reported contact bug?

[nazaka]

Hi,

During my patrols, I have had several times a yellow radio message giving me the coordinates of a reported contact.
The trouble is, every time I've been in the area, nothing in sight, nothing on the hydrophone...

What's infuriating is that the last time I was very close to the area, less than 50 miles from the coordinates.
I was going at 14 knots, nothing in sight... the hydrophone's not giving anything...

Is it a bug in the game, or is it just that the system's broken?

[bstanko6]

No it’s legit. But like the 1940s unreliable. You get a report, but the data decays over time. The contact may be turning, or slowing down. But you don’t know. Plus, I don’t know how well you are at tracking radio contacts, but human error occurs as well. And don’t forget some contacts are dummies as the plane spotters may make a mistake.

[vdr1981]

Originally Posted by nazaka

Hi,

During my patrols, I have had several times a yellow radio message giving me the coordinates of a reported contact.
The trouble is, every time I've been in the area, nothing in sight, nothing on the hydrophone...

What's infuriating is that the last time I was very close to the area, less than 50 miles from the coordinates.
I was going at 14 knots, nothing in sight... the hydrophone's not giving anything...

Is it a bug in the game, or is it just that the system's broken?

Yellow contact reports are genuine but extremely unreliable because the time when contact is spotted is not reported. It may be report for a neutral or friendly unit as well. Yellow reports are triggered by your status reports...