Icebergs? - Page 3

KL-alfman · 01-29-10, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ryanglavin

Now i wish you could kill the dolphins and whales. Get blubber for a profit back home and some meat for the crew, eh?

but they are mammalian like we are!

Siantis · 01-30-10, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

lol you wont sink one
They have no damage model

I'm just trying to make sure they aren't an aircraft carrier in disguise.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007...t-carrier.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

bigboywooly · 01-30-10, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Siantis

I'm just trying to make sure they aren't an aircraft carrier in disguise.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007...t-carrier.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

Without checking the links I guess you mean the one the British were gonna make

They did actually build one ship out of ice - well ice and sawdust IIRC
At the bottom of a sound somewhere in Canada

Jimbuna · 01-30-10, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Siantis

I'm just trying to make sure they aren't an aircraft carrier in disguise.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007...t-carrier.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

tomfon · 01-30-10, 02:02 PM

There is at least one GWX3 mission where you actually have to attack a convoy passing through icebergs.

I think its the ''Arctic'' missions (I & II).

Task Force · 01-30-10, 02:11 PM

yep, called Ice Ice baby 1 &2.

tomfon · 01-30-10, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

yep, called Ice Ice baby 1 &2.

Yeah! Thanks. Your memory serves you well, TF.

Keeper Garrett · 02-10-10, 02:43 AM

I had a look under some of these with the free Camera, and they don't seem to be big enough underneath the surface. I thought it was 20/80 but in game look about 50/50.

Jimbuna · 02-10-10, 11:33 AM

In RL 1/8 or 12.5% of an iceberg shows above the water surface.

In game the percentages are almost reversed.

There really isn't much point in modelling something if you can't see the majority of said model.

Gotland · 02-11-10, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Siantis

The real question is how much tonnage do you get for sinking one?

8 torpedos and 200 deckgun rounds didn't even dent one

Haha that made me laugh, how patient of you taking the time to fire 200 shells at an iceberg.
You probably will have some explaining to do when you get back to port about the whereabouts of your ammo :P

My first encounter with icebergs disappointed me. The hydrophone picked them up first as 3 slow merchants.
My patrol had been dry so far, so i went for it.
As i got closer the map named them (Iceberg 1, Iceberg 2 and Iceberg 3).
To be honest, i thought those were ship names (thought even the might be icebreakers) since i never expected icebergs to be shown on hydrophone or named on the map in the same way as ships.

Jimbuna · 02-11-10, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Gotland

Haha that made me laugh, how patient of you taking the time to fire 200 shells at an iceberg.
You probably will have some explaining to do when you get back to port about the whereabouts of your ammo :P

My first encounter with icebergs disappointed me. The hydrophone picked them up first as 3 slow merchants.
My patrol had been dry so far, so i went for it.
As i got closer the map named them (Iceberg 1, Iceberg 2 and Iceberg 3).
To be honest, i thought those were ship names (thought even the might be icebreakers) since i never expected icebergs to be shown on hydrophone or named on the map in the same way as ships.

They are initially identified as slow moving craft because their drift speed is 5 knots IIRC but the name changes to iceberg (which is what they are) as soon as they move into visual range and you are able to make a positive id.

Platapus · 02-11-10, 05:20 PM

Icebergs can sound like merchant ships...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...icebergs+sound

01-30-10, 02:02 PM	#35
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	There is at least one GWX3 mission where you actually have to attack a convoy passing through icebergs. I think its the ''Arctic'' missions (I & II). __________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan "You don't even care. That's how much an impact the three-point shot has and it's evidenced by how everybody plays... There's no basketball anymore, there's no beauty in it. It's pretty boring. But it is what it is and you need to work with it." - Greg Popovich Mods for SH3

01-30-10, 02:11 PM	#36
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	yep, called Ice Ice baby 1 &2. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

02-10-10, 02:43 AM	#38
Keeper Garrett Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 6 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I had a look under some of these with the free Camera, and they don't seem to be big enough underneath the surface. I thought it was 20/80 but in game look about 50/50. __________________ When the world is at peace, a gentleman keeps his sword, by his side.

02-10-10, 11:33 AM	#39
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,938 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In RL 1/8 or 12.5% of an iceberg shows above the water surface. In game the percentages are almost reversed. There really isn't much point in modelling something if you can't see the majority of said model. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-11-10, 05:20 PM	#42
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,397 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Icebergs can sound like merchant ships... http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...icebergs+sound __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.