Anyone else notice the depths aren't right?
 

Anyone else notice that the depths represented on the graphics aren't right? Its mainly in shallow water ops. For example, a bottom depth of 300 feet should be about as deep as a sub is long, but its represented as much deeper to the proportion of the submarine than it should be.

Am I the only one that's noticed this?

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This is actually a very good point :)

I thought something looked odd....

I guess realistically subs don't really have a lot of room to play with depth wise.

I suppose this is affected by the selected scale? The default is not 1:1, did anyone test in 1:1?

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Skyhigh, I was confused for a moment :)

http://i.imgur.com/Y3fxc3s.png

Haha brilliant :)

You need to raise your download tally ;)

The depths are correct. Here's a screenshot of a Ropucha (370ft long) sinking in about 400ft deep shallows. Looks alright to me.

What about for the submarines though?

I'm sure if you can manage to get your sub to stay vertical. you can park it right alongside of the Ropucha without sticking out of the water.

Okay, I was one of the ones that thought things looked a bit funny....but after some experimentation I think its pretty close after all.


Follow me here:

--I took an image of a 362 foot long LA Class and parked it at 361 feet (as close as I could get)


Now the game wont give you a perfect side view for measuring, but if you zoom out a lot you can get close.

--The issue is figuring which patch of water is directly "Above" the submarine. its hard to see in a still image, but if you use the mouse to rotate a bit back and forth you will see parts of the surface will shift left, and parts of the surface will shift right.....(still with me?)

---Directly between this is a small patch of water that will seem to hold still, because it is rotating on the same axis that the submarine is....thus is directly "Above" the submarine.

---From there its easy to MS PAINT a copy of the sub...(no photoshop)...and reveal that while not perfect it seems pretty darn close which can maybe be attributed to errors in my method.

Totally confused now?:doh:

I think the effect of the water seeming deeper than it is just an illusion of camera angles and all that.

Thoughts?

http://i.imgur.com/Ug1ZCQp.jpg