Queen Elizabeth Battleship

kylania · 04-06-10, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by severniae

I find the lack of hydrophone reporting annoying also.

Would just be nice to be sitting down there and 'Sir, there's a ship over there' instead of having to sit and look myself.

I'm a captain, why can't my minions do as I bid!!!

The sonar man does call out contats, and if you have a modded UI you can even have him follow contacts.

Alcibiades · 04-06-10, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kylania

The sonar man does call out contats, and if you have a modded UI you can even have him follow contacts.

Yes, he does call out contacts. But not all the time.

Is there a button where I can ask him to report all contacts? can you send me a link to the mod?

Like I said, sometime he'll call them out. sometimes he wont. I check for myself and yep, I can hear it clear as day. up TC to 16, pass 20 minutes, nothing. Listen myself? yes, there he is. wait 10 minutes real time. nothing. listen myself? still there. ... RRRGH!!

so I just have to be my own sonar man I guess.

kylania · 04-06-10, 12:50 PM

MultiUI for SH5

That mod has the SH3 style officer buttons at the bottom that re-add features like nearest contact and follow contact. Along with a lot of other features.

As far as sonarman not hearing things, happened to me last night. He said 'no contact' when in reality I had 3 destroyers 1000m from me SHOOTING me. Guess he couldn't hear their screws over the sound of my u-boat exploding so said 'no contact'.

Alcibiades · 04-06-10, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylania

MultiUI for SH5

That mod has the SH3 style officer buttons at the bottom that re-add features like nearest contact and follow contact. Along with a lot of other features.

As far as sonarman not hearing things, happened to me last night. He said 'no contact' when in reality I had 3 destroyers 1000m from me SHOOTING me. Guess he couldn't hear their screws over the sound of my u-boat exploding so said 'no contact'.

thanks kylania

mcarlsonus · 04-06-10, 02:06 PM

My experience: any target >800 meters away is a crap shoot. I attacked and sank a King George V BB, but only after losing two torps due to their running UNDER the keel I'd so carefully set from my mod Recognition Manual - and backed up by having identified the ship and having keel depth displayed on the torp screen. I set them to run 0.2 meters below keel, by the way. Not at all an unrealistic depth when trying to bust a back using magnetic exploders!

By the way, in terms of, "unrealistic," the BB went down after TWO torp hits! In SH5, warships are made of tin foil and the merchant navies are the REAL power at sea!

Also as mentioned previously, look out for hidden adversaries! Sometimes you and your sonarman WON'T hear someone who can - and WILL - kill you. Before surfacing, always have a look see out the periscope. Occasionally one WILL find a DD/DE making little headway, with searchlights off, just waiting...waiting...waiting...

04-06-10, 12:50 PM	#3
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	MultiUI for SH5 That mod has the SH3 style officer buttons at the bottom that re-add features like nearest contact and follow contact. Along with a lot of other features. As far as sonarman not hearing things, happened to me last night. He said 'no contact' when in reality I had 3 destroyers 1000m from me SHOOTING me. Guess he couldn't hear their screws over the sound of my u-boat exploding so said 'no contact'. __________________

04-06-10, 02:06 PM	#5
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	My experience: any target >800 meters away is a crap shoot. I attacked and sank a King George V BB, but only after losing two torps due to their running UNDER the keel I'd so carefully set from my mod Recognition Manual - and backed up by having identified the ship and having keel depth displayed on the torp screen. I set them to run 0.2 meters below keel, by the way. Not at all an unrealistic depth when trying to bust a back using magnetic exploders! By the way, in terms of, "unrealistic," the BB went down after TWO torp hits! In SH5, warships are made of tin foil and the merchant navies are the REAL power at sea! Also as mentioned previously, look out for hidden adversaries! Sometimes you and your sonarman WON'T hear someone who can - and WILL - kill you. Before surfacing, always have a look see out the periscope. Occasionally one WILL find a DD/DE making little headway, with searchlights off, just waiting...waiting...waiting...