Problems with water surface animation graphics

jugger · 02-16-10, 02:55 PM

Hi everybody,

I just installed Silent Hunter 4 gold, played it some and noticed a strange graphics problem concerning the water surface graphic when moving. When I start a mission and go to tower, the water seems to be just ok when the submarine is in no motion. However, if I move mouse around or give speed to boat, water surface starts to move strangely, maybe I would call it 'stuttering'. It is a bit hard to explain but think of holding a transparent piece of plastic with a bit inconsistent and bumpy surface in front of you, and then moving it in different directions and looking at water thru it. So it is like having some strange filter applied to the water graphics when in movement. Effect is most notable at water near to sub/camera, and faster the boat travels, the bigger effect it has.

here are some facts about my conf. and what I have tried:
Win XP SP2 32-bit, Core duo 3.0Ghz, 4G Ram, Geforce 8800GTS 640MB

- I am using SH4 1.5 vanilla with no mods installed
- I have tried to change all of the in-game graphical settings, first having all of them on and then off, and also something in-between. No effect...
- I have tried Nhancer and used settings recommended in another thread at this forum, and also other custom settings. No help

I will check if I can make a video out of this since it is bit hard to explain and because a screenshot wouldn't show anything strange as the problem can be seen only in motion.

Any help would be much appreciated.

02-16-10, 02:55 PM	#1
jugger Watch Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 23 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Problems with water surface animation graphics Hi everybody, I just installed Silent Hunter 4 gold, played it some and noticed a strange graphics problem concerning the water surface graphic when moving. When I start a mission and go to tower, the water seems to be just ok when the submarine is in no motion. However, if I move mouse around or give speed to boat, water surface starts to move strangely, maybe I would call it 'stuttering'. It is a bit hard to explain but think of holding a transparent piece of plastic with a bit inconsistent and bumpy surface in front of you, and then moving it in different directions and looking at water thru it. So it is like having some strange filter applied to the water graphics when in movement. Effect is most notable at water near to sub/camera, and faster the boat travels, the bigger effect it has. here are some facts about my conf. and what I have tried: Win XP SP2 32-bit, Core duo 3.0Ghz, 4G Ram, Geforce 8800GTS 640MB - I am using SH4 1.5 vanilla with no mods installed - I have tried to change all of the in-game graphical settings, first having all of them on and then off, and also something in-between. No effect... - I have tried Nhancer and used settings recommended in another thread at this forum, and also other custom settings. No help I will check if I can make a video out of this since it is bit hard to explain and because a screenshot wouldn't show anything strange as the problem can be seen only in motion. Any help would be much appreciated.