Should SH5 more or less fully simulate the acoustic environment

Takeda Shingen · 12-19-09, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by karamazovnew

Those have already been included in SH3 and especially SH4. But the devs forgot to make it variable and we got stuck with water so bad that the poor Sonar Guy can't hear a thing

No. SHIV had a standard thermocline signal decay. In truth, the strength of the thermocline varies from day to day and season to season based on a number of factors. In effect, going deep should, at times, render me invisible and, at other times, do absolutey nothing to mask my signature.

sabretwo · 12-21-09, 08:20 AM

Thermal layers, detectable active sonar pings, and depth charge noise disruption are a definate must!

karamazovnew · 12-21-09, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

No. SHIV had a standard thermocline signal decay. In truth, the strength of the thermocline varies from day to day and season to season based on a number of factors. In effect, going deep should, at times, render me invisible and, at other times, do absolutey nothing to mask my signature.

I knew that. I was talking about MY Sonar Guy who can't hear a thing.

LukeFF · 01-01-10, 04:58 AM

Another point about sonar/sound conditions is that all the different hydrophone units in use had varying degrees of bearing accuracy. With the GHG units, for instance, bearing accuracy degraded greatly around the bow area. That was the big improvement of the Balkongerat over GHG: accurate bearings could be obtained in a wider arc. The current modeling of GHG in SH4, where there is just a 20-degree dead zone around the bow, just isn't all that accurate. Bearings with GHG in this area should be obtainable, just highly inaccurate.

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LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Another point about sonar/sound conditions is that all the different hydrophone units in use had varying degrees of bearing accuracy. With the GHG units, for instance, bearing accuracy degraded greatly around the bow area. That was the big improvement of the Balkongerat over GHG: accurate bearings could be obtained in a wider arc. The current modeling of GHG in SH4, where there is just a 20-degree dead zone around the bow, just isn't all that accurate. Bearings with GHG in this area should be obtainable, just highly inaccurate. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

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sabretwo Frogman Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 295 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	Thermal layers, detectable active sonar pings, and depth charge noise disruption are a definate must!