diagonal wake off port bow

PULSEOX · 04-03-13, 09:23 PM

Hi:
I have SH3 and GWX installed-I have a white diagonal line-looks like a torpedo wake that constantly runs off my port bow in the forward view. when I scroll to the stern it seems to follow and merges with the propeller wake.

It is quite annoying-I tried searching for a solution but can't seem to find any posts with the same problem. Does anyome have any ideas what is causing it?

MantiBrutalis · 04-04-13, 04:14 AM

Can you make a few screenshots? That could be helpful...

PULSEOX · 04-04-13, 11:15 AM

I'll try....never have done that before.

PULSEOX · 04-05-13, 05:09 PM

04-05-13, 05:13 PM

I've never seen that before.

Are you running a strict GWX 3 install?
Or did you add Mods?

GoldenRivet · 04-05-13, 08:52 PM

yeah... congrats dude... thats a brand new one

jreid666 · 04-06-13, 03:35 AM

I got that aswell (don't have sh3 installed just now) usually get it on bridge and in free view or looking at another ship. I have never been able to fix it, but still played through it.

MantiBrutalis · 04-06-13, 03:39 AM

Wooooow. This is some serious stuff.

Ok, four options for you.

1. Uninstall your mods one after another until you see which one is doing this.

2. Just reinstall SH3 completely, this may not be mod-related.

3. Try to find which file is corrupted and find an uncorrupted one from anyone else. This looks like it is a corrupted file with periscope/tower/torpedo wake bearing.

4. Keep it. You will be the only living person with a glitched diagonal wake on port bow in Silent Hunter 3 with GWX. Being THE ONLY ONE or THE CHOSEN ONE can be quite a feeling.

Anyway, these are just my personal suggestions. May be totally wrong. Do what you want.

Also, it may have something to do with graphic drivers, if it's glitching in and out only at certain angle. Have you updated your drivers recently? Try the latest driver. If that doesn't solve it, try getting a driver which is several months or years older. SH3 isn't really a brand new game anymore...

EDIT1 - Scratch number 4, you will not be the chosen one (sorry)

EDIT2 - jreid666 and PULSEOX, try consulting if you have the same/similar graphic card. That way you may scratch driver issues.

irish1958 · 04-06-13, 10:31 AM

Is your install mod free? That is, only SH3 and GWX gold (without any included GWX mods)? Are you using SH3CMDR?

Jimbuna · 04-06-13, 05:30 PM

I'm thinking along the lines of the graphics card and/or the drivers.

PULSEOX · 04-08-13, 10:59 AM

I am using SH3 with SH3 commander and several mods-most of the mods are sound (gramophone files) I also have the "flat sun fix" because I had an issue with the sun having a square box around it-which it fixed. The other mod is the one with the merchant ship addons.

I have a Gateway laptop NV78 with an integrated video chip (yuck), but it runs the game flawlessly other than this wake glitch.

I'll try taking the mods off one by one and see if I can find the culprit.
Do you think I should do that with SH3 Commander still installed or should I take that off first?

flakmonkey · 04-08-13, 12:24 PM

Guessing youre using an intel gfx card, i had the same problem on my old laptop, there was never any fix, i did a rough and ready fix by just removing the reflections from the ocean surface, not sure if its still hosted anywhere though.

Original thread
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=148215

Attempted fix and other discussions
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157068

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...el+reflections

flag4 · 04-08-13, 01:44 PM

...it could have been the........

04-08-13, 02:37 PM

@ flakmonkey

Plissken 04 still has the file on his FTP server.

I've upped it to my mediafire site also.
http://www.mediafire.com/?o83166ywu1le27y

Luno · 04-08-13, 03:33 PM

This is an intel driver issue. The only true fix is to get a dedicated graphics card (perhaps Nvidia or AMD?).

