under water view?

[nomad_delta]

MONOLITH: I'd never thought to try that, 'cause I figured the underwater visibility range was way too short to be useful. Do you have any kind of 'increased underwater visibility' mods installed?

Also I hear there are 'sub nets' in some harbors, which I suppose using the scope underwater would be the only way to detect or avoid.

Curious, what did real life submarines do about sub nets if they didn't use the scopes underwater? Just pick a random course and hope for the best?

nomad_delta

[IRONxMortlock]

Originally Posted by nomad_delta

MONOLITH: I'd never thought to try that, 'cause I figured the underwater visibility range was way too short to be useful. Do you have any kind of 'increased underwater visibility' mods installed?

Also I hear there are 'sub nets' in some harbors, which I suppose using the scope underwater would be the only way to detect or avoid.

Curious, what did real life submarines do about sub nets if they didn't use the scopes underwater? Just pick a random course and hope for the best?

nomad_delta

I thought all but the very brave (or perhaps the very stupid) avoided enemy harbours like the plague?

In regards to using the scope in a harbour to spot things underwater I'd say this would be almost impossible. I've been diving on many wrecks in harbours and most have very poor water visibility.

[GTHammer]

Originally Posted by nomad_delta

MONOLITH: I'd never thought to try that, 'cause I figured the underwater visibility range was way too short to be useful. Do you have any kind of 'increased underwater visibility' mods installed?

Also I hear there are 'sub nets' in some harbors, which I suppose using the scope underwater would be the only way to detect or avoid.

Curious, what did real life submarines do about sub nets if they didn't use the scopes underwater? Just pick a random course and hope for the best?

nomad_delta

I've used the periscopes to look around while underwater but I have an increased visibility mod that was part of the "die slowly" package that lets me see farther in the dark/underwater....Looking around would probably be pretty hard without the mod/In real life.

[MONOLITH]

Originally Posted by nomad_delta

MONOLITH: I'd never thought to try that, 'cause I figured the underwater visibility range was way too short to be useful. Do you have any kind of 'increased underwater visibility' mods installed?

I am using the 60M underwater visibility mod.....

However, I noticed that it only seems to affect the 'free cam' view, and not the 'follow sub/next ship' views. So far all I know, what I see through the scopes while underwater is stock view.


While perhaps not totally realistic, I am after all playing a game and I don't mind a little 'extra feature' here and there. I personally find it very cool to be 100 feet down, and look up through the obs scope to see which way that pesky DD is turning.

And since water visibility varied greatly by ocean, temperature, time of day, etc, who's to say it was never done in real life? Certainly seems plausible. At the very least, against the noonday sun, you could see the shadow of the escort passing overhead.


And sub nets and mines? In shalllow water lit by the sun? You bet you should crack open that scope and have a peek. You guys will save yourselves a ton of frustration, and it's sort of cool looking around underwater anyway.

That's how I got the sig pic of that pesky fish.