Improved SD radar seems worse?

02-27-09, 04:04 PM

Hi all

I haven't been playing the game for too long. I'm using TMO.

I'm currently in a Gar in september 1942. I used to get aircraft warnings from a good distance away, certainly well out of the aircrafts visual range and had plenty of time to get deep and avoid being spotted. I have just upgraded to "improved SD radar". Now it seems whenever I get an aircraft warning, I am already well within visual range and have to crash dive and often get depth charged.

Why is this happening since I got the "improved" radar?

jazman · 02-27-09, 08:16 PM

Good question, I've noticed the same thing.

Q3ark · 02-28-09, 07:10 AM

Are you using any mods that may effect the radar? Can't think of anything else that could be causing your problems.

02-28-09, 10:14 AM

I only use TMO. It's weird it seems to have sorted itself out now. I'm back to seeing the aircraft well out of visual range. Maybe just some weird bug that cropped up.

Anyway, all seems well now :-)

Soundman · 02-28-09, 11:57 AM

Maybe the radar man just wasn't familiar with the new equipment !

Torplexed · 02-28-09, 09:57 PM

Get the reliable Radar O'Reilly set. He can even pick up helicopters.

Seacuckoo · 03-03-09, 10:56 PM

I don't know if this is the same problem that you are seeing, but I'll mention what I've run into, since it sounds similar. Its seems sometimes that if I make use of the single sweep radar button, this results in my SD radar no longer functioning. (At least, I think that is the cause and effect.) I was able to get it back working, again, by creating a save and restarting the game from that save.

Perhaps there is something else going on, here, which I'm not really understanding (i.e., what the single sweep radar button's features are). I'm running the stock campaign with v1.4 patch.

02-27-09, 04:04 PM	#1
brilhasti Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Improved SD radar seems worse? Hi all I haven't been playing the game for too long. I'm using TMO. I'm currently in a Gar in september 1942. I used to get aircraft warnings from a good distance away, certainly well out of the aircrafts visual range and had plenty of time to get deep and avoid being spotted. I have just upgraded to "improved SD radar". Now it seems whenever I get an aircraft warning, I am already well within visual range and have to crash dive and often get depth charged. Why is this happening since I got the "improved" radar?

02-27-09, 08:16 PM	#2
jazman Commander Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Crush Depth Posts: 449 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Good question, I've noticed the same thing. __________________ "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -- Chesterton

02-28-09, 07:10 AM	#3
Q3ark Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: York, England Posts: 346 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Are you using any mods that may effect the radar? Can't think of anything else that could be causing your problems. __________________ Johnny was a chemist's son, But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20 was H2SO4.

02-28-09, 11:57 AM	#5
Soundman Commodore Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 617 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Maybe the radar man just wasn't familiar with the new equipment ! __________________ RVAH-9 RA-5C Vigilante at NAS Sanford, Fl 1966 The coolest plane few have heard of!

02-28-09, 10:14 AM	#4
brilhasti Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I only use TMO. It's weird it seems to have sorted itself out now. I'm back to seeing the aircraft well out of visual range. Maybe just some weird bug that cropped up. Anyway, all seems well now :-)

02-28-09, 09:57 PM	#6
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Get the reliable Radar O'Reilly set. He can even pick up helicopters.

03-03-09, 10:56 PM	#7
Seacuckoo Nub Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't know if this is the same problem that you are seeing, but I'll mention what I've run into, since it sounds similar. Its seems sometimes that if I make use of the single sweep radar button, this results in my SD radar no longer functioning. (At least, I think that is the cause and effect.) I was able to get it back working, again, by creating a save and restarting the game from that save. Perhaps there is something else going on, here, which I'm not really understanding (i.e., what the single sweep radar button's features are). I'm running the stock campaign with v1.4 patch.