Swimming Survivors??

[sonicninja]

Has anyone witnessed survivors swimming after hitting a ship?? I just sank a merchant ship and out of the flames and debris I spotted a number of bodies floating on the surface and then 2 or 3 sailors actually swimming away from the flames.....i am totally gobsmacked and i also feel quite guilty for putting them in the high seas???

[Gargamel]

Thats what the deck guns are for.

[Phoenix3000]

@sonicninja - What mod(s) are you using?

I have the latest NYGM and regularly see lifeboats but never swimming survivors - I would be interested in having them in my game too. :)

[sonicninja]

@Phoenix3000, i have the following mods installed:-

M.E.P v3
FlatSunFix for M.E.P v3
Thomsen's Sound Pack V3.2cg
GWX - Merged Campaign
GWX - Open Hatch Mod
Thomsen's Dials V2.0
Sergbutos WolfpackMod V3 Reloaded
Thomsens Ships V3.1
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
Ship Names February 2011
Das_Boot_Besatzung_v2.1-Stations-mit_Kaleun
WB's Renown Replacement
MEP v3 VisualSensors for gwx3
B25_Deck_Crew_Ambient
Rapt0r's Uniforms V2.0 [Grey]
GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010
Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71
GWX - English Nav Map and Grid Refs
VIIC Atlantic Workhorse Skin 2

[RConch]

I play GWX and never seen swimmers.

Hopefully you did not shoot them.:)

[sonicninja]

the only mod i think it could be is:- "Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71"

I wish i had recorded it but my fraps seems to only take black screenshots and wont record video since i installed the res fix and play the game at a higher resolution

[Jimbuna]

Unaware of survivors swimming....only treading water.

[sonicninja]

i'll try and find a decent video recording programme and upload it to youtube, these guys were definately swimming away from the sinking ship, it has to be seen to be believed, just hope it wasnt a bug that i wont see again :doh:

[Jimbuna]

i'll try and find a decent video recording programme and upload it to youtube, these guys were definately swimming away from the sinking ship, it has to be seen to be believed, just hope it wasnt a bug that i wont see again :doh:

Looking forward to seeing/witnessing it :yep:

[Nobon]

The mysterious Ghost Swimmers of SH3... O_o

:D I would love to see those, and even more to see them -ingame- with my periscope.


I only have GWXv3 from the list, and I think they arent made any swimmers.
(took out M.E.P.v3, as the 20km is too mutch for me. Prefer to hear the targets first, -then- see them.)

Im sure I install the thing thats responsible for this...

Nice discovery!


Gargamel, you wouldnt shoot a 88's panzerabwehrkanone with High explosives to those poor souls??? You cant have a heart for it!!! (Not to mention, that the shells arent detonate on water impact)
Do it with the Flak gun....

XD

[Andrewsdad]

I once encountered two life rafts from who-knows-what ship. So I maneuvered close to "render assistance etc.."

Since the survivors were paddling along, getting up next to them was a interesting exercise in shiphandling.

The odd thing is that the rafts actually drift through the hull of the U-Boat.

The way they are rendered must be the reason and it was quite a surprise to have the raft disappear from one side and reappear on the other!!

AD

[sonicninja]

I sank another merchant today and saw the same evidence of swimming survivors so i'm trying to get a recording programme to upload to youtube, FRAPS doesnt seem to work on my pc since i installed the res fix.

Bare with me shipmates i want to show everyone a video of this as its quite amazing to witness :Kaleun_Binocular:

[fitzcarraldo]

I sank another merchant today and saw the same evidence of swimming survivors so i'm trying to get a recording programme to upload to youtube, FRAPS doesnt seem to work on my pc since i installed the res fix.

Bare with me shipmates i want to show everyone a video of this as its quite amazing to witness :Kaleun_Binocular:

In my list I have the LifeBoats mod and I have the "swimming" sailors. But it isn´t a realistic swimming: only chaf chaf with their legs. Waiting the video...

My actual mod soup (In yellow, the posible mods with swimming sailors):

Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157
[F:\SH3\MODS]

