The way I like my ships to die (Screenshot warnings)

gouldjg · 05-11-06, 06:01 PM

Hi all

I need your opinions,

As a game play reason, I have gotten a little bored of watching ships just sink under the water with only the occasional little fire appearing now and again. I wanted something that was delayed, and damage causing to help my imagination grasp panicking men trying to make repairs and subsequent ruptures etc.

We all know the game has limits however we should never say never as long as we have imagination willing. The little demo is to show that I am getting close to having it that a ship will continue to float and then start to take later damage without you shooting at it to get the effects. What it means is this,

1. You shoot your torps, I was impatient so shot two to help ship sink faster. Please Note the times

2. You wait for ship to start to make contact with water,

3. I have added the crewmen to show effects but this can be randomsied as wip develops.

4. It just keeps getting better with a good few seconds between. Later I may get it to minutes.

5. Still also get the occasional fireball

6. We are in the next minute now and boom a big one.

7. Now they pop at other places also.

8. Oh here we go again, more and more at pretty good timings

9. Surely she is dead now

10. Maybe not

11. Hold on Jack ,just hold on

12. The last effect, Time for sinking with two good torps = 10 minutes. Effects occur spontaniously for 3.5 minutes.

I wanted to show you a longer sinking version but that would mean too many pics etc. This looks a lot better at night and yes it does take points away from the ships HP but it can be controlled and in fact, it helps the smaller ships go down quicker.

It is still early days and still a WIP whilst I build things and test everything. I may be adding extra oil floating spots also as I go. I will not be doing a fuel fire as it causes too much lag. I wish someone can play with that effect so it is PC friendly.

Anyway, I hope you like the possibilities. It does not have to be crewmen flying as you can change each effect. I like crewmen though cos I am sick that way.

05-11-06, 06:01 PM	#1
gouldjg Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 881 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	The way I like my ships to die (Screenshot warnings) Hi all I need your opinions, As a game play reason, I have gotten a little bored of watching ships just sink under the water with only the occasional little fire appearing now and again. I wanted something that was delayed, and damage causing to help my imagination grasp panicking men trying to make repairs and subsequent ruptures etc. We all know the game has limits however we should never say never as long as we have imagination willing. The little demo is to show that I am getting close to having it that a ship will continue to float and then start to take later damage without you shooting at it to get the effects. What it means is this, 1. You shoot your torps, I was impatient so shot two to help ship sink faster. Please Note the times 2. You wait for ship to start to make contact with water, 3. I have added the crewmen to show effects but this can be randomsied as wip develops. 4. It just keeps getting better with a good few seconds between. Later I may get it to minutes. 5. Still also get the occasional fireball 6. We are in the next minute now and boom a big one. 7. Now they pop at other places also. 8. Oh here we go again, more and more at pretty good timings 9. Surely she is dead now 10. Maybe not 11. Hold on Jack ,just hold on 12. The last effect, Time for sinking with two good torps = 10 minutes. Effects occur spontaniously for 3.5 minutes. I wanted to show you a longer sinking version but that would mean too many pics etc. This looks a lot better at night and yes it does take points away from the ships HP but it can be controlled and in fact, it helps the smaller ships go down quicker. It is still early days and still a WIP whilst I build things and test everything. I may be adding extra oil floating spots also as I go. I will not be doing a fuel fire as it causes too much lag. I wish someone can play with that effect so it is PC friendly. Anyway, I hope you like the possibilities. It does not have to be crewmen flying as you can change each effect. I like crewmen though cos I am sick that way.