I had an interesting experience with what I believe to be the anti-hummingbird feature of NYGM 2.2: I was outside of Loch Ewe and decided to rest on the bottom for a while and listen to the comings and goings out of this port. The weather was moderate, with winds at 11 knots.
Once I touched bottom at about 20 meters, I started getting reports that the ship was taking damage. I dismissed this, figuring we touched the bottom a little harder than I thought. Then I got a message that the compressor was repaired, followed by another that we were taking additional damage. It took a second before the reality struck me: The wave action was bouncing me off the sea floor.
Now if I could only drop anchor...
I don't recall this ever happening in vanilla SH3, but I have to say that it's a pretty cool feature.
One question: I have noticed that contacts posted to the navigation map only appear if I manage to mouse over the exact spot. So I'll get a wireless transmission that a ship has been spotted in a given grid (e.g., AM26), or I'll happen to mouse over a random encounter and I'll get rewarded with the black circle. Is this functioning properly?
One observation: This is really odd, but I don't know if it's a SH3 bug or NYGM: I was playing around with the external view camera around Scapa Flow early September '39 when I encountered a Hurricane suspended in mid-air, burning. Another Hurricane was nearby, also suspended in mid-air, and also burning. A few KM away, I found two more: One was about to strike the ground while another was in mid-air. My first thought was "My CPU resources are being spent keeping track of THIS?"
Strange stuff...
Overall, I'm having a blast with NYGM 2.2. Thanks again to the development team!