Radar....am I doing something wrong?

Ark · 03-25-07, 12:20 PM

I can't for the life of me get it to work.

I'm on the surface, I'm at the Radar station, I click the yellow tab in the toolbar.....and it keeps taking me back to the other radar.....which also won't seem to turn on. lol

I equipped the radar while I was in port a few missions ago.

What gives?

vois2 · 03-25-07, 12:41 PM

I can't get it to operate either (by that I mean being able to self-operate)
however I find that my radar guy is pretty good about calling out contacts
every five minutes or so.

I just ran a very slow real-life hour pace to coordinate a radar find
with testing the sonar. Radar guy provided very good updates (I didn't
have to hit any buttons to have him do so).
However, I carefully tested sonar along with the known contact (by radar)
and sonar never picked up anything, by self-operation or by asking the SO
for a contact update.

So in my book -- radar good (for now). {Needs self operating tweaks}
Sonar -- bad, as in inoperable.

ParaB · 03-25-07, 12:51 PM

IMO you can't use the SD-type radar in SH4 yourself. Once you get the SJ-type, it works. For example, I can use the radar in the training missions (SJ), but can't use the radar during my early-war career (SD), altough my radar operator calls out both aerial and surface contacts just fine.

Sonar only seems to work below periscope depth.

vois2 · 03-25-07, 02:09 PM

Just a follow-up to my earlier post:
I now have been able to coordinate radar with sonar, but can hear anything only when between around 70 feet - 100 feet depth to keel.

AirborneTD · 03-25-07, 02:35 PM

Radar is functioning somewhat, but could be a lot better. I should be able to get air or surface contacts specified and updated.

Also, when I turn off radar (as in a friendly port), I still get radar contact updates (that's broke).

JFL1 · 03-25-07, 03:25 PM

I may be a complete idiot, but I cannot get this radar thing to work at all. Although I equip my sub with the radar available while in career mode, nothing seems to work when I go to the appropriate station. No switch is working either and the "Hand" icon always greyed out. Same thing during the (pretty useless) tutorial missions.

I noticed that Neal posted a sticky (with link to pics) stating that radar and sonar are working as advertized. I will then presume that I am doing something wrong.

So, as I see a lot of conflicting assertions on the usual simhead forums regarding this radar feature/bug/non-implementation/user incapacity to use properly, would someone be kind enough to help those of us who are not able to have an operable radar?

Thanks in advance.

03-25-07, 12:20 PM	#1
Ark Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fresno, CA. Posts: 581 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	Radar....am I doing something wrong? I can't for the life of me get it to work. I'm on the surface, I'm at the Radar station, I click the yellow tab in the toolbar.....and it keeps taking me back to the other radar.....which also won't seem to turn on. lol I equipped the radar while I was in port a few missions ago. What gives? __________________ Ark -------------- Vista 64-bit SP1 Asus P6T Deluxe mobo Core i7 920 @ 3.8ghz 6GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 Evga GTX 285 SSC SB X-FI Fatality 640GB WD "Black" Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" LCD / Acer 23" H233H

03-25-07, 12:41 PM	#2
vois2 Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southwestern Ohio Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	radar guy working for me I can't get it to operate either (by that I mean being able to self-operate) however I find that my radar guy is pretty good about calling out contacts every five minutes or so. I just ran a very slow real-life hour pace to coordinate a radar find with testing the sonar. Radar guy provided very good updates (I didn't have to hit any buttons to have him do so). However, I carefully tested sonar along with the known contact (by radar) and sonar never picked up anything, by self-operation or by asking the SO for a contact update. So in my book -- radar good (for now). {Needs self operating tweaks} Sonar -- bad, as in inoperable. __________________ I donate to Subsim because it is one of the best communities on the Interwebs. Stick around a couple of years, and you will see. You're never far from a friend here. Sunk at location vois22 [at] gmail . com

03-25-07, 02:09 PM	#4
vois2 Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southwestern Ohio Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Just a follow-up to my earlier post: I now have been able to coordinate radar with sonar, but can hear anything only when between around 70 feet - 100 feet depth to keel. __________________ I donate to Subsim because it is one of the best communities on the Interwebs. Stick around a couple of years, and you will see. You're never far from a friend here. Sunk at location vois22 [at] gmail . com

03-25-07, 02:35 PM	#5
AirborneTD Engineer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 204 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Radar is functioning somewhat, but could be a lot better. I should be able to get air or surface contacts specified and updated. Also, when I turn off radar (as in a friendly port), I still get radar contact updates (that's broke). __________________ "You know, you might get surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." --Band of Brothers

03-25-07, 12:51 PM	#3
ParaB Chief Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 327 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	IMO you can't use the SD-type radar in SH4 yourself. Once you get the SJ-type, it works. For example, I can use the radar in the training missions (SJ), but can't use the radar during my early-war career (SD), altough my radar operator calls out both aerial and surface contacts just fine. Sonar only seems to work below periscope depth.

03-25-07, 03:25 PM	#6
JFL1 Sailor man Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Montreal (Quebec) Posts: 44 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I may be a complete idiot, but I cannot get this radar thing to work at all. Although I equip my sub with the radar available while in career mode, nothing seems to work when I go to the appropriate station. No switch is working either and the "Hand" icon always greyed out. Same thing during the (pretty useless) tutorial missions. I noticed that Neal posted a sticky (with link to pics) stating that radar and sonar are working as advertized. I will then presume that I am doing something wrong. So, as I see a lot of conflicting assertions on the usual simhead forums regarding this radar feature/bug/non-implementation/user incapacity to use properly, would someone be kind enough to help those of us who are not able to have an operable radar? Thanks in advance.