Thermal layer?

MarkShot · 02-20-08, 06:57 PM

Does the thermal layer vary by location and time of day? Or is it relatively static?

I remember in SH1 (SHCE), the given patrol either has a thermal layer or it didn't. Once checking and found, it was available for the rest of the patrol.

Thanks.

Snuffy · 02-20-08, 07:08 PM

I think it's water temperature determined.

I can find it some days just under 100 feet and other days I have to go to 155 or slightly deeper.

It's a thermal layer the difference between water temps on the surface lit by the sun and the colder water that doesn't get that warming.

John Channing · 02-20-08, 07:14 PM

The depth also depends on what latituide you are at. The farther north, the deeper (I think).

JCC

mwmav8r01 · 02-21-08, 02:31 AM

How do you know where it is in the game?

John Channing · 02-21-08, 06:29 AM

Keep diving deeper until your crew wills let you know with the audio message "Passing thermal layer".

JCC

M. Sarsfield · 02-21-08, 10:55 AM

Just make mental note of it when they say it, because nothing actually records the depth.

gumbeau · 02-21-08, 05:41 PM

A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

Gino · 02-21-08, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gumbeau

A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

Here are some pictures of a Bathythermograph:

groetjes,

difool2 · 02-21-08, 08:17 PM

You're kidding, right? SH1 had a bathythermograph, fer Chrissakes. [Me I'm waiting for a new comp to run SH4, hence my ignorance on this point] And now upon reading another thread I see that there's no screen for the SD radar. Hanh?

LukeFF · 02-21-08, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gumbeau

A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

LukeFF · 02-21-08, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by difool2

And now upon reading another thread I see that there's no screen for the SD radar. Hanh?

Call it a case of "the devs just used the radar model from SH3."

Not to mention, the SD radar in SH4 gives bearing information. Hmmpf...

M. Sarsfield · 02-21-08, 10:28 PM

Yeah. Not much thought was put into these features. Sort of thrown in at the last second.

gumbeau · 02-21-08, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by LukeFF

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Originally Posted by gumbeau

A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

I guess my crew threw it overboard or traded for an ice cream machine.

02-20-08, 06:57 PM	#1
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Thermal layer? Does the thermal layer vary by location and time of day? Or is it relatively static? I remember in SH1 (SHCE), the given patrol either has a thermal layer or it didn't. Once checking and found, it was available for the rest of the patrol. Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!

02-20-08, 07:08 PM	#2
Snuffy XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 420 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I think it's water temperature determined. I can find it some days just under 100 feet and other days I have to go to 155 or slightly deeper. It's a thermal layer the difference between water temps on the surface lit by the sun and the colder water that doesn't get that warming. __________________ ----------------- Snuffy!

02-21-08, 10:55 AM	#6
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Just make mental note of it when they say it, because nothing actually records the depth. __________________ MJS USS Batfish Volunteer/Reenactor www.ss310.com www.ussbatfish.com Communism killed over 100M people and all that I got was this lousy signature.* *http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM

02-21-08, 10:28 PM	#12
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah. Not much thought was put into these features. Sort of thrown in at the last second. __________________ MJS USS Batfish Volunteer/Reenactor www.ss310.com www.ussbatfish.com Communism killed over 100M people and all that I got was this lousy signature.* *http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM

02-20-08, 07:14 PM	#3
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	The depth also depends on what latituide you are at. The farther north, the deeper (I think). JCC

02-21-08, 02:31 AM	#4
mwmav8r01 Nub Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How do you know where it is in the game?

02-21-08, 06:29 AM	#5
John Channing Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 1998 Posts: 1,846 Downloads: 163 Uploads: 5	Keep diving deeper until your crew wills let you know with the audio message "Passing thermal layer". JCC

02-21-08, 05:41 PM	#7
gumbeau Watch Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 17 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	A bathythermograph mod would be nice, eh?

02-21-08, 08:17 PM	#9
difool2 Commander Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 459 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	You're kidding, right? SH1 had a bathythermograph, fer Chrissakes. [Me I'm waiting for a new comp to run SH4, hence my ignorance on this point] And now upon reading another thread I see that there's no screen for the SD radar. Hanh?