question regarding radar (I've never used it!) :hmmm:

[gazpode_l]

OK I am using radar for the first time in any of my campaigns. I have become aware of a warship, dead ahead of me, at a range of around 6000m. I want to try and look to see if it appears on Radar. Getting the AI crew to scan for it, I find nothing. When I do a focus scan, I can't tell (at the moment) what direction my scanning heads are looking.

I notice the scanning wheel at the bottom of the screen but the graphics appear low quality. I dont think my lappie is capable of running the higher end graphics at reasonable speed, especially as I cannot use bridge view much due to the horizon slow-down problem.

Any help welcome/appreciated.

[maillemaker]

I've never figured out how to use the radar manually.

My crewman will, however, on occasion detect things via radar.

But really, I find the radar pretty useless. By the time of the war when you get it, you will also have radar warning, and that is far more useful because it basically gives you direction and range to your target much farther away than your own radar works, and it does not give away your position.

The other problem with radar is every time a wave hits the conning tower the radar shuts off. Which means with time compression the radar is turning itself off every half a second.

[vanjast]

AFAIR the radar only scans -+10 degrees in front of the sub, so you have to steer your sub to maintain contact.

[maillemaker]

AFAIR the radar only scans -+10 degrees in front of the sub, so you have to steer your sub to maintain contact.

This is true for the array mounted on the front of the conning tower. But the later "flyswatter" type array that rotates through 360 degrees does not have that problem.

Steve

In my experience radar is always useles against aircrafts. It simply doesn't detect them.

[flag4]

...never got that far...

Originally Posted by flag4

...never got that far...

You mean like Sailor Steve who never passes past 1940 ?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by PapaKilo

You mean like Sailor Steve who never passes past 1940 ?

Is that a problem?

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Is that a problem?

No, I think it's a funny joke =]

[Sailor Steve]

Sorry. I just failed to see why you felt compelled to bring my name into it. Maybe it's infatuation.

Sorry. That chicken avatar guy made me remember your funny weirdnessis again

[Sailor Steve]

You know about my funny weirdneses because I'm willing to talk about them.

I've found that it's far better to make fun of one's self than of others.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

You know about my funny weirdneses because I'm willing to talk about them.

I've found that it's far better to make fun of one's self than of others.

I feel ugly to continue this useless nonsences with you, but you know how it is in RL. When you have nothing to laugh at, you start to make fun of yourself Thank you Steve for your existence

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by PapaKilo

I feel ugly to continue this useless nonsences with you, but you know how it is in RL. When you have nothing to laugh at, you start to make fun of yourself Thank you Steve for your existence

Conversely, when you have nothing that makes your life worthwhile, you are driven by the need to demean others.

Or, as I've observed before, if you can't laugh at yourself you have no business laughing at anyone else.

Since I'm no longer in condition to tell which statement is wrong or right ATM. I can only hug my old "enemy" Steve and wish everyone a light tomorrow morning of which I will be missing I guess