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Originally Posted by Beery
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Originally Posted by panthercules
Are we now concluding that turning this setting to "off" is actually resulting in more lengthy, variable and realistic sinking times than having it turned "on"?
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Here's what I think is going on:
Realistic sinkings off = short time to sink, more interesting sinking motion.
Realistic sinkings on = short time to sink, less interesting sinking motion.
It now seems the developers didn't even try to adjust the time it takes for ships to sink. If what people are saying here is true, this setting is all about the motion of the ship as it sinks. With Realistic sinking times set to 'on' I've certainly never noticed anything like the interesting sorts of pictures of sinking ships that others have posted. The ships I've sunk all go down fairly uneventfully and boringly. |
Well, as I said I don't really wait around for very long any more, but since I have been playing with this setting "on" for lo these many months I have seen ships break in half and go down rapidly, go down almost immediately without breaking in half, go down relatively slowly by the bow and by the stern (depending on where I hit them), and have seen them capsize (though generally only when I've hit them repeatedly on one side at the waterline with the deck gun) - I'm not sure how much more variety I would expect to see than what I'm seeing, as it seems like there have been a pretty wide variety of sinking behaviors, at least for me.