NV, excellent work, this one cool mod. :up:

Installed and running. Looks great!!:up: :up:

Very very cool Nvdrifter mate! :up: :up: :up:

I got a tough question though... have you (or anyone else) noticed any FPS hit as a result?

I'm not poking or digging... I just hope that there isn't an FPS drag like there is with oil fires.

I won't be able to test it personally for a few more hours yet.

So far I haven't noticed any significant FPS hits in TC1. However at TC64 in Nav Map it appears to be a bit more "jerky" when a lot of contacts are near (So far only noticed in port, haven't run into a convoy yet)

As Samwolf stated, there is a FPS hit in time compression. But I haven't noticed any significant FPS hits at 1x. Tested in a large GWX convoy and all seemed ok.

ALAAARM!

:rock:

Kudos to your new baby Drifter! Can't believe how much this adds to the game!

Bloody Hell, you modders will make SH4 pale before SH3:rock:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...nn/vader31.jpg
Well done!

Does the AI spot the new wake easier than the old wake or is it just window dressing? I hope it makes the U-Boat easier to spot!

I don't think that will be the case, unfortunately.
After all, Nvdrifter only changed the wakes, and not the AI-routines.

My thoughts exactly. Roughly speaking, the AI is tuned to detect speed... not graphics.

There's one thing I didn't see in the mod's readme: is it confirmed, to be safe to install while on patrol?
Btw, same question for the longer-torpedo-wakes mod.

Oops. Sorry for not mentioning that. You should be ok to install while on patrol, but be sure to back up your saved game files first... just in case.

This is brilliant, NVdrifter - thank you very much.

perfetto! how about we include this in the GWX update kap?

Didn't notice an FPS hit at any TC - though my particles are set to render only below 8x.

Looking great! My only slight complaint is that the wakes develop much more slowly now (takes a couple of minutes for a full wake to form), but it's worth waiting :p

:up:rgr that

Will this mod be made compatible with the vanilla SH3? or is it already compatible for it if one just doesnt install all those .val files for the ships the vanilla SH3 doesnt have?

Wakes ahead
 

Thanks for the pictures and posts.

Installing now..

Yes this is a good idea... Is there provision in the effect for wave actions and there negative impacts on wake lengths...

SH3 and the many mods really have improved the game...

Are you seeing this UBISOFT and incorperating it into SH4 ??


So jetzt tauchen wir.... Bis spater!!
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Maybe just coincidence, but I spotted two Beauforts at long range and crashed dived. I was down to 30 mtrs and went to external view on one of the Beauforts. As it passed over over the remains of my wake it turned, dived and dropped its ordnance on my wake. Don't recall that happening before unless I had just been able to make it down to about 10 mtrs. Could the aircraft AI be set to spot and attack a U-boat wake?