04-03-13, 09:23 PM	#1
PULSEOX Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tombstone AZ Posts: 102 Downloads: 417 Uploads: 0	diagonal wake off port bow Hi: I have SH3 and GWX installed-I have a white diagonal line-looks like a torpedo wake that constantly runs off my port bow in the forward view. when I scroll to the stern it seems to follow and merges with the propeller wake. It is quite annoying-I tried searching for a solution but can't seem to find any posts with the same problem. Does anyome have any ideas what is causing it? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]*"We build them well in Germany....eh Heinie?"*

04-04-13, 11:15 AM	#3
PULSEOX Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tombstone AZ Posts: 102 Downloads: 417 Uploads: 0	I'll try....never have done that before. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]*"We build them well in Germany....eh Heinie?"*

04-05-13, 05:09 PM	#4
PULSEOX Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tombstone AZ Posts: 102 Downloads: 417 Uploads: 0	__________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]*"We build them well in Germany....eh Heinie?"*

04-05-13, 08:52 PM	#6
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	yeah... congrats dude... thats a brand new one __________________

04-06-13, 03:39 AM	#8
MantiBrutalis Planesman Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pilsen, Czech Republic Posts: 183 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Wooooow. This is some serious stuff. Ok, four options for you. 1. Uninstall your mods one after another until you see which one is doing this. 2. Just reinstall SH3 completely, this may not be mod-related. 3. Try to find which file is corrupted and find an uncorrupted one from anyone else. This looks like it is a corrupted file with periscope/tower/torpedo wake bearing. 4. Keep it. You will be the only living person with a glitched diagonal wake on port bow in Silent Hunter 3 with GWX. Being THE ONLY ONE or THE CHOSEN ONE can be quite a feeling. Anyway, these are just my personal suggestions. May be totally wrong. Do what you want. Also, it may have something to do with graphic drivers, if it's glitching in and out only at certain angle. Have you updated your drivers recently? Try the latest driver. If that doesn't solve it, try getting a driver which is several months or years older. SH3 isn't really a brand new game anymore... EDIT1 - Scratch number 4, you will not be the chosen one (sorry) EDIT2 - jreid666 and PULSEOX, try consulting if you have the same/similar graphic card. That way you may scratch driver issues. Last edited by MantiBrutalis; 04-06-13 at 09:04 AM.

04-04-13, 04:14 AM	#2
MantiBrutalis Planesman Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Pilsen, Czech Republic Posts: 183 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Can you make a few screenshots? That could be helpful...

04-05-13, 05:13 PM	#5
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I've never seen that before. Are you running a strict GWX 3 install? Or did you add Mods?

04-06-13, 03:35 AM	#7
jreid666 Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: fraserburgh Posts: 104 Downloads: 296 Uploads: 0	I got that aswell (don't have sh3 installed just now) usually get it on bridge and in free view or looking at another ship. I have never been able to fix it, but still played through it.

04-06-13, 10:31 AM	#9
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	Is your install mod free? That is, only SH3 and GWX gold (without any included GWX mods)? Are you using SH3CMDR? __________________ Irish1958

04-06-13, 05:30 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'm thinking along the lines of the graphics card and/or the drivers. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-08-13, 10:59 AM	#11
PULSEOX Helmsman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tombstone AZ Posts: 102 Downloads: 417 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the hekp I am using SH3 with SH3 commander and several mods-most of the mods are sound (gramophone files) I also have the "flat sun fix" because I had an issue with the sun having a square box around it-which it fixed. The other mod is the one with the merchant ship addons. I have a Gateway laptop NV78 with an integrated video chip (yuck), but it runs the game flawlessly other than this wake glitch. I'll try taking the mods off one by one and see if I can find the culprit. Do you think I should do that with SH3 Commander still installed or should I take that off first? __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]*"We build them well in Germany....eh Heinie?"*

04-08-13, 12:24 PM	#12
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Guessing youre using an intel gfx card, i had the same problem on my old laptop, there was never any fix, i did a rough and ready fix by just removing the reflections from the ocean surface, not sure if its still hosted anywhere though. Original thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=148215 Attempted fix and other discussions http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157068 http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...el+reflections __________________

04-08-13, 01:44 PM	#13
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...it could have been the........ __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

04-08-13, 02:37 PM	#14
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	@ flakmonkey Plissken 04 still has the file on his FTP server. I've upped it to my mediafire site also. http://www.mediafire.com/?o83166ywu1le27y

04-08-13, 03:33 PM	#15
Luno Ensign Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 234 Downloads: 123 Uploads: 0	This is an intel driver issue. The only true fix is to get a dedicated graphics card (perhaps Nvidia or AMD?). __________________ Career: Feb. 13, 1942 "Cpt. Johny Goodwood" Porpoise class: USS Shark, SS-174 Patrols: 2 Victories: 1 Merchants (4519 GRT), 0 Warships (0 GRT), 0 Aircraft Sunk with all hands lost.