New and HUGE problem for the books...

GoldenRivet · 08-04-08, 12:45 AM

During the course of my 1x patrol i have run across a problem i have not heard of ever before with SH3.

Here is the scenario...

today at around 7 pm i noticed my interior lights switch from red to white light. We were in a massive storm and i noticed it was rather dark outside. Thought it might have something to do with the storm, or the reduction of the storm's severity. i didnt give it another thought even though i thought this was strange.

the fact is it was about to turn night time in the game and in Real life so if anything the lights should have gone from white to red...

but thats not the problem...

i poked my head out the conning tower and got a bigger surprise when this nasty weather cleared...

The clock shows 0043 hours... local time shows 2343 hours - essentially midnight...

but the sun is shining directly overhead in a beautiful clear sky!

and i dont mean a bright sky like you might find in extreme northern regions at night. Im talking about it is high freakin noon in arizona on a high pressure day!

and the sun is directly overhead.

though the clock says 0043 (midnightish)... i think SH3 is messed up and is thinking it is 1243 (noonish)

somehow during the course of my 1x patrol... the physical day/night cycle seems to be 180 degrees out of synch with the clock day night cycle.

any ideas???

i saved, exited the game, opened up the save and it is the same problem.

the good news is... Im about 7 and a half hours from intercepting a large convoy. assuming SH3 is not stuck on noon and the sun will continue to move throughout the day i will be intercepting the convoy right about night fall.... at 8:00am . uhhhhhh... right

i just wonder if the units will respond as if it is night? or if they will act as if it is day? irregardless of whether or not the sun and clock disagree hmmmm

this could get interesting

Reece · 08-04-08, 01:44 AM

Yes could be very interesting, try a night surface attack in broad daylight!

nirwana · 08-04-08, 02:08 AM

well im in the midst of sth like this being 150km west of scapa flow in june. i cant get enough from the beautiful sunrises at 2:15am with a golden yellow horizont. the watchteam ran already outta sunblocker caused by 20 hrs beachconditions.

ps: the enemies didnt detect me approaching them with high speed surfaced until i was <1000m away.

GoldenRivet · 08-04-08, 02:26 AM

but im west of france. in august.

the sun is directly overhead and its midnight... well 2am now. the sun has been steadily going down.

it seems like its about 4:00pm now

nirwana · 08-04-08, 06:01 AM

ROFL i cant compete with that....:rotfl:

rifleman13 · 08-04-08, 07:33 AM

Maybe the SH3 game clock is not well tuned up... :hmm:

08-04-08, 12:45 AM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,729 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	New and HUGE problem for the books... During the course of my 1x patrol i have run across a problem i have not heard of ever before with SH3. Here is the scenario... today at around 7 pm i noticed my interior lights switch from red to white light. We were in a massive storm and i noticed it was rather dark outside. Thought it might have something to do with the storm, or the reduction of the storm's severity. i didnt give it another thought even though i thought this was strange. the fact is it was about to turn night time in the game and in Real life so if anything the lights should have gone from white to red... but thats not the problem... i poked my head out the conning tower and got a bigger surprise when this nasty weather cleared... The clock shows 0043 hours... local time shows 2343 hours - essentially midnight... but the sun is shining directly overhead in a beautiful clear sky! and i dont mean a bright sky like you might find in extreme northern regions at night. Im talking about it is high freakin noon in arizona on a high pressure day! and the sun is directly overhead. though the clock says 0043 (midnightish)... i think SH3 is messed up and is thinking it is 1243 (noonish) somehow during the course of my 1x patrol... the physical day/night cycle seems to be 180 degrees out of synch with the clock day night cycle. any ideas??? i saved, exited the game, opened up the save and it is the same problem. the good news is... Im about 7 and a half hours from intercepting a large convoy. assuming SH3 is not stuck on noon and the sun will continue to move throughout the day i will be intercepting the convoy right about night fall.... at 8:00am . uhhhhhh... right i just wonder if the units will respond as if it is night? or if they will act as if it is day? irregardless of whether or not the sun and clock disagree hmmmm this could get interesting __________________

08-04-08, 01:44 AM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,892 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Yes could be very interesting, try a night surface attack in broad daylight! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-04-08, 02:26 AM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,729 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	but im west of france. in august. the sun is directly overhead and its midnight... well 2am now. the sun has been steadily going down. it seems like its about 4:00pm now __________________

08-04-08, 02:08 AM	#3
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	well im in the midst of sth like this being 150km west of scapa flow in june. i cant get enough from the beautiful sunrises at 2:15am with a golden yellow horizont. the watchteam ran already outta sunblocker caused by 20 hrs beachconditions. ps: the enemies didnt detect me approaching them with high speed surfaced until i was <1000m away.

08-04-08, 06:01 AM	#5
nirwana Sonar Guy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 380 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	ROFL i cant compete with that....:rotfl:

08-04-08, 07:33 AM	#6
rifleman13 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2008 Location: Depth-charged to Kingdom Come Posts: 927 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Maybe the SH3 game clock is not well tuned up... :hmm: