GWX - Hydrophones and the map

HEMISENT · 12-19-06, 08:09 AM

Yup, radio room performance seems to be very sensitive to crew members' fatigue and rank. One of the first things I do is try to get qualified upper ranking PO's in those positions whenever underwater. I replace them with unqualified seaman on the surface and let the good guys rest...they are THAT important.

Martin1813 · 12-19-06, 10:22 AM

it's definitly the good solution, HEMISENT.

they are your ears and your eyes and it would a pity having a noob in the place while you're hunting/hunted because the good man can't raise hir arm.

Loaf · 12-19-06, 10:39 AM

I noticed playing GWX that I still occasionally get hydrophone reports while I am on the surface... Anybody else have this problem?

Is that something that can be fixed with a mod, or is it hard-coded?

Martin1813 · 12-19-06, 10:44 AM

I used to notice that sometimes with TGW but I don't know if this is still present in GWX.

JU_88 · 12-19-06, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Loaf

I noticed playing GWX that I still occasionally get hydrophone reports while I am on the surface... Anybody else have this problem?

Is that something that can be fixed with a mod, or is it hard-coded?

Ive noticed that since the first time i ever played sh3.
So thats a stock game problem, not a GWX problem mate.

Other stock game problems with hydrophones include:

Hydrophone reports stationary ships

and

Hydrophone works though land. (the sh3 would doesn't always treat land as and obsitical where it should)

ASAIK -these issues are hard coded and cant be fixed easily.

ref · 12-19-06, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Loaf

I noticed playing GWX that I still occasionally get hydrophone reports while I am on the surface... Anybody else have this problem?

Is that something that can be fixed with a mod, or is it hard-coded?

If you're in bad weather it's possible that the hydrophone reciever get's underwater for a moment.

Ref

Loaf · 12-19-06, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ref

If you're in bad weather it's possible that the hydrophone reciever get's underwater for a moment.

Ref

That would explain why it doesn't happen all the time... I find it a bit of an immersion-killer. I guess I could always un-man the hydrophone station when I am on the surface.

Deimos01 · 12-19-06, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Loaf

Quote:

Originally Posted by ref

If you're in bad weather it's possible that the hydrophone reciever get's underwater for a moment.

Ref

That would explain why it doesn't happen all the time... I find it a bit of an immersion-killer. I guess I could always un-man the hydrophone station when I am on the surface.

Actually you are right on the money with that one. The game doesnt really understand the difference between being submerged and just being under a big wave on the surface as far as hydro goes. Alls it knows is when the sound head is under water then you get a sound fix. Not a GWX issue. It is a stock game issue.

Sailor Steve · 12-19-06, 04:24 PM

And that's only half the problem. You shouldn't have to have the hydrophone manned while surfaced, or the radio while submerged. having the two combined means that you have to do something very unrealistic just to have peak efficiency in the compartment. Same goes for having the dive planes manned while surfaced.

12-19-06, 08:09 AM	#1
HEMISENT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 1,052 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Yup, radio room performance seems to be very sensitive to crew members' fatigue and rank. One of the first things I do is try to get qualified upper ranking PO's in those positions whenever underwater. I replace them with unqualified seaman on the surface and let the good guys rest...they are THAT important. __________________ Nuke 'em till they glow!

12-19-06, 10:22 AM	#2
Martin1813 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Caen, France Posts: 111 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	it's definitly the good solution, HEMISENT. they are your ears and your eyes and it would a pity having a noob in the place while you're hunting/hunted because the good man can't raise hir arm. __________________

12-19-06, 10:44 AM	#4
Martin1813 Torpedoman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Caen, France Posts: 111 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I used to notice that sometimes with TGW but I don't know if this is still present in GWX. __________________

12-19-06, 04:24 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And that's only half the problem. You shouldn't have to have the hydrophone manned while surfaced, or the radio while submerged. having the two combined means that you have to do something very unrealistic just to have peak efficiency in the compartment. Same goes for having the dive planes manned while surfaced. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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12-19-06, 10:39 AM	#3
Loaf Mate Join Date: May 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 58 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I noticed playing GWX that I still occasionally get hydrophone reports while I am on the surface... Anybody else have this problem? Is that something that can be fixed with a mod, or is it hard-coded?