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[Noobicum4Ever]

I am at the end of February 1942 and I have radar now. Is it useful to detect both ships and aircraft? Does my enemy detect me any easier? What are the tips?

[melis]

Originally Posted by Noobicum4Ever

I am at the end of February 1942 and I have radar now. Is it useful to detect both ships and aircraft? Does my enemy detect me any easier? What are the tips?

so radar is very useful. However, its waves the enemy is also able to detect. After tracking, it is good to mark the unit and turn off the radar. Use single scans.

[Kissaki]

Ok, so I decided to dust off my copy of SH3 again. Fresh install on my laptop, updated to 1.4.0.1. One of the first things to edit is, of course, time compression. I edit the main.cfg to read "maximum=2048" in the TC section. However, the game is still stuck on 1024 max. Now, SH3 Commander took care of this, no problem, but I'm still curious as to why it wasn't enough to simply edit main.cfg.

[Anvar1061]

Originally Posted by Kissaki

as to why it wasn't enough to simply edit main.cfg.

It needs to be edited in the game and the save folder too.

[Noobicum4Ever]

Originally Posted by melis

so radar is very useful. However, its waves the enemy is also able to detect. After tracking, it is good to mark the unit and turn off the radar. Use single scans.

But if I use time compression it is not to complicate?

[Drakken]

When preparing to attack from the middle of a convoy, would you pre-set your torpedoes to a specific depth to save time? If yes, which depth do you set all your torpedoes to?

I'm in 1941, and setting all my torpedoes to 7 meters deep seems like a good compromise, rather than micro-managing each individual torpedo to the target ship's draft.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Drakken

When preparing to attack from the middle of a convoy, would you pre-set your torpedoes to a specific depth to save time? If yes, which depth do you set all your torpedoes to?

I'm in 1941, and setting all my torpedoes to 7 meters deep seems like a good compromise, rather than micro-managing each individual torpedo to the target ship's draft.

Are you using Hsie's patch ?

[Drakken]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Are you using Hsie's patch ?

Not yet. Just GWX.

I'm in the middle of a campaign so I wait until it is over before installing that patch.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Drakken

Not yet. Just GWX.

I'm in the middle of a campaign so I wait until it is over before installing that patch.

Seven is pretty deep. But I'm going off of using Hsie's patch. Are you having luck at that depth ?