has anyone fixed the sonar and radar to work properly?

04-10-09, 07:34 PM

has anyone fixed the sonar and radar to work properly?

in both cases if you select continuos sweep they both turn off and wont comply to your orders.

whats the point of having the continuos sweep buttons if they will only cycle on and off?

im sure its the same stupid ";" somewhere that is disabling it, but has anyone figured out where to find this listed?

aanker · 04-10-09, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by WEBSTER

has anyone fixed the sonar and radar to work properly?

in both cases if you select continuos sweep they both turn off and wont comply to your orders.

whats the point of having the continuos sweep buttons if they will only cycle on and off?

What boat class Webster? Radar works - sweeps continuously if it is set to do so on stock as far as I've seen. If you go to the actual radar station it will stop until you select sweep again ... is this what you mean?

Look with the Shift F2 free cam ( through the aft passageway and up ) to the CT and both radar and sonar are busy sweeping/turning.

Maybe I don't understand what you're asking?

Art

04-11-09, 03:40 AM

both radar scopes will make a partial sweep and pause, then turn back on and make another partial sweep and pause, and thats what they are supposed to do but when i tell them to make a full sweep they do not make a full sweep

they have a button to say make full sweep so i click it and they still only make a partial sweeps.

then i try to turn then off with the turn off radar button and they will not shut off so why do they even give you the off button?

if these buttons cannot control it as they are labeled then why have them?

banjo · 04-11-09, 10:07 AM

I agree with Anker--when I select radar on (in 1.5 it turns on automatically) and sweep on, the radar does just that. If, like Anker says, I go to the radar station sweep is not at that point no on. However, if I am anywhere else it is sweeping. Same with the sonar--always on unless I am at that station.

aanker · 04-11-09, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WEBSTER

both radar scopes will make a partial sweep and pause, then turn back on and make another partial sweep and pause, and thats what they are supposed to do but when i tell them to make a full sweep they do not make a full sweep

they have a button to say make full sweep so i click it and they still only make a partial sweeps.

then i try to turn then off with the turn off radar button and they will not shut off so why do they even give you the off button?

if these buttons cannot control it as they are labeled then why have them?

The only time SH4 ever does what you describe is near "Radar Depth" which is a command that was hacked into the game using the SnorkelDepth= (or whatever) command in the cfg files. I set mine to about 42' because since it is a hacked command and not designed into the game by the Devs, 45' - 48' doesn't work so well. (the SJ still 'stutters' at 42').

Some mods don't use Snorkeldepth= for Radar Depth and instead use it to dive deep probably figuring you can just click 40' on the depth gauge, and also there is no other 'free command' to dive deep. On mine I removed the red indicator needles and use MaxDepth= to go deep.

As for turning the SJ off - I know for a fact it stays off if I turn it off because I still use part of the old green lamp HUD.

Does this help?

Art

04-11-09, 04:32 PM

well a delete and replacement of the data folder solved the on off problem and i think the 2 second sweep and off thing was because it was before i should have had it or something because its working corrrectly now too

it does seem like you should be able to run the ppi and the a-scope independant of each other but i guess if there was a way it would have been done already.

i spend soo much time modding stuff i never even play the game anymore except for testing things so i forget how stuff works lol

thanks for the help guys

banjo · 04-12-09, 11:19 AM

Several months ago I stood at the A scope and turned my view so I could see the PPI scope at the same time. I then rotated the A scope. It's been a while since I did that so I don't recall for sure what happened but it seems to me they worked in tandem. Isn't that as it should be? Aren't they two different view of the same radar? Same antenna? Next time I'm in the game I need to try that again.

04-10-09, 07:34 PM	#1
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	has anyone fixed the sonar and radar to work properly? has anyone fixed the sonar and radar to work properly? in both cases if you select continuos sweep they both turn off and wont comply to your orders. whats the point of having the continuos sweep buttons if they will only cycle on and off? im sure its the same stupid ";" somewhere that is disabling it, but has anyone figured out where to find this listed?

04-11-09, 03:40 AM	#3
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	both radar scopes will make a partial sweep and pause, then turn back on and make another partial sweep and pause, and thats what they are supposed to do but when i tell them to make a full sweep they do not make a full sweep they have a button to say make full sweep so i click it and they still only make a partial sweeps. then i try to turn then off with the turn off radar button and they will not shut off so why do they even give you the off button? if these buttons cannot control it as they are labeled then why have them?

04-11-09, 10:07 AM	#4
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	I agree with Anker--when I select radar on (in 1.5 it turns on automatically) and sweep on, the radar does just that. If, like Anker says, I go to the radar station sweep is not at that point no on. However, if I am anywhere else it is sweeping. Same with the sonar--always on unless I am at that station.

04-11-09, 04:32 PM	#6
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	well a delete and replacement of the data folder solved the on off problem and i think the 2 second sweep and off thing was because it was before i should have had it or something because its working corrrectly now too it does seem like you should be able to run the ppi and the a-scope independant of each other but i guess if there was a way it would have been done already. i spend soo much time modding stuff i never even play the game anymore except for testing things so i forget how stuff works lol thanks for the help guys

04-12-09, 11:19 AM	#7
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Several months ago I stood at the A scope and turned my view so I could see the PPI scope at the same time. I then rotated the A scope. It's been a while since I did that so I don't recall for sure what happened but it seems to me they worked in tandem. Isn't that as it should be? Aren't they two different view of the same radar? Same antenna? Next time I'm in the game I need to try that again.