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Barabus
03-21-07, 08:25 AM
Was noticing when I started a career that sailing out of pearl it looked in very good shape. Would have thought they could have put in the Arizona underwater or some ships with that new damage modeling that they are touting. The place looked immaculate instead of showing the signs of getting blasted back to the Stone Age. A few repair tugs and some damaged ships would have added to the "immersion" factor. Then again, maybe I missed something there, but I doubt it, I looked all over for the Arizona.
Onkel Neal
03-21-07, 08:30 AM
Yes, I agree with you, that's high on my mod list. Pearl Harbor looks like a sweet, sunny place to be on Dec 8. It should look like hell.
Barabus
03-21-07, 08:45 AM
Thank goodness you confirmed...for a second there I thought I was taking crazy pills...:rotfl:
jafergon
03-21-07, 08:52 AM
As for harbors, are they populated by people like in SH3?
greyrider
03-21-07, 09:03 AM
Was noticing when I started a career that sailing out of pearl it looked in very good shape. Would have thought they could have put in the Arizona underwater or some ships with that new damage modeling that they are touting. The place looked immaculate instead of showing the signs of getting blasted back to the Stone Age. A few repair tugs and some damaged ships would have added to the "immersion" factor. Then again, maybe I missed something there, but I doubt it, I looked all over for the Arizona.

i was wondering if the game would show the aftermath of that attack,
now i know i'll start my career out of manila with an s-boat.
Barabus
03-21-07, 09:12 AM
As for harbors, are they populated by people like in SH3?

I didn't see people at Pearl, just many healthy ships and no aftermath from the suprise attack :down:
Dowly
03-21-07, 09:12 AM
As for harbors, are they populated by people like in SH3?

Yes, and trucks.
Ark
03-21-07, 09:13 AM
As for harbors, are they populated by people like in SH3?

Yes, but there isn't as many people.
Seeadler
03-21-07, 09:19 AM
If Ubi release the harbour tile kit for 3DSMax a real looking PH after the attack should be no major problem for the modders :cool:
Spaxspore
03-21-07, 09:24 AM
As for harbors, are they populated by people like in SH3?
I didn't see people at Pearl, just many healthy ships and no aftermath from the suprise attack :down:

i too was hopin to see some left over damage what not from the attack considered it happened less then 24hrs ago. but no, it looks like its another nice sunny day at pearl
Subnuts
03-21-07, 09:32 AM
What, didn't you see the movie? The Japanese only used harmless Hollywood stunt pyrotechnics that didn't burn the ground, but tossed people fifty feet into the air! :doh:
SteamWake
03-21-07, 09:37 AM
What, didn't you see the movie? The Japanese only used harmless Hollywood stunt pyrotechnics that didn't burn the ground, but tossed people fifty feet into the air! :doh:

Thats what this game needs ! Springboards !!!

Hey remember all those screenshots of crewmembers flying through the air after a ship attack ?
Spaxspore
03-21-07, 09:38 AM
What, didn't you see the movie? The Japanese only used harmless Hollywood stunt pyrotechnics that didn't burn the ground, but tossed people fifty feet into the air! :doh:
My XO must have forgotten to pass me that memo....
P_Funk
03-21-07, 09:41 AM
I must say Spaxspore, that sig of your is truly orgasmic. Is it an actual in game shot?! :lol:
Spray
03-21-07, 10:36 AM
I thought the whole American BB fleet was wiped out at that point? So why is there a New Mexico BB sitting on its ass in Port docked.
Sailor Steve
03-21-07, 10:38 AM
I think ships destroyed and then progressive improvements will be one of the easiest things to mod.
Spaxspore
03-21-07, 10:39 AM
I must say Spaxspore, that sig of your is truly orgasmic. Is it an actual in game shot?! :lol:

yes, taken by me @ 1600x1200 res off tokyo's coast

No photoediting whatsover, pure game engine
P_Funk
03-21-07, 11:01 AM
I must say Spaxspore, that sig of your is truly orgasmic. Is it an actual in game shot?! :lol:

yes, taken by me @ 1600x1200 res off tokyo's coast

No photoediting whatsover, pure game engine
You're right! I can see the aliasing caused by the post processing. :rotfl:

But on another note.... ZOMG! I can't even get SH3 to run at 1280 with decent fps... I'm boned til I get a new box.

But relating to Pearl Harbour. I'm sure there will be a mod to create some kidn of altering appearance. Just off the top of my head if there ever were a program made called... say SH4Cmdr (hehehehe) then it could be made so that the appearance of Pearl Harbour is altered based on what date you ship out on.
Spaxspore
03-21-07, 11:07 AM
I must say Spaxspore, that sig of your is truly orgasmic. Is it an actual in game shot?! :lol:

yes, taken by me @ 1600x1200 res off tokyo's coast

No photoediting whatsover, pure game engine You're right! I can see the aliasing caused by the post processing. :rotfl:


This is what i did to that pic after i took the screenshot

1.captured with fraps
2.Was pNG- 3mbs
3.Converted to jpeg lower quality but a lot smaller size

4. Croped for my sig, photoshoped to add text

Thats all i did

Full screen version

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2650/sh42007032020300961tx3.jpg
Sheppard
03-21-07, 11:20 AM
From another thread I made:

Even by 1942, there was quite a lot of salvage operations going on in Pearl. While I understand that the game developers cannot afford to waste a lot of time on "one shot" effects like the salvage of the OKLAHOMA via cranes:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h63000/h63916.jpg

It would have been rather simple to take one of the early US Battleship models they made for the game; delete all the superstructure, flip it upside down, and then use it as a static 3d model which appears in pearl from 09 DEC 41 to MAY 1943; at which time it's replaced by another static 3d model of a battleship with it's superstructure removed like so:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h64000/h64497.jpg

which lasts from MAY 1943 to NOVEMBER 1943; upon which the model moves to one of pearl's dry docks...

I think this may be because of the European Developers; it's kind of hard for someone who isn't an american to understand Pearl and the ARIZONA. She's sort of like the Royal Oak, Invincible, Queen Mary, Prince of Wales, Repulse etc rolled together for americans.
Yak
03-21-07, 11:54 AM
I loved the super-speedy trucks hooning around the harbours.

One thing i loved was the decks of the japanese carriers being packed with chain smoking sailors... :)
Arrowhead2k1
03-21-07, 12:01 PM
What an oversight! It's like pulling out of the Hudson River on Sept. 12th/2001 and the World Trade Center is still standing in the background!