Hydrophone broken?

SubMate · 07-17-21, 06:14 AM

Hello, I am playing SH3 with GWX, SH3 commander, M.E.P. v6 and H.sie fixes. My hydrophone was working fine at the start of the patrol, but just now, I was in the middle of a convoy, going dead slow, and my hydrophone operator could pick up no contacts? I checked the hydrophone manually, and of course could hear the merchants super clearly since I was less than a kilometre away from some of them. However, the hydrophone operator picked up nothing. Has anybody else experienced this?

RConch · 07-17-21, 06:27 AM

More than once-the hydro operator is the brother of the watch officer that won't go to the bridge when surfacing.

FUBAR295 · 07-17-21, 07:40 AM

Had this happen to me and found if I take the Sonar man out of his station and move to the crew quarters and then back again, he regains his hearing.

It could be a fatigue back ground issue, just guessing.

Good hunting,
FUBAR295

stork100 · 07-17-21, 07:45 AM

Additionally it could be a feature of the hydrophone system your U-boat is equipped with. If it's plain GHG, your operator will have a blind spot about 20 degrees either side of the bow, whereas the KDB addition alleviates this. However, when you man the station yourself this issue will never be apparent.

07-17-21, 06:14 AM	#1
SubMate Watch Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 25 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Hydrophone broken? Hello, I am playing SH3 with GWX, SH3 commander, M.E.P. v6 and H.sie fixes. My hydrophone was working fine at the start of the patrol, but just now, I was in the middle of a convoy, going dead slow, and my hydrophone operator could pick up no contacts? I checked the hydrophone manually, and of course could hear the merchants super clearly since I was less than a kilometre away from some of them. However, the hydrophone operator picked up nothing. Has anybody else experienced this?

07-17-21, 06:27 AM	#2
RConch Captain Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: No. Virginia Posts: 619 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	More than once-the hydro operator is the brother of the watch officer that won't go to the bridge when surfacing. __________________ "Noch und Noch" Prowling the Nord Atlantik with GWX 3.0.

07-17-21, 07:40 AM	#3
FUBAR295 Krusty Krab Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Decks awash in the North Atlantic Posts: 1,450 Downloads: 493 Uploads: 0	Had this happen to me and found if I take the Sonar man out of his station and move to the crew quarters and then back again, he regains his hearing. It could be a fatigue back ground issue, just guessing. Good hunting, FUBAR295 __________________ Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.

07-17-21, 07:45 AM	#4
stork100 Weps Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Australia Posts: 371 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Additionally it could be a feature of the hydrophone system your U-boat is equipped with. If it's plain GHG, your operator will have a blind spot about 20 degrees either side of the bow, whereas the KDB addition alleviates this. However, when you man the station yourself this issue will never be apparent.