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Originally Posted by DicheBach
I guess the Japanese escort sub detection levels are turned up pretty high?
I made early for Battle of Sunda Strait and was really pleased when the "convoy" comes along. I was lingering on the fringe, no engine on at all, 70 ft depth, silent running, no scope up. Just waiting on about 32 speed as the convoy pulled up. I had been submerged for an hour so I don't think they had spotted me before I submerged.
The enemy escort nearest to me just honed in like a blood hound.
It was still daylight (last couple hours of it) and it was shallow water, so I suppose there might have been a shadow or silhouette that was spotted.
Can active sonar discern a boat sitting nearly on the bottom in this era?
I don't know if he used any active or not, I was on 32 or 64 speed and didn't realize he was depth charging me till it paused down to 8 speed.
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Most of the Task Forces will have a couple of escorts doing active sonar, while the others listen with passive (or so it seems), and your boat stuck out like a sore thumb against the "background". One thing about SH4, is that it does not / can not model a boat sitting on or near the bottom. I don't know as the AI can even "see" the bottom... they just see YOU!... I can't remember SH1 in this regard... but I do remember my DC days with SH2, and it was the same... Bleiente's Mod Soup is a bit tougher than plain TMO, as is FotRSU. Bleiente's is probably tougher than FotRSU even...
03-24-17, 08:54 AM
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