BlueKQ Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) Can someone please watch this replay of a Tier 5 battle? Just a few minutes in, I am sitting in my smoke screen and my "detected by radar" warning lights up. I didn't think anyone at T5 had radar. 20160509_220255_PRSD105-Pr-7-Gnevny_08_NE_passage.wowsreplay Edited May 10, 2016 by BlueKQ fixed typo in title Quote
Moderator Quaksen Posted May 10, 2016 Moderator Posted May 10, 2016 Can't speak for the tier 4 ship (Karlsrune) as I don't own it anymore, but the one after it (tier 5), has the Hydroacoustic Search consumable.. so he probably does too at tier 4. 99% chance that the Karlsruhe is the one that detected you with "radar" :) Quote
Administrator Aslain Posted May 10, 2016 Administrator Posted May 10, 2016 By the way how do you like that german line, I'm currently on T3 there. Quote
Moderator Quaksen Posted May 10, 2016 Moderator Posted May 10, 2016 I liked the Karlsruhe, I haven't played the tier 5 enough to even know it's name, lol.. Kónigsberg I think it is? It seems okay. I'm dreading the thought of the Yorck, since I know how easily I destroy them with my battleships (lovely citadel hits on the Yorck :P ) Quote
Doubled55 Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Karlshrue does have hydro acoustic module so that is definitely what detected you. Quote
Moderator Quaksen Posted May 10, 2016 Moderator Posted May 10, 2016 Just now, usernr333 said: Hindenburg is awesome. :D As long as it's not a zeppelin... :P 1 Quote
BlueKQ Posted May 10, 2016 Author Posted May 10, 2016 OK. Guess I was thinking that was only a "radar" warning... wasn't thinking about the Hydro search when that icon popped up. Thanks guys. Quote
Puppyblood Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Ok, TIL Hydroacoustic can unmask Destroyers ... i thought it was only extending the detectability range for incoming torpedoes. that makes it actually useful all of a sudden. Quote
Moderator Quaksen Posted May 10, 2016 Moderator Posted May 10, 2016 Hydroacoustic Search: Increases the range of detecting enemy torpedoes and ships for 40 seconds, including the ones hidden behind a smoke cloud. 1 Quote
Seabee Posted May 10, 2016 Posted May 10, 2016 Hydroacoustis Search is only supposed to detect the noise generated by either torpedo running in the water( Engine / Motor) or the Destroyers engine operating within the smoke cloud. But that is realistic, the game is not so you will be detected sitting still engine off (full stop). Then again it is possible for arguments sake that the engine is idling on not in gear. So you are detected because of engine sound with Hydroacoustic Search. Quote
Moderator Quaksen Posted May 10, 2016 Moderator Posted May 10, 2016 And you have to admit.... if the DD was COMPLETELY UNDETECTABLE in the smoke cloud, it would be even more stupidly overpowered than it already is... :P 1 Quote
Kreole Posted May 11, 2016 Posted May 11, 2016 I'm gonna go on record and say the German Hydro-acoustic search gives away beached ships, i.e. no prop wash. On more than one occasion I've seen the smoke pop, hit my hydro-acoutsic-pancake-maker-dog-declawer and found the enemy DD beached, quietly, until I put a few rounds in them and then the classic "Hakorz!" cry slips across the blue Aslain-enlarged ocean waves..... 2 Quote
BlueKQ Posted May 11, 2016 Author Posted May 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Kreole said: I'm gonna go on record and say the German Hydro-acoustic search gives away beached ships, i.e. no prop wash. On more than one occasion I've seen the smoke pop, hit my hydro-acoutsic-pancake-maker-dog-declawer and found the enemy DD beached, quietly, until I put a few rounds in them and then the classic "Hakorz!" cry slips across the blue Aslain-enlarged ocean waves..... Assuming the "Hydro-acoustic" searh in the game is similar to what is commonly called "sonar", that would pickup any noises, not just prop-wash style noises. Anything with moving parts that is eventually connected to the hull of a ship (unless mitigated with a sound dampening material) will transmit noise through the hull of the ship out into the water. Water is a much better conductor of noise than air so it will travel for a long way. 1 Quote
Puppyblood Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 more about Hydroacoustics for those who want to know http://uboat.net/articles/id/52 Also: most engines of that era were steam turbines, or steam turbines to electric ... they make zero noise when the ship stands still. Only the turbines used for electrical power generation .. aka auxiliaries are making noise at that moment. Those can be targeted for noise dampening mounting and such, so the sound profile would have been ridiculously small. Later destroyers were testbeds for Diesel engines. And Torpedo Boats would use gasoline engines, which is a whole different set of crazy. Wood hull for low radar profile + 3 extremely hot running gasoline engines, talk about riding the bomb. Quote
nambr9 Posted May 12, 2016 Posted May 12, 2016 I love my Yorck after watching this I have rethink the ship that i gave up some time ago. The German hydro is great on helping to dodge those torps + the fighter plane. DDs are fun, but I find more fun in hunting them down Quote
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