SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post

Von Due · 08-01-12, 01:04 PM

Alas, Herr Rconch, that is no more. I remember and it was one of the things about SH2 that made me forget the super destroyers. It is perhaps the feature of SH2 that I miss.

Note: Interesting, the sun calculator in that link gave me the sunrise hour at 0 east 50 north 6. aug 1939 at 0535. Luckily the weather was perfect, clear blue sky and no wind and I got front seat tickets for the show. At 0535 the sun was just touching the upper edge of the horizon mist, disc halfway above the horizon, at the same time the switch master flicked the switch.

Perhaps this needs a complete rethink. I might have to go along with sunrise is when the disc is halfway up, same I will assume for sunset. The big question though is what the game counts as sunrise and how much it matters when it comes to game mechanics.

EDIT: 9. Aug E 0 N 60
Again, at the announced 0557, the sun was halfway up the horizon (tip above mist this time) and the lightswitch guru did his deed. Indeed it seems that the Ubisoft sunrise is a bit out of phase.

Now if jumping out of the sub and into the browser wasn't so sonar bleepin non immersive but so far the best chance I have to get the hours right for some nice planning and scheming seems to be just that.

EDIT 2
Went to W 15 N 60
Now the sunrise was less on time. Announced it was at 0607, but happened about 5 minutes earlier. Not a lot off but still. Now for some really strange stuff

All sunrises at E 0* were pretty spot on to what was calculated. However, that was only when I used the ship time, and had the TZ box set at 1 hour east, regardless of where I was. Local time had nothing to do with the calculated times it seems. Only if I set the TZ box to places I've never been did local time match the calculated time. For the record: I have not saved or loaded the patrol. It was a new career, starting 1. Aug. Local time and ship time match at 0 longitude but still, I had to leave the 1 hour east in the calculations to get the correct ship time. I am not going into the moon and that cycle. That thing I have already dismissed as nice to look at, doesn't work at all.

08-01-12, 01:04 PM	#14
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Alas, Herr Rconch, that is no more. I remember and it was one of the things about SH2 that made me forget the super destroyers. It is perhaps the feature of SH2 that I miss. Note: Interesting, the sun calculator in that link gave me the sunrise hour at 0 east 50 north 6. aug 1939 at 0535. Luckily the weather was perfect, clear blue sky and no wind and I got front seat tickets for the show. At 0535 the sun was just touching the upper edge of the horizon mist, disc halfway above the horizon, at the same time the switch master flicked the switch. Perhaps this needs a complete rethink. I might have to go along with sunrise is when the disc is halfway up, same I will assume for sunset. The big question though is what the game counts as sunrise and how much it matters when it comes to game mechanics. EDIT: 9. Aug E 0 N 60 Again, at the announced 0557, the sun was halfway up the horizon (tip above mist this time) and the lightswitch guru did his deed. Indeed it seems that the Ubisoft sunrise is a bit out of phase. Now if jumping out of the sub and into the browser wasn't so sonar bleepin non immersive but so far the best chance I have to get the hours right for some nice planning and scheming seems to be just that. EDIT 2 Went to W 15 N 60 Now the sunrise was less on time. Announced it was at 0607, but happened about 5 minutes earlier. Not a lot off but still. Now for some really strange stuff All sunrises at E 0* were pretty spot on to what was calculated. However, that was only when I used the ship time, and had the TZ box set at 1 hour east, regardless of where I was. Local time had nothing to do with the calculated times it seems. Only if I set the TZ box to places I've never been did local time match the calculated time. For the record: I have not saved or loaded the patrol. It was a new career, starting 1. Aug. Local time and ship time match at 0 longitude but still, I had to leave the 1 hour east in the calculations to get the correct ship time. I am not going into the moon and that cycle. That thing I have already dismissed as nice to look at, doesn't work at all. Last edited by Von Due; 08-01-12 at 04:42 PM.