airborne radar mod-is it worth it?

HEMISENT · 03-01-06, 02:51 PM

I'm playing a campaign mission right now Nov 1943. My VIIC has the usual assortment of radar/radar detector equipment installed.
I find that I normally get the "Detecting Radar Signals" message when the
source is a loooong way off giving ample time to dive safely.

Every book I've read dealing with later war years describes aircraft attacks to often be a sudden totally unexpected experience. Sometimes the detector gave enough advance notice to dive out of harms way and sometimes it worked only when the boat was already in visual range resulting in a panic dive. This commonly found the boat taking heavy damage as it attempted to claw its way
down. Night time ac attacks were even more devestating especially when
Leigh Lights were used.

Poking around the SNS files for PBY and Sunderland aircraft to see what airborn radars are employed it shows different versions of the ASV series.
Looking thru the AI_Sensors .dat file I find that there are 5 different ASV
radars available depending on year. These all have a MaxRange= setting
between 8000 and 16000m. That's a pretty fair distance and if picked up by the detector on the boat allows plenty of time for diving.

What I am thinking of is editing 5 MaxRange= files from 2500m to 6000m
plugging these into SH3 Commander Random folders so that we may
occasionally experience a truly unexpected air attack which may result in
devestating consequences.

Is this thought worth pursuing and are there enough people out there who are using Commanders Random function to make it worthwhile?

03-01-06, 02:51 PM	#1
HEMISENT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 1,052 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	airborne radar mod-is it worth it? I'm playing a campaign mission right now Nov 1943. My VIIC has the usual assortment of radar/radar detector equipment installed. I find that I normally get the "Detecting Radar Signals" message when the source is a loooong way off giving ample time to dive safely. Every book I've read dealing with later war years describes aircraft attacks to often be a sudden totally unexpected experience. Sometimes the detector gave enough advance notice to dive out of harms way and sometimes it worked only when the boat was already in visual range resulting in a panic dive. This commonly found the boat taking heavy damage as it attempted to claw its way down. Night time ac attacks were even more devestating especially when Leigh Lights were used. Poking around the SNS files for PBY and Sunderland aircraft to see what airborn radars are employed it shows different versions of the ASV series. Looking thru the AI_Sensors .dat file I find that there are 5 different ASV radars available depending on year. These all have a MaxRange= setting between 8000 and 16000m. That's a pretty fair distance and if picked up by the detector on the boat allows plenty of time for diving. What I am thinking of is editing 5 MaxRange= files from 2500m to 6000m plugging these into SH3 Commander Random folders so that we may occasionally experience a truly unexpected air attack which may result in devestating consequences. Is this thought worth pursuing and are there enough people out there who are using Commanders Random function to make it worthwhile? __________________ Nuke 'em till they glow!