quick (but odd) question

Doolar · 04-22-12, 07:40 PM

GWX 3 + Commender / Dec 1940 in DH53 / 15ms, no rain but overcast.

There i was just patroll'n along at 30meters when i get a sound contact. Came up to parascope depth and moved in to ID it. Well it was actually 3 neutrals. 2 were medium merchants and the 3rd was a smaller merchant or cargo ship really struggling in the ruff waters and way behind the larger ships. Looking through the attack scope i saw an explosion near the smaller ship. I cycled through the ships in external view ( < > ) for a closer look at the ships for fires or any damage. I thought what the what, but the were all fine. Except for the smaller ship that was still struggling along in the ruff waters of course. What could that explosion have been ?

Gargamel · 04-22-12, 08:02 PM

Weather damage.

Jimbuna · 04-23-12, 05:28 AM

Damage can be caused by the weather and the game engine simulates said damage by rendering smoke and fire.

Doolar · 04-23-12, 06:09 AM

thanx for the responce , didnt know that

Osmium Steele · 04-23-12, 07:05 AM

If you see it from far enough away it looks like St. Elmo's fire. Kind of a nebulous green flash. Pretty cool actually.

zygoma · 04-24-12, 09:47 AM

Does that also account for the apparent flames roaring out of the top middle of the PT boats? Usually it's only a fairly dense plume of ruddy smoke, but oft times it's overt flames.
My first thought was that it's the guys who wish they were flying fighter planes and have removed anything from the engine that impedes their speed. Or they're just over-redlining the engines a lot. Or just a way the game makes them a tad more visible so I've got something for the flak gunner to shoot at....
Inquiring minds (?!?) wanna know.....
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04-22-12, 07:40 PM	#1
Doolar Expert Shipsinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Baltimore,Md./ CA45 Posts: 914 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	quick (but odd) question GWX 3 + Commender / Dec 1940 in DH53 / 15ms, no rain but overcast. There i was just patroll'n along at 30meters when i get a sound contact. Came up to parascope depth and moved in to ID it. Well it was actually 3 neutrals. 2 were medium merchants and the 3rd was a smaller merchant or cargo ship really struggling in the ruff waters and way behind the larger ships. Looking through the attack scope i saw an explosion near the smaller ship. I cycled through the ships in external view ( < > ) for a closer look at the ships for fires or any damage. I thought what the what, but the were all fine. Except for the smaller ship that was still struggling along in the ruff waters of course. What could that explosion have been ?

04-22-12, 08:02 PM	#2
Gargamel Lucky Sailor Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Rome Posts: 4,273 Downloads: 81 Uploads: 0	Weather damage. __________________ Luck is a residue of Design.

04-23-12, 05:28 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Damage can be caused by the weather and the game engine simulates said damage by rendering smoke and fire. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-23-12, 06:09 AM	#4
Doolar Expert Shipsinker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Baltimore,Md./ CA45 Posts: 914 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	re thanx for the responce , didnt know that

04-23-12, 07:05 AM	#5
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	If you see it from far enough away it looks like St. Elmo's fire. Kind of a nebulous green flash. Pretty cool actually. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

04-24-12, 09:47 AM	#6
zygoma Loader Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 84 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Does that also account for the apparent flames roaring out of the top middle of the PT boats? Usually it's only a fairly dense plume of ruddy smoke, but oft times it's overt flames. My first thought was that it's the guys who wish they were flying fighter planes and have removed anything from the engine that impedes their speed. Or they're just over-redlining the engines a lot. Or just a way the game makes them a tad more visible so I've got something for the flak gunner to shoot at.... Inquiring minds (?!?) wanna know..... -- Zygoma -- p.s. Vanilla SH3 w/1.4 patch __________________ If it's long and dark green and its bite makes you scream, that's..... a Moray. 7/5 of adults don't understand fractions. I'm told that two things can be reliably predicted to fail with increasing age. The first is memory. I can't remember the other right now.