Weather Change at 1x

[Iron Budokan]

Last night I was approaching the Shetland Islands but I was tired so I figured the boys would be okay. Therefore, for the heck of it, I went to bed and left the game running at 1x. The weather was perfect with light fog.

I get up this morning....heavy fog, raining, wind speed at 7 m/s. Most often I only see the immidiate weather change when coming out of TC, but this happened at 1x. Except I didn't get to see it. :cry:

Any of you guys ever see an extreme weather change, or any weather change at all at 1x in the game? How does it develop? I'm irked I didn't get to see this....I'm thinking it might have been kinda cool to watch.:hmm:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Never saw that, interesting. Lost of twists and turns regarding the weather in
SH3 :yep:

RDP

[SmokinTep]

I've never watched it but have had weather changes quite a bit.

[Thniper]

Once I observed a weather change while deck gunning a large merchant.

Before the change the weather was good, no fog or rain, wind speed at 7 m/s.
Started hurling shells at the large freighter.:D
Then I suddenly noticed a large fog bank appearing at some distance, coming towards me.
Payed no attention to it though.
That was a BIG mistake!:damn: :damn:
The next thing I remember was that my gunners stopped shelling.
When I ordered them once more to man the deck gun they told me that the weather was too bad.:o
I checked the weather report which went something like this:
"Light fog, no rain, wind speed 9 m/s, Sir!"

Arrrrggghhh!:/\\!!

So I finally had to waste an eel on that d$&n freighter!:-?

That's my little story concerning weather changes.
So I hope you'll never get into the same situation that I was in.:down:

Happy hunting!:arrgh!:

[CapZap1970]

Never saw that either, now that i think about it... Another think I never saw is when a country, let's say England changes status from neutral to enemy (green to red) in the map.
mmmmh, interesting.... :hmm:
CapZap

[Brag]

I saw several weather changes. Once while chatting with a visitor, from dead calm, the wind and waves slowly picked up and clouds moved in (Stock).

Another time, in North Sea (GWX). Light seas. A ship was approaching. Went to PD. As the scope went up, it showed a cloud bank. Within 10 minutes the sea was too choppy yo surface and use the deck gun. I've tried many times to watch weather change, no luck when I try :cry:

[Sailor Steve]

I once went to 32x while waiting for a ship to sink, and stayed on the bridge. After several (virtual) hours clouds started rolling in, and it started raining, then the sea rose. I finally got tired of waiting and put another torpedo into her. Still, it was interesting to watch.

[Jimbuna]

Once sailed into a rain squall :arrgh!:

[KeybdFlyer]

Last night was the first time I'd encountered wether changes "in real time". Creeping forward at 1kt to attack a couple of Ore Carriers in a convoy at BE3951; I was in 0kts wind, clear skies, no fog. First ship had about 2000 yds to go before lining-up nicely when I popped-up the scope for a quick look. Whilst estimating times for the two Ore Carriers and deciding which to go for first, I noticed rain appearing - then the wind obviously increased as the swell swamped the scope. Then the visibility dropped to the point where I couldn't see a damn thing. Ended-up firing on estimates from the hydrophones. I was lucky. Two torps at each, four hits (magnetic) and they eventually both went down!

[Packerton]

I was going through the English Channel early in the war (England was still neutral)

The Area in front of by boat had horrible visability while to starboard port and behind had perfect visability.

Then I was surrounded, so you CAN sail into fog.

[Heibges]

Great stuff.

I try to play the tactical parts in 1x, so I have seen the weather change slowly a few times.

There are some really great touches in this game.

[Reverie]

Oft times for me the weather change is a gradual thing. Passing clouds and a light sprinkle, or darkening then a lull, or rain starting then increasing to a cloudburst. But on rare occasions it's scattered clouds, blink, and it's coming down in buckets.
What I would like to see in this simulation....is snow ! :D Where is old man Winter ? And plaid ? And podelmutze ?
Reverie :sunny:

[TarJak]

I've seen the weather change from dead calm and sunny to hurricane with rain fog and anything else you can think of and then back to just windy and cloudy over a period of about 4 days virtual time when running at 32x on the bridge. It looked a bit like those time lapse films of storms coming over and then clearing.

[Tiny]

I came up on bridge sometime a while ago and the weather was all white and supershiny in a strange way...:stare:

Sort of grey/sun shine

[Jimbuna]

If you ever come across something that you think looks really unusual....take a screenshot :up:

[johnno74]

I would very much like to see some screenshots of weather changes.... The coult make awesome desktop wallpapers
:up:

Fellow Kaleuns, your mission, should you choose to accept it...

Forget tonnage, I want you to bring back pretty pictures of clouds.

[blackdog_kt]

Once I observed a weather change while deck gunning a large merchant.

Before the change the weather was good, no fog or rain, wind speed at 7 m/s.
Started hurling shells at the large freighter.:D
Then I suddenly noticed a large fog bank appearing at some distance, coming towards me.
Payed no attention to it though.
That was a BIG mistake!:damn: :damn:
The next thing I remember was that my gunners stopped shelling.
When I ordered them once more to man the deck gun they told me that the weather was too bad.:o
I checked the weather report which went something like this:
"Light fog, no rain, wind speed 9 m/s, Sir!"

Arrrrggghhh!:/\\!!

So I finally had to waste an eel on that d$&n freighter!:-?

That's my little story concerning weather changes.
So I hope you'll never get into the same situation that I was in.:down:

Happy hunting!:arrgh!:

I've had something similar with a lone large merchant. I was approaching ready to deckgun the heck out of him, so i wasn't too worried that he spotted me. Then the weather got worse, i had to do a torpedo attack and the merchant had started zig-zagging because i had approached on the surface :rotfl:

I almost missed him, getting a hit on the stern, but he slowly flooded and sank.

[Hadrys]

I would very much like to see some screenshots of weather changes.... The coult make awesome desktop wallpapers
:up:

Fellow Kaleuns, your mission, should you choose to accept it...

Forget tonnage, I want you to bring back pretty pictures of clouds.


Guys try Reeces recent scene.dat mod. It gives beautiful horizon, new clouds, and waves. Water reflection is a little to big (unrealistic) but thanks to it windows in stormy clouds look just awsome! Don't have a lot of those because game likes to crash during screenshooting or screens are just blank... but now in that res env looks just... speechless.

Screen (http://mrhadrys.com/silenthunter/1680_04.jpg)

PS Sometimes it's nice to lay down on my couch (captains bank) with a book and fall asleep like a baby in the rhythm of diesels going small ahead. Let's just hope for no Alaaaaarm.... this game is insane!

[KeybdFlyer]

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.... Don't have a lot of those because game likes to crash during screenshooting or screens are just blank...
[/quote]

You might like to try Rapidshot from the site below...

http://ca.geocities.com/swsupport@rogers.com/RapidShot/Download.htm


It's customisable and works really well in all the games I've tried it with. You'll be able to get all the cloudscapes you desire! :D

[Hadrys]

It's customisable and works really well in all the games I've tried it with. You'll be able to get all the cloudscapes you desire! :D

Cool!! Thx a lot, it works instantly, don't have to wait at all and can take 100% jpegs instead of 6mb tga :/

This is a kind of brown darkness I haven't seen before running Reece mod. It's the most scary ever... even in the middle of the roaming storm I feel somehow safer (don't remind me about the radar). It's a pity that screenies don't give that feel.

When the sun goes down... (http://mrhadrys.com/silenthunter/1680_05.jpg)

[KeybdFlyer]

Glad you like it! :D I use it in just about every game I have, lets you get a nice collection of screenshots without problem.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Last night I was approaching the Shetland Islands but I was tired so I figured the boys would be okay. Therefore, for the heck of it, I went to bed and left the game running at 1x. The weather was perfect with light fog.

