Hydrophone range

nev_vern · 01-10-11, 05:37 PM

Trying to do a hydrophone only attack using a self made mission, but the hydrophone range is very small compared to the tutorials I have seen where they are roughly 20nm. By the time anything gets picked up on the hydrophone the enemy is almost on top of me.

Why is this? Is it a bug?

Armistead · 01-10-11, 05:59 PM

Have you tried using the sonar stations yourself?

nev_vern · 01-10-11, 06:06 PM

Yes m8. When my Sonar officer never picked anything up I fired him and decided to do all the dirty work myself. I estimated the range to be about 5nm when I finally picked him up, which is strange.

BTW, I am only using SH4 + U-Boat Missions and a couple of small mods that have nothing to do with the game code, or at least would not modify the hydrophone range.

razark · 01-10-11, 06:08 PM

Weather conditions? Are you using the station yourself, or using the crew?

nev_vern · 01-10-11, 06:09 PM

Both, and the weather conditions are Calm and Sunny.

Pisces · 01-10-11, 06:31 PM

What is your depth at that time. The hydrophone only kicks in below a certain depth, and your sub might be bobbing up above it depending on wave action and your speed. Without the popular mods stock SH4 should have unimpeded hydrophone coverage. Or the background noise might be to loud for you.

Pisces · 01-10-11, 06:32 PM

What is your depth at that time. The hydrophone works below a certain depth, and your sub might be bobbing up above it depending on wave action and your speed. Without the popular mods stock SH4 should have unimpeded hydrophone coverage. Or the background noise might be to loud for you.

nev_vern · 01-10-11, 06:59 PM

I was at a dead stop, and at PD, maybe that depth is too shallow then?

:runs off to see what happens at a deeper depth:

01-10-11, 05:37 PM	#1
nev_vern Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 19 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Hydrophone range Trying to do a hydrophone only attack using a self made mission, but the hydrophone range is very small compared to the tutorials I have seen where they are roughly 20nm. By the time anything gets picked up on the hydrophone the enemy is almost on top of me. Why is this? Is it a bug?

01-10-11, 06:08 PM	#4
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Weather conditions? Are you using the station yourself, or using the crew? __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

01-10-11, 06:31 PM	#6
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	What is your depth at that time. The hydrophone only kicks in below a certain depth, and your sub might be bobbing up above it depending on wave action and your speed. Without the popular mods stock SH4 should have unimpeded hydrophone coverage. Or the background noise might be to loud for you. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

01-10-11, 06:32 PM	#7
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	What is your depth at that time. The hydrophone works below a certain depth, and your sub might be bobbing up above it depending on wave action and your speed. Without the popular mods stock SH4 should have unimpeded hydrophone coverage. Or the background noise might be to loud for you. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

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01-10-11, 05:59 PM	#2
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Have you tried using the sonar stations yourself?

01-10-11, 06:06 PM	#3
nev_vern Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 19 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Yes m8. When my Sonar officer never picked anything up I fired him and decided to do all the dirty work myself. I estimated the range to be about 5nm when I finally picked him up, which is strange. BTW, I am only using SH4 + U-Boat Missions and a couple of small mods that have nothing to do with the game code, or at least would not modify the hydrophone range.

01-10-11, 06:09 PM	#5
nev_vern Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 19 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Both, and the weather conditions are Calm and Sunny.

01-10-11, 06:59 PM	#8
nev_vern Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 19 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I was at a dead stop, and at PD, maybe that depth is too shallow then? :runs off to see what happens at a deeper depth: