, 07:43 PM	#1
redsocialist Chief Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 328 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 0	SH5 Watch officer spotting ships Submerged Well I'm not sure what the problem is and I'm very certain the watch officer or (crew) is not suspose to be spotting ships when I'm submerged even if my periscope is up? I uninstalled all my mods using stock 1.2 and this problem still occured. Is there a fix for this? I'm not able to use that patch, (hydrophone fix), that came out, and I'm also wondering what mods fix all the SH5 bugs, and which order I need to install them in. Once I have those in, I will add my enviornment, sound mods etc, back in Thanks! __________________ ------------------------------------------------------ To die for the people is weighter than Mount Tai But to work for the fascists, and die for the exploiters and oppressors is lighter than a feather -Mao Zedong

11-11-11, 08:15 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	This is one of those old quirks that have existed since SH3. Or rather, it's an unresolved bug or feature (take your pick), that has existed in SH3, carried over into SH4, and also SH5 since it's based on the previous two games. Periscope up = watch officer calling out visual contacts since the periscope counts as a visual sensor. Speaking of sensors, you only have one active sensor available at a time. Say for instance yourr looking at your map and looking at all the sonar contact lines of an incoming convoy. Raise your periscope and the contact lines go away, because the game went from using the hydrophone sensor, to the visual sensor. Drop the scope, wait a second or three, and the contact lines will reappear. At least thats how SH3 and 4 behave in this regard, so I'm assuming 5 does as well.