Hydrophone

Adam84 · 03-14-10, 04:01 PM

Hi all

One thing I loved about SH3 was diving to just below periscope depth and listening out for the sounds of ships whilst going ahead slow. Found this quite rewarding as i'd come across ships I would have missed on the surface. I want to know how much this is possible with SH5 even in its current state, I have not bought it yet.

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jwilliams · 03-14-10, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam84

Hi all

One thing I loved about SH3 was diving to just below periscope depth and listening out for the sounds of ships whilst going ahead slow. Found this quite rewarding as i'd come across ships I would have missed on the surface. I want to know how much this is possible with SH5 even in its current state, I have not bought it yet.

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Yes this can still be done. however the last patch has bugged it slighly. and you need to stop all engines atm. hopefully the next patch will fix this.

SabreHawk · 03-14-10, 04:11 PM

Yes you can do this, and just as jwilliams said. Stop engines. And as i fortunately finally found out, the mousewheel is used to operate the rotation.
But I always even in SH3 shut down motors cause it still was too much to be able to hear a very distant ship. And in that quiet, I could hear one that my sound guy couldn't. Was so faint though that even at ahead slow I wouldnt have made it out.

Turm · 03-14-10, 04:15 PM

Yes, works much the same as in SH3, but harder to hear anything when the engines are running.

However, in SH3 you could adjust the volume control on the hydrophone panel to up the gain (or something to that effect), which helped emphasise the sound of other ships in comparison with your own engines. In SH5 the volume controls appears to do nothing whatsoever! Except for the 3D knob rotating...

Hopefully that functionality will come back in a patch.

Adam84 · 03-14-10, 04:47 PM

Thanks for responses, encouraging to hear. Was definately one of the most rewarding aspects of the game and one i'll hope to do in time with SH5.

karlbrunnere · 03-14-10, 08:29 PM

can one use the hydrophone and send out a ping to estimate the distance to a ship somehow?
or do u have to buy some extra device for the u-boot to do that?

Fmilk · 03-20-10, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Turm

In SH5 the volume controls appears to do nothing whatsoever! Except for the 3D knob rotating...

Hopefully that functionality will come back in a patch.

And I was just beginning to wonder is it only me...

03-14-10, 04:01 PM	#1
Adam84 Watch Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 27 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Hydrophone Hi all One thing I loved about SH3 was diving to just below periscope depth and listening out for the sounds of ships whilst going ahead slow. Found this quite rewarding as i'd come across ships I would have missed on the surface. I want to know how much this is possible with SH5 even in its current state, I have not bought it yet. Ad

03-14-10, 04:11 PM	#3
SabreHawk Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa. USA Posts: 530 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Yes you can do this, and just as jwilliams said. Stop engines. And as i fortunately finally found out, the mousewheel is used to operate the rotation. But I always even in SH3 shut down motors cause it still was too much to be able to hear a very distant ship. And in that quiet, I could hear one that my sound guy couldn't. Was so faint though that even at ahead slow I wouldnt have made it out. __________________ "Chance favors the prepared mind"

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03-14-10, 04:15 PM	#4
Turm Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 210 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	Yes, works much the same as in SH3, but harder to hear anything when the engines are running. However, in SH3 you could adjust the volume control on the hydrophone panel to up the gain (or something to that effect), which helped emphasise the sound of other ships in comparison with your own engines. In SH5 the volume controls appears to do nothing whatsoever! Except for the 3D knob rotating... Hopefully that functionality will come back in a patch.

03-14-10, 04:47 PM	#5
Adam84 Watch Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 27 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Thanks for responses, encouraging to hear. Was definately one of the most rewarding aspects of the game and one i'll hope to do in time with SH5.

03-14-10, 08:29 PM	#6
karlbrunnere Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	can one use the hydrophone and send out a ping to estimate the distance to a ship somehow? or do u have to buy some extra device for the u-boot to do that?