Does using SONAR..

Torplexed · 07-16-09, 11:34 PM

According to the manual using the fathometer around escorts should put you in danger of giving your position away, but according to the game users here it doesn't.

Ford Prefect · 07-16-09, 11:43 PM

using it for depth, no, I've sat around pinging away merrily as a test and gone completely unoticed.

Not certain about the active sonar for range finding.

Melonfish · 07-17-09, 03:08 AM

*slaps head*
see i've been refraining from checking my depth when DD's are around. bugger it i'll ping away now!

Toolworx · 07-17-09, 05:29 AM

Only one way to find out....

I will let you know in a few hours

flakmonkey · 07-17-09, 07:56 AM

Pinging to check depth cant be detected in game but using active sonar to ping a target WILL give you away.
I pinged a destroyer when i first got sonar installed on my boat, pretty much right away it turned my direction, ran up to full speed and dropped a whole bunch of DCs.

Melonfish · 07-17-09, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flakmonkey

Pinging to check depth cant be detected in game but using active sonar to ping a target WILL give you away.
I pinged a destroyer when i first got sonar installed on my boat, pretty much right away it turned my direction, ran up to full speed and dropped a whole bunch of DCs.

And thats what you get for letting Bernard lean on the sonar equipment!

Fader_Berg · 07-18-09, 01:06 PM

I'm used to ping destroyers all the time, to know where they are. It sure doesn't seems like they catch it.

Erich dem Roten · 07-18-09, 01:10 PM

You must be getting lucky, enemy ships can definitely pick up an active SONAR ping.

But yeah, depth ranging is undetected in SH3...though I think in SH4 it can give you away (not really sure, while I own it I deleted SH4 within 10 minutes of installation).

Sailor Steve · 07-17-09, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melonfish

*slaps head*
see i've been refraining from checking my depth when DD's are around. bugger it i'll ping away now!

They could indeed hear that in real life. How realistic do you want to be?

07-16-09, 11:43 PM	#2
Ford Prefect Planesman Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire Posts: 184 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	using it for depth, no, I've sat around pinging away merrily as a test and gone completely unoticed. Not certain about the active sonar for range finding. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/halfpenny/sets/ http://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t Home of "why people laugh at creationists" http://www.youtube.com/user/FFreeThinker http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtantDodo

07-17-09, 07:56 AM	#5
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Pinging to check depth cant be detected in game but using active sonar to ping a target WILL give you away. I pinged a destroyer when i first got sonar installed on my boat, pretty much right away it turned my direction, ran up to full speed and dropped a whole bunch of DCs. __________________

07-18-09, 01:06 PM	#7
Fader_Berg 中国水兵 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Uppland, Sweden Posts: 278 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I'm used to ping destroyers all the time, to know where they are. It sure doesn't seems like they catch it. __________________ patSH3r-developer, (https://fb.tuxxor.net) Type II junkie

07-18-09, 01:10 PM	#8
Erich dem Roten Electrician's Mate Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 134 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	You must be getting lucky, enemy ships can definitely pick up an active SONAR ping. But yeah, depth ranging is undetected in SH3...though I think in SH4 it can give you away (not really sure, while I own it I deleted SH4 within 10 minutes of installation). __________________

07-16-09, 11:34 PM	#1
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	According to the manual using the fathometer around escorts should put you in danger of giving your position away, but according to the game users here it doesn't.

07-17-09, 03:08 AM	#3
Melonfish XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warrington, UK Posts: 417 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	slaps head see i've been refraining from checking my depth when DD's are around. bugger it i'll ping away now!

07-17-09, 05:29 AM	#4
Toolworx Seaman Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 33 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Only one way to find out.... I will let you know in a few hours