Radar question.....oh yes

Poochie · 07-12-07, 02:39 PM

Is there any way I can get a report on air contacts only? When I play with map contacts on this isnt a problem, but playing without I have no way of knowing where it is after the initial report. I need a seperate screen for SD radar.

In mixed groups of air and surface its a nightmare trying to distinguish between the two from just one report.

Or am I just too noob?

tedhealy · 07-12-07, 02:45 PM

That is indeed hard.

At the very least, the message reported to you should say Air contact or SD contact or something to distinguish the contact as a plane. That's all I need to pull the plug and head deep. What makes things even worse is when you have SD and SJ and all you get is a report saying radar contact. Ok, what kind or at least tell me from which radar? Do planes return a contact on the ppi or a-scope?

Freelancer · 08-27-07, 04:35 AM

Same problem for me... The radar message is useless in this way... Crash Dive or Man the deck gun ?

I partially solve this problem by turning off the surface radars during daytime, this way any contact report sure is airborne.... I turn them on during night, since I've not met yet any japanese fighter/bomber with an onboard radar (the nightly surface navigation was a nightmare in SH3...).
Well, is there any way to mod the stock message without a patch ?

switch.dota · 08-27-07, 06:42 AM

Well, in reality the SD only reported that there was something flying somewhere close, that's all. If you only have SD, any radar contact is a cue to dive.

If you have both radars, then make a sweep on the SJ - if no contacts are reported than you'd best dive while there's no bomb coming for you.

07-12-07, 02:39 PM	#1
Poochie Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Radar question.....oh yes Is there any way I can get a report on air contacts only? When I play with map contacts on this isnt a problem, but playing without I have no way of knowing where it is after the initial report. I need a seperate screen for SD radar. In mixed groups of air and surface its a nightmare trying to distinguish between the two from just one report. Or am I just too noob?

07-12-07, 02:45 PM	#2
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	That is indeed hard. At the very least, the message reported to you should say Air contact or SD contact or something to distinguish the contact as a plane. That's all I need to pull the plug and head deep. What makes things even worse is when you have SD and SJ and all you get is a report saying radar contact. Ok, what kind or at least tell me from which radar? Do planes return a contact on the ppi or a-scope?

08-27-07, 04:35 AM	#3
Freelancer Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Maffliers - France Posts: 7 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same problem for me... The radar message is useless in this way... Crash Dive or Man the deck gun ? I partially solve this problem by turning off the surface radars during daytime, this way any contact report sure is airborne.... I turn them on during night, since I've not met yet any japanese fighter/bomber with an onboard radar (the nightly surface navigation was a nightmare in SH3...). Well, is there any way to mod the stock message without a patch ?

08-27-07, 06:42 AM	#4
switch.dota Captain Join Date: May 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 492 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, in reality the SD only reported that there was something flying somewhere close, that's all. If you only have SD, any radar contact is a cue to dive. If you have both radars, then make a sweep on the SJ - if no contacts are reported than you'd best dive while there's no bomb coming for you.