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Originally Posted by Fritz Fraghof
Many fantastic suggestions here. A few vital ones from me: update the graphics at least to include shader model 2 & 3 support and normal/bump mapping for sub/ship skins. Modelling the open ocean is not about polygons so much as having good surface effects. Also I suggest adding bigger waves and better particle effects for waves : both 'whitecaps' and waves hitting the bow & conning tower. Please try to model fog somehow with some sort of (particle/shader) effects, rather than just a grey horizon. (In SHIII I have to ask the navigator to confirm how foggy it is.) It would be very nice to include some sort of animation for the crew manning and leaving the conning tower in the external view. Use a good beta program to cut down on bugs and incorportate valuable feedback. Include good support for mods as with SHIII. Mods elevated SHIII (for me) from very good to the almost sublime. A SDK release for modders would be great (before release preferably), even if just for adding extra ships. Things like this drum up community interest and support and are free content as far as developers are concerned. (Sims 2 did this cleverly pre-release with a Sim skinner or such)
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Nice graphic suggestion, 100% agreed.
