SUBSIM Radio Room Forums



SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997

Go Back   SUBSIM Radio Room Forums > Silent Hunter 3 - 4 - 5 > Silent Hunter III
Forget password? Reset here

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-27-06, 03:03 PM   #1
Incubus
Planesman
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 195
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default Something missing about radar/sonar/etc

When you see enemy ships, it indicates their sight radius, and in the case of escorts, their ASDIC, hydrophones, and also radar I believe (there are many of those rings/cones). While this is useful to use to stay in their blind spots, Ubisoft seems to have missed something that would also be useful-

Why not have YOUR SUB have these rings?! So that you can see how far out your watch crew will see, where you radar is covering, where your hydrophone is covering and how far on the map, etc. It would help greatly for searching for enemy ships, and in the case of radar, let you know how much of a radar signature you are giving off.
Incubus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-06, 03:25 PM   #2
Corsair
Ace of the Deep
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Toulouse France
Posts: 1,140
Downloads: 51
Uploads: 0
Default

Imho, the best tools for finding ships are your Mk1 ears, preferably with good headphones in a quiet room, around 20m deep and all engines stopped... By good weather, you can count on hearing props up to 15 klicks.
I don't remember seeing these rings, but I barely played stock game, jumped right away in RuB mode.
__________________


NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander
Corsair is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-06, 06:29 PM   #3
Sailor Steve
Eternal Patrol
 
Sailor Steve's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: High in the mountains of Utah
Posts: 50,369
Downloads: 745
Uploads: 249


Default

I turn those things off on the map, as they are totally "ahistorical" (was gonna say unrealistic).
__________________
“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
Sailor Steve is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-27-06, 11:51 PM   #4
Incubus
Planesman
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 195
Downloads: 0
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I turn those things off on the map, as they are totally "ahistorical" (was gonna say unrealistic).
Frankly I don't really care about the ones on the enemy ships (since I can't tell which are which in terms of radar/sonar/hydrophone/etc). What I want is to have those on MY SUB so I can see on the map just how far out my sensors extend.
Incubus is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:52 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1995- 2025 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.