Solid line at Own Ship stern instead of course?

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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid

Sphere array can 'hear' bearings from lets say -120 to 120 degrees. If you draw solid line at 0 it would be in the active area and it could mask contact at bearing 0.
If you draw solid line at bearing 180 there is no conflict.

Ah, I understand the question now. I was confused by the word "active", which I took to mean "active sonar".

Unless I'm wrong, as I recall we could turn that line on or off (and maybe even toggle it to OS stern, which I never did - in fact I spent a great deal of time in the game looking for the switch to flip it to OS course rather than stern before I posted). Maybe the sonar shack kept theirs off, but it was always displayed on the conn - it's pure gold for the OOD, and I miss it in the sim. The line looked very different from the contact traces, I'm guessing they really wouldn't obscure one another even if they were on top of one another - I can never recall thinking that was an issue.

Still waiting for a 688 OOD to confirm/deny the stern line. Henson, what system is the SAPBB? What class of ship?