GWX Realism Appreciation

UnterseeBoogeyMan · 07-09-07, 12:48 AM

I came to realize the attention to realism was more than I thought in a conversation I had with a friend of mine about Silent Hunter III.

I went on to say that I'd found a weakness in the Medium Cargo so I 'd only have to use 1 torpedo. I found that if I put it just forward of the screws before the hull curved inward, I'd get a whole lot of secondary explosions that sends the ship into a roman candle. I told him I thought maybe I ignited the fuel going to the engine room.

My friend, being an ex-Navy navigator, says no. If water gets into the boilers that would cause a rupture leading to all the secondaries. If that's the case, than major props to the GWX team for realism.

Whether this is the case or not, I have found the achilles heel of the Medium Cargo.

Hitman · 07-09-07, 02:33 AM

GWX has a deep and consistent research in the realism area, and I dare to say that not a single bolt in SH3 has been left untouched to improve that. However, the beautiful graphics and lots of contents added tend to outshine at a first glance the more subtle work in physics and realism. Yet beauty is not only skin-deep in this mod, as you learn by playing it more

I am more used to the NYGM "realism" aspect, but GWX has at least the same amount of research and changes -if not more- than that one (Which is usually taken as reference for realistic gameplay).

07-09-07, 12:48 AM	#1
UnterseeBoogeyMan Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Land of Cholla Cactus and Red Chile Posts: 224 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	GWX Realism Appreciation I came to realize the attention to realism was more than I thought in a conversation I had with a friend of mine about Silent Hunter III. I went on to say that I'd found a weakness in the Medium Cargo so I 'd only have to use 1 torpedo. I found that if I put it just forward of the screws before the hull curved inward, I'd get a whole lot of secondary explosions that sends the ship into a roman candle. I told him I thought maybe I ignited the fuel going to the engine room. My friend, being an ex-Navy navigator, says no. If water gets into the boilers that would cause a rupture leading to all the secondaries. If that's the case, than major props to the GWX team for realism. Whether this is the case or not, I have found the achilles heel of the Medium Cargo.

07-09-07, 02:33 AM	#2
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	GWX has a deep and consistent research in the realism area, and I dare to say that not a single bolt in SH3 has been left untouched to improve that. However, the beautiful graphics and lots of contents added tend to outshine at a first glance the more subtle work in physics and realism. Yet beauty is not only skin-deep in this mod, as you learn by playing it more I am more used to the NYGM "realism" aspect, but GWX has at least the same amount of research and changes -if not more- than that one (Which is usually taken as reference for realistic gameplay). __________________ One day I will return to sea ...