[REL] Thomsen's Water V4.0 (10/12/2008) - The Pool results go live - NEW VERSION!!! - Page 14

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-14-08, 11:31 AM

Thanks guys!

And please, report any bugs you find!

SeaWolf U-57 · 10-14-08, 04:55 PM

This version 3 makes me want to stop my U-Boat and go to the rear AA gun deck and do a couple of hours fishing while taking the beautiful and peaceful effects of the ocean …..aircraft spotted …dam this war

Didn't even have chance to catch one

As for you mod Philipp 10/10

Task Force · 10-14-08, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phoenix1957

This version 3 makes me want to stop my U-Boat and go to the rear AA gun deck and do a couple of hours fishing while taking the beautiful and peaceful effects of the ocean …..aircraft spotted …dam this war

Didn't even have chance to catch one

As for you mod Philipp 10/10

Ha Ha, Im in 1941 and I havent seen a plane so far in this carear (well there were two), we got are poles and are catching fish.

Off the american east cost you can catch fish that Croak called croaker. Heres a pic of my weapons officers catch. (Actual fish on the east cost that actualy Croak, Ive cought them I should know.)

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-14-08, 09:29 PM

LMAO @ Task % Phoenix!

:rotfl:

Marko_Ramius · 10-14-08, 10:33 PM

I can't believe it

OLC and you are the ones

I don't have time for SH3 for the moment, but for sure, i will soon be on duty, and i am so glad that the most annoying thing is on the way to be "fixed" and improved --> The water

OLC did a fantastic job on the environment, but the water rendering was making me a bit sad

, and tonight i come here and see this thread

Fantastic job, P.T. , you have earned a good bottle of whiskey

SeaWolf U-57 · 10-15-08, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Task Force

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phoenix1957

This version 3 makes me want to stop my U-Boat and go to the rear AA gun deck and do a couple of hours fishing while taking the beautiful and peaceful effects of the ocean …..aircraft spotted …dam this war

Didn't even have chance to catch one

As for you mod Philipp 10/10

Ha Ha, Im in 1941 and I havent seen a plane so far in this carear (well there were two), we got are poles and are catching fish.

Off the american east cost you can catch fish that Croak called croaker. Heres a pic of my weapons officers catch. (Actual fish on the east cost that actualy Croak, Ive cought them I should know.)

Bottle of whiskey for Philipp and I am off to join Task Force catching some of those nice looking fish

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-15-08, 04:02 AM

greeeeeeaaten...

....... two bot... HIC!...
............... bottles of... HIC!.......

.............. fine whIC!... whiskeeeeeeeeeyyy... HIC!

Schwuppes · 10-15-08, 06:13 AM

I will start playing SH3 GWX again soon.... after a lomg break (just too busy) and this mod will be on top of my install list! Looks absolutely fantastic!

Thanks for this great work Thomsen!

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-15-08, 11:08 AM

All those ships were sinking all by them selves?

Jeez...

And the water looks damn calm...

I've never seen anything like that in my patrols... what mods are you using?

Task Force · 10-15-08, 03:54 PM

I have taken my sub all on the west and east coast of britan, middle of the atlanic, close to and almost in the Med sea. american and canadian east cost, off Iceland and greenland. Ive been on the coast of norway, all the way up to narvik, Realy realy close to scapa flow, Up to that stupid whaleing station,(there was nothing in it, Waste of a patrol) The english channel, Been inside of dover and anouther port, In between Britan and Ireland.

I think I got them all.:rotfl:

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-16-08, 12:10 AM

Wolfehunter · 10-16-08, 02:02 AM

Unfortunately this is only a partial review because my game ctd when targeting a destroyer after I wounded it and went for it again later.

I have to say that the FPS has improve abit now averaging a steady 24 to 25 FPS on calm seas. Underwater goes 40 and top down gives me 40 to 44 FPS rather than the old Version 2.

Whatever you did PT to it seems to help.

Some wonderful shots to show off the reflections hehe.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-17.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-18.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-19.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-20.jpg
Under water scenes are amazing now.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-22.jpg

After 2 days sailing I find a convoi and went after it... Well it was a big mistake because it was well defended and they weren't rookies.

I sunk one of their lead destroyer missing it 2 out of 3 torpedos and then tried sinking a large merchant and ammo ship which all missed.

4 more black destroyers came hunting for me for 4.5 hours RL. I though I would never make it alive.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-21.jpg

I though I was the hunter?

Wrong.

I managed to survive with minor damage from scraping the ocean bottom at 128 meters.

3 hours later Second convoi pops up on my screen.

Thats when I started hunting again and tried to sink the lead destroyer to open the way up and hit it but then CTD.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-23.jpg

Not my lucky day but great enviromental effect PT but at night is the water suppose to reflect like that?:hmm:

Thanks PT for this mod.

SeaWolf U-57 · 10-16-08, 02:36 AM

Everything looks great the only things that I have noticed is that the range your spot or are spotted by your targets is increased.

And the game slows right down when you are attacked by fighters that are also using there machine guns at you when the little window appears showing a close up of the fighters attacking. :hmm:
If you close this window the speed returns. So in all no real problems to report I love it and will be using it from now on.

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-16-08, 03:09 AM

@ Wolvehunter, you're right mate, I forgot to fix that night brightness. It's just a quick fix on a TGA file, I took stock at that, and was going to fix it, but I forgot about it and ended up releasing the mod without fixing it. Thank you for spotting that! It's great to see how excited you get about it, writting reviews and posting pictures. Makes me excited too!

