Radar, Sonar explained

[Sandman_28054]

Originally Posted by Orion2012

SV does detect Surface contacts, to some degree.

Well, I found out that the difference is one is just a mast (SD radar) with anntenna:




And the new is a rotating radar array (SV Radar) just like the Surface Search Radar.

Now I have two of these sitting on top of my sub:



The SV radar is the tall one on the extended mast.

According to the info I read on the internet:

Description.-An 8 cm. aircraft warning radar for use on submarines to supersede the SD.
SV-1 has instantaneous automatic volume control, fast time constant. Also uses SS indicating unit.

Source: http://www.maritime.org/radio-sv.htm

Although, I don't know if I have this also:


SV Radar PPI.

SV Range Indicator

Anybody know if you get these?

[LukeFF]

SV Radar is modeled in-game, however, the display screen is not modeled. It's an upgrade from SD radar. Its main historical advantages over SD radar were its ability to detect low-flying aircraft (those below 1,000 feet) and to give a bearing to the target. However, since we have no functional radar display for air search radar and the game gives one the bearing to any target picked up by SD, there is little advantage to upgrading from SD to SV radar.

[jazzabilly]

Currently on my 1st war patrol in USS Tambor with the air search radar- renown well spent as we have had many contacts from roving hostiles. The radar operators seem pretty competent.

Sonar on the other hand, I have had to handle myself from time to time when the operator isn't doing his job. Generally, he does, however. Much improved over the barely competent fellows I had in the U-Boat service.

[Sandman_28054]

Originally Posted by jazzabilly

Currently on my 1st war patrol in USS Tambor with the air search radar- renown well spent as we have had many contacts from roving hostiles. The radar operators seem pretty competent.

Sonar on the other hand, I have had to handle myself from time to time when the operator isn't doing his job. Generally, he does, however. Much improved over the barely competent fellows I had in the U-Boat service.

So I take it, you are playing the SH4 with the U-Boat add ons?

I was informed the Tambor class subs were not available in SH4 Wolves of the Pacific alone.

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Sandman_28054

I was informed the Tambor class subs were not available in SH4 Wolves of the Pacific alone.

You were informed wrongly.

[Sandman_28054]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

You were informed wrongly.

Well, its currently February 15, 1945 and I have yet to see this boat.

In this thread:

Link to "Boat Question"

I asked:

Originally Posted by Sandman_28054

I have played SH4 through 3 careers, currently on my 4th. I could not make it all the way through the previous 3 because of virus' or something of that nature.

But, I'm currently in about 10/43. Stationed in Perth-Freemantle.

Now the old community manual for SH3 listed when new boats were available and what ports they were available in.

My question is, when are the "new" boats available, and where?

I seen in the manual that came with the book the Tambor class was available in 1943, but it does not say when or where.

Does anybody know when and where all the boat classes were available?

Thanks.

To wit, these replies came:

Balao is top of the line in the game.

Then I asked:

Then the "Tambor" is not offered?

And this was the answer I got:

Correct, it is not.

So what i related was true to the best of my knowledge.

[Fincuan]

I've yet to see en elephant live, which means they don't exist right?

The Tambor is a pre-war class of boats, and unless you start in an S-Class it's unlikely you ever get offered it mid-career. You can start a new career in one though.

[rjmerit]

So if I'm using stock 1.4 how do I get my air search radar to work when I have both air and surface radars installed? I find that I detect contacts until my surface radar hits something and then after that I can't detect aircraft at all.

[WarlordATF]

I just started having a problem with my Radar. Its Aug 1943 and I'm commanding the Porpoise Class USS Shark.

After completing my last patrol i got the late war conning tower upgrade and of course my Radar,AA and Deck Guns had to be purchased again. Well now my Radar won't work. I have seen a few threads about this but never found out if anyone has solved this Issue.

I have tried adding both SJ and SJ-1 Radars and neither will work. So before i edit out all the conning tower upgrades altogether and just assign each boat the tower i want, Does anyone know of a fix for this issue?

Thanks!

[Ruff EL]

Originally Posted by WarlordATF

I just started having a problem with my Radar. Its Aug 1943 and I'm commanding the Porpoise Class USS Shark.

After completing my last patrol i got the late war conning tower upgrade and of course my Radar,AA and Deck Guns had to be purchased again. Well now my Radar won't work. I have seen a few threads about this but never found out if anyone has solved this Issue.

I have tried adding both SJ and SJ-1 Radars and neither will work. So before i edit out all the conning tower upgrades altogether and just assign each boat the tower i want, Does anyone know of a fix for this issue?

Thanks!

im bumping this last post....i do believe it just happened to me with a conning tower upgrade. I played a TMO only campaign and was never offered a conning tower upgrade, and by consequence i believe the radar bug was never an issue and i had both sets working properly.

Now im running a TMO and RSRD campaign and just received my first tower upgrade, had to reinstall all radars, and boom, only my SD radar works with a SJ set that is inert!.......did this ever get fixed outside of TMO? and if so, how do I modify the files to go back to that?