[WIP] Thomsen's Waves
 

For those who don't know, this is a mod I've been working at, fixing a bug that is persisting since the SH3 1.0. I found a way to make the waves more realistic.

This mod is in the very beggining of the process, and may take quite a while to get it done. I found out that changing the waves also changes the behavior of every vessel on the water, so it also have to be fixed. Good news is that I just found how to fix it, so I decided to start this WIP. Bad news is that I think I'll have to fix ship by ship, all of them, manually.

Here are some pictures, first with clear sky, the water is blue coz it reflects the sky.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9...4024452an3.jpg

Second one, the water is darker and more grey coz the sky is overcast.

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2...4433623nt6.jpg

As I said, this mod is in its very beggining, so there's a lot of things to fix/improve yet. A lot of things are looking unrealistic yet. Im having a hard time dealing with the amount of reflection on the water, so opinions are welcome.

I've made two videos and merged them into one, uploaded into youtube. The quality sucks, but you can have an idea on the first stages of the mod. First part is blue clear sky with wind at 4m/s and second part is overcast with wind at 15m/s. I have written "4 kts and 15 kts" on the video, forget about it. Just too much on my mind, I guess... And sorry for the slideshow, my computer is 7 years old, can barely make this mod function, when I started recording with fraps the fps was cutted in half, too much for my poor old rusty buckett of bolts.

EDIT:
Youtube is too poor on quality, I've uploaded into my FF-page. Download it and gimme feedback!

Another mod, PT? :o

You've got to be one of the busiest modders I've ever seen!

Even if this wave mod is in the early stages, the screenshots still look far better than the current ocean in SH3/GWX.

I just know this will turn out fantastic with your skills, Philipp!;)

If I can help with editing a handful of the ships, I'll gladly do it if you can stand having a clueless guy like me working on this. I'm a quick learner. :know:

For some reason that video won't play. I can watch any other video on YouTube, but yours just shows the "loading" animation over and over. :confused:

Hey PT,

One word: Awesome,

Hope it works with OLC's enviro mod, finally we will get rid of those repetitive waves in sh3. good one.

greetz

XIII

For some reason, neither in my computer...:damn:

I'm uploading it again now. I'll re-edit the second post with the new link, try it again in 5 minutes!

Its not skills... its just a lot of creativity mixed with the fact that Im compulsive.

Did you read my signature? :lol:

HOW ABOUT WATCHING IT FIRST TO SEE IF ITS WORKING, YOU IDIOT??? :nope:

The video works PT

Thats ok My PC is almost as old as yours six years and alot of operations for new hips and joint replacements.:lol:

Yeah, that will be a pain in the @ss... Im planning on making my mod compatible with his, but he will be probably constantly updating his and I updating mine, to making it all-time compatible will be enerving... We will have to work together here, OLC. Maybe I'll finish my mod and give you all the "behind the scenes" so you can merge with yours and release as one single product. If you want to, of course. Or we can work something out. :up:

The video works now, thanks! :)

But the video in youtube looks like SH!T

So I uploaded it in .wmv format into my FF-page. Download it and see what you think! Its 11mb in size and MUCH better quality! :up:

Well it looks good now your video does.:up:

:lol:

So as mine! CPU transplant, Motherboard transplant, Memory add, HD add, dvd-r add, videocard transplant. From the original, just one 512mb 333 ddr memory remains, now in dual channel with another. But still, all of it are old pieces.

Which one?

Your FF post that one.:smug:

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...437&CatId=2406

This is what I'm looking to upgrade and then a nice PCI-E card with a nice powersupply and a high quality fan.

I'm guestimating I will need about $1200 with tax and shipment costs.

I have the rest... 20inch wide screen LCD, G15 keyboard, Logitech mouse, aluminum case, X-fi elite pro sound card, HDD SATA... extra case fans, 5.1 speakers so I don't need to investing in those items.

Now I need some sleep my eyes are about to explode.:huh: :o :dead:

I can't wait to try out your mod PT:up:

Maybe my eyes aren't working properly today, but I can see hardly any difference between your 4m/s waves and your 15m/s waves :-?

Its probably your eyes... There are plenty of difference while playing, both in the Z axis and textures as well... Its hard to notice that in a movie. But in a manner you are right: I have reduced the height of the waves in strong winds. Like I've said, WIP! I'll probably increase those waves a little more in 15m/s wind waves, but the other ones are looking pretty good! :up:

I have read your signature nearly every time I read one of your posts, Philipp. ;)

Courage I have and most assuredly the urge and curiosity. :yep:

What trips me up is where to begin! :damn:

OLC, please work with PT to make this compatible with OLCe. I just can't go back to GWX minus OLCe!