Final Pre-release Pitch Video Poll (I promise :)

[panthercules]

OK - with testing well underway and no real problems detected yet (fingers still crossed), and with the release of the new ROW add-on update (way to go ROW team - looks awesome!!!), I've got one last set of Pitch test videos I'd like folks to take a look at and vote on if you have time.

This one is a little more complicated. First, there are 3 videos to compare, and second, I'm looking for two different votes - one on the way the boat looks in its motion, and one on the way the water looks.

For those who can, please view all 3 videos, then pick TWO CHOICES in the poll - first, which of the 3 did you like the boat movement best in, and second, which of the 3 did you like the water best in.

"Take 1" video is here:



"Take 2" video is here:



"Take 3" video is here:




If all goes well, depending on the poll results and the testing results (testers still welcome BTW - PM me if you're interested), I should have Panther's Pitch Mod ready for release by this weekend.

Thanks for the help

[Will-Rommel]

Where can we see those videos?

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by Will-Rommel

Where can we see those videos?

Links in the first post (you beat me to the punch while I was still pasting in the links )

[Edward]

Panthercules

Great Stuff I liked the boat in video 2 the best; they all look great though. Can't wait to try this one out

Edward

[Will-Rommel]

Prefered both water and pitch in video 3.

But i saw some strange effects in the takes you presented, at some points in all the videos there was somehow a ''time warp'' wich caused the environment to freeze and resume. Does it also appears in your game?

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by Will-Rommel

Prefered both water and pitch in video 3.

But i saw some strange effects in the takes you presented, at some points in all the videos there was somehow a ''time warp'' wich caused the environment to freeze and resume. Does it also appears in your game?

LOL - no - that's a FRAPS artifact of gluing together short videos into a longer one (still using the trial version that only takes short vids - guess I ought to upgrade to one that will let me take longer videos if I'm going to keep at this stuff). I should have explained that I guess - it looks fine in game.

[Wilcke]

Originally Posted by panthercules

Links in the first post (you beat me to the punch while I was still pasting in the links )

pantherhercules

What sea state and wind speed am I looking at, and how many knots is the boat making. Although I want to go with the #3 "wild and wooly" ride; is there any RL data on how these boats behaved in these seas.

I have only been on the ocean in "small" craft <puke>....so I have no frame of reference. I am thinking that something (GATO Class) that is what 100 yards long and weights 1500 tons and moving along at 10-15 knots may have some sea-keeping abilitities???, I know round bottom.

Water-wise, I really like #3, I am assuming that all three sea states and wind speeds are the same? So ocean #3 is really nice.

Nice work!

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

RDP I did or rather I took off Pitch and Roll. Boat's more stable now but miss the Pitch and Roll. I think I'm suffereing from 'Having the Whole Cake' syndrome. I'm really glad someone is attempting to fix this and you really have my support.

[Karbo]

I picked the Boat in 2 and the water in 3.

[jdkbph]

The boat in video 2 looked good... not too much wild rolling and enough pitching to give you that "shipping green water" feel.

Ditto the ocean in video 2.... looked a lot more like deep ocean rollers we should be seeing, than the in-shore chop effect as in video 3.

IMHO

JD

[Doolittle81]

When released, how will this Mod relate to the "ROW Sub Reflections and Roll Pitch Mod_vs5"?

[ustahl]

Boat 2
Water 3

Could you show us a video of this combination, as it's got several votes?

[donut]

R/l Ocean My test picts in testers thread,more moderate. Thxs.,panthercules

[panthercules]

Originally Posted by ustahl

Boat 2
Water 3

Could you show us a video of this combination, as it's got several votes?

I want to get a few more responses to the poll before I explain anything about them, as I don't want to subconsciously influence people's choices, but once I get some more responses to the poll I will address this question in more detail.

Originally Posted by Wilcke

What sea state and wind speed am I looking at, and how many knots is the boat making.

All 3 videos are shot with the same sub in exactly the same weather conditions - sailing at ahead standard directly into the wind at a wind speed of 15 m/s (so, boat making about 11-12 knots into a headwind of about 28-30 knots).

[ustahl]

Originally Posted by panthercules

I want to get a few more responses to the poll before I explain anything about them, as I don't want to subconsciously influence people's choices, but once I get some more responses to the poll I will address this question in more detail.

All 3 videos are shot with the same sub in exactly the same weather conditions - sailing at ahead standard directly into the wind at a wind speed of 15 m/s (so, boat making about 11-12 knots into a headwind of about 28-30 knots).

1. Fair enough, that's understandable. In any case eagerly awaiting the final release, thanks a lot in advance.

2. With these boat speed & wind conditions I might in fact lean towards 3 & 3, although with water 3 some of the highest wave tips look a bit chunky (maybe it's just a FRAPS video limitation?). Wind speed being the highest value shown in the game, I feel there should be the occasional "water mountain" to plow into.