[TEC] Sub Pitch Test - Please Help Compare (again)
 

The previous poll was very helpful in confirming that my tweaks were heading in the right direction - vote was 19-2 in favor of the tweaked pitch video. But, there were also some helpful comments about some of the roll aspects of both of the prior video clips.

Therefore, I've created another poll and am again asking folks who have the time to take a couple of minutes to review two more videos (each only 30 seconds long) and let me know which one they like better.

The videos to review can be found here:

Take 2 can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=238xAl0G6Rs


Take 3 can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrH-8tSvctM



Thanks in advance for your help :yep:

[edit - oops - probably should have labeled this thread "[WIP]" instead of "[TEC]", but it doesn't seem to let you edit the title to your thread - maybe a moderator can change that for me?]

I like 3 better, The rolls are timed better with the wave actions and the pitching seems better. IN take 2 it seems like the boat is diving into the waves and something about the rolls just didn't feel as good as take 3

Both of those clips look Great Panther :up:!!! I chose 2 becuase--well--it felt better to me.

Edit: LOL!!! I hope you get a couple more votes to break the tie!!!

Take 2 for me.. looks more natural :up:

Take 2. Great work. I've been hoping since April someone could address thjis problem Can't wait for the release! No more "Sub-on-a-rail"!! :rock:

2 feels great!!!

I would have to say two, too (or is it tutu?):hmm:

I could live with either of them and be a very happy, if a wee bit green, sailor.
If I had to chose, I'd go with #2 also.

:ahoy:

That's my feeling 2 ....so #2

I liked both but if i had to absolutely make a choice then it would be #2.

Hector

Take 3 seemed to have a little too much roll IMO. It looked great but she seemed to continually roll from extreme left to extreme right every time.

I concur: Version 2 looks better/ more realistic IMHO.

I had the same reaction. I voted for Take 2. :up:

I like both... but I like #2 better. The pitch seems to be more pronounced that #3. I like the roll in #2, too... seems like the boat has less mass, less intertia, so it rolls faster.

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Difficult to say, nr. 2 and 3 both look nice!
The only difference (to my opinion) is that nr. 2 fits much better for bigger types of boats while nr. 3 would fit nice to small boats.
In nr. 3 it's like the boat is more sensitive to the movement of the waves which is the case with small boats.

Anyhow: nice work!!!

Regards,
fvd

Take 2!!! :up:

I wonder if external shots can be included to see the entire sub's dynamic behavior.

Good suggestion - I had done some external videos too, but they were separate from the bridge views and the videos got too big for Youtube with the encoder I was using at the time. In my next (and probably final) poll/thread on this, using patch 1.4 this time, I'll combine the bridge and external views in the videos - it will make them a little longer, but the video compressor I'm using should be able to get the longer videos down small enough for Youtube's limits, so it should work, and it does help to see both (though my main focus is the bridge view, as long as the external one isn't stupid looking).

I like two...

And I wish my wave action looked like that, even with ROW!!

What do you have loaded there?

I'm a bit happier with 3 than with 2...

Nitpicking, the roll motion in both are a bit wrong. The sub should roll when traveling parallel or mostly parallel to the wave troughs and the lifting action of the waves is abeam of the hull.

In the vids, the bow convincingly plunges into the wave crests which are ahead of the bow, the wave troughs are 90 degrees to the subs line of travel. Technically, there should be little rolling motion at all..