Soundman STILL not Calling.../contact.cfg

[Trevally.]

My sonar man is calling out when hydro shows a contact line

I have been testing the radar.
My radar first picked up the large tanker (head on - so small profile) at 7500m.
The radar range is 16km.
I have never seen a map line drawn due to radar - only with radar receiver.
The radar only finds the target in about 1 in every 5 sweeps.
No call out or message.
I think this is due to radar having a % find target chance too high
or like in the hydro before TDW fixed it - too narrow a band to spot it

This test was done in good light and my crew could already see and had marked the target - so that may be why no line on map, but the 1 in 5 sweeps is still an issue

I will make a new test in heavy fog

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

My sonar man is calling out when hydro shows a contact line

I have been testing the radar.
My radar first picked up the large tanker (head on - so small profile) at 7500m.
The radar range is 16km.
I have never seen a map line drawn due to radar - only with radar receiver.
The radar only finds the target in about 1 in every 5 sweeps.
No call out or message.
I think this is due to radar having a % find target chance too high
or like in the hydro before TDW fixed it - too narrow a band to spot it

This test was done in good light and my crew could already see and had marked the target - so that may be why no line on map, but the 1 in 5 sweeps is still an issue

I will make a new test in heavy fog

Can you send me your test files for testing the radar? I need the files that give me a sub with radar and the test mission you were using. This way I can use the debugger ingame to see what's going on

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Can you send me your test files for testing the radar? I need the files that give me a sub with radar and the test mission you were using. This way I can use the debugger ingame to see what's going on

https://rapidshare.com/files/4021355...oRadar_test.7z


Tanker will start 60km away at right angles to you.
I used it to first test hydro - then turn to target and surface for radar.

I am making one with fog now - just let me know if you want that one too

[Trevally.]

Tested in heavy fog with radar

First time ever i have seen this game call a contact with radar.
It did not draw a radar line, but placed a grey ship box on map.

So it did not happen last time due to my watch crew already tracking the target.

Great work TDW

The radar screen is still only showing the peak line (contact) with 1 in every few sweeps.

I will post this mission shortly if anyone wants to test

[Trevally.]

Foggy radar test mission (its called hydro test in game)
https://rapidshare.com/files/5493627...ar_test_FOG.7z

You are 46km away from tanker in heavy fog - watch crew can see nothing
Tanker is heading straight at you.
switch on your radar and set TC high
radar will call target at 7 to 8 km

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Tested in heavy fog with radar

First time ever i have seen this game call a contact with radar.
It did not draw a radar line, but placed a grey ship box on map.

So it did not happen last time due to my watch crew already tracking the target.

Great work TDW

The radar screen is still only showing the peak line (contact) with 1 in every few sweeps.

I will post this mission shortly if anyone wants to test

Excellent! By all accounts the radar operator should've 'woken up' also from the patch change as I saw it in the exe code. Glad to know in fact he did

I'll try and track down the routine for the radar in the exe now...

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

https://rapidshare.com/files/4021355...oRadar_test.7z


Tanker will start 60km away at right angles to you.
I used it to first test hydro - then turn to target and surface for radar.

I am making one with fog now - just let me know if you want that one too

What other mods do you have enabled to get radar to work on the sub?

EDIT: nevermind. Sub has to be surfaced in order to use...I'm such a ___ sometimes...

[Trevally.]

Getting some odd results from the radar.

When radar is on and set to sweep - it will sweep from 0 to 360 deg
If you go into the station and then leave - it will only sweep from est 20 deg to 340 deg (only that active scan area).
This is where I have had the radar call contacts at 8km - but not every time
As I watch the radar - I can see the spike in the scope - but not everytime will radar call out.
Also - not every time will I see a spike

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Trevally.

Getting some odd results from the radar.

When radar is on and set to sweep - it will sweep from 0 to 360 deg
If you go into the station and then leave - it will only sweep from est 20 deg to 340 deg (only that active scan area).
This is where I have had the radar call contacts at 8km - but not every time
As I watch the radar - I can see the spike in the scope - but not everytime will radar call out.
Also - not every time will I see a spike

It's probably because of the same thing that the hydrophone suffered from. I'm trying to track down the radar routine in the exe currently.

[Trevally.]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

It's probably because of the same thing that the hydrophone suffered from. I'm trying to track down the radar routine in the exe currently.

Yes - it does look like it.
Even when I am aiming the radar straight at the target - the contact spike will fade and re-appear.

Here is the radar when it works.

1 = Range

Radar spike is in the middle or the scale marker 47 to 85. So about 65 (x100) 6500m
Actual range is 6200m

[Dogfish40]

Benno seemed to be fixed. I tried starting a new campaign and got one escort sighted callout in the dock space after we started moving, nothing, so a new campaign didn't help either. I'm doing another full install this time, sod the lot.
TDW, I can't thank you eneough for the help you.ve done the past few days. I think I've got some sick files that need to be cleaned. After I get everything back in order I'll reload the patch.
It's a drag, I really liked my boat....
D40