Trigger Maru - Ocean Water Color

Werewolf13 · 09-20-12, 11:15 AM

Trigger Maru is without a doubt the best mod for a sim I've ever used in over 30 years of PC gaming hands down. SH4 with TMO is the way SH4 should have come from Ubi. I applaud the excellent work that has gone into it and most especially the author for sharing it with us.

Even if the one gotcha I have cannot be resolved it's still the best and if it was a stand alone mod that one had to buy to use - I'd buy it.

That said: I imagine that the reader is asking himself, then what's the gotcha?

The water colors used - just aren't right. I served for 10 years in the USN, 8 of 'em on sea duty and in all those years I never once saw water, day or night, the color of the water used in TMO.

Picky, picky right? I suppose - if one had never been to sea and had no frame of reference then one would most assuredly be impressed. To me though who spent lots of time on the deck of 2 destroyers and one cruiser - well - it just makes the visuals - a bit annoying.

The water colors used in stock SH4 - though not perfect are closer to reality than the colors used in TMO which are way, way too blue.

Real ocean/coastal water color as viewed from the deck of a ship, depending on the time of day, the depth of the water, the sky and the makeup of the bottom range from ice blue to a light blue green, to a dirty green in coastal waters, thru mid to dark gray in deeper waters. If the waters are exceptionally deep and clear I've seen them take on a deep, deep royal blue almost black color. Once off the Bahamas near dusk with water depth 18,000+ feet and a sea state of 1 the water even took on a purple hue (once - rare occurence). At night the water is so gray as to be almost black. With a moon the whitecaps become visible. With no moon practically the only thing visible is the irredescent sparkling of the wave at the ships bow and the wake at the stern from the luminescent plankton present.

So what I'd like to know is how to get back the stock SH4 water colors while keeping the rest of the TMO mega mod enabled.

Is it possible?

09-20-12, 11:15 AM	#1
Werewolf13 Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The HEART of Fly Over Country Posts: 120 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Trigger Maru - Ocean Water Color Trigger Maru is without a doubt the best mod for a sim I've ever used in over 30 years of PC gaming hands down. SH4 with TMO is the way SH4 should have come from Ubi. I applaud the excellent work that has gone into it and most especially the author for sharing it with us. Even if the one gotcha I have cannot be resolved it's still the best and if it was a stand alone mod that one had to buy to use - I'd buy it. That said: I imagine that the reader is asking himself, then what's the gotcha? The water colors used - just aren't right. I served for 10 years in the USN, 8 of 'em on sea duty and in all those years I never once saw water, day or night, the color of the water used in TMO. Picky, picky right? I suppose - if one had never been to sea and had no frame of reference then one would most assuredly be impressed. To me though who spent lots of time on the deck of 2 destroyers and one cruiser - well - it just makes the visuals - a bit annoying. The water colors used in stock SH4 - though not perfect are closer to reality than the colors used in TMO which are way, way too blue. Real ocean/coastal water color as viewed from the deck of a ship, depending on the time of day, the depth of the water, the sky and the makeup of the bottom range from ice blue to a light blue green, to a dirty green in coastal waters, thru mid to dark gray in deeper waters. If the waters are exceptionally deep and clear I've seen them take on a deep, deep royal blue almost black color. Once off the Bahamas near dusk with water depth 18,000+ feet and a sea state of 1 the water even took on a purple hue (once - rare occurence). At night the water is so gray as to be almost black. With a moon the whitecaps become visible. With no moon practically the only thing visible is the irredescent sparkling of the wave at the ships bow and the wake at the stern from the luminescent plankton present. So what I'd like to know is how to get back the stock SH4 water colors while keeping the rest of the TMO mega mod enabled. Is it possible? __________________ Peace is good... Freedom is BETTER!