Weapon Sensor?

[Shooter Mcgavin]

Does this button do anything? I dont see any changes on or off

[delfigrey]

Toggles between active and passive for the weapon.

[Cpl. Hicks]

In passive tracking mode, the torpedo will listen for noise and home in on the source. This is usually used against surface vessels. In active mode, the torpedo will periodically send out a ping and listen for the sonar return. Active mode is usually used against submerged submarines.

Active mode however can also be more effective against surface ships in areas with a lot of background noise.

Passive mode makes the torpedo more difficult to detect, as in passive mode, the torpedo does not send out any signals.

An effective strategy for ambushing submarines is to keep your torpedoes in passive mode, then switch to active tracking using your wire (if you can afford to keep the wire intact) when it goes active. Should enable you to sneak your torpedoes a bit closer to the enemy sub before they detect them.

[Cheap_Trick]

....Passive Mode make your own sub a tad difficult to detect. Torpedos don't listen for pings, they listen for their ping returns. (Speaking about Free-Running Torps) You may ping while a torp has you locked on, but its not the ping that helped the torp find you. Leaving your ping on, you can dodge the torp, and go merrily on your way, the torp doesnt see/hear your continued pinging....only the contact of your interest will here it. Slow down to 10 knots or less and you can usually hear the launch transient sound...usually followed by sonar alerting conn that a launch has been detected from a given bearing. Its true, pinging gives your position away...but if you're sure there isn't an enemy surface group, pinging is a method used to turn the initiative on your enemy. Its a roll of the dice you have to decide when to go silent and when to push hard. You send a wire-guided torp down the way and don't see a contact- ping that bastard. When he appears on your tacmap, push for 20 knots and reclaim your torps vector towards the contact for a kill.

[Cpl. Hicks]

Originally posted by Cheap_Trick:

....Passive Mode make your own sub a tad difficult to detect. Torpedos don't listen for pings, they listen for their ping returns. (Speaking about Free-Running Torps) You may ping while a torp has you locked on, but its not the ping that helped the torp find you. Leaving your ping on, you can dodge the torp, and go merrily on your way, the torp doesnt see/hear your continued pinging....only the contact of your interest will here it. Slow down to 10 knots or less and you can usually hear the launch transient sound...usually followed by sonar alerting conn that a launch has been detected from a given bearing. Its true, pinging gives your position away...but if you're sure there isn't an enemy surface group, pinging is a method used to turn the initiative on your enemy. Its a roll of the dice you have to decide when to go silent and when to push hard. You send a wire-guided torp down the way and don't see a contact- ping that bastard. When he appears on your tacmap, push for 20 knots and reclaim your torps vector towards the contact for a kill.

The Torpedo can not detect your ping, but an enemy submarine can detect the pings that your torpedoes send out.

[Cheap_Trick]

Originally posted by Cpl. Hicks:

Originally posted by Cheap_Trick:

....Passive Mode make your own sub a tad difficult to detect. Torpedos don't listen for pings, they listen for their ping returns. (Speaking about Free-Running Torps) You may ping while a torp has you locked on, but its not the ping that helped the torp find you. Leaving your ping on, you can dodge the torp, and go merrily on your way, the torp doesnt see/hear your continued pinging....only the contact of your interest will here it. Slow down to 10 knots or less and you can usually hear the launch transient sound...usually followed by sonar alerting conn that a launch has been detected from a given bearing. Its true, pinging gives your position away...but if you're sure there isn't an enemy surface group, pinging is a method used to turn the initiative on your enemy. Its a roll of the dice you have to decide when to go silent and when to push hard. You send a wire-guided torp down the way and don't see a contact- ping that bastard. When he appears on your tacmap, push for 20 knots and reclaim your torps vector towards the contact for a kill.

The Torpedo can not detect your ping, but an enemy submarine can detect the pings that your torpedoes send out.

That's what I was trying to convey. Torps in general are pinging away looking for returns. They don't have sensors designed to receive pings. Only subs can detect and make use of pings.