does your hydrophone work at all?

minsc_tdp · 04-19-07, 02:28 AM

I can't pick up ships 500 feet away manually or with crew assistance, even while submerged at 0 kts in silent running mode. Only happened since 1.2, seemed fine before.

cueceleches · 04-19-07, 02:39 AM

Mmm...no, mine works perfectly well. Got a DD from almost 6.000m last night by hydrophone.

DaMaGe007 · 04-19-07, 03:12 AM

make sure your periscope is down, or your crew wont do it.

Tobus · 04-19-07, 03:42 AM

Also, hydrophones don't work until you are BELOW periscope depth.

Chock · 04-19-07, 07:00 AM

Have to wait a few seconds at persicope depth before it kicks in, then it works just fine, even works quite well while moving along fairly swiftly, although distinguishing stuff on a fast sweep is harder that way.

Having said that, I'm not sure how realistic this is, as I imagine it would have probably worked to some degree at any depth as long as the transducers were actually underwater.

walsh2509 · 04-19-07, 07:43 AM

Pscope depth was 16mts in 1.1 but its 17 or more in 1.02, in 1.1 I went to PsD and nothing on the phones took her down 1mts more to 17 and they work. Only thing is in heavy seas you need to be about 15mts down to get a clear view of ships any lower and wave after wave is washing over your Pscope.

SteamWake · 04-19-07, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobus

Also, hydrophones don't work until you are BELOW periscope depth.

Thats the key right there.

Grotius · 04-19-07, 10:02 AM

To get an initial reading from hydrophones, I do have to be below periscope depth, it seems. But once I get a contact, I can go to periscope depth, watch the target thru the periscope, and ask for updates, and I'll get sonar updates regularly. Only if I then return to the sonar room and manually move the hydrophones around (with Home/End keys) do I lose the contact.

So, they do sometimes sorta work at periscope depth, for me anyway.

minsc_tdp · 04-19-07, 05:29 PM

Thanks for the info, I'll try it. Though I should note that this is a 1.2 change. Hydro at PD worked fine before.

FAdmiral · 04-19-07, 10:11 PM

This could also be a BAD 1.2 patch install. From reading some of the posts
here, I think many people have had bad installs. I know I did when I first
installed the game. Had to uninstall and reinstall everything, that fixed it...

JIM

04-19-07, 02:28 AM	#1
minsc_tdp XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 411 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	does your hydrophone work at all? I can't pick up ships 500 feet away manually or with crew assistance, even while submerged at 0 kts in silent running mode. Only happened since 1.2, seemed fine before. __________________ June 29 2016 - shSpeech v2.55 - Voice Command for Silent Hunter 4! View Thread

04-19-07, 05:29 PM	#9
minsc_tdp XO Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 411 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the info, I'll try it. Though I should note that this is a 1.2 change. Hydro at PD worked fine before. __________________ June 29 2016 - shSpeech v2.55 - Voice Command for Silent Hunter 4! View Thread

04-19-07, 10:11 PM	#10
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	This could also be a BAD 1.2 patch install. From reading some of the posts here, I think many people have had bad installs. I know I did when I first installed the game. Had to uninstall and reinstall everything, that fixed it... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

04-19-07, 02:39 AM	#2
cueceleches Seaman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 34 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Mmm...no, mine works perfectly well. Got a DD from almost 6.000m last night by hydrophone.

04-19-07, 03:12 AM	#3
DaMaGe007 Watch Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 338 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	make sure your periscope is down, or your crew wont do it.

04-19-07, 03:42 AM	#4
Tobus Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 260 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Also, hydrophones don't work until you are BELOW periscope depth.

04-19-07, 07:00 AM	#5
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Have to wait a few seconds at persicope depth before it kicks in, then it works just fine, even works quite well while moving along fairly swiftly, although distinguishing stuff on a fast sweep is harder that way. Having said that, I'm not sure how realistic this is, as I imagine it would have probably worked to some degree at any depth as long as the transducers were actually underwater.

04-19-07, 07:43 AM	#6
walsh2509 XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 410 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Pscope depth was 16mts in 1.1 but its 17 or more in 1.02, in 1.1 I went to PsD and nothing on the phones took her down 1mts more to 17 and they work. Only thing is in heavy seas you need to be about 15mts down to get a clear view of ships any lower and wave after wave is washing over your Pscope.

04-19-07, 10:02 AM	#8
Grotius Watch Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 19 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To get an initial reading from hydrophones, I do have to be below periscope depth, it seems. But once I get a contact, I can go to periscope depth, watch the target thru the periscope, and ask for updates, and I'll get sonar updates regularly. Only if I then return to the sonar room and manually move the hydrophones around (with Home/End keys) do I lose the contact. So, they do sometimes sorta work at periscope depth, for me anyway.