depth charges in the water

[Joe S]

We do have a sound file for "depth charges in the water, sir", does anyone know why it doesnt work? thanks! Joe S

[SteamWake]

May be a relic of SH3 but no Ive never heard the call.

[Ilpalazzo]

Too bad, that was a really useful thing for me to know sometimes.

[Payoff]

Originally Posted by Joe S

We do have a sound file for "depth charges in the water, sir", does anyone know why it doesnt work? thanks! Joe S

I was wondering about this also. I seem to remember hearing this quite often in SHIII. Sonarman is not a lot of help in SHIV.

[Seaman_Hornsby]

The soundman doesn't do much to help his skipper out in SHIV, does he? No info on when those hunting destroyers are dropping their charges, won't listen to anything above 56 feet depth, and won't inform you of a circular running torpedo even though he'll be committing suicide by letting it hit the sub.

Hmm...could the Hydrophone Operators Corps have been infiltrated by the Japanese? :hmm:

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Seaman_Hornsby

The soundman doesn't do much to help his skipper out in SHIV, does he? No info on when those hunting destroyers are dropping their charges, won't listen to anything above 56 feet depth, and won't inform you of a circular running torpedo even though he'll be committing suicide by letting it hit the sub.

Hmm...could the Hydrophone Operators Corps have been infiltrated by the Japanese? :hmm:

Well above the 56 foot level is more or less accurate as sound is lost in surface clutter. That being said I have however had my sonarman track at periscope level so may be a "skill" based issue.

The rest I totally agree with.

[Redwine]

Did you tryied changing the message priority ?

Into Message_SO.cfg file into Cfg folder ....

[Msg0]
MsgId=0
Priority=3
Timeout=20
Param0=1
MsgOgg00=Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir
;SoM_P_Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir.ogg

to

[Msg0]
MsgId=0
Priority=1
Timeout=20
Param0=1
MsgOgg00=Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir
;SoM_P_Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir.ogg


Destroyer in attack run is lossed too !?

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Redwine

Did you tryied changing the message priority ?

Into Message_SO.cfg file into Cfg folder ....

[Msg0]
MsgId=0
Priority=3
Timeout=20
Param0=1
MsgOgg00=Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir
;SoM_P_Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir.ogg

to

[Msg0]
MsgId=0
Priority=1
Timeout=20
Param0=1
MsgOgg00=Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir
;SoM_P_Depth_charges_in_the_water_sir.ogg


Destroyer in attack run is lossed too !?

I think the "calls" for these were over looked.

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Well above the 56 foot level is more or less accurate as sound is lost in surface clutter. That being said I have however had my sonarman track at periscope level so may be a "skill" based issue.

The rest I totally agree with.

Its a bit screwy the way it works now in 1.2, I have had my soundman call out contacts at PD and even continue calling them out on the surface, but it may depend on the crew and boat. I usually make sure I have a fresh experienced crewman on duty.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

Its a bit screwy the way it works now in 1.2, I have had my soundman call out contacts at PD and even continue calling them out on the surface, but it may depend on the crew and boat. I usually make sure I have a fresh experienced crewman on duty.

Its totally possible to have sound contacts while "surfaced" see the two funky "balls" hanging from the bottom of the boat ? Those are the hydrophones.