Sound of sinking ships question

Dowly · 03-31-08, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by vickers03

maybe increasing range in SH3.SDL helps:hmm:

If there isnt sound for the hydrophone, you wont hear it. Doesnt hydrophone mute out any other sound except the ambient sound for the station and whatever you hear thru the hydrophone, which, AFAIK, only picks up sounds that are made for the hydrophone.

EDIT: I just checked, and there is infact the hydrophone sound for the sinking ships, so that's not the case.

Fortune · 03-31-08, 06:27 AM

Same problem here!
I can't hear the sound of a sinking ship with the hydrophone. But if something on the ship explodes (sometimes when it sinks deeper) I can hear the sound, also when the ships fuselage hits the seabottom.

I'm not using any mods right now.

wetwarev7 · 03-31-08, 09:07 AM

I wonder if this might have something to do with the realistic sound travel option?

Capn_Sinky · 03-31-08, 09:34 AM

I have heard it on several occasions. The sounds I noted were the bulkheads creaking and then poping and I have heard the impact sound on the seabed. I was abot 3000-5000 yds when I heard them. Really creapy sounding.

I had wounded two freighters a small and a medium sized one. I waited around for the escorts to leave then finished them off with the deck gun. Right after they started sinking my sound man notified me of approaching warships so I dived and was manually opperating the hydrophones and like you guys have mentioned I saw the green light indicating something so I turned up the volume and thats when i heard it. Oh, I was also using headphones and had the music volume turned to 0. Other times Ive turned it up and not heard it at all. The above incident occured in the South China Sea early 42. Note I am running stock SHIV no mods.

Im pretty sure it has to do with range and conditions of the water. If you are in deep water and at short range the vessle may fall outside the arc of detection pretty quickly before it gets to a depth where the bulkheads start to go and depending on the depth to the seabed it may take a while before it gets there and you can hear the impact. Remember the hydrophones are not omni-directional, wouldnt be much good if they were.

tedhealy · 03-31-08, 10:02 AM

Like MONLOITH, I've been trying a more sonar-centric approach lately (trying to do an early sugar boat career mimicing early war tactics) and this sound needs to be able to be heard.

I've been from 1000 yards to 5000 yards to the sinking target and at periscope depth all the way down to 200 feet at various times and not heard this sound while at the sonar station. Like everyone else said, the green light comes on, but no sound. I'm pointing the hydrophone head right at the sinking ship and hearing nothing. Switch to the free cam and 'fly' over there and I can hear the sound.

I do have realistic sound travel on, maybe I'll try turning that off to see if I pick up anything.

tedhealy · 03-31-08, 08:30 PM

Realistic sound travel off didn't fix it. I guess this will just be one of those mysteries.

kv29 · 03-31-08, 09:01 PM

I think is a bug introduced in 1.4 or 1.5

I clearly remember earing al the cracking sounds through the hydrophones with 1.3
Would be interesting to compare both 1.3 and 1.4/5 version of the sdl file

03-31-08, 09:07 AM	#3
wetwarev7 Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Deep Waters Posts: 871 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I wonder if this might have something to do with the realistic sound travel option? __________________ Guess I should change my sig since SH5 has an offline mode now

03-31-08, 09:34 AM	#4
Capn_Sinky Bosun Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Winder, GA Posts: 64 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have heard it on several occasions. The sounds I noted were the bulkheads creaking and then poping and I have heard the impact sound on the seabed. I was abot 3000-5000 yds when I heard them. Really creapy sounding. I had wounded two freighters a small and a medium sized one. I waited around for the escorts to leave then finished them off with the deck gun. Right after they started sinking my sound man notified me of approaching warships so I dived and was manually opperating the hydrophones and like you guys have mentioned I saw the green light indicating something so I turned up the volume and thats when i heard it. Oh, I was also using headphones and had the music volume turned to 0. Other times Ive turned it up and not heard it at all. The above incident occured in the South China Sea early 42. Note I am running stock SHIV no mods. Im pretty sure it has to do with range and conditions of the water. If you are in deep water and at short range the vessle may fall outside the arc of detection pretty quickly before it gets to a depth where the bulkheads start to go and depending on the depth to the seabed it may take a while before it gets there and you can hear the impact. Remember the hydrophones are not omni-directional, wouldnt be much good if they were. __________________ Good Luck and Good Hunting! Capn_ Sinky (aka Stinky) O.I.C.I.C. Officer In Charge of Ice Cream Current Command: USS Drum Apr42 "Frankly the idea that a stinkpot could smell so bad that men who haven't bathed or changed their clothes in months would choose to abandon their ships mid ocean rather than fight, scares the heck out of me!" Unknown Historian

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03-31-08, 06:27 AM	#2
Fortune Watch Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 20 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Same problem here! I can't hear the sound of a sinking ship with the hydrophone. But if something on the ship explodes (sometimes when it sinks deeper) I can hear the sound, also when the ships fuselage hits the seabottom. I'm not using any mods right now.

03-31-08, 10:02 AM	#5
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Like MONLOITH, I've been trying a more sonar-centric approach lately (trying to do an early sugar boat career mimicing early war tactics) and this sound needs to be able to be heard. I've been from 1000 yards to 5000 yards to the sinking target and at periscope depth all the way down to 200 feet at various times and not heard this sound while at the sonar station. Like everyone else said, the green light comes on, but no sound. I'm pointing the hydrophone head right at the sinking ship and hearing nothing. Switch to the free cam and 'fly' over there and I can hear the sound. I do have realistic sound travel on, maybe I'll try turning that off to see if I pick up anything.

03-31-08, 08:30 PM	#6
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Realistic sound travel off didn't fix it. I guess this will just be one of those mysteries.

03-31-08, 09:01 PM	#7
kv29 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 342 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I think is a bug introduced in 1.4 or 1.5 I clearly remember earing al the cracking sounds through the hydrophones with 1.3 Would be interesting to compare both 1.3 and 1.4/5 version of the sdl file