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Old 12-10-07, 03:10 PM   #1
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I have no idea. How does it behave with radical changes in the values? Does it bounce around the set depth if set to a "slow" value, going below, then above, etc? Or does the sub make a dive at a certain rate of depth change, then flatten out into a shallow dive to set depth based on the value?

Might the value be a reset from crush depth damage? If you get to crush depth, and are there a certain time, then blow and suface, you might still die on the surface, correct? Perhaps it controls that...
To be quite honest, I didn't even test it around crush depth. It's just too hard, even after changing crush depths and crush times, because the sub could implode before anything was even checked.

I'm going to do some more testing with it, so I'll look into what you ask for.

However, I don't think is has anything to do with rates of depth change so much as time it takes to level out. In my previous testing, I didn't really notice a difference between the time it took to level out during a crash dive, going ahead 1/3, going ahead standard, and going back 1/2.

I'll do some more testing and post the results in a little bit.

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All tests were done with a Balao-class sub.
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Old 12-10-07, 03:14 PM   #2
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I think, after some tinkering, I've figured it out, but I just want to check. If I'm wrong, I'll close the thread.
There will be no thread closing with questions like this. These questions get people thinking and talking. Issues are resolved and new doors opened.

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Old 12-10-07, 05:00 PM   #3
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I've, honestly, never experimented with it, at all. I think the default is 45, but thats all i could tell you. There is an indicator though, this variable is in the ZON file no? If its in the zon file means it has *something* to do with the exterior shell of the boat. In laymans terms, the zon file is reallyl about the manipulation of hitpoints.

Hitpoints = self explanitory
Crash depth defines when you start loosing HP's to pressure
Crash speed defines how fast or slow you loose those HPs (at least in SH3, not so much in Sh4, but it does slow down how fast the insta crush occurs)

So in keeping with the theme of the file, im *guessing* its another variable that somehow manipulates hitpoints in some way, shape, or form.
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Old 12-10-07, 06:57 PM   #4
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Is there any way to get a file to load....faster?

My rig is a little old and outdated, so it takes a large amount of time to load up just to test one parameter before closing to change the parameter before loading up the game again to test the same parameter.

Yeah....I don't know if I can follow what I just wrote....
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Old 12-10-07, 07:15 PM   #5
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LOL. I know the problem well. My old rig took forever.

Oddly, I've found that if the game CTDs, the next time it loads up FAST.

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Old 12-10-07, 07:27 PM   #6
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Quote from .act file:

Rebound = The rebound coeficient [0..1] to be used when colliding with other objects.
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Old 12-10-07, 07:34 PM   #7
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Does s3d open the act files?
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