Water Vibrating or Wiggling when camera is turned.

[mutantant]

Hello all.

I just picked up the Uboat expansion for SH4. I had not played SH4 for a few weeks now, though it has remained installed, but I think something very new and irritating has happened to my water.

When turning the view, in any mode, the water sort of quickly ripples. Camera still, water normal, turn the camera - ripples fast and weird, stop moving, goes back to normal. This can be seen above water as well as below.

This is quite odd looking and I would think I would have noticed it before now - which makes me wonder if its the addon.

Either way, the game runs fine other than that glitch. Drivers are updated, Video cards are ATI 4850's in crossfire. I have tried many changing many options to no avail, except for one....if I disable VSync, the problem gets WORSE. The water it virtually jumping up and down when I turn my periscope/view.

Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Ducimus]

Vanilla game issue.

Vanilla has LOTS of issues. Many will say, play vanilla first to get your feet wet and then D/L a mod.

My opinion is vanilla will traumatize a person to this game and make them never want to play it again. So D/L a mod right away, and avoid vanilla.

Large mods you'll want to investigate:
Fall of the Rising Sun (FOTRS)
Real Fleet Boat (RFB)
Trigger Maru Overhauled (TMO)
Game Fixes Only (GFO)

Look in the mod forum, their all there.

[mutantant]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Vanilla game issue.

Vanilla has LOTS of issues. Many will say, play vanilla first to get your feet wet and then D/L a mod.

My opinion is vanilla will traumatize a person to this game and make them never want to play it again. So D/L a mod right away, and avoid vanilla.

Large mods you'll want to investigate:
Fall of the Rising Sun (FOTRS)
Real Fleet Boat (RFB)
Trigger Maru Overhauled (TMO)
Game Fixes Only (GFO)

Look in the mod forum, their all there.

Absolutely agree, though I have played vanilla for a while, and have no mods installed as of yet. The game certainly has its share of bug and oddities.

Any chance any one of those mods would iron out this magic vibrating water issue? Cause its damn distracting once you notice it. Wish I could just ignore it, but I just can't once I notice it.

[Ducimus]

Any chance any one of those mods would iron out this magic vibrating water issue?

All of them will i think. This was one of the first hot issues that set off the community when SH4 was in its infancy. (one of the other ones being the "sub on rails" effect. Also fixed)

[TorpX]

Sorry to but in, but I have to ask. What is the "sub on rails" effect?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by TorpX

Sorry to but in, but I have to ask. What is the "sub on rails" effect?

The sub is unaffected by the sea state. As the waves get higher the sub rides absolutely smoothly, as if "on rails", so the bow and stern might be inside two high waves while the midsection is in the air. Sometimes the entire sub will be out of the water.

[mutantant]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

All of them will i think. This was one of the first hot issues that set off the community when SH4 was in its infancy. (one of the other ones being the "sub on rails" effect. Also fixed)

Sweet, I'll give them a whirl.

Damn these developers some times. Can't I buy a damn game that doesn't need people on Ye Olde Interwebs to fix their crap for them? How the hell does magic jiggling water pass the Q&A dept? In a SUB GAME? lol

I did try one mod which didn't help. The 'Real Environment Mod'. It sort of helped, as it generally smoothed out the water so the effect was less visible, but it was still there.

Thanks for the replies.

[WernherVonTrapp]

I've had that happen a few times also. Usually when I come out of high TC and am nearing a port. The water currents seem to move very rapidly.

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by mutantant

Damn these developers some times. Can't I buy a damn game that doesn't need people on Ye Olde Interwebs to fix their crap for them? How the hell does magic jiggling water pass the Q&A dept? In a SUB GAME? lol

I like the way you put that.

[Dogfish40]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Vanilla game issue.

Vanilla has LOTS of issues. Many will say, play vanilla first to get your feet wet and then D/L a mod.

My opinion is vanilla will traumatize a person to this game and make them never want to play it again. So D/L a mod right away, and avoid vanilla.

Large mods you'll want to investigate:
Fall of the Rising Sun (FOTRS)
Real Fleet Boat (RFB)
Trigger Maru Overhauled (TMO)
Game Fixes Only (GFO)

Look in the mod forum, their all there.

What is the latest version of GFO??
Thanx in advance
D40

[MDV_4life]

What is this vanilla u all talk about, i have this issue 2 but this doesn't really bother me.
And i do not have any mod called vanilla installed that could cause it.

Therefore , u have a confused man ...

[razark]

Originally Posted by MDV_4life

What is this vanilla u all talk about, i have this issue 2 but this doesn't really bother me.
And i do not have any mod called vanilla installed that could cause it.

Vanilla is the stock game, straight out of the box, as the publisher released it.

Originally Posted by Ducimus

My opinion is vanilla will traumatize a person to this game and make them never want to play it again. So D/L a mod right away, and avoid vanilla.

I can see your point there. I'd suggest that after a player has played the game with whatever mods they use for a while, they should uninstall all the mods, and play the stock game. It really makes one appreciate all the work that went into modding the game.