Radar woes, please help

bigboywooly · 03-08-07, 01:54 PM

As I remember the Radar always turned off in bad weather when underwater
And had to be switched back on when surfacing

Mind you stock was a long time ago
Def remember it that way in GW though

g8rk0k · 03-08-07, 01:57 PM

Before patching My radar would be on so long as I was surfaced (it would only go off when submerged or the tower got swamped by waves) when I gave orders for it to be used. When I ordered it off it would stay off at all times.

bigboywooly · 03-08-07, 02:00 PM

Yes thats what I meant
You switch it on and it stays on until you submerge or are swamped unless you turn it off

Oh

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g8rk0k · 03-08-07, 02:03 PM

My operator would turn it back on - by himself, without me having to tell him to over and over again. If I fast travelled with the command icons for the radar on screen over the map you would see it flash like crazy as I passed through waves.

Now it stays off unless I tell him by clicking the "continuous sweep" icon.

...

Then another wave turns it off for me.

joea · 03-08-07, 02:17 PM

I think you are confusing radar with the radar detector, too different things. The first radar btw the one with the receiver attached to the front of the conning tower will tunr off in bad weather. If you get the roating one that comes retracts in and out of your conning tower that stays on in bad weather. I'm using GWX mind. The radar detctor is always on on the surface.

g8rk0k · 03-08-07, 02:47 PM

No, not confusing it with radar detector. It is the radar I am talking about and before patch 1.4b I didn't have to yell at my radio guy to turn it back on every time he turns it off when a wave rolls over the deck. He would turn it back on himself.

When using time compression in rough seas I effectively have no radar at all. Without it I don't have enough time to crash dive, even with a type VII. On average I am only 8-10 meters deep when bombs start hitting the water and my stern is often still visible. When I had Naxos in my last campaign I was anywhere from 18-25 meters - with a type XIV.

Considering how often you are attacked late in the war by bombers this will almost certainly get you and your crew killed, eventually.

What I am saying is that right now I don't have Naxos so I am forced to rely on active sweeping radar and not my detector (because it stinks, and my deck crew often visibly spots the plane 2-4 seconds before my radio operator says anything about detecting signals). I have the type of radar that covers a full 360 degree circle and picks up planes while they are still 6 or 7 km away (show up as grey sqaures identified as "Moving Very Fast") and I can usually get to at least 50 meters before bombs hit the water.

Since weather is bad enough to effect radar (about 75% of the time) I simply do not have radar- unless I want to sit there at 1x and click on the icon to turn it back on every time a wave turns it off.

IRONxMortlock · 03-08-07, 09:01 PM

Yes, that sounds very annoying. I don't have a radar yet in my current campaign but that will piss me off no end when I do.

You said you never used to have this problem. What have you installed/changed in your game since then and what did you have before (i.e when it would turn back on my itself)? You mentioned SH3 patch? Does that mean 1.4b or are you talking about GWX 1.02?
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03-08-07, 01:54 PM	#1
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	As I remember the Radar always turned off in bad weather when underwater And had to be switched back on when surfacing Mind you stock was a long time ago Def remember it that way in GW though __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-08-07, 02:00 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yes thats what I meant You switch it on and it stays on until you submerge or are swamped unless you turn it off Oh Welcome aboard at Subsim __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

03-08-07, 09:01 PM	#7
IRONxMortlock Watch Officer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 340 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Yes, that sounds very annoying. I don't have a radar yet in my current campaign but that will piss me off no end when I do. You said you never used to have this problem. What have you installed/changed in your game since then and what did you have before (i.e when it would turn back on my itself)? You mentioned SH3 patch? Does that mean 1.4b or are you talking about GWX 1.02? M ________ Portable Vaporizer Reviews Last edited by IRONxMortlock; 08-14-11 at 02:58 PM.

03-08-07, 01:57 PM	#2
g8rk0k Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Before patching My radar would be on so long as I was surfaced (it would only go off when submerged or the tower got swamped by waves) when I gave orders for it to be used. When I ordered it off it would stay off at all times.

03-08-07, 02:03 PM	#4
g8rk0k Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	My operator would turn it back on - by himself, without me having to tell him to over and over again. If I fast travelled with the command icons for the radar on screen over the map you would see it flash like crazy as I passed through waves. Now it stays off unless I tell him by clicking the "continuous sweep" icon. ... Then another wave turns it off for me.

03-08-07, 02:17 PM	#5
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I think you are confusing radar with the radar detector, too different things. The first radar btw the one with the receiver attached to the front of the conning tower will tunr off in bad weather. If you get the roating one that comes retracts in and out of your conning tower that stays on in bad weather. I'm using GWX mind. The radar detctor is always on on the surface.

03-08-07, 02:47 PM	#6
g8rk0k Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 21 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	No, not confusing it with radar detector. It is the radar I am talking about and before patch 1.4b I didn't have to yell at my radio guy to turn it back on every time he turns it off when a wave rolls over the deck. He would turn it back on himself. When using time compression in rough seas I effectively have no radar at all. Without it I don't have enough time to crash dive, even with a type VII. On average I am only 8-10 meters deep when bombs start hitting the water and my stern is often still visible. When I had Naxos in my last campaign I was anywhere from 18-25 meters - with a type XIV. Considering how often you are attacked late in the war by bombers this will almost certainly get you and your crew killed, eventually. What I am saying is that right now I don't have Naxos so I am forced to rely on active sweeping radar and not my detector (because it stinks, and my deck crew often visibly spots the plane 2-4 seconds before my radio operator says anything about detecting signals). I have the type of radar that covers a full 360 degree circle and picks up planes while they are still 6 or 7 km away (show up as grey sqaures identified as "Moving Very Fast") and I can usually get to at least 50 meters before bombs hit the water. Since weather is bad enough to effect radar (about 75% of the time) I simply do not have radar- unless I want to sit there at 1x and click on the icon to turn it back on every time a wave turns it off.