GWX - Late War Sensors Snorkel Antennas
WAC4.1 SubPen_animated_18.02.2010
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7 Part1
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7 Part2
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7 Part3
GWX 3 Wilhemshafen,St Naz,Schluese and xtra ships V7 Part4
LifeBoats&Debris_v4
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1
New Uboat Guns 1.2
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
GWX_DFa-Flag&Pens_2010
FM30_UpDown_final
FM_NewInterior_V1.0
Conning Tower open Hatch TestFMfood
Depthcharge Shake v2.01
Aces' Multimod compatability fix release v1.3 public beta
Aces' Super Turms v6 for GWX
Aces' Super Turms v6 Damo's Type 7 Atmospheric Interior lighting add-on
Aces' Super Turms v5.1+ GWX all U-Boats Bearded Crew On Deck Add On
MaGui 3.4
Widescreen MaGui v3.4
optional-stopwatch with speed lines for Widescreen MaGui v3.4
optional-blue recmanual for Widescreen MaGui v3.4
German Images for Widescreen MaGui v3.4
Aces' MaGUI v3.4 (Widescreen version) add-on v3 for Super Turms 5+ & Multimod compatability Fix v1.3
Rapt0r's Das Boot Interior
Rapt0r's Instruments V3.5
GWX Night Map
GWX_SH4StyleFlag_fullModel
Pascal_Port_People
BMW-R75 v.1 by TP
Dönitz Aces - Custom Emblems
Das_Boot_Besatzung_v2.1-Stations-ohne_Kaleun
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.2
Q Ship mod GWX3.0
Carotio_SH3_Seafloormod - 256mb
Sub Image mod
Combat Radio Frequency
Thomsen's Sound Pack V3.2cg
DBSM
B25_Deck_Crew_Ambient
b25_Louder_Diesels
Karle's_Crash_Dive_Mod
Haunting Atlantic Wind
BritishAsdicMkIFinal
Real Depth Charge
Torpedo_HAHD_1024_GWX
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71
Fubars crew skins 2+3+4+Elite II+Bärte
Compulsory U-boat Headdress - GWX 2.0
GWX - No Medals on Crew
Rbs2withbuoyance
Rbs3withlifeboat
TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra ships
_LSH3_V5.1_SLS_Schiffshorn-Leuchtkugeln-Seenotsignal
_LSH3_V5.1_SLS_Spezialeffekte-Gross
Type VII salvo selector
Aces' Modified Headphones
Philipp Thomsen deckgun sound
Dönitz Picture With Fly
Aces' St.Nazaire Super Pens v5.1 GWX Version
Aces' Combined SH3.SDL Files v2
Thomsen's No Instant DeathScreen Mod V1.1
GWX - 16km Atmosphere
Real Underwater Environment v1.0
Wolfehunters_VIIC_U408_2048



Regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[Nobon]

THATS a fine, HUGE selection of mods, Herr Kaleun O_o

And I thought I have too mutch mods installed with GWX, FM_interior, some GWX optional, 2-3 middle size, and 4-5 smaller mods....

You must have a power plant of a PC :D


By the way, I cant wait for the video, @sonicninja :D

[jscharpf]

I have the lsh3 5.1 mod and I see the swimmers. What was disturbing to me was that they swam for a minute or two then went face down and stopped. Some had life preservers and remained upright.

[Sailor Steve]

LifeBoats&Debris_v4
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1
Merchant_Fleet_Mod_3.
Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_30_71
Rbs3withlifeboat
TMTv2+ThomsensShips v4.4 for GWX3+Xtra ships
_LSH3_V5.1_SLS_Spezialeffekte-Gross
It looks to me like you didn't test these mods, just loaded them all up and called it good.

First, Lifeboats&Debris_v4 has animations (working rowers) that Wooden_Lifeboats doesn't. Using Wooden Lifeboats shuts off those animations.

Racerboy's SH4 Effects has dying men in the water who thrash around awhile before they expire. That may be what you thought were "swimmers". Or not.

The other mods may or may not have that effect. I've been playing SH3 for more than seven years, and I've never seen swimmers either.

[fitzcarraldo]

It looks to me like you didn't test these mods, just loaded them all up and called it good.

First, Lifeboats&Debris_v4 has animations (working rowers) that Wooden_Lifeboats doesn't. Using Wooden Lifeboats shuts off those animations.

Racerboy's SH4 Effects has dying men in the water who thrash around awhile before they expire. That may be what you thought were "swimmers". Or not.

The other mods may or may not have that effect. I've been playing SH3 for more than seven years, and I've never seen swimmers either.

The "swimming" sailors are those of Racerboy´s SH4 effects. Not swimmers at all...of course.

Really, I didn't know about the incompatibility between Wooden Lifeboats and LifeBoats&Debris. I see in many JSGME published in SUBSIM these two mods activated in tandem. I´ll test LifeBoats without WoodenLifeboats...Many thanks for the news(for me...)!!

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[Sailor Steve]

Really, I didn't know about the incompatibility between Wooden Lifeboats and LifeBoats&Debris. I see in many JSGME published in SUBSIM these two mods activated in tandem.
If you should test them and find out they do work together, let me know exactly how you did it. I could never get them to work. Privateer was once planning to add the larger wooden lifeboats to Rubini's mod, but had so many other projects going on that it never happened. I'd love to have wooden boats with animated rowers. :sunny: