Underwater refraction?

ahclem · 08-29-07, 09:17 PM

Hi all. I've been lurking for some time, but I believe this is my first post. I tried searching the forums but was unable to find an answer to my question.

Has anyone found a way to turn off or minimize the rippling refraction when the players POV is underwater? It's very distracting and takes away from the realism. It reminds me of a old cartoon where they put a piece of ripply glass over the animation cels.

I'm not talking about the transition effect when the POV moves from underwater to above the surface. I think that's very well done. It's the constant rippling while underwater that I find to be annoying.

WilhelmTell · 08-30-07, 02:14 AM

You can get rid of that effect easily.
Open Underwater.pfx in your SilentHunter4 \Data\Filters folder with notepad.
Set the intensity of UnderwaterDispMap to 0.000 .
That's all. You can play now without underwater distortion ...

Sailor Steve · 08-30-07, 10:50 AM

And WELCOME ABOARD!

ahclem · 08-30-07, 01:05 PM

Thanks! Sounds simple enough. I'll give it a try.

ReallyDedPoet · 08-30-07, 01:08 PM

Welcome to SUBSIM

ahclem

RDP

08-29-07, 09:17 PM	#1
ahclem Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Underwater refraction? Hi all. I've been lurking for some time, but I believe this is my first post. I tried searching the forums but was unable to find an answer to my question. Has anyone found a way to turn off or minimize the rippling refraction when the players POV is underwater? It's very distracting and takes away from the realism. It reminds me of a old cartoon where they put a piece of ripply glass over the animation cels. I'm not talking about the transition effect when the POV moves from underwater to above the surface. I think that's very well done. It's the constant rippling while underwater that I find to be annoying.

08-30-07, 02:14 AM	#2
WilhelmTell Engineer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany, Europe Posts: 205 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	You can get rid of that effect easily. Open Underwater.pfx in your SilentHunter4 \Data\Filters folder with notepad. Set the intensity of UnderwaterDispMap to 0.000 . That's all. You can play now without underwater distortion ... __________________ Regards, Tell

08-30-07, 10:50 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And WELCOME ABOARD! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-30-07, 01:08 PM	#5
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,888 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Welcome to SUBSIM ahclem RDP __________________ Back in the Day

08-30-07, 01:05 PM	#4
ahclem Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 6 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	Thanks! Sounds simple enough. I'll give it a try.