Some (newbie) questions

Slizen · 05-11-07, 11:09 AM

Me again, I've got a couple of questions I need answered. I've done some searching but havent found any answers to these questions:

Huge European Liner
I've seen it in the SHIV museum and in the regonition manual, but I have yet to see it in-game. As far as I know it's the largest ship in SHIV, and I would like to try and sink it.
But where can I find one? Where is the best place to look and which year?

Radar not detecing aircrafts?
My radar perfectly detects ships on long distances but it has never detected an airplane. I checked when docked and I do have one surface search radar and one air search radar.
So, shouldnt an air search radar detect airplanes?

Also, the radar seem to shut itself off all the time, which makes me miss all the contact reports.

Torpedos malfunctioning, even with the "dud torpedos" option off
A while ago I tried to make a keel shot, changing the depth of my torpedos so that it would go directly under the keel and thus exploding underneath the ship.
The problem is that they went very close under the keel without exploding. And they were set on contact/influence.
How close do they have to be to detect the magnetic field of the ship?
I only made one try so I might have fired the torpedo to low, but from the free camera view it sure looked like it went as close under as it possible can.
During another attack, I tested fireing my torpedos deeper than the default setting, deep enough to make them hit the hull of the ship a few meters under water, but not deep enough to go under the keel and miss.
But when the torpedo's smashed into the ship's hull they didnt explode, instead they just bounced of the ship's hull and started sinking to the oceanfloor...

Does the famous seabattles exist in the career?
I started a new career and changed the starting date so I would arrive at Midway around june 4, 1942.
I got a radio message about a battle taking place around Midway (as in, The Battle Of Midway), but I didnt see anything unusal around Midway. So my question is, does famoues battles exist in the career?

05-11-07, 11:09 AM	#1
Slizen Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some (newbie) questions Me again, I've got a couple of questions I need answered. I've done some searching but havent found any answers to these questions: Huge European Liner I've seen it in the SHIV museum and in the regonition manual, but I have yet to see it in-game. As far as I know it's the largest ship in SHIV, and I would like to try and sink it. But where can I find one? Where is the best place to look and which year? Radar not detecing aircrafts? My radar perfectly detects ships on long distances but it has never detected an airplane. I checked when docked and I do have one surface search radar and one air search radar. So, shouldnt an air search radar detect airplanes? Also, the radar seem to shut itself off all the time, which makes me miss all the contact reports. Torpedos malfunctioning, even with the "dud torpedos" option off A while ago I tried to make a keel shot, changing the depth of my torpedos so that it would go directly under the keel and thus exploding underneath the ship. The problem is that they went very close under the keel without exploding. And they were set on contact/influence. How close do they have to be to detect the magnetic field of the ship? I only made one try so I might have fired the torpedo to low, but from the free camera view it sure looked like it went as close under as it possible can. During another attack, I tested fireing my torpedos deeper than the default setting, deep enough to make them hit the hull of the ship a few meters under water, but not deep enough to go under the keel and miss. But when the torpedo's smashed into the ship's hull they didnt explode, instead they just bounced of the ship's hull and started sinking to the oceanfloor... Does the famous seabattles exist in the career? I started a new career and changed the starting date so I would arrive at Midway around june 4, 1942. I got a radio message about a battle taking place around Midway (as in, The Battle Of Midway), but I didnt see anything unusal around Midway. So my question is, does famoues battles exist in the career?