Did anyone look at the stars?????

Tomp · 03-24-07, 10:15 AM

One of those little neat features I discovered is that the stars are no longer random. They actually added the constellations!

DaMaGe007 · 03-24-07, 10:17 AM

Im pretty sure Sh3 had constelations too

Sailor Steve · 03-24-07, 10:35 AM

Yep. Orion's belt and the big and little dippers were definitely in SHIII.

Antrodemus · 03-24-07, 10:59 AM

Yeah, they're more or less accurate, but The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) are little more than a smudge of 3 stars. No biggie, just an annoyance.

The main thing that bugs me is that the sky almost never gets truly black, instead being a dark, but obvious blue colour. Anytime I've been at sea on a clear, non-Moonlit night, the stars have been a glittering array of jewels on a jet-black background, unless in the evening or approaching morning.

letterboy1 · 03-24-07, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Antrodemus

Yeah, they're more or less accurate, but The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) are little more than a smudge of 3 stars. No biggie, just an annoyance.

The main thing that bugs me is that the sky almost never gets truly black, instead being a dark, but obvious blue colour. Anytime I've been at sea on a clear, non-Moonlit night, the stars have been a glittering array of jewels on a jet-black background, unless in the evening or approaching morning.

Have you been in the Pacific? Just curious because I really don't know if the blueness of the seas there would add a hue to the skies with the moonlight. Again, an honest question and not a challenge to your veracity.

Sedge73 · 03-31-07, 06:10 AM

I'm playing Sh3 GWX and the seas are a grey colour in the middle of the night in a storm???? I'm playing this on a brand new XI1525 Fujitsu Laptop in widescreen and everything is perfectly clear. However, I don't think the nights are dark enough when it's cloudy. It should be black as hell out there but the sky glows a blue/grey colour all the time. Is there a mod for darker nights that I can download or do I have to mess around with the gamma?

joea · 03-31-07, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedge73

I'm playing Sh3 GWX and the seas are a grey colour in the middle of the night in a storm???? I'm playing this on a brand new XI1525 Fujitsu Laptop in widescreen and everything is perfectly clear. However, I don't think the nights are dark enough when it's cloudy. It should be black as hell out there but the sky glows a blue/grey colour all the time. Is there a mod for darker nights that I can download or do I have to mess around with the gamma?

Wrong forum!!!

WhiskeyBravo · 03-31-07, 06:30 AM

Saw the SHIV night sky for the first time last night, and wondered about the stars. If they are accurately modelled would it be possible to navigate by them? Another addition to the immersion factor. Probably too much for a PC Subsim but an interesting idea imo.

WB.

codmander · 03-31-07, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedge73

I'm playing Sh3 GWX and the seas are a grey colour in the middle of the night in a storm???? I'm playing this on a brand new XI1525 Fujitsu Laptop in widescreen and everything is perfectly clear. However, I don't think the nights are dark enough when it's cloudy. It should be black as hell out there but the sky glows a blue/grey colour all the time. Is there a mod for darker nights that I can download or do I have to mess around with the gamma?

probly a million water sky mods around either that or a tad adjustment in your gamma will make it paint black if you so desire:hmm:

03-24-07, 10:15 AM	#1
Tomp Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lancaster, Pa. Posts: 10 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Did anyone look at the stars????? One of those little neat features I discovered is that the stars are no longer random. They actually added the constellations! __________________ The ocean doesn\'t have a kiddie pool!

03-24-07, 10:35 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yep. Orion's belt and the big and little dippers were definitely in SHIII. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-24-07, 10:17 AM	#2
DaMaGe007 Watch Officer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 338 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Im pretty sure Sh3 had constelations too

03-24-07, 10:59 AM	#4
Antrodemus Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yeah, they're more or less accurate, but The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters) are little more than a smudge of 3 stars. No biggie, just an annoyance. The main thing that bugs me is that the sky almost never gets truly black, instead being a dark, but obvious blue colour. Anytime I've been at sea on a clear, non-Moonlit night, the stars have been a glittering array of jewels on a jet-black background, unless in the evening or approaching morning.

03-31-07, 06:10 AM	#6
Sedge73 Nub Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I'm playing Sh3 GWX and the seas are a grey colour in the middle of the night in a storm???? I'm playing this on a brand new XI1525 Fujitsu Laptop in widescreen and everything is perfectly clear. However, I don't think the nights are dark enough when it's cloudy. It should be black as hell out there but the sky glows a blue/grey colour all the time. Is there a mod for darker nights that I can download or do I have to mess around with the gamma?

03-31-07, 06:30 AM	#8
WhiskeyBravo Gunner Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 96 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Saw the SHIV night sky for the first time last night, and wondered about the stars. If they are accurately modelled would it be possible to navigate by them? Another addition to the immersion factor. Probably too much for a PC Subsim but an interesting idea imo. WB.