Does this sea water look like the plastics?

W_clear · 04-16-08, 03:43 AM

: Does this sea water look like the plastics?

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Fincuan · 04-16-08, 04:19 AM

That looks like ****, Ubi ruined my game, they better fix this or I'm going back to the more realistic water in SH3

Nice pic btw, sometimes the SH4 water looks almost exactly like that. The Kilo looks great too

fireship4 · 04-16-08, 05:40 AM

makes you want to defect....

walrusbomb · 04-16-08, 06:07 AM

nope. it looks like a calm habor.

my point about plastic is that while flat as mirror is realistic and nice some of the time. if it means i have to see mirror while 30nm off Guam then i'd rather never see mirror at all. it completely breaks the immersion factor.

IMHO, no mirror is better than BAD mirror.

akdavis · 04-16-08, 09:26 AM

Yeah, that definitely looks like coastal/sheltered water. I assume this is not the open Pacific or Atlantic?

It is unfortunate that the sim does not have a way to define sheltered water separate from the open sea and transition between the two.

walrusbomb · 04-16-08, 09:46 AM

and while we're playing the "picture game" while discussing fluid dynamics and wind. Here is a picture from the Pacific. Shallow waters. Little to no wind (notice the spray of the wave is the exact shape of the barrel instead of being blown away in different directions). Notice the horizen is flat, but not plastic.

Notice the foreground, it's alive. But not choppy from wind. The sets pile into the reef (top of the frame) and break with or without wind. Look to the right and left of the breakers and you'll see waves rolling towards land. They're almost invisible due to low winds, but they're there. They came from afar... the moon assisting their journey.

1000 times to 1, this is the Pacific you'll see when the winds die out. It takes special conditions to make the Mirror w_clear seems so fond of...

M. Sarsfield · 04-16-08, 09:48 AM

I was too focused on the surfer babes.

AVGWarhawk · 04-16-08, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by walrusbomb

nope. it looks like a calm habor.

my point about plastic is that while flat as mirror is realistic and nice some of the time. if it means i have to see mirror while 30nm off Guam then i'd rather never see mirror at all. it completely breaks the immersion factor.

IMHO, no mirror is better than BAD mirror.

Use Krillers PE2 mod if you do not care for the water rendering by W_clear. There are always alternatives.

walrusbomb · 04-16-08, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Use Krillers PE2 mod if you do not care for the water rendering by W_clear. There are always alternatives.

awe, AVGWarhawk, I thought you were above pointing out the obvious. Truth is, w_clear's water looks *the best* even with the minor drawback of occasional farmpond/plastic effect.

PE2.1 will have new water, we shall see...

peewee · 04-16-08, 11:44 AM

'Notice the foreground, it's alive. But not choppy from wind. The sets pile into the reef (top of the frame) and break with or without wind'

I didn't realise it was breaking wind that causes waves, though bathtime experiments comfirm this.........:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

McHibbins · 04-16-08, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

I was too focused on the surfer babes.

Like I was

Vorkapitan · 04-16-08, 02:38 PM

w_Clear,

Looks great to me.....very realistic.
If you had not mentioned it, I would have thought it was a real photo shot.

Keep up the good work.

AVGWarhawk · 04-16-08, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walrusbomb

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Use Krillers PE2 mod if you do not care for the water rendering by W_clear. There are always alternatives.

awe, AVGWarhawk, I thought you were above pointing out the obvious. Truth is, w_clear's water looks *the best* even with the minor drawback of occasional farmpond/plastic effect.

PE2.1 will have new water, we shall see...

Some of the other posts I read walrusbomb, you would understand why I point out the obvious. :rotfl:

Fincuan · 04-16-08, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by VorkapitÃ¤

If you had not mentioned it, I would have thought it was a real photo shot.

Rofl

It IS a real photo. There's no Kilo of that quality for SH4

walrusbomb · 04-17-08, 07:41 AM

AVGWarhawk, LOL. so true. so true.

this all started when w_clear said he'd been out in an unnamed sea and saw MIRRORED/FARM POND surfaces. Having sailed every sea on this planet more than once, I simply called BS.

Besides, if I wasn't such a big fan of w_clear's Mod, I wouldn't be posting here at all. The first time I saw the farmpond *while* out to sea (EE4.2) I thought I was in the Eye of a Hurricane! Very scurry.

04-16-08, 03:43 AM	#1
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04-16-08, 05:40 AM	#3
fireship4 Ensign Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 221 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	makes you want to defect.... __________________ Rest in peace Dave

04-16-08, 06:07 AM	#4
walrusbomb Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 180 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	nope. it looks like a calm habor. my point about plastic is that while flat as mirror is realistic and nice some of the time. if it means i have to see mirror while 30nm off Guam then i'd rather never see mirror at all. it completely breaks the immersion factor. IMHO, no mirror is better than BAD mirror. Last edited by walrusbomb; 04-16-08 at 06:17 AM.

04-16-08, 09:26 AM	#5
akdavis Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 597 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah, that definitely looks like coastal/sheltered water. I assume this is not the open Pacific or Atlantic? It is unfortunate that the sim does not have a way to define sheltered water separate from the open sea and transition between the two. __________________ -AKD

04-16-08, 09:48 AM	#7
M. Sarsfield Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,016 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I was too focused on the surfer babes. __________________ MJS USS Batfish Volunteer/Reenactor www.ss310.com www.ussbatfish.com Communism killed over 100M people and all that I got was this lousy signature.* *http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/COM.ART.HTM

04-16-08, 04:19 AM	#2
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	That looks like ****, Ubi ruined my game, they better fix this or I'm going back to the more realistic water in SH3 Nice pic btw, sometimes the SH4 water looks almost exactly like that. The Kilo looks great too

04-16-08, 09:46 AM	#6
walrusbomb Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 180 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	and while we're playing the "picture game" while discussing fluid dynamics and wind. Here is a picture from the Pacific. Shallow waters. Little to no wind (notice the spray of the wave is the exact shape of the barrel instead of being blown away in different directions). Notice the horizen is flat, but not plastic. Notice the foreground, it's alive. But not choppy from wind. The sets pile into the reef (top of the frame) and break with or without wind. Look to the right and left of the breakers and you'll see waves rolling towards land. They're almost invisible due to low winds, but they're there. They came from afar... the moon assisting their journey. 1000 times to 1, this is the Pacific you'll see when the winds die out. It takes special conditions to make the Mirror w_clear seems so fond of...

04-16-08, 11:44 AM	#10
peewee Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 135 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	'Notice the foreground, it's alive. But not choppy from wind. The sets pile into the reef (top of the frame) and break with or without wind' I didn't realise it was breaking wind that causes waves, though bathtime experiments comfirm this.........:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

04-16-08, 02:38 PM	#12
Vorkapitan Samurai Navy Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 594 Downloads: 1367 Uploads: 0	w_Clear, Looks great to me.....very realistic. If you had not mentioned it, I would have thought it was a real photo shot. Keep up the good work. __________________ __________________________________________________ ________ __________________________________________________ ________ Joe

04-17-08, 07:41 AM	#15
walrusbomb Planesman Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 180 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	AVGWarhawk, LOL. so true. so true. this all started when w_clear said he'd been out in an unnamed sea and saw MIRRORED/FARM POND surfaces. Having sailed every sea on this planet more than once, I simply called BS. Besides, if I wasn't such a big fan of w_clear's Mod, I wouldn't be posting here at all. The first time I saw the farmpond while out to sea (EE4.2) I thought I was in the Eye of a Hurricane! Very scurry.