[REL] Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

I think "FUBAR" might be overstating.

It comes down to 2 schools of thinking.
If you break something while fixing others?
You've FUBARed somethings.
That's one school.

The other school teachs to fix things
without breaking other things.

So,
As I follow the Second school?
I'll stand by my post.

And it's not a mean post.
Just fact.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by privateer

It comes down to 2 schools of thinking.
If you break something while fixing others?
You've FUBARed somethings.
That's one school.

I think he means the air raids aren't completely broken.
They still work much like they did before, just with less white things.

You could argue that the smaller ships lights FUBAR the air raids, but at the
same time you could argue that the large air raid lights FUBAR the ships.

I think it's more a matter of taste than anything else.

It can be argued any way you wish.

And I don't have a problem with the quick fix in any way.

But the fact remains,
it breaks things.

So shall we break the Whales and Dolphins
because you hardly ever see them?

Hey, there's those darned Sea Forts also.
Let's mess those up too!

It's no big deal how or what someone does to the files.
OLC himself should know I'm not upset nor bothered by this fix.

I was asked to state my opinion,
and I did.

So carry on and enjoy the fix.
Let's not make it a big deal any longer.

Privateer out!

[onelifecrisis]

It is mean, and it's not a fact.

All I've done is change the texture used on the beams. Air raids are not broken by that change, nor are they F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition. They'll work exactly the same as before but with shorter-looking searchlights.

Edit:
I cross-posted with you, privateer. I get what you're saying, but you could choose your words better IMO. Nevermind. This was a five minute mod, it's not worth arguing about.

On-Land search lights were more powerfull and yes they had longer light beams. In fact in RL they were more transparent than in the game.

It would be perfect if the game allowed to tweak the lenght of land based and ships mounted searchlights independantly. So there would be less debate about reality.

Not to mention the weather conditions also reflects on light beam visibility. And i guess it's already too real for the game to handle it, unless SH5 will do the trick

If you can trust on what you see here is one:

[onelifecrisis]

Originally Posted by Hartmann

What about FPS in game ?? are the same with the old than the new lights ??

Exactly the same FPS.

I've never seen an air raid either and i've been playing for 4 years....that said, i'd very much like to see an air raid. If the original search lights were extended then didn't that fubar the ship search lights ? That said, Privateer alludes to the possibility of creating two search light types....one for the ships and one for the air raids.

[SeaWolf U-57]

I like the new look they work just the same as before just not great beams of light thought-out a convoy.
I cant understand this discussion at all why try to rubbish the mod if its not to your taste then don’t use it.
Well done OLC for realising this mod it give us freedom of choice and not what certain people think we should use.

[bert8for3]

Personally, and it being purely a matter of personal preference, I like the change. Tks OLC.

[robbythesub]

For me it is a great change, as usual, superb work from you olc.

Thanks

[onelifecrisis]

Thanks for the thanks guys. Seems like a surprisingly popular little mod.

Edit:
I've just replaced the download, in the SUBSIM download section, with a new version. I slightly tweaked the beam so that it's not quite so thin but still the same length and about the same brightness. I also fixed a duplicate ID problem in one of the .dat files and repositioned some of the beams slightly, in order to fix a graphical glitch visible on some beams close-up.

[Venatore]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

I've just replaced the download, in the SUBSIM download section, with a new version.

Thanks for the update on the new version!

[Azrael Valedhel]

Thank you OLC I am actually a fan of your (well, and Thomsens :P) mods for quite a while, thank you for continuous work.

Nearly missed this update

Downloaded, many thanks

[Wildhawke11]

Thank for this Mod
Can the new download fron Subsim be enabled through JSGME
Again Thanks