Watch Crew Crouching! New feature.

LiveGoat · 01-02-09, 09:28 PM

I'm on my way back to Kiel from my second patrol using GWX 3 and in the Skagerrak the watch sights a ship. I go up to check it out and notice the boys are shorter than usual, even Little Johann! A bug I thought at first but upon closer inspection I see that they are crouching. Is this new to GWX? If so, it's cool! If not, then I need to pay more attention to the lads. They were still wearing their oilskins from a recent storm, BTW. Maybe it's just for those? Anyone else notice this?

Anyway, GWX 3 kicks butt! I've put a few 2.1 one mods on her without a hitch so far. Lovin' it.

A Very Super Market · 01-02-09, 09:33 PM

Sorry to dissappoint, they crouched in 2.1, in NYGM, and since the dawn of time.

Task Force · 01-02-09, 09:33 PM

No, its only if a enemy unit is around, so they don't get shot.

A Very Super Market · 01-02-09, 09:35 PM

Its kinda weird when you get right up to a yacht (Sailing in a storm of Scotland) and the watch crew is still crouching as if they think they are invisible.

LiveGoat · 01-03-09, 05:49 AM

That's funny, in all the time I've been playing I've never seen it happen. Usually cause it's either dark or I crash dive at the sound of an escort before they hunker down.

Just did my first Kiel Canal transit since loading GWX Gold and BBW's add-ons. Wasn't looking forward to it as usual. Boy what a nice surprise.

Jimbuna · 01-03-09, 08:00 AM

Hard coded.....to the crew, an enemy vessel is just that, regardless of size or weaponry or otherwise.

They simply aren't able to differentiate.

ECAaxel · 01-04-09, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

They simply aren't able to differentiate.

Poor fellas

Task Force · 01-04-09, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Its kinda weird when you get right up to a yacht (Sailing in a storm of Scotland) and the watch crew is still crouching as if they think they are invisible.

Maby they think little people are gonna jump up with machine guns.

A Very Super Market · 01-04-09, 08:41 PM

They'd probably fall over with the weather we were having.

Seriously, a sailboat in the middle of a storm. Off Scotland. In 1940. Seriously, what?

Bosje · 01-06-09, 10:32 AM

this somehow reminds me of the great Douglas Adams, talking about the many uses of towels in hitchhiking:

'...you can wrap it around your head to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a brush, but very very ravenous)'

01-02-09, 09:28 PM	#1
LiveGoat XO Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 408 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	Watch Crew Crouching! New feature. I'm on my way back to Kiel from my second patrol using GWX 3 and in the Skagerrak the watch sights a ship. I go up to check it out and notice the boys are shorter than usual, even Little Johann! A bug I thought at first but upon closer inspection I see that they are crouching. Is this new to GWX? If so, it's cool! If not, then I need to pay more attention to the lads. They were still wearing their oilskins from a recent storm, BTW. Maybe it's just for those? Anyone else notice this? Anyway, GWX 3 kicks butt! I've put a few 2.1 one mods on her without a hitch so far. Lovin' it.

01-02-09, 09:33 PM	#2
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry to dissappoint, they crouched in 2.1, in NYGM, and since the dawn of time. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-02-09, 09:33 PM	#3
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	No, its only if a enemy unit is around, so they don't get shot. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time" Last edited by Task Force; 01-02-09 at 09:34 PM.

01-02-09, 09:35 PM	#4
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Its kinda weird when you get right up to a yacht (Sailing in a storm of Scotland) and the watch crew is still crouching as if they think they are invisible. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-03-09, 08:00 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,678 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Hard coded.....to the crew, an enemy vessel is just that, regardless of size or weaponry or otherwise. They simply aren't able to differentiate. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-03-09, 05:49 AM	#5
LiveGoat XO Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 408 Downloads: 439 Uploads: 0	That's funny, in all the time I've been playing I've never seen it happen. Usually cause it's either dark or I crash dive at the sound of an escort before they hunker down. Just did my first Kiel Canal transit since loading GWX Gold and BBW's add-ons. Wasn't looking forward to it as usual. Boy what a nice surprise.

01-04-09, 08:41 PM	#9
A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They'd probably fall over with the weather we were having. Seriously, a sailboat in the middle of a storm. Off Scotland. In 1940. Seriously, what? __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

01-06-09, 10:32 AM	#10
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	this somehow reminds me of the great Douglas Adams, talking about the many uses of towels in hitchhiking: '...you can wrap it around your head to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a brush, but very very ravenous)' __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

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