ASDIC question

JuanLiquid · 05-26-17, 02:17 AM

After around 8 years playing this game I still have some basic doubts

When you hear a destroyer which is pinging... is it always pinging YOU? I mean, always you hear a ping, do they know your exact location? Or they are still looking for you?

In other submarine games, not as realistic as SH3, you hear when they are pinging to the empty ocean, but when they ping you, you hear the normal ping sound and how the sounds reflect in your hull (2 sounds). Is that how it should work? Or just SH3 doesn't simulate it?

bstanko6 · 05-26-17, 11:15 AM

ASDIC is directional, meaning it needs to be pointed. When you hear the sound, they do not know where you are until your sonarman says... they are pinging us sir!.

Now understand, he says that because he hears the "eco" bounce off the hull. At no time does this mean he knows exactly where you are. Depending on your depth, profile, weather, and distance, he may "think" you are at a particular position.

When you hear the ping go off and repeat faster and he begins to close is when he actually attempts to charge you, And many times he falls short and you hear explosions in the distance.

05-26-17, 11:36 AM

If I'm enough distant and with the shortest profile, I still can hear ping but my noise indicator remains green.

05-26-17, 02:17 AM	#1
JuanLiquid Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 130 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	ASDIC question After around 8 years playing this game I still have some basic doubts When you hear a destroyer which is pinging... is it always pinging YOU? I mean, always you hear a ping, do they know your exact location? Or they are still looking for you? In other submarine games, not as realistic as SH3, you hear when they are pinging to the empty ocean, but when they ping you, you hear the normal ping sound and how the sounds reflect in your hull (2 sounds). Is that how it should work? Or just SH3 doesn't simulate it?

05-26-17, 11:15 AM	#2
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	ASDIC is directional, meaning it needs to be pointed. When you hear the sound, they do not know where you are until your sonarman says... they are pinging us sir!. Now understand, he says that because he hears the "eco" bounce off the hull. At no time does this mean he knows exactly where you are. Depending on your depth, profile, weather, and distance, he may "think" you are at a particular position. When you hear the ping go off and repeat faster and he begins to close is when he actually attempts to charge you, And many times he falls short and you hear explosions in the distance. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

05-26-17, 11:36 AM	#3
Kendras Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	If I'm enough distant and with the shortest profile, I still can hear ping but my noise indicator remains green.