More sonar engine sounds?

Is there a mod available that will add more different types of engine sounds for various ships, to make identification easier through sonar?

I'm sure in the war many sonar operators could tell what type of ship they were listening to in general and could probably identify it's approximate size by the sound.

Personally i find it hard to tell the difference between a frigate, light or heavy cruiser, battleship or carrier because they all sound so similar.

Merchants/cargo's and tankers also sound similar, though the heavier merchants/cargo's seem to be lacking the little "chink" or "tinkle" and sound a bit deeper.

Could be my inexperience or stupidity but i wondered if there are more varied engine sounds available as a mod anywhere?

Ok, should have done this before posting but i just checked the sound folder and theres seperate -hyd- files for the carrier, king george, and dido, so perhaps i need to get between a carrier and battleship with a cruiser in front or behind and compare.

A different sound for the frigate would still be nice tho, to save me getting my hopes up for nothing.

There's also files for the cargo, liberty ship, oil tanker, passenger ships and subs, but theres so many ships in these groups, mainly the cargo's and oil tankers that if theres more sounds available i'd still want to ty them out.

So the question still stands.

Any info appreciated

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by roadhogg

Ok, should have done this before posting but i just checked the sound folder and theres seperate -hyd- files for the carrier, king george, and dido, so perhaps i need to get between a carrier and battleship with a cruiser in front or behind and compare.

There's also files for the cargo, liberty ship, oil tanker, passenger ships and subs, but theres so many ships in these groups, mainly the cargo's and oil tankers that if theres more sounds available i'd still want to ty them out.

So the question still stands.

Any info appreciated

Each ship don't have different engine sounds.
Each engine has different sounds.
Each engine fits lot of different ships.
So there's a whole bunch of different ships with same engine.
One same engine has same sound.
Lots of merchants, few engines.
Few engines, few sounds.

[Sag75]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

Each ship don't have different engine sounds.
Each engine has different sounds.
Each engine fits lot of different ships.
So there's a whole bunch of different ships with same engine.
One same engine has same sound.
Lots of merchants, few engines.
Few engines, few sounds.

..it seems a poem.. you can put it in verses! :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by Sag75

..it seems a poem.. you can put it in verses! :rotfl: :rotfl:

"... and so it became to past
that the countess, who was
once bathed in the blood
of a hundred virgins,
was buried alive..."

Certainly the same engine will fit different ships, but those engines, even from the same manufacturer, will have different specs as indeed car engines do. Otherwise how does a fast freighter of 12000 tons do 22knots, and a medium cargo 0f 5000 tons does about 16 knots?

The FF has weetabix for breakfast i guess

Or low compression heads and a turbo

And a frigate sounding like a Battleship? . . . No way

Just look at the performance of these ships in comparison to their size, and the probability that they must have sounded quite individual in many cases seems obvious.
I know some of the performance figures may have been guestimates, but the ship modders here are pretty accurate on things like that in order to avoid complaints, so i reckon the performance figures are generally pretty close to reality.

Get out of that one batman :rotfl: