Where are....

[Reverie]

the snowflakes ?

Reverie

[_Seth_]

Up, up in the clouds... :lol:

To be serious; Do you mean the lack of snow in SHIII?

[XanderF]

Hmmm...yeah, that is a good point. Sure does rain a lot, but...no snow.

That seems like a pretty obvious thing to mod, though - has it never been done?

[Jimbuna]

I'd have thought you'd seen so much rain you would be glad there weren't any snow :lol:

[papa_smurf]

Why would you want snow? Or do you want to throw snowballs at Bernard for being useless!

[STEED]

Don't forget kids don't eat yellow snow. ;) :yep: :smug:

[WolfOfCampscapel]

If I go hunting Murmansk convoys in winter, I want snow :)

[Paul Roberts]

Snow is planned for GWX 1.5. Each flake will be modelled as a completely unique entity. (The team is currently trying various workarounds for the limitations of processing power: currently, players whose campaigns have spent a lot of time in northern latitudes will begin to see snowflake patterns repeating by about January 1945. This has been deemed unacceptable in its present state and will not make the 1.4 release.)

[Puster Bill]

Don't forget kids don't eat yellow snow. ;) :yep: :smug:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2209/msnowmthemepn0.jpg

What? Oh, don't worry. It's lemon...

[STEED]

Don't forget kids don't eat yellow snow. ;) :yep: :smug:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2209/msnowmthemepn0.jpg

What? Oh, don't worry. It's lemon...

Dog urine more like. :rotfl:

[Sailor Steve]

I've seen a photo of Kiel harbor in the winter of 1939-1940, and at the time the picture was taken the harbor was iced over! Brutal!:dead:

[WolfOfCampscapel]

JULY 1940

German Raiders - Only 11 months before Germany attacked Russia, “Komet” sailed for the Pacific through the North East Passage across the top of Siberia with the aid of Russian icebreakers. She operated in the Pacific and Indian Oceans until returning to Germany in November 1941, the last of the first wave of surface raiders to leave Germany.

... anyone got icebreaker models handy? :arrgh!:

[TwistedFemur]

If I go hunting Murmansk convoys in winter, I want snow :)

so the ships have to chip ice:yep:

[TwistedFemur]

Don't forget kids don't eat yellow snow. ;) :yep: :smug:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/2209/msnowmthemepn0.jpg


What? Oh, don't worry. It's lemon...



And the brown snow is chocolate?:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

And the brown snow is chocolate?:rotfl:

What!!....even the icebergs are chocolate mountains ? :o
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/4257/gwx10410og6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Thniper]

And the brown snow is chocolate?:rotfl:

What!!....even the icebergs are chocolate mountains ? :o


Looks more like floating coprolite to me!:D

Those dinosaurs must have been really huge, hehehe...

[Jimbuna]

And the brown snow is chocolate?:rotfl:

What!!....even the icebergs are chocolate mountains ? :o


Looks more like floating coprolite to me!:D

Those dinosaurs must have been really huge, hehehe...

Chocolate icing anyone ? :lol:
http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/7379/gwx1041qk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Thniper]

And the brown snow is chocolate?:rotfl:

What!!....even the icebergs are chocolate mountains ? :o


Looks more like floating coprolite to me!:D

Those dinosaurs must have been really huge, hehehe...

Chocolate icing anyone ? :lol:


Can you make it green?
I like pistachio ice cream!:cool:

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Snow is planned for GWX 1.5....

i knew you guy's never would give up :smug:
even after saying "after GWX1.04 we will make no more of them" :rock:

Mohr

[Jimbuna]

Snow is planned for GWX 1.5....

i knew you guy's never would give up :smug:
even after saying "after GWX1.04 we will make no more of them" :rock:

Mohr

:roll: ...........testing, testing, 1...2...3 :hmm:

[danlisa]

Back OT!

Snow can be added to the game BUT it will replace the rain. Snow fall is achieved by enlarging & slowing down the current rain drops. Of course, it will not settle. So there is no reason why you couldn't just enable the changes during winter months or northern areas of operation.

For the people who don't seem to get the point.

There will be NO GWX 1.05

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

i was just kiddin... i knew you wouldnt make a new one :nope:

but then again :hmm:
what will the GWX team do after GWX1.04 :D


Mohr

[danlisa]

.....what will the GWX team do after GWX1.04 :D
Actually play the game they have built.:yep:

Apart from quick loads for testing, many of them have not played a full patrol for about 2yrs.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

.....what will the GWX team do after GWX1.04 :D
Actually play the game they have built.:yep:

Apart from quick loads for testing, many of them have not played a full patrol for about 2yrs.

or had a good rest :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

There will be NO GWX 1.05

Fanbloodytastic :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Paul Roberts]

Snow is planned for GWX 1.5. Each flake will be modelled as a completely unique entity. (The team is currently trying various workarounds for the limitations of processing power: currently, players whose campaigns have spent a lot of time in northern latitudes will begin to see snowflake patterns repeating by about January 1945. This has been deemed unacceptable in its present state and will not make the 1.4 release.)

