Gray dashed circle around contact?

MarkShot · 05-06-07, 02:18 PM

What does this mean? I assume it his range of detection?

Thanks.

GoldenRivet · 05-06-07, 02:21 PM

i think thats correct, it is the range inside which you are more likely to be detected based on a number of factors. i have been WELL inside this circle in very close proximity to a destroyer... and i was surfaced. It was dark with rough seas and i was barely moving at 2 knots. he never saw me.

So i wouldnt give much merit to these dashed circles.

PS im using GWX so if your using another flavor of SH3 i cant make promises you will have the same experience.

Paajtor · 05-06-07, 02:49 PM

There are usually a couple of circles...one for sound-detection, one for radar, and one for visual detection.

Brag · 05-06-07, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

i think thats correct, it is the range inside which you are more likely to be detected based on a number of factors. i have been WELL inside this circle in very close proximity to a destroyer... and i was surfaced. It was dark with rough seas and i was barely moving at 2 knots. he never saw me.

So i wouldnt give much merit to these dashed circles.

PS im using GWX so if your using another flavor of SH3 i cant make promises you will have the same experience.

It also shows you quite well the limits of its baffles

GoldenRivet · 05-06-07, 02:53 PM

is that in GWX... my circles dont even appear half the time?

Paajtor · 05-06-07, 02:57 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you only get the circles, if you ID the target first.

GoldenRivet · 05-06-07, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paajtor

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you only get the circles, if you ID the target first.

Hmmm that could be, never considered or noticed it :hmm:

KeptinCranky · 05-09-07, 07:40 PM

yep,

some of those circles on DDs specifically even show asdic arcs, I don't know about reliability though, I conisder them more sort of guidelines, as in stay at leest 1km away from those circles

tends to work....

Paul Roberts · 07-09-07, 08:59 AM

Which circles mean what? When I've ID'd a target and click on it, I see a very large full circle, a smaller full circle. a circle with the baffle-wedge cut out of the rear, and a small half circle off the bow. (This is with GWX.)

ReM · 07-09-07, 09:21 AM

I always thought the circle was for visual range...

Thniper · 07-09-07, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Roberts

Which circles mean what? When I've ID'd a target and click on it, I see a very large full circle, a smaller full circle. a circle with the baffle-wedge cut out of the rear, and a small half circle off the bow. (This is with GWX.)

Can you post a picture of this, it's easier to discuss something that you see.

05-06-07, 02:18 PM	#1
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Gray dashed circle around contact? What does this mean? I assume it his range of detection? Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!

05-06-07, 02:21 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	i think thats correct, it is the range inside which you are more likely to be detected based on a number of factors. i have been WELL inside this circle in very close proximity to a destroyer... and i was surfaced. It was dark with rough seas and i was barely moving at 2 knots. he never saw me. So i wouldnt give much merit to these dashed circles. PS im using GWX so if your using another flavor of SH3 i cant make promises you will have the same experience. __________________

05-06-07, 02:49 PM	#3
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	There are usually a couple of circles...one for sound-detection, one for radar, and one for visual detection. __________________

05-06-07, 02:53 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	is that in GWX... my circles dont even appear half the time? __________________

05-06-07, 02:57 PM	#6
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you only get the circles, if you ID the target first. __________________

05-09-07, 07:40 PM	#8
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	yep, some of those circles on DDs specifically even show asdic arcs, I don't know about reliability though, I conisder them more sort of guidelines, as in stay at leest 1km away from those circles tends to work....

07-09-07, 08:59 AM	#9
Paul Roberts Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 106 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	Which circles mean what? When I've ID'd a target and click on it, I see a very large full circle, a smaller full circle. a circle with the baffle-wedge cut out of the rear, and a small half circle off the bow. (This is with GWX.)

07-09-07, 09:21 AM	#10
ReM Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Brewsky, Galore Posts: 618 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I always thought the circle was for visual range... __________________ Daddy cool