Hydrophone doesn't work most of the time

Poacher886 · 01-14-11, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmsway!

You must understand that realism makes it harder. It makes it real. You may want to get accustom to this sim with the default game for awhile. However I recommend you run your boat the way it should be a leave Magnum Opus on. Soon you'll learn to skipper the boat naturally and you'll have a sense of accomplishment to go with it.

You might be able to change the hydrophone settings in the TDW user options but I'm not sure about that.

I totaly agree with you and am using the mod myself....i have a question though. Does the Hydrophone get more effective the deeper you dive?

Harmsway! · 01-15-11, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Poacher886

I totaly agree with you and am using the mod myself....i have a question though. Does the Hydrophone get more effective the deeper you dive?

I'm not sure it does in the sim or not but I believe it supposed too. I routinely dive down below 25 meters and cut the engines off or run on slow. In SH3 this was the ticket to getting contacts. So far it seems to work in SH5 as well. With the New UI mod I think there is a user setting for this. At least where you don't hear anything to below 15 meters if memory serves.

Rongel · 01-15-11, 09:20 AM

I've noticed that the boat is always few meters higher than the ordered depth. If I say dive to 15 meters, it goes only 13 m deep. I recently had a long patrol without any contacts and started to get paranoid if the hydrophones are working at all, but diving deeper seemed to help. Bug or not, but it keeps me on my toes.

So just to be sure, I also suggest you dive bit deeper than the basic periscope depth!

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01-15-11, 09:20 AM	#3
Rongel Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Finland Posts: 859 Downloads: 174 Uploads: 0	I've noticed that the boat is always few meters higher than the ordered depth. If I say dive to 15 meters, it goes only 13 m deep. I recently had a long patrol without any contacts and started to get paranoid if the hydrophones are working at all, but diving deeper seemed to help. Bug or not, but it keeps me on my toes. So just to be sure, I also suggest you dive bit deeper than the basic periscope depth!