Great Naval Battles - weird sea graphics

Andreas86 · 05-15-21, 09:34 AM

I have tried many times to get into SSIs Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943, and I want to like it. It has good atmosphere and feels like a sibling of SS2 thanks to designer Roy B. Gibson. What stops me is this:

What is with the weird sea motion? Is it a bug or am I missing something crucial? When I sail in one direction and look forward, the ocean graphic behaves as if I sail sideways. Has anyone noticed this? Can it be fixed? It is the same in all game versions for me, and it is totally disorienting.

Scaz65 · 06-20-21, 01:15 PM

I think that's just the graphics. They wanted to show some sort of sense of motion with the limited (at the time) graphical resources they had.

Those games were a great concept and I think were executed rather well for the time they were created. No other games scream for an remake/update than those games. I still play them as well. What other game do you get to stand on the deck of the Bismarck?!!

All I can suggest is maybe take some dramamine before playing

Aktungbby · 06-23-21, 01:51 AM

Scaz65!

Nice 14 year silent run!

05-15-21, 09:34 AM	#1
Andreas86 Officer Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 241 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 2	Great Naval Battles - weird sea graphics I have tried many times to get into SSIs Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939-1943, and I want to like it. It has good atmosphere and feels like a sibling of SS2 thanks to designer Roy B. Gibson. What stops me is this: What is with the weird sea motion? Is it a bug or am I missing something crucial? When I sail in one direction and look forward, the ocean graphic behaves as if I sail sideways. Has anyone noticed this? Can it be fixed? It is the same in all game versions for me, and it is totally disorienting.

06-23-21, 01:51 AM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,979 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome back! Scaz65! Nice 14 year silent run! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-20-21, 01:15 PM	#2
Scaz65 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 14 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I think that's just the graphics. They wanted to show some sort of sense of motion with the limited (at the time) graphical resources they had. Those games were a great concept and I think were executed rather well for the time they were created. No other games scream for an remake/update than those games. I still play them as well. What other game do you get to stand on the deck of the Bismarck?!! All I can suggest is maybe take some dramamine before playing