Changing depth creates detectable noise?

suitednate · 06-09-17, 11:44 AM

Just a tactics question for everyone. Playing in 1968, you have to get pretty close to the enemy for your weapons to be effective whether its ASW or ASuW. This requires a lot of depth changes especially where ASuW is concerned as you have to be shallower than 100ft to use the Mk16s. Does sneaking close to a fleet at say 6-700 ft then the process of rising quickly to 90ish ft (but only at 5kts) to fire the Mk16s produce a lot of noise? Like hull popping or whatnot?

l0ckandl0ad · 06-09-17, 05:48 PM

Was wondering the same, but for different reasons.

Changing depth using ballast (E/C keys) should make noise, right? If so, then how much noise exactly?

Killerfish Games · 06-09-17, 08:31 PM

Noise from ballast is not modeled.
Only engine noise and transients.

06-09-17, 11:44 AM	#1
suitednate Planesman Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 198 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Changing depth creates detectable noise? Just a tactics question for everyone. Playing in 1968, you have to get pretty close to the enemy for your weapons to be effective whether its ASW or ASuW. This requires a lot of depth changes especially where ASuW is concerned as you have to be shallower than 100ft to use the Mk16s. Does sneaking close to a fleet at say 6-700 ft then the process of rising quickly to 90ish ft (but only at 5kts) to fire the Mk16s produce a lot of noise? Like hull popping or whatnot?

06-09-17, 08:31 PM	#3
Killerfish Games Cold Waters Developer Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 274 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Noise from ballast is not modeled. Only engine noise and transients. __________________ Visit Killerfish Games for more info and ongoing discussion.

06-09-17, 05:48 PM	#2
l0ckandl0ad Nub Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 2 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Was wondering the same, but for different reasons. Changing depth using ballast (E/C keys) should make noise, right? If so, then how much noise exactly?