The external camera is...

Ducimus · 01-11-08, 10:52 PM

Friday night fun thread.

(choose what you feel is the most correct answer to you)

Littlealx · 01-12-08, 02:46 AM

I voted life's blood.

I love watching the wake's of the fish heading for the target! it's ten times better when you take a look and it looks like your calculations are about to pay off

CCIP · 01-12-08, 02:56 AM

occasional. I rarely watch the action nowadays actually, I prefer to concentrate on the attack and not spoil the immersion in the role of the captain. I use it a lot when nothing is happening but I just want to watch my boat cruise through the waves, though. I also use it sometimes to watch sinking ships when an attack is over and finished. Otherwise... not so much.

Ducimus · 01-12-08, 06:49 AM

You girlymen! :rotfl:

stabiz · 01-12-08, 07:08 AM

Life`s blood!

Q3ark · 01-12-08, 07:29 AM

I voted for movie ticket,love watching the action as it happens. Maybe if there where more going on inside the sub i wouldn't use it as much, but right now the crew dosen't seem very real. Besides how can i enjoy Leo's ROW from inside the sub?

Q3ark · 01-12-08, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

You girlymen! :rotfl:

Well thay do call me Davina at the weekend:rotfl:

Rockin Robbins · 01-12-08, 08:46 AM

I've been watching sinkings through the periscope lately. Really what I've been doing is looking at Dave's ocean and sky and taking screenies of my own boat, although I can do that with the free deck cam too.

@littlealx: that's what the attack map is for. Here! Wear this dunce cap for the next 15 minutes.:rotfl

uci, have a pink girlyman dunce cap?

Right now I'm playing with Rubini's nHancer settings for my graphics card trying to tease out the last 10% of rendering excellence from my graphics card. I added some fps too, going from 25 to 38 in bridge and external camera view.

But mostly the external view is how you tell the story of an attack sequence. Unless you just depend on the attack and nav maps, how else are you going to do it? A shadow puppet show?

Call me a journalist.

In the bottom screenie you can pick out the constellation Sagittarius right at the nose of Kraken and just to the right, the hook of Scorpius, the brightest and first-recognized constellation for those living in the southern hemisphere. Were this a real sky you would be able to pick out the bright Milky way rising out of the spout of Saggitarius. almost obscuring the stars in front of it and making the stars of Sagittarius very difficult to pick out.

Taken from the Florida Keys just after sunset. You can see some sky glow on the bottom of the picture, but Sagittarius is in the lower middle of the shot. Just TRY to pick it out. This is not much brighter than it would appear to the naked eye at sea with no artificial lights to destroy your amazement. Ok, call me an astronomer. Or call me crazy!

ReallyDedPoet · 01-12-08, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Q3ark

Besides how can i enjoy Leo's ROW from inside the sub?

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swdw · 01-12-08, 10:57 AM

When I'm doing "paperwork" at home (actually working on the work laptop), I often fire up SH4 with ROW, and let the boat putt across the Pacific in real time with the external view on. Something soothing about the wave action, colors and sounds in the background while WWII era music is playing over the radio.

Sailor Steve · 01-12-08, 11:57 AM

Color me 'occasional'. In SH3 I always tried to stay inside, but I really love looking at the harbor traffic, and looking at my sub from other viewpoints - especially looking down from the plane's view. It's a hard one to give up.

I imagine it will be the same for SH4; that ocean sure is pretty.

Ducimus · 01-12-08, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stabiz

Life`s blood!

For Stabiz, no doubt about that!

Sailor Steve · 01-12-08, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Quote:

Originally Posted by stabiz

Life`s blood!

For Stabiz, no doubt about that!

Why would you say tha...

Oh, yeah, "Mr. Video".

DrBeast · 01-12-08, 03:02 PM

My vote went to Movie Ticket too...for the same reasons Q3ark mentioned.

ekempey · 01-12-08, 03:52 PM

I never use it anymore, as running a low end computer forces the frame rates down to 2-3fps in external view, and 5-7 in periscope view. Besides I like the suspense that TM 1.7.5 gives me watching a DD bear down on me through the periscope (and the crash diving that proceedes).

