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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Harpoon...
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Date: 28 Nov 90 22:30:07 GMT
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Well...I've blown quite a few hours playing this great game...but has anyone
else noticed just how easy it is to win?  The only thing that has been tough
are the sub scenarios.  And those work real odd.  Playing the US side it is
dammed difficult to win against a computer soviet sub.  For some reason it
appears that they detect US subs about the same time the reverse occurs.  Add
the standoff torpedo and I never get within firing range.

I've tried sprint and creep, just creeping and even full stop (I noted that
some victor was steaming past sosus almost in a beeline for a LA class) but
they seem to pick me up at 1 CZ anyway.  I've tried random zig zags, speed
changes, depth changes to ruin their target solution but almost every time I
get that infernal "Torpedo Contact detected on passive sonar".  Come on...I've
been able to do damned well at Red Storm Rising in 1998 with a Permit class at
ultimate level and this game is killing me with a Victor II against a LA.

Just what am I doing wrong?  Any hints?  My guess is that their detection
algorithm uses that flat detection figure no matter what speed or noise level
my subs are emitting.  +/- 15% for anecholic coating etc.  Given that maybe I
should always be steaming around at 19 knots.  I recall in the board game that
there is some minus for creeping (what 5%?) but that hardly seems good enough
with soviet sonars rated high...

NT

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