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Peto · 11-17-07, 01:51 PM

I can understand your desire for this. It would be a nice feature to be able to check out the boat and crew. Still--I would vote against it. The reason is simple: Modelling everything in such detail would take a tremendous amount of effort and could easily detract from the meat & potatos of the sim.

I would rather see that effort put into further AI enhancement/more realism options/more dynamic modelling of the boats (each one would be a little unique--crush depth varies etc). There is much that could be done with escort AI resulting in more of a challenge to escape a counter-attack.

Imagine getting a new command and not knowing exactly what to expect from the boat. How deep will it go? (They all had the same theoretical crush depth but in actuality--they were all different). Boat A takes 3 seconds longer to dive than Boat B and Boat C just can't keep it's engines running (HOR Diesels).

I could go on for pages but I think I've made my point. Not that my point is any more valid than your's!!! It's merely my opinion (And everyone around here has one

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Peto

11-17-07, 01:51 PM	#3
Peto Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The details of my life are quite inconsequential Posts: 1,049 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I can understand your desire for this. It would be a nice feature to be able to check out the boat and crew. Still--I would vote against it. The reason is simple: Modelling everything in such detail would take a tremendous amount of effort and could easily detract from the meat & potatos of the sim. I would rather see that effort put into further AI enhancement/more realism options/more dynamic modelling of the boats (each one would be a little unique--crush depth varies etc). There is much that could be done with escort AI resulting in more of a challenge to escape a counter-attack. Imagine getting a new command and not knowing exactly what to expect from the boat. How deep will it go? (They all had the same theoretical crush depth but in actuality--they were all different). Boat A takes 3 seconds longer to dive than Boat B and Boat C just can't keep it's engines running (HOR Diesels). I could go on for pages but I think I've made my point. Not that my point is any more valid than your's!!! It's merely my opinion (And everyone around here has one )! Peto __________________ If your target has a 30 degree AOB, the range from his base course line equals the current range divided by 2.