Radar not working SH4

Hans-Ulrich Rudel · 04-15-07, 02:19 PM

Help! can not figure it out! My radar scope always shows zinch, and none of the buttons work, I have tried everything, it is very frustrating!

Anybody Help Please

Mudrik · 04-15-07, 02:58 PM

Don't want to state anything too obvious but have you upgraded your sub? I couldn't suss out how to use the radar for ages and then when I had enough renown to install SJ and SD radar it all started working and gave me the options to switch radar on/off and sweep/search on the orders bar.

Hope this helps and if not then sorry.

-Pv- · 04-15-07, 03:18 PM

There ARE known bugs with the radar. Even with it installed and working it will only show contacts while your sub is facing north and not south. There is a fix for this in the Mods section where some clever guys found all the radars were set to only scan in one heading direction apparently thinking they were making it scan in only one compass direction.

Also, it appears early in the war the radar displays and switches are disabled since patch 1.1 although the radars work in that contacts show up on the map and crew report them.
-Pv-

Ostfriese · 04-15-07, 03:24 PM

If I got that right you'll even get radar contacts without any radar installed, too.

By the way, your admiration for that ardent Nazi Rudel is, well, rather unpleasant
.

Ilpalazzo · 04-15-07, 04:57 PM

I was going to post a similar thread, but I figured the game was just broken and I would have to wait for a patch.

Quote:

There ARE known bugs with the radar. Even with it installed and working it will only show contacts while your sub is facing north and not south. There is a fix for this in the Mods section where some clever guys found all the radars were set to only scan in one heading direction apparently thinking they were making it scan in only one compass direction.

Also, it appears early in the war the radar displays and switches are disabled since patch 1.1 although the radars work in that contacts show up on the map and crew report them.
-Pv-

Good to know

CruiseTorpedo · 04-15-07, 05:40 PM

Your a bit off there Pv, the radar scans in all directions but only when your sub is heading in the northerly directions of heading 280 - 080, anything directly east, west, or anywhere towards the south it wont work. Also the radar buttons and switches all work just fine, you just have to upgrade the sub to include SJ radar. Try starting a career in 1943 and buy the SJ radar, then at harbor in hawaii turn the sub towards the south, you'll see what I mean then, and turn the sub again towards the north, suddenly the contacts come back. Same rules apply for SD radar, but get the fixes in the mod section and SJ radar will work as normal no matter which way your traveling.

-Pv- · 04-15-07, 07:38 PM

Cruise,

My understanding is exactly as you've described it. With the sim mod I now get contacts displayed no matter what direction I face. I've been anxiously awaiting advancing may career into 42 to get the radar screens and switches to work.
-Pv-

Hans-Ulrich Rudel · 04-15-07, 07:48 PM

I have found the following:
1. I am on my third patrol, March 1942.

2. I have upgraded radar as far as the game will allow, I have plenty of renoun to spend.

3. The radar crew will pick up aircraft and ships, every time, no matter which way I am facing. So too the sonar and its crew.

4.Most of the icons in the orders panel for Radar AND Sonar, will NOT function when I click them with the mouse.

5.There is no mention of only the player only being able to use Radar late in the game in the SH4 manual.

heartc · 11-25-23, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

By the way, your admiration for that ardent Nazi Rudel is, well, rather unpleasant
.

Halt's Maul.

KaleunMarco · 11-25-23, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heartc

heartc,

i understand your difference of opinion however you are commenting on a post that is over fifteen year's old from a user who has not been active for approximately the same time.

"Please use language that you would use around your mother. Express yourself with respect to others."
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq.php

vielan danke

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Moderator

fitzcarraldo · 11-25-23, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

heartc,

i understand your difference of opinion however you are commenting on a post that is over fifteen year's old from a user who has not been active for approximately the same time.

"Please use language that you would use around your mother. Express yourself with respect to others."
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq.php

vielan danke

KaleunMarco
Moderator

I think that Stuka was shot down.

