Help Hydrophone please

[dem]

Hi All

I am not too sure whether it's me messed up or their is a problem.

The hydrophone following selected target does not work for me in the campaign, but it is working if I try a historical mission.

Any help would be appreciated as I tried to fathom out without success torpedoed once again.

Thanks in advance
Dem

[Fifi]

In campaign, furthermore at the start, hydro guy needs points (using Reworked Morale and Abilities) to improve his hearing.
In single missions/historical missions, it may vary a lot...

Just a guess

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by dem

Hi All

I am not too sure whether it's me messed up or their is a problem.

The hydrophone following selected target does not work for me in the campaign, but it is working if I try a historical mission.

Any help would be appreciated as I tried to fathom out without success torpedoed once again.

Thanks in advance
Dem

Ahoy Dem
Been through a lot of Hydrophone interest my self, so I was wondering right off the bat, are you using the SH5 patches from TDW and the UI? There is a lot of hydrophone bugs (actually, out of the box it doesn't really work in the campaigns).
I know you've been here for awhile so I'm sure your game is patched to 1.2 and modded up.
When you say following, you are reffering to the command request for the soundman to "Follow Target"? I have this happen from time to time. I press the "follow target" button on the "Picture" commands at the bottom of the screen for the soundman and every once in a while there is no responce. However, when I press "report closest warship/merchant" I get the position.
I will test this between tonight and tomorrow and see if I can get this to repeat with any of my campaign saves, and hopefully find a workaround. Or at least a reason. This is not a problem that you are having alone, IF this is what you mean.
If not, I have just typed a bunch of stuff for no reason....
I'll chime back-
D40

[dem]

Originally Posted by Dogfish40

Ahoy Dem
Been through a lot of Hydrophone interest my self, so I was wondering right off the bat, are you using the SH5 patches from TDW and the UI? There is a lot of hydrophone bugs (actually, out of the box it doesn't really work in the campaigns).
I know you've been here for awhile so I'm sure your game is patched to 1.2 and modded up.
When you say following, you are reffering to the command request for the soundman to "Follow Target"? I have this happen from time to time. I press the "follow target" button on the "Picture" commands at the bottom of the screen for the soundman and every once in a while there is no responce. However, when I press "report closest warship/merchant" I get the position.
I will test this between tonight and tomorrow and see if I can get this to repeat with any of my campaign saves, and hopefully find a workaround. Or at least a reason. This is not a problem that you are having alone, IF this is what you mean.
If not, I have just typed a bunch of stuff for no reason....
I'll chime back-
D40

Hi what you have typed make sense and yes I have this to. But I was referring to the following contact the station buttons just below the paper thing in top left-hand corner all the other buttons work like send range I hope I've made it clearer

Dem

[THE_MASK]

While looking at the ship from the periscope afaik .

[gap]

Originally Posted by sober

While looking at the ship from the periscope afaik .

exactly!

If memory serves me well, there are 2 buttons:

- one for following the current periscope target
- the other for following the contact closest to the current hydrophone bearing

the follow current periscope target requires the persicope to be raised (disable the automatic scope lowering feature through TDW options editor). I don't remember if the target needs to be locked and 'Wep officer follow target' comman activated, but probably not.

[Fifi]

When periscope is raised and boat close enough, hydro guy is useless and can't hear anything.
That's a strange SH5 feature.
You have to lower periscope to make the hydro guy working!