I get up this morning....heavy fog, raining, wind speed at 7 m/s. Most often I only see the immidiate weather change when coming out of TC, but this happened at 1x. Except I didn't get to see it. :cry:

Any of you guys ever see an extreme weather change, or any weather change at all at 1x in the game? How does it develop? I'm irked I didn't get to see this....I'm thinking it might have been kinda cool to watch.:hmm:

try to record it with fraps when you go to sleep :up:

[Reece]

I'm about to release a new update to the SHIV scene.dat file (8k only) with the following fixes/improvements::yep:
1) Sun glare at sunrise & sunset. (done)
2) Wave heights at various states. (done)
3) Storm with no clouds. (working on it, looking good, tests over 8 hours so far 100%)
Previous version fixes:
Sky vortex
Moon reflection
Just a teaser, Crewman checking out the sunset:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Crewmancheckingoutsunset.jpg
Cheers.

[Hadrys]

I'm about to release a new update to the SHIV scene.dat file (8k only) with the following fixes/improvements::yep:
1) Sun glare at sunrise & sunset. (done)
2) Wave heights at various states. (done)
3) Storm with no clouds. (working on it, looking good, tests over 8 hours so far 100%)


Very cool, I like the horizon most, it looks very real and ships are not suspended in the air anymore. Only suggestion is about reflection. I don't know how this affects clouds reflection but ships need a lot more ripple. You can find a perfect reflection in the stormy weather (I know this is a game bug but we need to be flexible somehow). Gut gemacht!

[Reece]

That's ok I will add this to the list, I know exactly where to change it, previous versions had more ripple in the reflection but then others were saying they prefer the mirror image, Can't win,:roll: I will do 2 versions!:up:

[johnno74]

Wow that screenshot is looking awesome. Its that good I've just un-installed the GWX 16km visibility, your 16km stay alert fix and installed your 8km stay alert fix in anticipation...

I kinda agree with Hadrys too. Super-reflective water is very pretty but not realistic. IMHO the water should only be that reflective in the calmest conditions, if that is possible

[Redbear]

I've seen a major weather change once or twice. The last I remember is going from overcast, high wind and seas to calm and clear. The waves seemed to take very small step changes, while the clouds thinned out and passed like a front. I'm probably not describing it very well, but it looked pretty realistic. I've also had rain either start and intensify of slowly diminish and stop.

[TigerShark808]

I saw several weather changes. Once while chatting with a visitor, from dead calm, the wind and waves slowly picked up and clouds moved in (Stock).

Another time, in North Sea (GWX). Light seas. A ship was approaching. Went to PD. As the scope went up, it showed a cloud bank. Within 10 minutes the sea was too choppy yo surface and use the deck gun. I've tried many times to watch weather change, no luck when I try :cry:

Well living in the south pacific I know that a weather change can happen within minuets. One minuet its sunny and no wind..next its over-cast and the trade winds are screaming at you. Not sure about how the North Atlantic is.

[Jimbuna]

I saw several weather changes. Once while chatting with a visitor, from dead calm, the wind and waves slowly picked up and clouds moved in (Stock).

Another time, in North Sea (GWX). Light seas. A ship was approaching. Went to PD. As the scope went up, it showed a cloud bank. Within 10 minutes the sea was too choppy yo surface and use the deck gun. I've tried many times to watch weather change, no luck when I try :cry:

Well living in the south pacific I know that a weather change can happen within minuets. One minuet its sunny and no wind..next its over-cast and the trade winds are screaming at you. Not sure about how the North Atlantic is.

It can be as equally inconsiderate and unforgiving :yep:

[Takeda Shingen]

Once sailed into a rain squall :arrgh!:

Seen me a mermaid once. Even seen a shark eat an octopus, but I ain't never seen no phantom Russian submarine.

Sorry, just the terse nature of the message reminded me of a sea story. On topic, I sailed into a squall once too. It was very cool.

[Tobus]

Well living in the south pacific I know that a weather change can happen within minuets. One minuet its sunny and no wind..next its over-cast and the trade winds are screaming at you. Not sure about how the North Atlantic is.

The same, but with added cold-effects.