@ Phoenix, yeah, that event camera makes the rendering work doubled, and as the mod already takes a good load on cpu and video card, making it render twice is not a good idea. I don't use the event camera, but what you said is not a surprise. This mod works on a medium-range computer if you keep on the bridge or not to high on the outside camera, and definetively not use the event camera. Although that, if you're inside the uboat and the event camera pops up, there won't be any slowdown, I think. Anyway, thanks for mentioning!

Philipp_Thomsen · 10-16-08, 03:40 AM

New version avaliable!
Updated first page!
Fixed the night look, and water colour.

@ Wolfehunter, is this any better?

10-14-08, 11:31 AM	#196
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Thanks guys! And please, report any bugs you find! __________________ To each his own

10-14-08, 09:29 PM	#199
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	LMAO @ Task % Phoenix! :rotfl: __________________ To each his own

10-15-08, 04:02 AM	#202
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	greeeeeeaaten... ....... two bot... HIC!... ............... bottles of... HIC!....... .............. fine whIC!... whiskeeeeeeeeeyyy... HIC! __________________ To each his own

10-15-08, 06:13 AM	#203
Schwuppes 中国水兵 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 279 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I will start playing SH3 GWX again soon.... after a lomg break (just too busy) and this mod will be on top of my install list! Looks absolutely fantastic! Thanks for this great work Thomsen! __________________ E8400 @ 4.00Ghz standard vCore, Gigabyte P35C DS3R @ 445 Mhz, Leadtek GTX 280, 3 x 1GB Kingston DDR2 800 @ 890Mhz, 250GB +160GB HDD, Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96, Silverstone ST60F 600W, Logitech Z-5500 THX

10-15-08, 11:08 AM	#204
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	All those ships were sinking all by them selves? Jeez... And the water looks damn calm... I've never seen anything like that in my patrols... what mods are you using? __________________ To each his own

10-14-08, 04:55 PM	#197
SeaWolf U-57 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,231 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	This version 3 makes me want to stop my U-Boat and go to the rear AA gun deck and do a couple of hours fishing while taking the beautiful and peaceful effects of the ocean …..aircraft spotted …dam this war Didn't even have chance to catch one As for you mod Philipp 10/10

10-14-08, 10:33 PM	#200
Marko_Ramius Frogman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Near Paris Posts: 293 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	I can't believe it OLC and you are the ones I don't have time for SH3 for the moment, but for sure, i will soon be on duty, and i am so glad that the most annoying thing is on the way to be "fixed" and improved --> The water OLC did a fantastic job on the environment, but the water rendering was making me a bit sad , and tonight i come here and see this thread Fantastic job, P.T. , you have earned a good bottle of whiskey

10-15-08, 03:54 PM	#205
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I have taken my sub all on the west and east coast of britan, middle of the atlanic, close to and almost in the Med sea. american and canadian east cost, off Iceland and greenland. Ive been on the coast of norway, all the way up to narvik, Realy realy close to scapa flow, Up to that stupid whaleing station,(there was nothing in it, Waste of a patrol) The english channel, Been inside of dover and anouther port, In between Britan and Ireland. I think I got them all.:rotfl: __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

10-16-08, 12:10 AM	#206
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	__________________ To each his own

10-16-08, 02:02 AM	#207
Wolfehunter Crusty Capt. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,752 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 25	Update on Review for Water Version 3 Unfortunately this is only a partial review because my game ctd when targeting a destroyer after I wounded it and went for it again later. I have to say that the FPS has improve abit now averaging a steady 24 to 25 FPS on calm seas. Underwater goes 40 and top down gives me 40 to 44 FPS rather than the old Version 2. Whatever you did PT to it seems to help. Some wonderful shots to show off the reflections hehe. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-17.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-18.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-19.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-20.jpg Under water scenes are amazing now. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-22.jpg After 2 days sailing I find a convoi and went after it... Well it was a big mistake because it was well defended and they weren't rookies. I sunk one of their lead destroyer missing it 2 out of 3 torpedos and then tried sinking a large merchant and ammo ship which all missed. 4 more black destroyers came hunting for me for 4.5 hours RL. I though I would never make it alive. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-21.jpg I though I was the hunter? Wrong. I managed to survive with minor damage from scraping the ocean bottom at 128 meters. 3 hours later Second convoi pops up on my screen. Thats when I started hunting again and tried to sink the lead destroyer to open the way up and hit it but then CTD. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...er/PTV2-23.jpg Not my lucky day but great enviromental effect PT but at night is the water suppose to reflect like that?:hmm: Thanks PT for this mod. __________________

10-16-08, 02:36 AM	#208
SeaWolf U-57 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,231 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Everything looks great the only things that I have noticed is that the range your spot or are spotted by your targets is increased. And the game slows right down when you are attacked by fighters that are also using there machine guns at you when the little window appears showing a close up of the fighters attacking. :hmm: If you close this window the speed returns. So in all no real problems to report I love it and will be using it from now on.

10-16-08, 03:09 AM	#209
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	@ Wolvehunter, you're right mate, I forgot to fix that night brightness. It's just a quick fix on a TGA file, I took stock at that, and was going to fix it, but I forgot about it and ended up releasing the mod without fixing it. Thank you for spotting that! It's great to see how excited you get about it, writting reviews and posting pictures. Makes me excited too! @ Phoenix, yeah, that event camera makes the rendering work doubled, and as the mod already takes a good load on cpu and video card, making it render twice is not a good idea. I don't use the event camera, but what you said is not a surprise. This mod works on a medium-range computer if you keep on the bridge or not to high on the outside camera, and definetively not use the event camera. Although that, if you're inside the uboat and the event camera pops up, there won't be any slowdown, I think. Anyway, thanks for mentioning! __________________ To each his own

10-16-08, 03:40 AM	#210
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	New version avaliable! Updated first page! Fixed the night look, and water colour. @ Wolfehunter, is this any better? __________________ To each his own