Weather

Shoe · 08-17-07, 05:11 PM

Is the weather always the same in SH4? I've not encountered a storm yet. The weather was always changing in SH3. I can usually hide from the Japanese destroyers but in SH3 it was hard to hide from the Brits. I prefer SH3.

ReallyDedPoet · 08-17-07, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoe

Is the weather always the same in SH4? I've not encountered a storm yet. The weather was always changing in SH3. I can usually hide from the Japanese destroyers but in SH3 it was hard to hide from the Brits. I prefer SH3.

I get lots of weather changes, strange you are not getting these :hmm:

As far as avoiding Japanses Destroyers, try the Trigger Maru Mod 1.5.

RDP

chopped50ford · 08-17-07, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoe

Is the weather always the same in SH4? I've not encountered a storm yet. The weather was always changing in SH3. I can usually hide from the Japanese destroyers but in SH3 it was hard to hide from the Brits. I prefer SH3.

I noticed this a bit too.

Lots of clear skies and smooth oceans.

Just recently, Patrol #8 did I see some serious storms.

theluckyone17 · 08-17-07, 06:07 PM

I wandered into a pair of destroyers in the middle of a storm that gives bad weather in SH3 a run for its money. It might not win, but it'd be darn close. Heavy winds + heavy fog + heavy rain = visibilty of a few hundred yards, at most. Bad enough that I didn't see 'em in time, and good enough for them to put enough holes in my boat to sink me before I got out of sight.

*sigh*

Powerthighs · 08-18-07, 03:14 AM

There is bad weather, including thunder storms and rain, but most of the time it is pretty calm.

JALU3 · 08-18-07, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by theluckyone17

I wandered into a pair of destroyers in the middle of a storm that gives bad weather in SH3 a run for its money. It might not win, but it'd be darn close. Heavy winds + heavy fog + heavy rain = visibilty of a few hundred yards, at most. Bad enough that I didn't see 'em in time, and good enough for them to put enough holes in my boat to sink me before I got out of sight.

*sigh*

What amazes me about situations like this is, when your ship, even with radar, has difficulty observing these enemy DDs, yet the enemy has no problem finding your vessel. And yes, I have ran into this situation before myself . . . three destroyers ran aground into me and had me blowing my ballast every 30 minutes to keep afloat so they can hit me with their deck guns to have me see davy jones. But otherwise, good weather variants.

Seadogs · 08-18-07, 03:32 AM

Thats funny, I get the exact opposite. WAY too bad weather for the South Pacific about 90% of the time. Sheesh it aint the north Atlantic.:rotfl:

Bluesub 6 · 08-18-07, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Shoe

Is the weather always the same in SH4? I've not encountered a storm yet. The weather was always changing in SH3. I can usually hide from the Japanese destroyers but in SH3 it was hard to hide from the Brits. I prefer SH3.

You are fighting in Pacific and not in North Atlantic !

NefariousKoel · 08-18-07, 03:58 AM

There's a reason it's called the "Pacific".

As for SH3 and it's absolutely horrible weather bug, I cannot play the d@mn thing for long even if I try due to having non-stop storms my whole patrol.

I've seen some really nasty storms in the Celebes Sea, however. They just don't last 2 months.

theluckyone17 · 08-18-07, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JALU3

What amazes me about situations like this is, when your ship, even with radar, has difficulty observing these enemy DDs, yet the enemy has no problem finding your vessel. And yes, I have ran into this situation before myself . . . three destroyers ran aground into me and had me blowing my ballast every 30 minutes to keep afloat so they can hit me with their deck guns to have me see davy jones. But otherwise, good weather variants.

Actually, I had the reverse happen... it was early in the war, so I didn't have the luxury of radar.

I dropped out of time compression without an alert from the crew... I've noticed this happens occasionally, and it's usually my queue for my "captain-sense" to kick in, scramble to the deck, and take a look around.

This time, I got to see a looming bow come out of the fog, right in front of me. Wasn't no merchant either... the looming jawline of a destroyer. I ordered hard to port, and flank speed. We ground hulls for half of his length, then I finally started to pull away from him. Once away, I ordered a crash dive, thinking that I could get under before he started firing, and get far enough away under water so that when I surfaced, I'd be out of his visual range due to this miserable fog.

Unfortunately, the destroyer finally woke up... and started firing everything she had at me. AA, deck guns, could've sworn I saw a few hammers and wrenches go overhead, too

. She put a few good holes in my boat before I got under. Gave it a go underwater, then surfaced, just to find I hadn't gone quite far enough... and took another beating. The destroyer stopped firing just before she faded into the fog, and several seconds later, the twisting camera of death.

So... yeah, this really wasn't a case of him hunting me down in the fog with no known means of doing so... this was more like a couple of idiots running into each other due to pure dumb luck, both fumbling to react, and neither one doing a good job. He just happened to have bigger guns than me, and better armor.

banjo · 08-18-07, 09:16 AM

Many storms over the months I've been playing sh4 but not as many or as long enduring as in sh3.

08-17-07, 05:11 PM	#1
Shoe Seaman Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 34 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Weather Is the weather always the same in SH4? I've not encountered a storm yet. The weather was always changing in SH3. I can usually hide from the Japanese destroyers but in SH3 it was hard to hide from the Brits. I prefer SH3.

08-18-07, 03:58 AM	#9
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	There's a reason it's called the "Pacific". As for SH3 and it's absolutely horrible weather bug, I cannot play the d@mn thing for long even if I try due to having non-stop storms my whole patrol. I've seen some really nasty storms in the Celebes Sea, however. They just don't last 2 months. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

08-17-07, 06:07 PM	#4
theluckyone17 Captain Join Date: May 2006 Location: Niskayuna, NY Posts: 482 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	I wandered into a pair of destroyers in the middle of a storm that gives bad weather in SH3 a run for its money. It might not win, but it'd be darn close. Heavy winds + heavy fog + heavy rain = visibilty of a few hundred yards, at most. Bad enough that I didn't see 'em in time, and good enough for them to put enough holes in my boat to sink me before I got out of sight. sigh

08-18-07, 03:14 AM	#5
Powerthighs Beach Leaf Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 287 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	There is bad weather, including thunder storms and rain, but most of the time it is pretty calm.

08-18-07, 03:32 AM	#7
Seadogs Ensign Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 228 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Thats funny, I get the exact opposite. WAY too bad weather for the South Pacific about 90% of the time. Sheesh it aint the north Atlantic.:rotfl:

08-18-07, 09:16 AM	#11
banjo Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 762 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Many storms over the months I've been playing sh4 but not as many or as long enduring as in sh3.