how good are you at hydrophone?

raduz · 11-27-06, 06:50 AM

as i am working with hydrophone a lot (playing the stock game), i wish to ask if you are able to discriminate the propeler sound of different ships? i am pretty sure that everyone is capable to say whether the contact is a warship or a merchant, a tug boat or a C2... but can you hear the difference between the tanker/liner, C3/coastal merchant and so on, even if the target is more than 30 km from your position? progressively, i learn to ID the ships just by sound and i can tell you, if you do this often, it is worth it! i also count the RPM to determinate the speed of contact.

however, i dont play NYGM/TGW (IIRC, the propeler sounds have been modified there) so i wonder if this would be possible...

Incubus · 11-27-06, 11:21 AM

Not good enough to tell what ship, but I can get a good guess- if I hear lower-pitched, slow prop sounds, I'm assuming a big ship OR more likely, a merchant. If the props sound rapid, I'll assume a warship (since I don't usually see merchants go more than 10 knots)

Corsair · 11-27-06, 11:26 AM

Pretty good....

raduz · 11-27-06, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Corsair

Pretty good....

which means...?

HunterICX · 11-27-06, 12:29 PM

I,m able to identify a ship to confirm their class

*BB/Cariers/Cruisers
*Large Merchants
*Small merchants
*Escorsts / Destroyers

con20or · 11-27-06, 01:01 PM

I can hear the seagulls dropping bombs on my periscope.

AVGWarhawk · 11-27-06, 01:17 PM

I can tell what kind of vessel by sound. Not to good at speed by the sound.

bigboywooly · 11-27-06, 06:26 PM

Whats a hydramafone ?

:rotfl:

My crew is deaf from DC's

Jimbuna · 11-27-06, 06:34 PM

Only able to tell warship from merchant

GraylingSTS(SS) · 11-27-06, 07:15 PM

I can tell a shrimp fart from a whale fart...is that useful?

bigboywooly · 11-27-06, 07:16 PM

Is the shrimp armed ? or neutral ?

GraylingSTS(SS) · 11-27-06, 07:19 PM

Definitely hostile!

Stealth Hunter · 11-27-06, 07:26 PM

Well, shoot him, lol. If he shoots at you with the big guns, get out of there fast. If not A PWNAGE! LOL
Seriously, if you aren't sure when you detect it, set periscope depth and check it. DO NOT SURFACE. If it is a hostile that is heavily armed, you have a very serious problem. Dive and hard to port, rudder amidships, and kill the engines OR go to ahead slow. Rig for silence and use decoys to play dead IF he picked YOU up first.Then, run like you've got a rabid cougar chasing you.

_Seth_ · 11-27-06, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by con20or

I can hear the seagulls dropping bombs on my periscope.

Sorry, this is OT.... Is it possible to mod so the seagulls could actually take a c*@p at those guys in the conning tower...

?

GraylingSTS(SS) · 11-27-06, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _Seth_

Quote:

Originally Posted by con20or

I can hear the seagulls dropping bombs on my periscope.

Sorry, this is OT.... Is it possible to mod so the seagulls could actually take a c*@p at those guys in the conning tower...

?

Now THAT'S realism!

11-27-06, 06:50 AM	#1
raduz Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Slovakia Posts: 205 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	how good are you at hydrophone? as i am working with hydrophone a lot (playing the stock game), i wish to ask if you are able to discriminate the propeler sound of different ships? i am pretty sure that everyone is capable to say whether the contact is a warship or a merchant, a tug boat or a C2... but can you hear the difference between the tanker/liner, C3/coastal merchant and so on, even if the target is more than 30 km from your position? progressively, i learn to ID the ships just by sound and i can tell you, if you do this often, it is worth it! i also count the RPM to determinate the speed of contact. however, i dont play NYGM/TGW (IIRC, the propeler sounds have been modified there) so i wonder if this would be possible...

11-27-06, 11:26 AM	#3
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Pretty good.... __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

11-27-06, 12:29 PM	#5
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I,m able to identify a ship to confirm their class BB/Cariers/Cruisers Large Merchants Small merchants Escorsts / Destroyers __________________

11-27-06, 01:01 PM	#6
con20or Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 269 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I can hear the seagulls dropping bombs on my periscope. __________________ QA Lead on Scourge of War - http://www.scourgeofwar.com/index.shtml (98% rating on Armchair general) - http://www.armchairgeneral.com/scour...ame-review.htm SoW Waterloo Announced for 2015!!

11-27-06, 01:17 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I can tell what kind of vessel by sound. Not to good at speed by the sound. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-27-06, 11:21 AM	#2
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Not good enough to tell what ship, but I can get a good guess- if I hear lower-pitched, slow prop sounds, I'm assuming a big ship OR more likely, a merchant. If the props sound rapid, I'll assume a warship (since I don't usually see merchants go more than 10 knots)

11-27-06, 06:26 PM	#8
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Whats a hydramafone ? :rotfl: My crew is deaf from DC's __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-27-06, 06:34 PM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Only able to tell warship from merchant __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-27-06, 07:15 PM	#10
GraylingSTS(SS) Bosun Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 62 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can tell a shrimp fart from a whale fart...is that useful? __________________ Only two types of ships in my Navy, submarines and targets!

11-27-06, 07:16 PM	#11
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Is the shrimp armed ? or neutral ? __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

11-27-06, 07:19 PM	#12
GraylingSTS(SS) Bosun Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 62 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Definitely hostile! __________________ Only two types of ships in my Navy, submarines and targets!

11-27-06, 07:26 PM	#13
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Well, shoot him, lol. If he shoots at you with the big guns, get out of there fast. If not A PWNAGE! LOL Seriously, if you aren't sure when you detect it, set periscope depth and check it. DO NOT SURFACE. If it is a hostile that is heavily armed, you have a very serious problem. Dive and hard to port, rudder amidships, and kill the engines OR go to ahead slow. Rig for silence and use decoys to play dead IF he picked YOU up first.Then, run like you've got a rabid cougar chasing you.