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Nisgeis · 10-31-21, 03:17 PM

I think it's one of SH4 little quirks. There's a lot of light fog and it's not that light. The fog is controlled from scene.dat I think, but you have to be really careful, as the sensors also take into account latitude (further form equator you are the worse the sensors get), time of day, time of year, clouds, phase of moon, rain etcetera. I also think whether the target is silhouetted against the moonlight is also a factor, but not 100% sure on that one.

You can test detection in one test mission and get perfect results, but in other locations / times you can easily get a situation where you can see a target clear as day, but the crew can't. The environment settings 'interact' with the sensors, but aren't 'connected', e.g. the crew can sometimes see things you can't, or vice versa.

You can 'reset' the weather as well with a shortcut key.

10-31-21, 03:17 PM	#2
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	I think it's one of SH4 little quirks. There's a lot of light fog and it's not that light. The fog is controlled from scene.dat I think, but you have to be really careful, as the sensors also take into account latitude (further form equator you are the worse the sensors get), time of day, time of year, clouds, phase of moon, rain etcetera. I also think whether the target is silhouetted against the moonlight is also a factor, but not 100% sure on that one. You can test detection in one test mission and get perfect results, but in other locations / times you can easily get a situation where you can see a target clear as day, but the crew can't. The environment settings 'interact' with the sensors, but aren't 'connected', e.g. the crew can sometimes see things you can't, or vice versa. You can 'reset' the weather as well with a shortcut key. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.