My post above was a joke in praise of the GWX commitment to detail. Please take it as it was intended. :D

[danlisa]

Snow is planned for GWX 1.5. Each flake will be modelled as a completely unique entity. (The team is currently trying various workarounds for the limitations of processing power: currently, players whose campaigns have spent a lot of time in northern latitudes will begin to see snowflake patterns repeating by about January 1945. This has been deemed unacceptable in its present state and will not make the 1.4 release.)
My post above was a joke in praise of the GWX commitment to detail. Please take it as it was intended. :D

LOL - If you want snow, I can give you snow.;)

Don't worry, I'm not getting all serious in my old age.:88)

Taken as intended, it's just funny that you joked about it, when it is actually possible.:D

[STEED]

There will be NO GWX 1.05

Fanbloodytastic :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

There will be fixes so there. :smug:

But as you say this is the last big release. :yep:

I am looking forward to it :yep: and thanks to all you GWX guys. :up:

[TwistedFemur]

There will be NO GWX 1.05

Even if we are willing to pay for it?:hmm:

And what about PWX?

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

There will be NO GWX 1.05

Even if we are willing to pay for it?:hmm:

And what about PWX?

PWX ?


Mohr

[XanderF]

Back OT!

Snow can be added to the game BUT it will replace the rain. Snow fall is achieved by enlarging & slowing down the current rain drops. Of course, it will not settle. So there is no reason why you couldn't just enable the changes during winter months or northern areas of operation.


That seems a pretty easy candidate for Sh3 Commander, then.

Given that "the snow won't settle" (of course), I would suspect we'd want to make a few more changes. Busy work changes, mostly, really:

- Have a duplicate for every skin so far shipped to cover 'winter months' with snow and ice already built up on them
- Different water textures that look...ummm...even greyer?
- As noted, a different routine for 'rain' in these months or regions. More common, perhaps, but slower falling and with larger "drops".

The steps necessary to do this with Sh3Commander should probably be taken into their own thread - it's not complicated work, but a GREAT VOLUME of it. It would add a ton of immersion, though - those Murmansk convoys in the winter would be amazing with a blizzard blowing and the deck of the U-Boat and convoy ships covered in ice...

[TarJak]

IIRC _Seth_ did a few ice skins. You could always post a request for the SHIIICommander mod to do it.

[XanderF]

IIRC _Seth_ did a few ice skins. You could always post a request for the SHIIICommander mod to do it.

I've seen some, but for this to really be amazing, you'd need to go even further.

Not just the subs, but all surface ships, the ground textures, buildings, etc.

Imagine how amazing that would look! Hmm...I've definitely wanted to contribute something to this game (I've participated in the mod community for several others, but most make easier use of 3dSMax), and I'm wicked good with Photoshop. Hmmm....going to do some more research on this topic, I think. Only real issue (and, of course, it's a big one) is that texturing in this game is...bizarre, to say the least.

[Growler]

what will the GWX team do after GWX1.04 :D

Sleep, if there's any form of justice in this world.

[Sailor Steve]

There will be NO GWX 1.05

Fanbloodytastic :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
What about 1.1? 2.0?:dead:

[Jimbuna]

There will be NO GWX 1.05

Fanbloodytastic :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
What about 1.1? 2.0?:dead:

Shhh!!....there's been no mention of the latter......yet ;)

[danlisa]

Shhh!!....there's been no mention of the latter......yet ;)

Until now.:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:

[Dowly]

Even if we are willing to pay for it?:hmm:

Hell will freeze over before GWX takes money from the community.

[Jimbuna]

Even if we are willing to pay for it?:hmm:

Hell will freeze over before GWX takes money from the community.

....and that's from a Finn who knows all about being cold :yep: ....least his girlfriend does :lol:

[Dowly]

Even if we are willing to pay for it?:hmm:
Hell will freeze over before GWX takes money from the community.
....and that's from a Finn who knows all about being cold :yep: ....least his girlfriend does :lol:

http://omgplz.kerrolisaa.com/1/3204.jpg

[VipertheSniper]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Sailor Steve]

And at last Dowly posts a real picture of himself. Who knew?