Dangerous Waters Preview at SimHQ

Thomasew · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:14 am Post subject: Dangerous Waters Preview at SimHQ

Hi All

'Cat', ... from SimHQ has posted her preview of Dangerous Waters.

Read it here:- ....

http://www.simhq.com/_naval/naval_012a.html

Cheers
Tom

diver · Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 194 Location: Australia

good preveiw, i cant wait to get my hands on DW, that'll be a very good day.
but a correction, New Zealand do not have perry class frigates, they only have 2 Anzacs.

Boomer Ang · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1268

Thanks Tom to have spotted this preview out but the lady as she admits has almost never been playing sub sims beside a little 688 touch therefore the interesting part of the review IMO are the screenshots only....I would like to see a preview made from a sub player anyway I have red it till the end.

Told that I still put here one of my unanswered question : Surprised

Does the on line data manual report any frequency of active sonars ? I mean f.i. does the Krivak tech description have the frequency of her own active sonar ? This of course to have a couple of possibilities to choose from when active pinged from an other platform,a feature that 688 had and SC missed. Stare

Boomer

Boomer Ang · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1268

double post.....

Boomer

Fish · Joined: 21 Sep 2001 Posts: 2412 Location: Netherlands

Maps seems to be more accurate. Thumbs Up

And in one of the latest pics in the preview it seems there is a light in one of the masts? :huh:

jsteed · Joined: 27 Mar 2002 Posts: 771

Hi Boomer,
From the readings I've done, active sonar sets do not have unique frequency settings. Many sets from several countries will use the same frequency ranges. To use your example of a Krivak, it uses the MG-332 Titan 2 sonar set. According to the World Naval Weapons Systems, 1991/92, it is also on the first 2 Kievs, the Mod Kashins and Sovermennyys. It is suppose to be comparable to the US sonar SQS-56 which is used on the Perry class.

In fact, some surface ships use high frequency sonars that have the same frequency ranges as a helicopter's dipping sonar. So one cannot even distinquish between an airborne and surface contact. Ping

cheers, jsteed

Looney11 · Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 307 Location: Netherlands

Which pic shows a mastlight? Idea

Scion · Joined: 31 May 2001 Posts: 1552 Location: New Zealand

Also, some sonar sets have the ability to ping at different frequencies. I remember reading somewhere that some russian sets pinged with three different "notes" to beat thermal layers, and that they sounded like the first three notes in "Mary had a little lamb".

Fish · Joined: 21 Sep 2001 Posts: 2412 Location: Netherlands

Looney11 · Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 307 Location: Netherlands

Mmmm, interesting, either its a pixel with a wrong colour code (go figure, sure, dadada blblblblbl Rotfl

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I know submarines must show an amber light in peace time while travelling in places with traffic. It wouldn't be wise to show it in wartime Razz

TLAM Strike · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 4:06 pm Post subject:

sonar732 · Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Posts: 1358

XabbaRus · Joined: 21 Sep 2001 Posts: 6949

That would scare the crap out of me to hear that reverberating through the hull..

Three Blind Mice, Three Blind Mice...See how they,, oh poo poo one live torp in water, listen how he pings.....

TLAM Strike · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject:

Maybe SA will make the ping wav files editable so it can be done in DWX :hmm:

kiwi_2005 · Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 1286 Location: New Zealand

I mean is this an Expansion for Sub Command as the control bar on DW looks exactually the same as SC. I know its a naval sim but why haven't i heard about it in gaming magazines in there preview pages etc., Will this game be available here in New Zealand when it comes out. I hope so! looks damn good.

Will it just be subs we control or is it gonna be like Fleet command gameplay?

IF AT FIRST YOU DONT SUCCEED, THEN BOMB DISPOSAL PROBABLY ISN"T FOR YOU.