Smaller Sun

Reece · 12-05-07, 08:52 PM

Hi, I noticed that the size of the sun from the free cam view is nearly twice the size as from the deck view!

I thought that someone done some work on this, actually I thought Kriller 2 had done this but after a lot of searching I found nothing, can anyone shed some light here?

Shyzar · 12-05-07, 10:44 PM

This is one thing that has always annoyed me. But I'm almost never on the bridge and at least it does not alter gameplay.

Seaman_Hornsby · 12-05-07, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Shyzar

...I'm almost never on the bridge...

Really? Even with ROW graphics and lifelike wave action?

I find myself up on the bridge all the time admiring the view!

Shyzar · 12-06-07, 06:37 PM

I actually don't have ROW. I'm waiting for a TM friendly version.

leovampire · 12-06-07, 06:49 PM

The ROW camera's makes the sun and moon as close to the same size in all the outside views as possable. But as you move them out of center view the size and curve of the objects change a bit. We did the best we could with the camera view of the objects issue. The Angular-Angle setting is the key and in the ROW camera's they are all set to 75deg. In stock they are all differnt values. We used the Bridge view angle as the base setting.

Everything revolves around the camera and the view you are using in the game. So most visual issues are usuay camera operation and setting related when it comes to most objects in the game.

Unless the object it's self is not set to render very far in the first place.

There is only one setting for actual size of the sun and moon in the game.

But you can adjust them to change size as they move from the horizonal line to there highest zenith and back down again. I did this in the ROW mod. Lowered there size a bit from stock and then made it so they get smaller as they slowly rise then come back to main size setting once they are at the horizonal level again.

It was the only way to create the eye view illusion we get in real life when looking at them vs other objects on the horizon to compair with.

Reece · 12-07-07, 12:48 AM

Hi Leovampire, I was origionally holding off because of 1.4 compatable issues but soon realized that they are ok now, so downloading a few more of the big ones.

May thanks.

12-05-07, 08:52 PM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,737 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Smaller Sun Hi, I noticed that the size of the sun from the free cam view is nearly twice the size as from the deck view! I thought that someone done some work on this, actually I thought Kriller 2 had done this but after a lot of searching I found nothing, can anyone shed some light here? __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

12-05-07, 10:44 PM	#2
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	This is one thing that has always annoyed me. But I'm almost never on the bridge and at least it does not alter gameplay. __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz

12-06-07, 06:37 PM	#4
Shyzar Engineer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Surrey, British Columbia Posts: 214 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I actually don't have ROW. I'm waiting for a TM friendly version. __________________ Since ancient times, there has never been a war that did not have a political character. -Máo Zédong Friction is the only concept that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper. -Carl von Clausewitz

12-06-07, 06:49 PM	#5
leovampire Eternal Patrol Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Waterbury, CT. USA Posts: 2,336 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	the problem is a camera view issue The ROW camera's makes the sun and moon as close to the same size in all the outside views as possable. But as you move them out of center view the size and curve of the objects change a bit. We did the best we could with the camera view of the objects issue. The Angular-Angle setting is the key and in the ROW camera's they are all set to 75deg. In stock they are all differnt values. We used the Bridge view angle as the base setting. Everything revolves around the camera and the view you are using in the game. So most visual issues are usuay camera operation and setting related when it comes to most objects in the game. Unless the object it's self is not set to render very far in the first place. There is only one setting for actual size of the sun and moon in the game. But you can adjust them to change size as they move from the horizonal line to there highest zenith and back down again. I did this in the ROW mod. Lowered there size a bit from stock and then made it so they get smaller as they slowly rise then come back to main size setting once they are at the horizonal level again. It was the only way to create the eye view illusion we get in real life when looking at them vs other objects on the horizon to compair with. __________________ AIR_BASE_NAV_MAP_MOD Reflections_on_the_Water Last edited by leovampire; 12-06-07 at 07:04 PM.

12-07-07, 12:48 AM	#6
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,737 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Hi Leovampire, I was origionally holding off because of 1.4 compatable issues but soon realized that they are ok now, so downloading a few more of the big ones. May thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*