SH Commander Wave Height

[Lanzfeld]

If I set the SH Commader wave height at 1.5 or 2.0 will this have a negative effect on the ships in GWX 3.0?

[Wreford-Brown]

Try it out and let us know!

[owner20071963]

Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

If I set the SH Commader wave height at 1.5 or 2.0 will this have a negative effect on the ships in GWX 3.0?

Make sure you have the Latest SH Commander Patch For GWX3.0
If not Download It Here http://hosted.filefront.com/CottonSwabs
Hope this helps

[Larry U-136]

Originally Posted by owner20071963

Make sure you have the Latest SH Commander Patch For GWX3.0
If not Download It Here http://hosted.filefront.com/CottonSwabs
Hope this helps

Are these the new files that replace the GWX 2.1 cfg files?

[Lanzfeld]

yes

[Larry U-136]

Thank you. Downloading them now.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Lanzfeld

If I set the SH Commader wave height at 1.5 or 2.0 will this have a negative effect on the ships in GWX 3.0?

It can sink the smaller ships in heavy seas, but the x2 is much more believable. The original 'Big Waves' mod was meant to get around the fact that SH3 winds can only go to 15 m/s, which is a fairly calm day at sea. With x2 you can pretend the wind is blowing twice as strongly.

The recommended setting is 'Seasonal', which makes it x2 in winter, x1.5 in spring and fall, and x1 in summer.

[panthercules]

I thought I saw a reference/statement somewhere during the GWX 3.0 install process or readme file or maybe just in the sticky thread that it was recommended that the SH3 Commander wave height settings NOT be used with GWX 3.0 (I think it said they would interfere with the GWX 3.0 environmentals or sensor settings or something) - was that an outdated comment or was I just imagining it? (haven't been able to find it again, but I could have sworn I saw it somewhere)

[difool2]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

It can sink the smaller ships in heavy seas, but the x2 is much more believable. The original 'Big Waves' mod was meant to get around the fact that SH3 winds can only go to 15 m/s, which is a fairly calm day at sea. With x2 you can pretend the wind is blowing twice as strongly.

Except it would be blowing four times as strongly for double the wave height.

[Philipp_Thomsen]

Originally Posted by difool2

Except it would be blowing four times as strongly for double the wave height.

And also the uboat will be more time out of the water or under it then actually on the surface.

[difool2]

Originally Posted by Philipp_Thomsen

And also the uboat will be more time out of the water or under it then actually on the surface.

Yep. And the Sh3/4 engine doesn't really let your boat slide up and down big waves realistically. Oh it can fake it pretty well (and some modders of SH4 have certainly improved how boats rock and roll in that sim), but that's different from sliding up the crest of a 40 foot wave.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by panthercules

I thought I saw a reference/statement somewhere during the GWX 3.0 install process or readme file or maybe just in the sticky thread that it was recommended that the SH3 Commander wave height settings NOT be used with GWX 3.0 (I think it said they would interfere with the GWX 3.0 environmentals or sensor settings or something) - was that an outdated comment or was I just imagining it? (haven't been able to find it again, but I could have sworn I saw it somewhere)

This I'd like to see an answer to.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by difool2

Yep. And the Sh3/4 engine doesn't really let your boat slide up and down big waves realistically. Oh it can fake it pretty well (and some modders of SH4 have certainly improved how boats rock and roll in that sim), but that's different from sliding up the crest of a 40 foot wave.

All of which may be true, but my personal opinion is that it's better than having the maximum storm value look like a Beaufort 4 gust, i.e. perfect sailing weather.

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

This I'd like to see an answer to.

Well, I finally found the reference I was looking for - turns out it wasn't in the GWX thread after all (sorry about that ) - it was in the thread about "[REL] Thomsen's Water V4.0 (10/12/2008) - The Pool results go live - NEW VERSION!!!"

I forgot I'd been playing around with that mod a bit before GWX 3.0 came out.

Sorry for the confusion.