water exhaust on the side of the ships ?

[tonschk]

Hello , can somebody tell me please if already exist a Mod to add a exhaust water on the side of the big ships , do you think is possible to add this realism details to the ships in SH3/SH4 ? thank you

[linerkiller]

This would be a beautiful addition, but unfortunately a similar mod isn't out yet

It is possible, Yes.
Will anyone sit down and add the needed non-3D nodes to each ship?
(200+ in GWX 2.0!)
Then create the Particals Generator stuff needed?

[Jimbuna]

Looks like your gonna have to imagine the ships are in tip top condition and have dry bilges

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by privateer

It is possible, Yes.
Will anyone sit down and add the needed non-3D nodes to each ship?
(200+ in GWX 2.0!)
Then create the Particals Generator stuff needed?

pretty soon you will be able to....I'm writing much needed software for stuff just like this. I just finished the SH_Equipper which will allow you to graphically alter the ship's .eqp files. It reads the files specified in a .ini file from the \data\Library and let's you choose what piece of 'equipment' you want at each NodeName in each ship. I'm adding the ability to edit the sub's .eqp files currently.

[panzer 49th]

That souns like a very interesting thing your doing racerboy if you need any help testing anything you can always ask me

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by Racerboy

pretty soon you will be able to....I'm writing much needed software for stuff just like this. I just finished the SH_Equipper which will allow you to graphically alter the ship's .eqp files. It reads the files specified in a .ini file from the \data\Library and let's you choose what piece of 'equipment' you want at each NodeName in each ship. I'm adding the ability to edit the sub's .eqp files currently.

RB I tried to PM you but I can't. Anyhow I'm getting an error using your equippe program and then I'm forced to exit.



I'm using Vista 32 ultimate

[TheDarkWraith]

let's not hijack this thread please I have room in my PM box again.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Looks like your gonna have to imagine the ships are in tip top condition and have dry bilges

Why would you have to imagine that?

Cool idea if it can be done and suspect it can. This is added. in form anyway. to SH4. Water runs out from under the submarine superstructure. Some textures changes and flow direction. I bet it would be a nice addition to have this happening with vessels in the harbor.

[iambecomelife]

Where does this water come from BTW? Is it ballast? Condensation?

Anyway, for this new program I wonder if it will be possible to add entirely new nodes onto the ship automatically, so that it will be easier to add new equipment.

[Cohaagen]

"Water exhaust"!

That's a bilge outlet. "Bilge" is waste water that collects in a special compartment low down in the ship and is pumped out. Anything bigger than a punt has one. Bilgewater is really nasty stuff. My old boy has some interesting stories about bilge-cleaning and valve changing from when he was a deck officer cadet in the Merchant Navy.

That's how I felt about SH4 water sprays from the ballast water intake ports. I know water should move freely from those ports, especially when surfacing - can see it on US subs and U-boats in old films. But the deal is - in those films it never looks like the white sprays that shoot out from the subs in SH4. Not only that but in the real films such water rarely pours out of all the ballast holes at the same time and with the same volume. SO the SH4 routine ends up looking fakey. If it can't be done well - then its best not done.

[linerkiller]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Where does this water come from BTW? Is it ballast? Condensation?

Anyway, for this new program I wonder if it will be possible to add entirely new nodes onto the ship automatically, so that it will be easier to add new equipment.

I think that tis exaust comes from the engine's refrigerating system.

[Von Manteuffel]

The water comes from inside the ship's bilges. Some of it is waste-water from the accommodation and engine spaces, some is sea-water and rain-water which finds its way inside the ship. No vessel is totally waterproof, especially above the waterline. Water will continually find its way inside, so ship designers build in spaces to which it is channelled called bilges. To prevent the bilges from filling up and overflowing, they are regularly, sometimes continuously, pumped out overboard. That's what this "exhaust" water is - bilge-water from the bilge-pumps


Sorry just noticed the cross-post with Cohaagen.

[linerkiller]

Originally Posted by Von Manteuffel

The water comes from inside the ship's bilges. Some of it is waste-water from the accommodation and engine spaces, some is sea-water and rain-water which finds its way inside the ship. No vessel is totally waterproof, especially above the waterline. Water will continually find its way inside, so ship designers build in spaces to which it is channelled called bilges. To prevent the bilges from filling up and overflowing, they are regularly, sometimes continuously, pumped out overboard. That's what this "exhaust" water is - bilge-water from the bilge-pumps


Sorry just noticed the cross-post with Cohaagen.

Yeah, in Italian naval language this space is called "sentina"....But, the photos posted by Tonschk shows ships in very calm weather, and if these ships really taken in water in that quantity I would have jailed the designers!
These ships seems motorships, so probably, part of that water comes from the refrigeration plant