Anybody else seen dancing ships?

jhelix70 · 03-02-10, 04:27 PM

That is, ships that jump 40 meters up from the surface after you hit them with a torpedo, fall back down, and jump around on the surface of the water for a few seconds before settling normally?

This was in the single mission in Norway, I was using german merchant ships in Narvik for target practice.

Wish I has a screenshot but haven't figured out how yet.

Ziggy · 03-02-10, 04:28 PM

Maybe they never bothered to test what happens when torpedo hit friendly shipping?

Capt.Warner · 03-02-10, 04:29 PM

Well the game was just released today officialy,not everything is going to be patched.

B_O_L_T · 03-02-10, 04:42 PM

On sailing into to harbour I was greeted by the sight of every allied ship flying about in the air, in pieces and on fire, many bouncing repeatedly.

coasterdigi · 03-02-10, 04:46 PM

No, but I watched one try to sail through a wall in Kiel.

Over and over and over again.

Noren · 03-02-10, 05:26 PM

Report as bugs folks!

03-02-10, 05:43 PM

make sure you update your game and if you did let us know about it because its important to know this

Safe-Keeper · 03-02-10, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by B_O_L_T

On sailing into to harbour I was greeted by the sight of every allied ship flying about in the air, in pieces and on fire, many bouncing repeatedly.

In SHIII, docked ships in harbour would drift slightly over time. It wasn't important while you were in port, but if you went on a patrol and came back, the ships would have drifted into the harbour and each others if placed too densely together.

This could be a repetition of this problem. A good way to find out would be to replicate it by revisiting the harbour, for then to go into the mission editor and compare harbours. If the ships in the harbour are closer together than in harbours that function properly, give them some space and try the harbour again in-game.

ParaB · 03-02-10, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capt.Warner

Well the game was just released today officialy,not everything is going to be patched.

You know, if that wasn't actually so very sad it would actually be funny.

B_O_L_T · 03-02-10, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

In SHIII, docked ships in harbour would drift slightly over time. It wasn't important while you were in port, but if you went on a patrol and came back, the ships would have drifted into the harbour and each others if placed too densely together.

This could be a repetition of this problem. A good way to find out would be to replicate it by revisiting the harbour, for then to go into the mission editor and compare harbours. If the ships in the harbour are closer together than in harbours that function properly, give them some space and try the harbour again in-game.

That wouldn't explain why ships are floating hundreds of feet in the air spinning wildly and on fire, or flying over Kiel harbour at many hundreds of miles an hour as if gripped by a mega tornado

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It actually looks as though some physics values have bugged somewhere, and it is sending movable objects off in random directions bouncing like rubber balls if they make contact with non movable objects.
I did try to fraps it, but for one reason or another all I got was a black screen.

jhelix70 · 03-02-10, 09:16 PM

After I found out how to capture screenshots (ctrl-F11), I tried to reproduce the problem, but couldn't. It may be the latest update fixed the particular issue I was seeing.

If I see anything like it in the future it will go in bug reports.

ddrgn · 03-02-10, 09:43 PM

I seen this too, they jump like 20-30 ft off the water.

03-02-10, 04:27 PM	#1
jhelix70 Sparky Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 152 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Anybody else seen dancing ships? That is, ships that jump 40 meters up from the surface after you hit them with a torpedo, fall back down, and jump around on the surface of the water for a few seconds before settling normally? This was in the single mission in Norway, I was using german merchant ships in Narvik for target practice. Wish I has a screenshot but haven't figured out how yet.

03-02-10, 04:29 PM	#3
Capt.Warner Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 262 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Well the game was just released today officialy,not everything is going to be patched. __________________

03-02-10, 04:46 PM	#5
coasterdigi Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cocoa Beach, FL Posts: 50 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	No, but I watched one try to sail through a wall in Kiel. Over and over and over again. __________________ "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." -Churchill

03-02-10, 09:43 PM	#12
ddrgn Korvettenkapitän Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 918 Downloads: 362 Uploads: 30	I seen this too, they jump like 20-30 ft off the water. __________________ ddrgn mods: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=217261

03-02-10, 04:28 PM	#2
Ziggy Torpedoman Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 111 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Maybe they never bothered to test what happens when torpedo hit friendly shipping?

03-02-10, 04:42 PM	#4
B_O_L_T Seaman Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 40 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	On sailing into to harbour I was greeted by the sight of every allied ship flying about in the air, in pieces and on fire, many bouncing repeatedly.

03-02-10, 05:26 PM	#6
Noren 中国水兵 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 284 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Report as bugs folks!

03-02-10, 05:43 PM	#7
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	make sure you update your game and if you did let us know about it because its important to know this

03-02-10, 09:16 PM	#11
jhelix70 Sparky Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 152 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	After I found out how to capture screenshots (ctrl-F11), I tried to reproduce the problem, but couldn't. It may be the latest update fixed the particular issue I was seeing. If I see anything like it in the future it will go in bug reports.