Snorkel visibility - again...

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Originally Posted by xrvjorn

But is the visibility fix still useful/required when you're snorkeling as deep as possible? All threads I found about snorkel fixes predates the threads that tell you not to use the stock snorkel depth.

I googled into http://www.uboataces.com/snorkel.shtml where it says that radar detected snorkels at about 5 km, whereas a surfaced boat was detected at about 10 km.

The visibility fix is both useful and required. I think it is incorporated in the two big modpackes NYGM and GW. Also I have the impression that the air bases and patrols were also tweaked in these mods (It's best someone from the modpack teams to answer that).

The default snorkeldepth was known as problematic and was assessed either by manual methods in every mission or by individual mods. This holds true especially for IXD/2. Check this:

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=48560

and for the XXI:

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=47637