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WH4K · 02-24-11, 04:10 AM

Today, I went Arctic-exploring at the end of a patrol.

Unfortunately, I picked the worst time of year to do it (November 1944). Solidly in winter by then, I watched the days get shorter and shorter as I got further north.

Now that was *really neat.* By the time I got through the Bering Strait, I was in 24/7 darkness.

SH4 is the first game of any kind I've played which simulates that properly, as far as I know (maybe SH3 does this too). I expect that if I went back north in June, I would see constant daylight.

The constant darkness and terrible weather is probably why I didn't see the icecap, and ran smack into it. Strangely, this did not damage my boat, I just sort of veered off to one side.

For some reason, the polar ice cap does not show up on the navigation map except at specific zoom levels.

02-24-11, 04:10 AM	#2
WH4K Frogman Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 291 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Today, I went Arctic-exploring at the end of a patrol. Unfortunately, I picked the worst time of year to do it (November 1944). Solidly in winter by then, I watched the days get shorter and shorter as I got further north. Now that was really neat. By the time I got through the Bering Strait, I was in 24/7 darkness. SH4 is the first game of any kind I've played which simulates that properly, as far as I know (maybe SH3 does this too). I expect that if I went back north in June, I would see constant daylight. The constant darkness and terrible weather is probably why I didn't see the icecap, and ran smack into it. Strangely, this did not damage my boat, I just sort of veered off to one side. For some reason, the polar ice cap does not show up on the navigation map except at specific zoom levels. __________________ Windows 10 Pro (x64)