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Originally Posted by torpedobait
Yeah, I learned a while back not to take the ST radar. I stick with the SJ-1 Improved, although like I said, the sonar works as good if not better, surfaced or not. I do turn it on briefly when within range of a group to confirm the course and numbers of ships in the group. But any more than a few rotations is enough to send one or more escorts my way, so one look is all I usually take.
That said, one thing about letting about letting them pick up your radar signal is that if you are far enough away when you can tell they are coming after you, turning off the radar and making a quick dodge in an other direction will cause them to miss you. They tend to hunt around where you were when they started the chase, so it has the effect of drawing off one or more of the escorts leaving you free to drive back to the main group. Makes the game much more interesting!  |
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Originally Posted by Mios 4Me
Is it that they're picking up your radar signal or are using radar of their own? In FotRSU, I command Balaos, so radar on escorts arrives early in my career; after that is when they start noticing me.
Anyone know the relative ranges of Japanese radar and possible Metox at DD mast height?
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A radar unit can "see" another radar unit transmitting, similar to what a metox would, so we suppose that is what is happening, since they seem to be somewhat more "accurate" with where they go to, such as what torpedobait describes above. I have used a single torpedo set to "Slow" speed fired from a long distance at a convoy, and then skeddadled to another location away from that shot angle so that if I hit something with that shot, or they "see" the track, the escorts will chase after where the shot came from, which makes a nice hole in the defense also...
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Originally Posted by WH4K
Finally got around to trying FotRSUE 1.1.
So far so good. I see the devs have greatly increased harbor defenses.
Also the beta patch (101_prBetaPatch_v1.1.7z). You're supposed to install it after using JGSME to install FotRSUE itself, and then dismiss the warning messages, yes?
Should I be getting sonar contacts when surfaced?
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Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo
Yes. Install after main mod with JSGME, and dismiss all the messages.
Fitzcarraldo  |
for the "after" and "dismiss" as fitzcarraldo says.
As for the sonar contacts on the surface, we used to have the sonar / hydrophone set to below the surface, but it was interfering with some aspects of the "devices" during normal use, so we put them back to stock heights for more consistency. Unfortunately, the player does get a bit of a "cheat" with how far out they can "see" with the hydrophone...