Neutral ships

Raven_2012 · 02-13-12, 10:06 PM

About neutral ships, I just ran into two of them. I have them in my sites and I ask hydro man to follow nearest sound contact, but he says there isn't any.

Is this because ships are neutral? I can hear them when I go to hydro station.

The ships are, Rongel Small Old Split Freighter and N3SA1 Small Merchant. I believe they were added from OHII Full.

Also I am using GHG hydrophone equipment and contact is 1250m away.

Tolkemec · 02-14-12, 01:04 AM

From the other thread, it seems you already have your game patched with TDW SH5Patcher... the sonarguy still cannot hear a ship at 1.250? Is it out of the deaf zone (I think 20º bow and 40º stern)? Even if you can hear them, the sonarguy will usually lose their track.

(if not using the patch: http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...d.php?t=181433)

Raven_2012 · 02-14-12, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tolkemec

From the other thread, it seems you already have your game patched with TDW SH5Patcher... the sonarguy still cannot hear a ship at 1.250? Is it out of the deaf zone (I think 20º bow and 40º stern)? Even if you can hear them, the sonarguy will usually lose their track.

(if not using the patch: http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...d.php?t=181433)

I won't be able to patch the game, I have the steam version of the game. My hydrophone guy can give me report nearest sound contact and follow nearest sound contact with stock ships. I notice it's with these two ships that i came in contact with, that are added from OHII.

My hydrophone guy can tell me in message box when I ask report nearest sound contact. I get the norm, but when I have him follow nearest sound contact he tells me there is no sound contact.

If this is all from my game needing patch by the UI patcher, then i should consider getting a hard copy of the game.

Tolkemec · 02-14-12, 09:58 AM

Wll, I don,t know. I also sometimes have this bug, even with sh5patch. Yesterday I clearly was able to hear a merchant 11 km away, but the sonarguy couldn't even though he was able to give me correct reports. Afterwards, when an airplane make me go underwater, at 7 km from the same merchant, the sonarguy worked correctly. Oh well... I think I can live with that, if not, I would always be chasing for mods and never playing! (Its the first time ina like two weeks of trying it to work).

misha1967 · 02-15-12, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tolkemec

Wll, I don,t know. I also sometimes have this bug, even with sh5patch. Yesterday I clearly was able to hear a merchant 11 km away, but the sonarguy couldn't even though he was able to give me correct reports. Afterwards, when an airplane make me go underwater, at 7 km from the same merchant, the sonarguy worked correctly. Oh well... I think I can live with that, if not, I would always be chasing for mods and never playing! (Its the first time ina like two weeks of trying it to work).

Well, you have to keep in mind also that your hydrophone guy's ability to pick up contacts depends on his skill level, so even though you can hear it, he may not have developed his skills to the point where he can as well.

Rongel · 02-14-12, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Raven2012

I won't be able to patch the game, I have the steam version of the game. My hydrophone guy can give me report nearest sound contact and follow nearest sound contact with stock ships. I notice it's with these two ships that i came in contact with, that are added from OHII.

My hydrophone guy can tell me in message box when I ask report nearest sound contact. I get the norm, but when I have him follow nearest sound contact he tells me there is no sound contact.

If this is all from my game needing patch by the UI patcher, then i should consider getting a hard copy of the game.

Hi!

What version of OH II do you have? In previous version there were problems with some of the ships hydro sounds but they should have been fixed by now. And remember that when the ships go really slow (5 knots or so) they don't appear in hydro.

Raven_2012 · 02-14-12, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rongel

Hi!

What version of OH II do you have? In previous version there were problems with some of the ships hydro sounds but they should have been fixed by now. And remember that when the ships go really slow (5 knots or so) they don't appear in hydro.

I am using the latest version 1.6 and now 1.7. I hear them when in hydro station just my hydro guy cant track them, he gives me sound contact report.

Raven_2012 · 02-14-12, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tolkemec

From the other thread, it seems you already have your game patched with TDW SH5Patcher... the sonarguy still cannot hear a ship at 1.250? Is it out of the deaf zone (I think 20º bow and 40º stern)? Even if you can hear them, the sonarguy will usually lose their track.

(if not using the patch: http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...d.php?t=181433)

I can't use the patcher, I have Steam version of the game. When I passed under them and they were behind the U-boat the hydro guy was tracking them. I guess the GHG picks things up sometimes and doesn't, and is limit to certain angles.

02-13-12, 10:06 PM	#1
Raven_2012 Commander Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Elmira, NY Posts: 445 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	About neutral ships, I just ran into two of them. I have them in my sites and I ask hydro man to follow nearest sound contact, but he says there isn't any. Is this because ships are neutral? I can hear them when I go to hydro station. The ships are, Rongel Small Old Split Freighter and N3SA1 Small Merchant. I believe they were added from OHII Full. Also I am using GHG hydrophone equipment and contact is 1250m away. Last edited by Raven_2012; 02-13-12 at 11:26 PM.

02-14-12, 01:04 AM	#2
Tolkemec Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: BCN Posts: 118 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	From the other thread, it seems you already have your game patched with TDW SH5Patcher... the sonarguy still cannot hear a ship at 1.250? Is it out of the deaf zone (I think 20º bow and 40º stern)? Even if you can hear them, the sonarguy will usually lose their track. (if not using the patch: http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...d.php?t=181433) Last edited by Tolkemec; 02-14-12 at 01:18 AM.

02-14-12, 09:58 AM	#4
Tolkemec Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: BCN Posts: 118 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Wll, I don,t know. I also sometimes have this bug, even with sh5patch. Yesterday I clearly was able to hear a merchant 11 km away, but the sonarguy couldn't even though he was able to give me correct reports. Afterwards, when an airplane make me go underwater, at 7 km from the same merchant, the sonarguy worked correctly. Oh well... I think I can live with that, if not, I would always be chasing for mods and never playing! (Its the first time ina like two weeks of trying it to work).