Radar and Sweeps

[JocMeister]

I´m think I may have found a bug with radar. It seems radar does not detect sweeps. While I tested this in the latest BETA I did run it real quick with the official and at a quick glance it looks the same there. Both allied and japanese radars do seem unable to detect sweeps at all. Detection times looks the same regardless if there is a radar available or not.

One of the more interesting things that make me believe this is a bug is that if you switch the sweeping fighters to airfield attack with exactly the same settings the detection suddenly rises to "normal" levels.

Say I have a Nate sweeping at 15k range 2 hexes. I would get between 3-12 minutes of detection on the raid. Now if I switch that same squadrons to airfield attack the detection time suddenly rises to between 30 and 50 minutes. I have tested this and get consistent results. I have tried numerous different airframes and altitudes. Different radar sets (US, Brit, Jap).

I can´t imagine sweeps are left undetectable by radar on purpose?

[seille]

For myself (using the BETA) i can only say when my japs sweep a base with radar support my sweepers often do not look good agains the enemy CAP
compared to non radar supported bases. Losses of 1:1 or 1:2 against me.
I always see the effect of radar in the air fights.
Maybe what we see with low detection times is just a display bug and radar still works ?

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: seille

For myself (using the BETA) i can only say when my japs sweep a base with radar support my sweepers often do not look good agains the enemy CAP
compared to non radar supported bases. Losses of 1:1 or 1:2 against me.
I always see the effect of radar in the air fights.
Maybe what we see with low detection times is just a display bug and radar still works ?

That is certainly a possibility! I have only looked at the detection times and never if the results vary with or without radar. Hard to test that anyway since its so many different variables and dice rolls involved.

I hope michealm can easily see if its just a display bug or if something is really up! [:)]