Problems with the air detection radar (vanilla UBM)

Loud_Silence · 05-07-10, 12:47 PM

I've been using the Improved-SD air detection radar for some time and it's worked very well so far, giving me enough time to dive between detecting threads and getting into visual range.

But on my last visit to port (June 1945) a new (maybe not) upgrade, called SV radar, appeared. Since it costed 1500 renown I thought it would be better than my current radar, but oh boy, I couldn't be more wrong. It just doesn't work. Thanks to that, I had a lot of "fun" near Wake, and now I have to go back to dock to remove that piece of crap and put back on my old Improved-SD.

One of the things I miss from SH3 is the upgrades list, that button with a question mark, that showed a timeline with all the upgrades and the time they were made available.

Admiral8Q · 05-07-10, 07:38 PM

I've never heard of SV radar. I did a google search and found this:
http://www.maritime.org/radio-sv.htm

You would think it would work better

Maybe the game is just screwy about it

Loud_Silence · 05-07-10, 09:22 PM

It just doesn't work. I tested it twice. I'll put back the ol'good I-SD and try the same patrol again.
I tried it againt by sailing near Wake for some days, but a destroyer managed to ping me while at 300+ feet depth.

Or the SV radar just isn't modelled, or my SH4 has gone ape****.

LukeFF · 05-07-10, 10:51 PM

Mods? SV radar should be working correctly. It's never failed on me.

Armistead · 05-07-10, 11:43 PM

Works fine, great range, picks up planes and ships, you can have surface radar while dived......, nothing like following ships while dived, just wished it had it's own range meter seperate from the other surface radar. The only other thing I'm not sure about is if the enemy picks up it's transmissions, since it can't be cut off while surfaced.

Loud_Silence · 05-08-10, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Works fine, great range, picks up planes and ships, you can have surface radar while dived......, nothing like following ships while dived, just wished it had it's own range meter seperate from the other surface radar. The only other thing I'm not sure about is if the enemy picks up it's transmissions, since it can't be cut off while surfaced.

You mean... dived but with the masts out of the water, right?

Loud_Silence · 05-08-10, 12:11 PM

That's it, this radar just doesn't work. I've tried all the settings I could imagine (radar on but not sweeping, radar off, manual sweeps...) but nothing seems to work.
I remember one bug where if you went to the radar, put it on focus mode and then went back to the map or anywhere else, no matter if you put the radar back on sweep mode using the UI buttons, it would remain on focus mode.

ETR3(SS) · 05-08-10, 04:56 PM

If I remember correctly the SV radar didn't work in the stock game. The modders had to activate it. Could be wrong though.

Armistead · 05-08-10, 09:47 PM

The SV is basically you're air radar, you don't have a scope for it, you just get the lines, however it will pick up ships as well as planes...

Yes, you dive and raise your air radar...that's SV..you have no settings to use, it's automatic. Your surface radar is seperate. Notice if you cut your surface radar off, your SV still picks up surface ships.

As ET said, it may not work in the stock game...I don't think it does, but I don't even recall stock giving it to you..so who knows, haven't played stock in so long.

Works great with TMO.

05-07-10, 12:47 PM	#1
Loud_Silence Planesman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 193 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Problems with the air detection radar (vanilla UBM) I've been using the Improved-SD air detection radar for some time and it's worked very well so far, giving me enough time to dive between detecting threads and getting into visual range. But on my last visit to port (June 1945) a new (maybe not) upgrade, called SV radar, appeared. Since it costed 1500 renown I thought it would be better than my current radar, but oh boy, I couldn't be more wrong. It just doesn't work. Thanks to that, I had a lot of "fun" near Wake, and now I have to go back to dock to remove that piece of crap and put back on my old Improved-SD. One of the things I miss from SH3 is the upgrades list, that button with a question mark, that showed a timeline with all the upgrades and the time they were made available.

05-07-10, 07:38 PM	#2
Admiral8Q Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada Posts: 1,077 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I've never heard of SV radar. I did a google search and found this: http://www.maritime.org/radio-sv.htm You would think it would work better Maybe the game is just screwy about it __________________

05-07-10, 10:51 PM	#4
LukeFF Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 3,610 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 5	Mods? SV radar should be working correctly. It's never failed on me. __________________ ROW Sound Effects Contributor RFB Team Leader

05-08-10, 04:56 PM	#8
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	If I remember correctly the SV radar didn't work in the stock game. The modders had to activate it. Could be wrong though. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

05-07-10, 09:22 PM	#3
Loud_Silence Planesman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 193 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It just doesn't work. I tested it twice. I'll put back the ol'good I-SD and try the same patrol again. I tried it againt by sailing near Wake for some days, but a destroyer managed to ping me while at 300+ feet depth. Or the SV radar just isn't modelled, or my SH4 has gone ape****.

05-07-10, 11:43 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Works fine, great range, picks up planes and ships, you can have surface radar while dived......, nothing like following ships while dived, just wished it had it's own range meter seperate from the other surface radar. The only other thing I'm not sure about is if the enemy picks up it's transmissions, since it can't be cut off while surfaced.

05-08-10, 12:11 PM	#7
Loud_Silence Planesman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 193 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That's it, this radar just doesn't work. I've tried all the settings I could imagine (radar on but not sweeping, radar off, manual sweeps...) but nothing seems to work. I remember one bug where if you went to the radar, put it on focus mode and then went back to the map or anywhere else, no matter if you put the radar back on sweep mode using the UI buttons, it would remain on focus mode.

05-08-10, 09:47 PM	#9
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	The SV is basically you're air radar, you don't have a scope for it, you just get the lines, however it will pick up ships as well as planes... Yes, you dive and raise your air radar...that's SV..you have no settings to use, it's automatic. Your surface radar is seperate. Notice if you cut your surface radar off, your SV still picks up surface ships. As ET said, it may not work in the stock game...I don't think it does, but I don't even recall stock giving it to you..so who knows, haven't played stock in so long. Works great with TMO.