Wave heights in SH3C

[shegeek72]

What's the largest waves anyone's encountered using SH3C? Any screen shots? Is it ok to set a new wave height, or set to seasonal, during a campaign ?
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[JScones]

Yes, you can change wave height during a career, but I wouldn't recommend changing it during a patrol (although I think I have and it was OK).

I haven't played SH3 "for real" since May, but IIRC I had waves high enough to make a periscope attack unfeasible (I use the Seasonal setting and it was mid-winter).

Dunno anything about weather and the effects on wave patterns, but IMHO I think the Seasonal setting provides a nice variance throughout the year (ranging from 1x in summer up to 1.875x in winter). Remembering of course that adjusting the wave height is a fudge to overcome the limited maximum wind speed of the game, and to simulate greater winds presumably experienced during winter (I think that was the original argument for it anyway).

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/WhyILikex2Waves1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/WhyILikex2Waves2.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/JustLikeDasBoot.jpg

I don't know exactly how high the waves were, but I liked the effect.

I started using the 'Big Waves' mod even before it was in SH3 Commander. AILantic said he experimented with wind speeds up to 45 m/s, but it always defaulted back to 15, so increasing the wave height was the only way to go. I used the 'Seasonal' setting for a while, but came to the conclusion that even when it was using x1 during summer the crew still acted like it was a full-blown storm, so I was back to the problem of them refusing to fire guns in what looked like a calm sea.

[SquareSteelBar]

Hi shegeek72,

I always use the 1.5 fold wave size setting:

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2154/sh3img1612006185949468bs7.jpg


http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9066/sh3img161200619018359ca6.jpg


http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/6753/sh3img161200620139171ox1.jpg


Greetz,
SSB

[mr chris]

Wow Sailor Steve, SquareSteelBar nice pics of the weather:up:
I for one use the seasonal effect using SH3 commander.:up:

[Steeltrap]

I was in a storm with 15m/s winds etc and using 1.25x wave heights and I've seen the entire bridge UNDER the water.....:o

Not much fun for the watch crew!! Would have to have had the bridge hatch shut. Their fatigue went psycho in no time - ended up diving to 50m to escape the wave motion and have a rest. This is exactly what Peter Cremer recalled in his book - having to dive due to being in a hurricane and having to have the bridge hatch closed to avoid being swamped!