Problem with hydrophone!

[Zuncha]

Hi guys, i had a little problem with my hydrophone. I can't send a ping or ask my operator to know range of target...





We can see here the problem ( yea i am french )


Can you help me please?

[Zuncha]

Of course, i have a contact on G 314

[TheDarkWraith]

That's because Type has nothing displayed but '-' which means nothing. Until something shows in that box (Merchant or Warship) you can do what you're wanting to do.

[Zuncha]

Hello TDW, I used SH5.exe patcher to fix broken hydrophone station ( http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181433 ), but i have now an other problem

My operator give me a false range of contact, look here:



So, we have a warship, G 50, at 3980 m?



Ho, really?

I read 16.8 km ~

What can i do please?

[Captain_AJ]

As far as the in accrucies .. I dont think there is nothing left that you can do to "FIX this problem" .. I usually have the same problem . But I also have patched with TDW , Up gradea .. U have to take two readings onthe target and check the answere of the first one .. I see that your are playing at a setting lower than 100% .. U can actuall see your targets .. . Why are you having a uproar about your accurate ping distance ? YOu can see your targets .. @ 100 percent you cannot ..

[Zuncha]

Hi, i play lower than 100% because i want to check the distance of targets by my operator sonar on the map.

I want to play at 100% realism, but without sonar is difficult...


What u mean about "You have to take two readings on the target and check the answer of the first one .." ?

[Captain_AJ]

Originally Posted by Zuncha

Hi, i play lower than 100% because i want to check the distance of targets by my operator sonar on the map.

I want to play at 100% realism, but without sonar is difficult...


What u mean about "You have to take two readings on the target and check the answer of the first one .." ?

for me its only a re-check on the distance , its not something that is mandatory

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Zuncha

Hello TDW, I used SH5.exe patcher to fix broken hydrophone station ( http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=181433 ), but i have now an other problem

My operator give me a false range of contact, look here:

Ho, really?

I read 16.8 km ~

What can i do please?

What you are seeing is my DLL in action. I have a DLL that controls the hydrophone station to make it more realistic. Seeing that you have multiple contacts basically along the same bearing line (+- 5 degrees) it would be hard for the sonarman to get a reasonably accurate distance. The DLL takes all the contacts within +- some degrees of the bearing line you have and through a formula (with some error added in) gives you the estimated distance. It looks like you have some contacts at ~ 4000m along that bearing line so they might be why