Target detection (pre-radar)

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

That's what I do. I just go to periscope depth once every three hours in a dense shipping area and once every six hours if I don't think I'm likely to find anything. It takes what? a minute to get to periscope depth, 30 seconds to do a complete sweep and another minute to surface, hit time compression for another three hours of game time. That's not too bad and you'll find a lot that way.

I try to finish patrols in under four or five hours, unless I decide to double-barrel. I'm still playing stock 1.4, so there are plenty of contacts around. That'll probably change once I get the 1.4 compatible version of RSRD installed.