It's too dark. I can't see anything…except reflected images!

Rockin Robbins · 11-24-09, 03:30 AM

You have no idea. Spoiled by growing up in civilization, we have no concept of dark, unless we are strange enough to spend a lot of time in closets. But at sea in the Pacific, you get to meet and get really friendly with Mr Dark.

Dark means that you can wave your hand in front of your face and see nothing, no matter how close it is. Dark means that unless an object eclipses a star that you know is there (people who know the dark know the stars REAL well), you have no way to detect it. Dark is normal. It is our light infested way of life that is abnormal. I have heard reliable reports from Ayers Rock in Australia that the Milky Way casts a shadow on the ground. I'll be you can't even FIND the Milky Way because all the city lights obliterate it.

We've lost all concept of Mr. Dark, but heeeeeeeeeeeeee's back!!!

Munchausen · 11-24-09, 12:01 PM

In other words, "No ... you can't really see reflections in the water if it's too dark to see the ship being reflected." Evidently, the game uses a different sub-routine (npi) for determining when to display reflections.

11-24-09, 06:43 PM

in darkness you only see shadows, no color, no reflection, because reflection by definition is reflected "light"

G2B · 11-24-09, 10:20 PM

Welcome aboard scudhawk

Good catch on the reflections

Dark is dark but maybe there were enough stars to reflect (wishful thinking ???)

scudhawk · 11-24-09, 11:45 PM

Considering that I could bearly tell the sky from the surface of the water at that night (By using replay function, I find out that It was very cloudy), I think it was bug or error(or mistake?) of the game.

Anyway, I decided to stop thinking about any bizarre scenes I saw and might see in the future in this game, since I noticed one of my repair crew has no body - All I could see was his head and two hands(OMG, my boat is haunted! Let me out!).

Rockin Robbins · 11-25-09, 06:33 AM

AVGWarhawk · 11-25-09, 11:14 AM

Play with your gamma settings in options.

G2B · 11-25-09, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scudhawk

Anyway, I decided to stop thinking about any bizarre scenes I saw and might see in the future in this game, since I noticed one of my repair crew has no body - All I could see was his head and two hands(OMG, my boat is haunted! Let me out!).

I've seen him, really creepy so I just don't look in his direction.

Task Force · 11-25-09, 11:44 PM

I think hese talking about how the ships seem to "glow" at there waterline in SH4.

11-24-09, 03:30 AM	#1
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	You have no idea. Spoiled by growing up in civilization, we have no concept of dark, unless we are strange enough to spend a lot of time in closets. But at sea in the Pacific, you get to meet and get really friendly with Mr Dark. Dark means that you can wave your hand in front of your face and see nothing, no matter how close it is. Dark means that unless an object eclipses a star that you know is there (people who know the dark know the stars REAL well), you have no way to detect it. Dark is normal. It is our light infested way of life that is abnormal. I have heard reliable reports from Ayers Rock in Australia that the Milky Way casts a shadow on the ground. I'll be you can't even FIND the Milky Way because all the city lights obliterate it. We've lost all concept of Mr. Dark, but heeeeeeeeeeeeee's back!!! __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-24-09, 10:20 PM	#4
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Welcome aboard scudhawk Good catch on the reflections Dark is dark but maybe there were enough stars to reflect (wishful thinking ???) __________________

11-25-09, 06:33 AM	#6
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	__________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

11-25-09, 11:14 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Play with your gamma settings in options. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-25-09, 11:44 PM	#9
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think hese talking about how the ships seem to "glow" at there waterline in SH4. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

11-24-09, 12:01 PM	#2
Munchausen Commodore Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 608 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 1	In other words, "No ... you can't really see reflections in the water if it's too dark to see the ship being reflected." Evidently, the game uses a different sub-routine (npi) for determining when to display reflections.

11-24-09, 06:43 PM	#3
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	in darkness you only see shadows, no color, no reflection, because reflection by definition is reflected "light"

11-24-09, 11:45 PM	#5
scudhawk Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Considering that I could bearly tell the sky from the surface of the water at that night (By using replay function, I find out that It was very cloudy), I think it was bug or error(or mistake?) of the game. Anyway, I decided to stop thinking about any bizarre scenes I saw and might see in the future in this game, since I noticed one of my repair crew has no body - All I could see was his head and two hands(OMG, my boat is haunted! Let me out!).

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