Ever pulled a Capt. Dodge?

He has a point, try it out in GWX go down to a depth where your sub dissapears in free cam, then twist the cam so youre looking up at the surface, ive done this and the sub became immediately visible in close to 70m of water (not for sure on the depth just using a number) now at night, its darn near impossible even at P depth.

Originally Posted by Puster Bill

I've been at least 25 meters deep in the ocean, and it seems to me that during daylight hours you could look straight up and be able to see if there was a ship above you under almost all but the very poorest visibility. When there is a large contrast (light surface, dark ship) like that, you don't have to be able to see details in order to perceive that something is above you.

Provided the periscope could handle being unhoused at 25 meters, of course. Anyone remember how deep U-977 was when her observation scope was busted due to being left up during a dive?

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Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

He has a point, try it out in GWX go down to a depth where your sub dissapears in free cam, then twist the cam so youre looking up at the surface, ive done this and the sub became immediately visible in close to 70m of water (not for sure on the depth just using a number) now at night, its darn near impossible even at P depth.

Yeah, in the game it is possible. I think we are trying to figure out if it was possible in real life and, if not, making a note to not exploit the game in the future.

To take another example, clicking the "lock" function in the periscope or UZO lets you "see" ships 6 or 7 nm away, even in dense fog... not possible in real life, so it's up to the player to decide whether to exploit that or not