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Fidd · 12-16-23, 01:34 PM

94. Lights reacting to each other.

It would be good if when a uboat is detected, or the track of a steam torpedo is seen by any ship, if it's searchlight beam ceased moving around, and more or less fixed on that location (of the nearest detected uboat), with adjacent ships gradually similarly directing their search towards that point. Ideally, the more ships that do so, the more the detection-range of a surfaced uboat, or the periscope of one, increases. So instead of a detection range for the alert, and one for the unalarmed convoy, there'd be a gradual increase in detection range as more searchlights join in - if there's something to spot! A more nuanced spread of detection-ranges would help move the game into a more analogue "judging the risk" rather than the more "digital" "we're out of detection range at 2051m" sort of deal. It would also allow a lower detection range for the other side of the convoy, where fewer searchlights are trained his way....

12-16-23, 01:34 PM	#112
Fidd XO Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 432 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	94. Lights reacting to each other. It would be good if when a uboat is detected, or the track of a steam torpedo is seen by any ship, if it's searchlight beam ceased moving around, and more or less fixed on that location (of the nearest detected uboat), with adjacent ships gradually similarly directing their search towards that point. Ideally, the more ships that do so, the more the detection-range of a surfaced uboat, or the periscope of one, increases. So instead of a detection range for the alert, and one for the unalarmed convoy, there'd be a gradual increase in detection range as more searchlights join in - if there's something to spot! A more nuanced spread of detection-ranges would help move the game into a more analogue "judging the risk" rather than the more "digital" "we're out of detection range at 2051m" sort of deal. It would also allow a lower detection range for the other side of the convoy, where fewer searchlights are trained his way.... Last edited by Fidd; 12-16-23 at 10:42 PM.