View Poll Results: The external Camera is..
My lifes blood! How can i enjoy SH4 without seeing the eye candy?!	57	27.54%
My movie ticket! I love watching the depth charges drop and seeing all the action as it happens!	75	36.23%
Just something i use occasionaly. I ike watching ships sink.	48	23.19%
For the girlyman! Real sub skippers had no such view!	20	9.66%
External what? I live in the 2D world that is the nav map	7	3.38%
Voters: 207. You may not vote on this poll

01-11-08, 10:52 PM	#1
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	The external camera is... Friday night fun thread. (choose what you feel is the most correct answer to you)

01-12-08, 02:46 AM	#2
Littlealx Watch Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 17 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I voted life's blood. I love watching the wake's of the fish heading for the target! it's ten times better when you take a look and it looks like your calculations are about to pay off __________________ \"Dive.... DIVE!!!\"

01-12-08, 02:56 AM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	occasional. I rarely watch the action nowadays actually, I prefer to concentrate on the attack and not spoil the immersion in the role of the captain. I use it a lot when nothing is happening but I just want to watch my boat cruise through the waves, though. I also use it sometimes to watch sinking ships when an attack is over and finished. Otherwise... not so much. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-12-08, 07:08 AM	#5
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Life`s blood! __________________

01-12-08, 06:49 AM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	You girlymen! :rotfl:

01-12-08, 07:29 AM	#6
Q3ark Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: York, England Posts: 346 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I voted for movie ticket,love watching the action as it happens. Maybe if there where more going on inside the sub i wouldn't use it as much, but right now the crew dosen't seem very real. Besides how can i enjoy Leo's ROW from inside the sub? __________________ Johnny was a chemist's son, But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20 was H2SO4.

01-12-08, 08:46 AM	#8
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Well I voted for number 3 but... I've been watching sinkings through the periscope lately. Really what I've been doing is looking at Dave's ocean and sky and taking screenies of my own boat, although I can do that with the free deck cam too. @littlealx: that's what the attack map is for. Here! Wear this dunce cap for the next 15 minutes.:rotfluci, have a pink girlyman dunce cap? Right now I'm playing with Rubini's nHancer settings for my graphics card trying to tease out the last 10% of rendering excellence from my graphics card. I added some fps too, going from 25 to 38 in bridge and external camera view. But mostly the external view is how you tell the story of an attack sequence. Unless you just depend on the attack and nav maps, how else are you going to do it? A shadow puppet show? Call me a journalist. In the bottom screenie you can pick out the constellation Sagittarius right at the nose of Kraken and just to the right, the hook of Scorpius, the brightest and first-recognized constellation for those living in the southern hemisphere. Were this a real sky you would be able to pick out the bright Milky way rising out of the spout of Saggitarius. almost obscuring the stars in front of it and making the stars of Sagittarius very difficult to pick out. Taken from the Florida Keys just after sunset. You can see some sky glow on the bottom of the picture, but Sagittarius is in the lower middle of the shot. Just TRY to pick it out. This is not much brighter than it would appear to the naked eye at sea with no artificial lights to destroy your amazement. Ok, call me an astronomer. Or call me crazy! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 01-12-08 at 09:34 AM.

01-12-08, 10:57 AM	#10
swdw Grey Wolf Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 921 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	When I'm doing "paperwork" at home (actually working on the work laptop), I often fire up SH4 with ROW, and let the boat putt across the Pacific in real time with the external view on. Something soothing about the wave action, colors and sounds in the background while WWII era music is playing over the radio. __________________ "There are only two types of ships- submarines...... and targets" Unknown "you wouldn't catch me on a ship that deliberately sinks itself"- comment to me from a surface sailor. System: AMD 6300 3.5 GHz \| 32GB DDR3 \| SATA 300 320GB HD, SATA III 1TB HD, SATA III 1.TB HD \| ASUS Sonar DS sound card NVIDIA 1660 Super OC \| Windows 10

01-12-08, 11:57 AM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Color me 'occasional'. In SH3 I always tried to stay inside, but I really love looking at the harbor traffic, and looking at my sub from other viewpoints - especially looking down from the plane's view. It's a hard one to give up. I imagine it will be the same for SH4; that ocean sure is pretty. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-12-08, 03:02 PM	#14
DrBeast The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Somewhere Out In Space Posts: 1,408 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	My vote went to Movie Ticket too...for the same reasons Q3ark mentioned. __________________ Let the Beast inside you free!

01-12-08, 03:52 PM	#15
ekempey Gunner Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 95 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I never use it anymore, as running a low end computer forces the frame rates down to 2-3fps in external view, and 5-7 in periscope view. Besides I like the suspense that TM 1.7.5 gives me watching a DD bear down on me through the periscope (and the crash diving that proceedes).