I Haz Kwestions

frau kaleun · 02-08-10, 10:53 PM

Hey all,

Seems like the more I play this game, the more questions I have about stuff.

F'rinstance:

What is the depth (on the depth meter, bottom far right) at which a uboat is considered fully submerged, i.e., no longer visible on the surface? Assuming the scopes are down, of course. I'm trying to test crew/boat response times on crash dives, using the handy-dandy pull down chrono and switching to the external "boat cam" or whatever it's called - but sometimes it's not easy to tell due to higher waves crashing in over the boat and then subsiding (I think we're completely under for a sec, but then realize we weren't quite there yet). I'm in a VIIB right now.

I notice that when I'm cruising on the surface in really bad weather and visibility is particularly bad, that I will get reports from my sonar guy about sound contacts that are too far away for the watch to make out visually. Is this because I've still got the hydrophone with the "ears" mounted down by the hydroplanes, so we're still able to pick up sound contacts when we're not all the way submerged? Or is it some "feature" of the game that's just there for no good reason?

Also during very bad weather at the SW end of the English Channel, tons of merchant ships around according to Mr. Sonar - I submerged for several hours and when I came up the worst of the storm had subsided. When I checked the Nav map, there was a "sunk ship" icon in the "heavy traffic" area where all the merchants were being reported the night before. Does that mean some poor bugger bought it during the storm? I'm assuming yes because it was still August 1939 so nobody should be doin' no shootin' out there.

Wind direction - I know I read an explanation of this somewhere, but I can't remember where and now I'm not sure if I remember it right. When I get a weather report from the navigator, does the wind direction he gives me mean that the wind is blowing towards us from that relative bearing? So if we were headed due north, and the wind direction is 180, that would mean the wind is coming at our backs out of the south. Or is it the other way 'round? Or does the wind direction refer to the points on the compass without regard to our heading?

Thanks in advance for the enlightenment I know you will soon shed upon me!

FK

02-08-10, 10:53 PM	#1
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I Haz Kwestions Hey all, Seems like the more I play this game, the more questions I have about stuff. F'rinstance: What is the depth (on the depth meter, bottom far right) at which a uboat is considered fully submerged, i.e., no longer visible on the surface? Assuming the scopes are down, of course. I'm trying to test crew/boat response times on crash dives, using the handy-dandy pull down chrono and switching to the external "boat cam" or whatever it's called - but sometimes it's not easy to tell due to higher waves crashing in over the boat and then subsiding (I think we're completely under for a sec, but then realize we weren't quite there yet). I'm in a VIIB right now. I notice that when I'm cruising on the surface in really bad weather and visibility is particularly bad, that I will get reports from my sonar guy about sound contacts that are too far away for the watch to make out visually. Is this because I've still got the hydrophone with the "ears" mounted down by the hydroplanes, so we're still able to pick up sound contacts when we're not all the way submerged? Or is it some "feature" of the game that's just there for no good reason? Also during very bad weather at the SW end of the English Channel, tons of merchant ships around according to Mr. Sonar - I submerged for several hours and when I came up the worst of the storm had subsided. When I checked the Nav map, there was a "sunk ship" icon in the "heavy traffic" area where all the merchants were being reported the night before. Does that mean some poor bugger bought it during the storm? I'm assuming yes because it was still August 1939 so nobody should be doin' no shootin' out there. Wind direction - I know I read an explanation of this somewhere, but I can't remember where and now I'm not sure if I remember it right. When I get a weather report from the navigator, does the wind direction he gives me mean that the wind is blowing towards us from that relative bearing? So if we were headed due north, and the wind direction is 180, that would mean the wind is coming at our backs out of the south. Or is it the other way 'round? Or does the wind direction refer to the points on the compass without regard to our heading? Thanks in advance for the enlightenment I know you will soon shed upon me! FK