Manual sonar usage

airmanwilhelm20 · 08-21-10, 07:00 PM

Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to manually control the sonar. I read another post here about using the mousewheel, but that didn't work. They also said if you click on the bearing wheel it should move to that position, that didn't work either. Is there some setting I need to activate before I can use the sonar? If so, which? Any help is appreciated.

Stealhead · 08-21-10, 07:19 PM

You can use the home and end keys to move the head they also move the radar.What version of the game are you running though I don't recall if those work with without mods.

WernherVonTrapp · 08-22-10, 04:19 PM

Click on the screen in the sonar room until your cursor is visible, then you should be able to turn the sonar dial with your mousewheel.

tomoose · 08-23-10, 11:38 AM

.....will also work. I.e. with your cursor visible (or maybe invisible, I forget) simply move it onto your sonar dial to the desired direction you want to listen, click, and the sonar needle will spin around to that point. It will go either clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how close the needle already is to the selected point.

PLUS:
If you click and hold you can 'drag' the needle around the dial (I may be wrong on that part as I haven't done that method for some time). I'm using TMO 2.0 so some of this may only work with the mod.

WernherVonTrapp · 08-23-10, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomoose

.....will also work. I.e. with your cursor visible (or maybe invisible, I forget) simply move it onto your sonar dial to the desired direction you want to listen, click, and the sonar needle will spin around to that point. It will go either clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how close the needle already is to the selected point.

PLUS:
If you click and hold you can 'drag' the needle around the dial (I may be wrong on that part as I haven't done that method for some time). I'm using TMO 2.0 so some of this may only work with the mod.

I'm playing RFB/RSRDC and it does that too. You can either drag the dial or click on the point you wish to sweep to.

sergei · 08-23-10, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tomoose

If you click and hold you can 'drag' the needle around the dial

That's something that was added in by modders.
I know it's in TMO and RFB.
In stock you'll have to use the 'home' and 'end' keys for quick sweeps, and the mousewheel for fine tuning (as already pointed out

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08-21-10, 07:00 PM	#1
airmanwilhelm20 Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Somewhere in Nebraska. My GPS broke Posts: 8 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Manual sonar usage Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to manually control the sonar. I read another post here about using the mousewheel, but that didn't work. They also said if you click on the bearing wheel it should move to that position, that didn't work either. Is there some setting I need to activate before I can use the sonar? If so, which? Any help is appreciated.

08-22-10, 04:19 PM	#3
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Click on the screen in the sonar room until your cursor is visible, then you should be able to turn the sonar dial with your mousewheel. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

08-23-10, 11:38 AM	#4
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Clicking on the actual dial..... .....will also work. I.e. with your cursor visible (or maybe invisible, I forget) simply move it onto your sonar dial to the desired direction you want to listen, click, and the sonar needle will spin around to that point. It will go either clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how close the needle already is to the selected point. PLUS: If you click and hold you can 'drag' the needle around the dial (I may be wrong on that part as I haven't done that method for some time). I'm using TMO 2.0 so some of this may only work with the mod.

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08-21-10, 07:19 PM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	You can use the home and end keys to move the head they also move the radar.What version of the game are you running though I don't recall if those work with without mods.