Two active sonar questions

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 01-03-06, 12:42 PM

Hello, I'm a beginner. I've played DW, SC and all the way to 688, but I have never quite managed to crawl out of the beginner slot. I might have gotten proficient during the SC era except one day, I lost the secret code needed to install it and thus the disc became useless for years...

Anyway...

1) I'm having trouble seeing the glowing blips on my active sonar, especially on the Akula's circular display. I ping and from the return (I know that the aural return does not vary with return strength in the game) I know the target is less than 10000m (sometimes even 5000m) away and it ain't small. But I often can't find the blip so I can mark it!

I use a laptop LCD monitor. Can anyone recommend any techniques I can try to either make the blips stand out a little more or just so I get a little better at finding those blips?

2) What's the difference b/w the "Omni" and the "Omni-rotational" active pinging in the FFG-7? Which one works better?

Thank you in advance.

01-03-06, 12:42 PM	#1
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Two active sonar questions Hello, I'm a beginner. I've played DW, SC and all the way to 688, but I have never quite managed to crawl out of the beginner slot. I might have gotten proficient during the SC era except one day, I lost the secret code needed to install it and thus the disc became useless for years... Anyway... 1) I'm having trouble seeing the glowing blips on my active sonar, especially on the Akula's circular display. I ping and from the return (I know that the aural return does not vary with return strength in the game) I know the target is less than 10000m (sometimes even 5000m) away and it ain't small. But I often can't find the blip so I can mark it! I use a laptop LCD monitor. Can anyone recommend any techniques I can try to either make the blips stand out a little more or just so I get a little better at finding those blips? 2) What's the difference b/w the "Omni" and the "Omni-rotational" active pinging in the FFG-7? Which one works better? Thank you in advance.