The Silent Hunter that never was, part I ? A real periscope

[Jmack]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

My personal preference is for a black background and a lens that fills up the entire screen, but using the available options doesn't bother me as you just learn to ignore the background. So yeah, I think it would be cool, but the question is, does it actually add to the game?

yeah ... i agree with Steve ! , black and a larger lens image

[THE_MASK]

Actually , just having you on the forum is an honour

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by sober

Actually , just having you on the forum is an honour

Nice to see you Dan

[mookiemookie]

I went with black. If you're a sub captain looking through a periscope, that's what you're going to see. You'd have to be sitting pretty far back from the eyepiece to see the command room around it.

Glad to see you're still around Dan. Your little girl is beautiful!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Black for me too. Glad you're still around, and glad you're still thinking about SH - that can only be a good thing.

[Subnuts]

Realistically, you wouldn't be looking at anything except the eyepiece and bearing scale when looking through the periscope. Any submarine captain who does a periscope search so far away from the eyepiece he can see the interior of the boat moving around him needs a new day job before he kills 50 men!

[Bilge_Rat]

while the idea of having a 3d background is intriguing, I would think it would be more of a distraction once the novelty wears off. I voted for black, but I am on the fence on this one.

p.s.: sounds like another Silent Hunter might be in the cards? my credit card is ready!

[Raticon]

A cool feature would be - like the first poster implied - a brief moment where the enviroment is visible and then fading out, simulating the kaleun closing the other eye and focusing trough the lens, another one would be the enviroment coming visible for brief moments when a lot of movement shakes the boat like a storm or explosions nearby simulating the kaleun losing focus for a brief time and/or stumbling slightly, thus losing his immediate contact with the lens with the open eye.

I know it would be very hard to simulate and make working properly, but it would make for a cool feeling and make the player more aware of the world outside the periscope... For myself i tend to focus so hard i sometimes firget that the periscope is actually attached to the uboat and not just a free-floating lens, haplessly adrift on the ocean heading towards a tasty tanker...

Naturally, it would be optional much like other realism-options.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Raticon

I know it would be very hard to simulate and make working properly, but it would make for a cool feeling and make the player more aware of the world outside the periscope... For myself i tend to focus so hard i sometimes firget that the periscope is actually attached to the uboat and not just a free-floating lens, haplessly adrift on the ocean heading towards a tasty tanker...

Naturally, it would be optional much like other realism-options.

This is an idea I like. Having to deal with maintenance, condensation, fogging and vibration at high speeds would be welcome additions from a realism standpoint.