Detecting Radar signals

Platapus · 02-28-08, 09:53 PM

any handy tips for telling the difference between radar signals from ships from those on planes?

What I am doing now is marking the bearing and seeing how it shifts. Is that the best I can do

nooblet minds want to know

Kptlt. Siegmann · 02-28-08, 10:15 PM

I dont think you can differentiate from them, except by how fast it moves or closes in, which is what you're doing. That's the only way I've been able to tell, and I think that's the only way to tell.

GoldenRivet · 02-28-08, 10:45 PM

your watch crew will be able to spot the aircraft with just enough time to initiate a crash dive... you will probably clear abotu 40 meters depth by the time the bombs hit the water.

one way is to just wait and see if you spot an aircraft or a ship.

the other method is to have map contacts turned on and see how rapidly the grey line moves fast = plane not so fast - ship

Lzs von swe · 02-29-08, 02:58 AM

If you use Sh3Cmdr you can set the Tc for enemy planes spotted to 0 ( zero ).
That pauses the game when planes, any plane, is spotted. Works also on the radar receiver.
It can be a bit irritating getting out of port though...

If I remember this correctly, in RL they did not get any direction or speed, only an indication that someone turned on their radar somewhere within the receivers range.

GoldenRivet · 02-29-08, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzs von swe

If I remember this correctly, in RL they did not get any direction or speed, only an indication that someone turned on their radar somewhere within the receivers range.

i believe this is correct.

however within the game options of SH3 this option is available to players.

another thing about turning the time compression to zero when aircraft are spoted... it could become an issue when the crew encounters a situation in which an aircraft is just on the edge of visual range and they say "aircraft spotted" over and over again.

might drive some players a bit batty :rotfl:

02-28-08, 09:53 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Detecting Radar signals any handy tips for telling the difference between radar signals from ships from those on planes? What I am doing now is marking the bearing and seeing how it shifts. Is that the best I can do nooblet minds want to know __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-28-08, 10:45 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	your watch crew will be able to spot the aircraft with just enough time to initiate a crash dive... you will probably clear abotu 40 meters depth by the time the bombs hit the water. one way is to just wait and see if you spot an aircraft or a ship. the other method is to have map contacts turned on and see how rapidly the grey line moves fast = plane not so fast - ship __________________

02-29-08, 02:58 AM	#4
Lzs von swe Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norrkoping, Sweden Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	If you use Sh3Cmdr you can set the Tc for enemy planes spotted to 0 ( zero ). That pauses the game when planes, any plane, is spotted. Works also on the radar receiver. It can be a bit irritating getting out of port though... If I remember this correctly, in RL they did not get any direction or speed, only an indication that someone turned on their radar somewhere within the receivers range. __________________

02-28-08, 10:15 PM	#2
Kptlt. Siegmann Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Docked at Kiel Posts: 128 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I dont think you can differentiate from them, except by how fast it moves or closes in, which is what you're doing. That's the only way I've been able to tell, and I think that's the only way to tell.