Japanese escorts radar

RodBorza · 12-08-10, 09:35 AM

Hello all!
Using TMO2.0 - RunSilent Run Deep - July 1942

Anyway, I'm off Attu an Kiska, intercepting japanese ressuply convoys.
I'm doing the around and out maneuver to submerge and intercept the convoy before they can see.
So, it's at night, with moon, but still very dark. I'm tracking the merchant plus destroyer convoy with radar for a long time and from a long distance. At 10 kilometers I turn off radar and start tracking manually. I make my maneuver so that I can submerge at a distance of 6000 yards from the convoy.
However, As I get to 9000 yards from the convoy, the destroyer sees me and starts shooting. All my interecption plans go out the window. So, what is happening? Is the destroyer detecting me because my somewhat abusive use of radar? Or do they have radar of their own, so early out in the war? Or are they seeing me, even at night (even though there's moon)?

12-08-10, 10:19 AM

You might need this patch from Tater
[REL] IJN Radar Fix for TMO/RSRDC Three versions included. One for regular TMO2, the other is the easier AI version. The last goes after the beta updated version.

All go after TMO+TMO patches (might mess up that beta patch just released), before other mods.

http://www.filefront.com/17377544/IJ...or_TMO2_v1.rar

This mod corrects the Type 13 radar to only work vs aircraft, and the type 21 to be dual purpose. Right now the 21 is heavily skewed to not work well vs subs (set minheight to 6m), might need some tweaking after testing. Maybe lower the minheight to 4m or so. I'd like it to get the shears, anyway.

Perhaps ducimus could chime in, I haven't messed with it much, and the sensitivity and area settings depend a lot on the cfg settings. this mod only changes the the minheight value on those 2 radars, nothing else.

Note, this is not needed for straight TMO as straight TMO ships don't use the type 13 radar. That said, the type 21 is also set to zero height, so I have no idea if it is calibrated to only detect a large ship at 20nm as it did in RL.

RodBorza · 12-08-10, 11:44 AM

Oh man, thanks!
I thought I was doing something very wrong or I had found a super destroyer.
I'll test it and get back to you later.

12-08-10, 09:35 AM	#1
RodBorza Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Brazil, Brasilia (Capital city) Posts: 140 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Japanese escorts radar Hello all! Using TMO2.0 - RunSilent Run Deep - July 1942 Anyway, I'm off Attu an Kiska, intercepting japanese ressuply convoys. I'm doing the around and out maneuver to submerge and intercept the convoy before they can see. So, it's at night, with moon, but still very dark. I'm tracking the merchant plus destroyer convoy with radar for a long time and from a long distance. At 10 kilometers I turn off radar and start tracking manually. I make my maneuver so that I can submerge at a distance of 6000 yards from the convoy. However, As I get to 9000 yards from the convoy, the destroyer sees me and starts shooting. All my interecption plans go out the window. So, what is happening? Is the destroyer detecting me because my somewhat abusive use of radar? Or do they have radar of their own, so early out in the war? Or are they seeing me, even at night (even though there's moon)? __________________ I won't say nothing until SHVI comes out... good thing subskippers are known for their patience... "On the ship sinking business since 1996"

12-08-10, 11:44 AM	#3
RodBorza Electrician's Mate Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Brazil, Brasilia (Capital city) Posts: 140 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Oh man, thanks! I thought I was doing something very wrong or I had found a super destroyer. I'll test it and get back to you later. __________________ I won't say nothing until SHVI comes out... good thing subskippers are known for their patience... "On the ship sinking business since 1996"

12-08-10, 10:19 AM	#2
jldjs Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	You might need this patch from Tater [REL] IJN Radar Fix for TMO/RSRDC Three versions included. One for regular TMO2, the other is the easier AI version. The last goes after the beta updated version. All go after TMO+TMO patches (might mess up that beta patch just released), before other mods. http://www.filefront.com/17377544/IJ...or_TMO2_v1.rar This mod corrects the Type 13 radar to only work vs aircraft, and the type 21 to be dual purpose. Right now the 21 is heavily skewed to not work well vs subs (set minheight to 6m), might need some tweaking after testing. Maybe lower the minheight to 4m or so. I'd like it to get the shears, anyway. Perhaps ducimus could chime in, I haven't messed with it much, and the sensitivity and area settings depend a lot on the cfg settings. this mod only changes the the minheight value on those 2 radars, nothing else. Note, this is not needed for straight TMO as straight TMO ships don't use the type 13 radar. That said, the type 21 is also set to zero height, so I have no idea if it is calibrated to only detect a large ship at 20nm as it did in RL.