sonar - no target selected (help)

punkrockike · 08-08-06, 02:42 PM

so ive been trying to use my sonar to get the range of my targets while submerged. i lock on to the ship. tell sonar guy to tell me range and he just keeps saying no target selected. whats the deal? am i doing something wrong. ive tried it from like 10km to 1km and it never seems to work. any ideas?? thanks.

JohnnyBlaze · 08-08-06, 02:55 PM

Hey there!

I believe you have to select the target through your scope or UZO.

Then you should get the range.

Hope this helps

punkrockike · 08-08-06, 04:49 PM

well yeah thats what i mean. i lock on to it with my periscope while im submerged and the press the estimated or precise range to target button and he just tells me no target selelected.

KeybdFlyer · 08-08-06, 05:24 PM

I hope somebody explains what to do

because I have the same problem. The icons for getting the sonar range never "un-grey" even if I have a target in the scope or UZO. Keeping my eye on this thread!

punkrockike · 08-08-06, 05:26 PM

well ive had it work before. but that was a while ago. from what i know you need to be:

a) submerged to use the sonar
b) have a target you are aiming at with your scope or uzo.

while under water it should not be greeyed out unless you dont havtually have a sonar equiped.

regardless i personally still cant get it to tell me the range laterly dunno why

Rhodes · 08-08-06, 06:36 PM

If You have a sonar equipement it will work. With hidrofones it will not.

Payoff · 08-10-06, 02:00 AM

Go to SilentHunterIII/data/config/commands_en and assign a keyboard command to Range to Target (not sure how it is listed) then this will work whenever the little notepad in the sonar shack says "merchant","warship" or "unknown". If you assign a key to Hydrophone Volume while you are in there, you can hear what the sonarman hears from anywhere in the boat. Backup file first.

cobalt · 08-10-06, 06:41 AM

all you have to do is hit h for the hydrophone station and then manually move the arrow to the contact and then hit the sonar button on the sonar man station icon.

Christian Knudsen · 08-10-06, 09:26 AM

I have found that you have to have a contact on the notepad at the hydrophone station in order to use the sonar. The really annoying thing about this is that the notpad will often not 'show' a contact until the range is within a few kilometers. I don't know what the effective range of the sonar is, but I do know that it is at times frustrating to manually get a contact using the hydrophone and then not be able to range it until the notepad decides to trigger and accept it as real. Guess we'll have to wait for SHV!

08-08-06, 02:42 PM	#1
punkrockike Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	sonar - no target selected (help) so ive been trying to use my sonar to get the range of my targets while submerged. i lock on to the ship. tell sonar guy to tell me range and he just keeps saying no target selected. whats the deal? am i doing something wrong. ive tried it from like 10km to 1km and it never seems to work. any ideas?? thanks.

08-08-06, 06:36 PM	#6
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	If You have a sonar equipement it will work. With hidrofones it will not. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

08-10-06, 02:00 AM	#7
Payoff Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nash Town, USA Posts: 525 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Go to SilentHunterIII/data/config/commands_en and assign a keyboard command to Range to Target (not sure how it is listed) then this will work whenever the little notepad in the sonar shack says "merchant","warship" or "unknown". If you assign a key to Hydrophone Volume while you are in there, you can hear what the sonarman hears from anywhere in the boat. Backup file first. __________________ "Hit Shokaku class carrier with three out of six torpedos. Recieved 105 depth charges during three hour period. Heard four terrific explosions in the direction of target, two and one half hours after attack. Believe that baby sank!" Lieutenant Commander Herman Kossler USS Cavalla

08-10-06, 09:26 AM	#9
Christian Knudsen Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 11 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	I have found that you have to have a contact on the notepad at the hydrophone station in order to use the sonar. The really annoying thing about this is that the notpad will often not 'show' a contact until the range is within a few kilometers. I don't know what the effective range of the sonar is, but I do know that it is at times frustrating to manually get a contact using the hydrophone and then not be able to range it until the notepad decides to trigger and accept it as real. Guess we'll have to wait for SHV! __________________ Cede Nullis

08-08-06, 02:55 PM	#2
JohnnyBlaze Officer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 247 Downloads: 205 Uploads: 0	Hey there! I believe you have to select the target through your scope or UZO. Then you should get the range. Hope this helps

08-08-06, 04:49 PM	#3
punkrockike Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	well yeah thats what i mean. i lock on to it with my periscope while im submerged and the press the estimated or precise range to target button and he just tells me no target selelected.

08-08-06, 05:24 PM	#4
KeybdFlyer 中国水兵 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I hope somebody explains what to do because I have the same problem. The icons for getting the sonar range never "un-grey" even if I have a target in the scope or UZO. Keeping my eye on this thread!

08-08-06, 05:26 PM	#5
punkrockike Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	well ive had it work before. but that was a while ago. from what i know you need to be: a) submerged to use the sonar b) have a target you are aiming at with your scope or uzo. while under water it should not be greeyed out unless you dont havtually have a sonar equiped. regardless i personally still cant get it to tell me the range laterly dunno why

08-10-06, 06:41 AM	#8
cobalt Commander Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 440 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	all you have to do is hit h for the hydrophone station and then manually move the arrow to the contact and then hit the sonar button on the sonar man station icon.