**Mod Release** Longer Torpedo Wakes v1.0
 

UPDATE RELEASED....


**Released ** Longer Torpedo Wakes v1.02 for use with GWX


This mod makes torpedo wakes visible for much longer than vanilla SH3. Torpedo wake trails will be visible for approximately 45 seconds now. Hopefully this mod will add some realism and eyecandy to your game. ;)


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4...44309788wp.png


**This mod may or may not work correctly with other mods (besides GWX)**

Download latest version 1.02 here:

http://files.filefront.com//;6576804;;/

Hi NV!

Great Work!

I'll download it now and add it to GWX- looks very good!:up:

Cheers

Px3000

EDIT - When downloading from FileFront I regularly get this error:

"There was an error processing your request; it appears to be invalid or there was an error with your conection. Please wait while your request is retried...

I finally managed to get the download screen to appear after 20+ attempts! - Right, off to install it.....

Cheers all!

Px3000

Nvdrifter,

I keep saying it's the small things that forum members do that make this the most exciting game still. What doesn't get mentioned is the amount of research hours and countless loading of the game to see what the effects look/sound like that you have made, prior to the release of the mod to the members. Congradulations on presenting this mod and no doubt the U-Boat/ship wake to the cumminty of SH3.

This has been one of the overlooked area of the game, but I do remember Pascal modding the wake many moons ago with regards to texture, it's good to see the development of the game is in good hands.

:up:

niieece :up: Cheers nv!

Does this mod affects the AI? I mean do ships see the new wakes and change course or it's just eye-candy?

I just would like to know if it will be included in the GWX update, I hope it will ! :yep:

Honestly, I don't really know. I'm not sure how the AI reacts to wakes.

Anything is possible. :lol:

Venatore, thanks for pointing that out. Perhaps a lot of players really don't understand how long it takes to make even the simplest mods. So far, I have spent at least 20 hours of my own time researching, testing, and tweaking my Longer Ship Wakes mod. But I have to admit, Longer Torpedo Wakes mod only took about 4 hours total. ;)

I can't imagine how many hours it took to make GWX. :o

I personally hope if it is it is included as an optional install..I personally dont think it is very realistic..see this post...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...5&postcount=82

From this thread
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=103984

Dont get me wrong it looks good but I am just not sure how realistic it is to show water bubbles from a steam torpedo that last for 3 minutes:huh: .

Well, a ship can leave a wake of at least 30 minutes or more. So I suppose a small, high speed torpedo prop could leave a 3 minute wake. A prop is a prop. Does this make sense? :hmm:

Yes true..but that is from the surface water being physically moved and disturbed by a 1000+ ton ship and prop...a steam torpedo is nothing more than bubbles coming to the surface and not physically disturbing the water as a ship does.Its not the torpedoes props that are causing the wake,simply the bubbles from the steam engine.The electric torpedoes dont leave a wake because there are no bubbles coming to the surface from its engine.So the oceans surface waters simply moving would break up the bubble wake from the steam engine quite quickly.There would be a wake that is obvious from the steam bubble, simply not as long or last as long IMHO.

I agree. But isn't most of the wake caused by the propellers? Or maybe just half? I will try to find the correct answer.

Here is a pic of a torpedo wake..

You can see the bubbles in the front left side of the torpedo..but where it is near the boat it is beggining to dissapate already and not as visible.

http://firstworldwar.com/photos/grap...do_wake_01.jpg

and another one..
http://www.usscolorado.org/images/pic13.jpg

Its not the length of the wake as much as the length of time it is lasting that is my concern.

Here is an image I found on the internet. I couldn't find any specific torpedo wake length info. But looking at this picture, I would say that torpedoes left a fairly long wake. Maybe at least 2 or 3 minutes.



http://www.uboataces.com/images/torpedo_trail.jpg

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821109.jpg

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0821109.jpg