An Amazing Moment

[MONOLITH]

I was playing one of the shorter War Patrol missions.


I was headed up the west coast of Australia, on into the East Indies to intercept an IJN carrier fleet.

The weather got rough, the sea got rougher. The fog rolled in. And I heard the wind.

Late in the day with a setting sun, standing on the bridge, mesmerized by the sights and sounds of the vast ocean; I ordered an 'All Stop'.

Totally immersed by the experience, I simply had to stop and take it in.

The machinery silenced, and the most amazing wind sounds howled around my head. The waves crashed against my boat. The ocean undulated and changed colors from a deep blue to a frothy foamy white of the wave caps.

Through the ever shifting veil of fog the stars began to appear in the sky.

There I was, all alone out in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with some of the most amazing environmental effects ever seen in a game. I probably sat in front of my PC, just watching and listening for 20 minutes. It was breathtaking.

To my south lay my home port, now 3 days travel away. To the north, the front of my vessel was pointing to the adventure that lay ahead, and no doubt the desperate battle against the Imperial Japanese Navy.

One last look around, a quick nod to my crew, and an "All Ahead Full".

"Yes Sir".


It's like I was really there.

Thank you my Romanian friends. Stay the course.

[Banquet]

Brilliant! :)

[AVGWarhawk]

Yes, the outside world created in this game is very well done!!!!


Hey, lets spend time complaining about the A key instead of playing:shifty: .


Not this skipper.....he is going on patrol:yep:

I find the clouds very cool.

[elanaiba]

Hehe, I know the feeling :)

On behalf of the dev team, thank you Monolith !

Now back to work for me.

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[John Channing]

Now I remember why I Love This Place!

Posts like that!




Cue the entrance of the "It's UnPlayable" Mob in 5...4...3...


JCC

[Iron Budokan]

I believe complaining about the 'A' key is well in line and quite within the bounds of reason for anyone who put down money for this game. I mean, c'mon....

But, point taken, don't it (SH4) look real purty wif all dem fancified graphics and such?

[John Channing]

6 minutes .

Seems a little on the slow side.

JCC

[Takeda Shingen]

6 minutes .

Seems a little on the slow side.

JCC

The internet is lagging awfully today.

[Cakewalk]

I know the feeling.:up: SH4 is beautiful.

[Crosseye76]

I was playing one of the shorter War Patrol missions.


I was headed up the west coast of Australia, on into the East Indies to intercept an IJN carrier fleet.

The weather got rough, the sea got rougher. The fog rolled in. And I heard the wind.

Late in the day with a setting sun, standing on the bridge, mesmerized by the sights and sounds of the vast ocean; I ordered an 'All Stop'.

Totally immersed by the experience, I simply had to stop and take it in.

The machinery silenced, and the most amazing wind sounds howled around my head. The waves crashed against my boat. The ocean undulated and changed colors form a deep blue to a frothy foamy white of the wave caps.

Through the ever shifting veil of fog the stars began to appear in the sky.

There I was, all alone out in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with some of the most amazing environmental effects ever seen in a game. I probably sat in front of my PC, just watching and listening for 20 minutes. It was breathtaking.

To my south lay my home port, now 3 days travel away. To the north, the front of my vessel was pointing to the adventure that lay ahead, an no doubt the desperate battle against the Imperial Japanese Navy.

One last look around, a quick nod to my crew, and an "All Ahead Full".

"Yes Sir".


It's like I was really there.

Thank you my Romanian friends. Stay the course.



:up:

[Audie]

6 minutes .

Seems a little on the slow side.

JCC

Haha.... Amazing JC :lol:
Right on cue!

[Audie]

MONOLITH, what a beautifully written missive.
It's posts like yours that make this all worthwhile :cool:

Thanks,

[Mud]

Cool post MONOLITH :up:

Mud

[Dowly]

I´ve tried to achieve this in SH3/4, but just can get the feeling! Maybe it´s just me, as TES: Morrowind is the only game that I´ve felt like really being there. Sitting on a beach at night, looking at the stars and listening to the nightlife in the background; priceless. :yep:

[Dizoak]

i dunno, i really still like GWX for immersiveness: watching a lone merchant take a hit, then slowly go under in rough weather, hearing the hull screech and stress as it goes into the deep and finally slips from view...eerie. i've had chills go up my spine hearing that...just...DREADING being in that situation (on the merchie, not the U-boat)

that kind of immersiveness can't have a price-tag put on it...

[MONOLITH]

elanaiba,

A face pe plac la scuză meu bad Român.

A face nu a permite bad cuvînt a lua tu jos. Al tău team has a crea ceva minunat. Tu trebiue a fi praised. A păstra positive. Chiar a păstra care merge înainte.

~MONOLITH

[E.Hartmann]

I find the clouds very cool.

I guess I can ruin the post by asking if you mean the clouds going by at 300knots?

I agree with the first post though. The sites and sounds are amazing. Only to be ruined by the watch calling out AIRCRAFT SPOTTED and my Radar at 80000 yrds and apparently unable to see anything.

:ping: :sunny:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Yeah it sure looks good:yep:

[darksythe]

Wonderfull post. I just got my copy yesterday and have finaly got it playable tonight so i havent had the pleasure of seeing the lovely sights you describe but i have seen the lovely bonfire on board a large euro transport.:up:

[AVGWarhawk]

I find the clouds very cool.

I guess I can ruin the post by asking if you mean the clouds going by at 300knots?

I agree with the first post though. The sites and sounds are amazing. Only to be ruined by the watch calling out AIRCRAFT SPOTTED and my Radar at 80000 yrds and apparently unable to see anything.

:ping: :sunny:


If you watch the clouds on a day you hear wind and the water is very rough, to me the clouds look very nice. The edges feather off. Although they look like they are going 300kts, the clouds look real to me on a day with extremely high winds. I have seen this phenomenon.

BTW, I had it at night with a full moon and the scenery look fantastic. Yes, this Skipper stops to smell the roses.

[Banquet]

I've found sometimes if I go straight from high TC to an outside view the clouds are moving very fast. Sometimes the water goes jittery too. Going back to map view and setting TC, then reducing it to 1 and then going back to outside view seems to cure it for me.

Generally with the clouds it's not so much moving too quickly as seeming to 'form' and dissapate too quickly. It's like watching one of those speeded up video footages of cloud formation.

[letterboy1]

Are you guys talking about the morphing effect of the clouds or the speed at which the clouds move accross the sky?

[AVGWarhawk]

I've found sometimes if I go straight from high TC to an outside view the clouds are moving very fast. Sometimes the water goes jittery too. Going back to map view and setting TC, then reducing it to 1 and then going back to outside view seems to cure it for me.

Generally with the clouds it's not so much moving too quickly as seeming to 'form' and dissapate too quickly. It's like watching one of those speeded up video footages of cloud formation.


That is exactly what it looks like:yep: We need to find a way to slow them down some:yep:

[Blood_splat]

When I'm under the water I think to myself... this is so cool. :yep: