[tec] AI settings in TM 1.4

[Ducimus]

the japanese never really had a functional equivalent of the british q system. the type 193 was the searchlight system they started the war with, and the type 3 was basically a copy of the german s-gerat active sonar.

I was really citing the sensors as they appear in the game, with *some* historical context for perspective. Usualy when i talk tech, its about what *is*, and rarely about what acutally *was*. Now that said, i dont recall seeing the type3 sonar being used by any unit that i looked at, but it fit the "supernatural" bungo pete pretty well.

would it be save to say that when you hear them pinging, it automatically means you're detected. Pinging is not searching but localising.

This is kind of a trick answer. The AI doesn't ping without a reason. But pinging doesn neccessarly mean they know exactly where you are. So yah i guess "localising" is probably a good description. Where they acutally drop i think is a function of signal strength if the dev comments on thermal layers is any indicator. My guess is signal strength is a function of sonar sensitivity, surface area being pinged, enviormental variables, escort crew rating, thermal layer reduction, etc.