Saying Hello And Asking Q's

ragupasta · 07-16-12, 07:40 AM

Hi guys.

I've been bit of a lurker since March-ish. I'm still pretty new to this game series as a whole, but been enjoying my time sinking those pesky English merchant ships.
I really want to step up my gaming experience. So I have a few mods installed.
TDW: TDC 6.9.0
FX Update 0.0.19
Dynamic Environment v2.1

In game, I find the map contact thing a bit gamey, so I just tend to try and ignore it, so this leads to a question...

Sometimes I will get a contact via the hydrophone (manually done with the home+end keys, send to the TDC, ect). How come sometimes my sonar guy cannot give me a distance reading to contact (estimated)?
Is this due to a sonar range issue? If it's any help my sonar guy is well qualified, his passive stat's are pretty much maxxed out.
No problem getting a heading but without a estimated range, things kinda get sticky!

Another question if I may?

When you get sent to patrol a grid reference and are using no map contacts, what is your most used methods of patrol? Or do you look for a suspected shipping lane in that grid, and submerge and wait listening on the hydrophone?

Thanks for your time reading through this.

Regards

Apprentice U-Boot Kapitän

07-16-12, 07:40 AM	#1
ragupasta Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: West Yorkshire UK Posts: 1 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Saying Hello And Asking Q's Hi guys. I've been bit of a lurker since March-ish. I'm still pretty new to this game series as a whole, but been enjoying my time sinking those pesky English merchant ships. I really want to step up my gaming experience. So I have a few mods installed. TDW: TDC 6.9.0 FX Update 0.0.19 Dynamic Environment v2.1 In game, I find the map contact thing a bit gamey, so I just tend to try and ignore it, so this leads to a question... Sometimes I will get a contact via the hydrophone (manually done with the home+end keys, send to the TDC, ect). How come sometimes my sonar guy cannot give me a distance reading to contact (estimated)? Is this due to a sonar range issue? If it's any help my sonar guy is well qualified, his passive stat's are pretty much maxxed out. No problem getting a heading but without a estimated range, things kinda get sticky! Another question if I may? When you get sent to patrol a grid reference and are using no map contacts, what is your most used methods of patrol? Or do you look for a suspected shipping lane in that grid, and submerge and wait listening on the hydrophone? Thanks for your time reading through this. Regards Apprentice U-Boot Kapitän