ping

wynnstate101 · 08-19-05, 04:22 AM

Try as I might, I can not figure out how to ping that damned sonar. I know that its a bad idea to do it, as it gives away your position, but its driving me crazy not being able to do it. Could someone explain step by step how to ping the sonar.

jumpy · 08-19-05, 04:48 AM

What boat are you in and what period of the war? as this effects weather or not you have access to the button on the hydrophone station...
Someonelse can correct me if I'm wrong but don't you only get 'active' sonar pings on the XXI boats?

wynnstate101 · 08-19-05, 05:20 AM

I have tried types VII, IX, and XXI, all the way to '45

Jail · 08-19-05, 06:55 AM

Don't you have to "buy" the Active sonar ?

Nopileo · 08-19-05, 08:07 AM

Yes you can buy it for all(?) boats, in 1942 or thereabouts?

But I've seen someone mention here that only the XXI had it in real life...?

To ping you only have to point the hydrophones in the direction of a contact (it must be listed on the notepad), then click the ping button on the lower left.

You can also ask your sonar man to ask for distance to a contact, in which he will ping for you.

Mind you the range may be totally wrong depending on the skill of you sonar man and how many times you ping it. Ping it until the value stabilizes.

08-19-05, 04:22 AM	#1
wynnstate101 Nub Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	ping Try as I might, I can not figure out how to ping that damned sonar. I know that its a bad idea to do it, as it gives away your position, but its driving me crazy not being able to do it. Could someone explain step by step how to ping the sonar.

08-19-05, 04:48 AM	#2
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	What boat are you in and what period of the war? as this effects weather or not you have access to the button on the hydrophone station... Someonelse can correct me if I'm wrong but don't you only get 'active' sonar pings on the XXI boats? __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

08-19-05, 06:55 AM	#4
Jail A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: No(r)way Posts: 74 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Don't you have to "buy" the Active sonar ? __________________ Don't let them see you come

08-19-05, 05:20 AM	#3
wynnstate101 Nub Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have tried types VII, IX, and XXI, all the way to '45

08-19-05, 08:07 AM	#5
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Yes you can buy it for all(?) boats, in 1942 or thereabouts? But I've seen someone mention here that only the XXI had it in real life...? To ping you only have to point the hydrophones in the direction of a contact (it must be listed on the notepad), then click the ping button on the lower left. You can also ask your sonar man to ask for distance to a contact, in which he will ping for you. Mind you the range may be totally wrong depending on the skill of you sonar man and how many times you ping it. Ping it until the value stabilizes.