Why no water droplets effect on periscope lens ?

o()o · 02-04-07, 10:36 PM

Why no water droplets effect on periscope lens ? ( am running the Grey Wolves Mod.)

I would like to see real looking water droplets trickling off the lens like you see on the windshield of a car in the rain or like you do playing Colin McRae Rally 04 on xbox. ( it the best raindrops effect I have seen so far in gaming & is much better than GTR2 which is crappy / unrealistic considering it is a more modern game.)

Did the submarine’s lens have technology to stop water droplets from hanging on there ?

This technology does exist – click link below – but did it exist then ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Cuba

"They made use of innovative filming techniques; including coating a watertight camera's lens with a special submarine periscope cleaner, so the camera could be submerged and lifted out of the water without any drops on the lens or film."

_Seth_ · 02-04-07, 11:25 PM

Hi mate, and welcome to subsim! Good question there, mate! I'll move this to the Mods section, so maybe the modders can look into this!

Tuddley3 · 02-05-07, 01:40 AM

This would be cool, I bet they could just edit the lens. I could try with GIMP with Water Drop plug-in.

Abd_von_Mumit · 02-05-07, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by o()o

Did the submarine’s lens have technology to stop water droplets from hanging on there ?

Yes, as far as I remember from a book, they had it and used it from the very start of the war. The Zeiss was the best (or at least one of the best) optics producer in the world and if that technology existed, Zeiss knew it for sure. So there should be no drops on the scope's glass.

Unfortunately I don't remember, in which book I read about it. :/

Jimbuna · 02-05-07, 12:05 PM

Welcome aboard kaleun o()o

Iron Budokan · 02-05-07, 03:20 PM

I remember in AOD the water used to sheet off the lens when you raised it above the waves. Cool!

gamers2000 · 02-05-07, 03:42 PM

Budokan: Dosen't vanilla SH3 do that as well? The blurring thingamabob.

Sailor Steve · 02-05-07, 04:51 PM

I don't remember anything like that in AOD, and yes, SHIII did it from the start.

There was a mod for SHII that left water droplets on the UZO and binoculars, but it didn't run off-it was just there all the time. Still looked pretty cool.

02-04-07, 10:36 PM	#1
o()o Bilge Rat Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why no water droplets effect on periscope lens ? Why no water droplets effect on periscope lens ? ( am running the Grey Wolves Mod.) I would like to see real looking water droplets trickling off the lens like you see on the windshield of a car in the rain or like you do playing Colin McRae Rally 04 on xbox. ( it the best raindrops effect I have seen so far in gaming & is much better than GTR2 which is crappy / unrealistic considering it is a more modern game.) Did the submarine’s lens have technology to stop water droplets from hanging on there ? This technology does exist – click link below – but did it exist then ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Cuba "They made use of innovative filming techniques; including coating a watertight camera's lens with a special submarine periscope cleaner, so the camera could be submerged and lifted out of the water without any drops on the lens or film."

02-04-07, 11:25 PM	#2
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	Hi mate, and welcome to subsim! Good question there, mate! I'll move this to the Mods section, so maybe the modders can look into this! __________________

02-05-07, 12:05 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,938 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Welcome aboard kaleun o()o __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

02-05-07, 03:20 PM	#6
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I remember in AOD the water used to sheet off the lens when you raised it above the waves. Cool! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

02-05-07, 04:51 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't remember anything like that in AOD, and yes, SHIII did it from the start. There was a mod for SHII that left water droplets on the UZO and binoculars, but it didn't run off-it was just there all the time. Still looked pretty cool. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-05-07, 01:40 AM	#3
Tuddley3 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Augusta, Maine USA Posts: 905 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	This would be cool, I bet they could just edit the lens. I could try with GIMP with Water Drop plug-in.

02-05-07, 03:42 PM	#7
gamers2000 Bosun Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 68 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Budokan: Dosen't vanilla SH3 do that as well? The blurring thingamabob.

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