Fitzcarraldo

heartc · 11-25-23, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

heartc,

i understand your difference of opinion however you are commenting on a post that is over fifteen year's old from a user who has not been active for approximately the same time.

"Please use language that you would use around your mother. Express yourself with respect to others."
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq.php

vielan danke

KaleunMarco
Moderator

Aktungbby · 11-25-23, 11:08 PM

heartc!

...back on the surface after a 6 year 'silent run'!

1Patriotofmany · 11-26-23, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

If I got that right you'll even get radar contacts without any radar installed, too.

By the way, your admiration for that ardent Nazi Rudel is, well, rather unpleasant
.

Rudel was simply a patriot of his country and well, excelled at killing Russian Tanks which frankly looking back 80 years later we all should have wished for and saved us the cold war, Vietnam, Korea and many other brush wars along with 13 days in 1962.

Aktungbby · 11-26-23, 03:50 AM

Yer hind sight =20-20

04-15-07, 02:19 PM	#1
Hans-Ulrich Rudel Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Radar not working SH4 Help! can not figure it out! My radar scope always shows zinch, and none of the buttons work, I have tried everything, it is very frustrating! Anybody Help Please __________________ *Verloren ist nur, wer sich selbst aufgibt* ("Lost are only those who give up themselves").

04-15-07, 02:58 PM	#2
Mudrik Gunner Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: passing thermal layer, silent running Posts: 94 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Re: Radar woes Don't want to state anything too obvious but have you upgraded your sub? I couldn't suss out how to use the radar for ages and then when I had enough renown to install SJ and SD radar it all started working and gave me the options to switch radar on/off and sweep/search on the orders bar. Hope this helps and if not then sorry.

04-15-07, 07:48 PM	#8
Hans-Ulrich Rudel Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Radar not working I have found the following: 1. I am on my third patrol, March 1942. 2. I have upgraded radar as far as the game will allow, I have plenty of renoun to spend. 3. The radar crew will pick up aircraft and ships, every time, no matter which way I am facing. So too the sonar and its crew. 4.Most of the icons in the orders panel for Radar AND Sonar, will NOT function when I click them with the mouse. 5.There is no mention of only the player only being able to use Radar late in the game in the SH4 manual. __________________ *Verloren ist nur, wer sich selbst aufgibt* ("Lost are only those who give up themselves").

11-25-23, 11:08 PM	#13
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,987 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! heartc!...back on the surface after a 6 year 'silent run'! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

11-26-23, 03:50 AM	#15
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,987 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Yer hind sight =20-20 __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

04-15-07, 03:18 PM	#3
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	There ARE known bugs with the radar. Even with it installed and working it will only show contacts while your sub is facing north and not south. There is a fix for this in the Mods section where some clever guys found all the radars were set to only scan in one heading direction apparently thinking they were making it scan in only one compass direction. Also, it appears early in the war the radar displays and switches are disabled since patch 1.1 although the radars work in that contacts show up on the map and crew report them. -Pv-

04-15-07, 03:24 PM	#4
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,836 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If I got that right you'll even get radar contacts without any radar installed, too. By the way, your admiration for that ardent Nazi Rudel is, well, rather unpleasant .

04-15-07, 05:40 PM	#6
CruiseTorpedo Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 112 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Your a bit off there Pv, the radar scans in all directions but only when your sub is heading in the northerly directions of heading 280 - 080, anything directly east, west, or anywhere towards the south it wont work. Also the radar buttons and switches all work just fine, you just have to upgrade the sub to include SJ radar. Try starting a career in 1943 and buy the SJ radar, then at harbor in hawaii turn the sub towards the south, you'll see what I mean then, and turn the sub again towards the north, suddenly the contacts come back. Same rules apply for SD radar, but get the fixes in the mod section and SJ radar will work as normal no matter which way your traveling.

04-15-07, 07:38 PM	#7
-Pv- The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,434 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Cruise, My understanding is exactly as you've described it. With the sim mod I now get contacts displayed no matter what direction I face. I've been anxiously awaiting advancing may career into 42 to get the radar screens and switches to work. -Pv-