Dotted lines around ships, and sensor questions

Incubus · 10-19-06, 05:25 PM

I'm assuming those dotted lines around a ship are some sort of sensor radius (visual?) I noticed some ships have multiple ones- destroyers have this cone thing in front of them, for example. Any idea what each of these are? Might be good to know so I can stay outside that 'circle o death'

Also, the manual suggests positioning your uboat toward/away from an enemy ship sending asdic/radar, to minimize your signature. But seriously, does the game actually model this? It sounds neat from an immersion standpoint, but as for avoiding radar/asdic:

If my detector detects radar, I'm assuming they can already see me on their radar

If I'm getting pinged by asdic, the ship is so damn close anyway I doubt minimizing my profile is going to make them miss me.

10-19-06, 05:25 PM	#1
Incubus Planesman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dotted lines around ships, and sensor questions I'm assuming those dotted lines around a ship are some sort of sensor radius (visual?) I noticed some ships have multiple ones- destroyers have this cone thing in front of them, for example. Any idea what each of these are? Might be good to know so I can stay outside that 'circle o death' Also, the manual suggests positioning your uboat toward/away from an enemy ship sending asdic/radar, to minimize your signature. But seriously, does the game actually model this? It sounds neat from an immersion standpoint, but as for avoiding radar/asdic: If my detector detects radar, I'm assuming they can already see me on their radar If I'm getting pinged by asdic, the ship is so damn close anyway I doubt minimizing my profile is going to make them miss me.