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

Raticon · 02-21-12, 10:16 AM

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.

View Poll Results: I like the background to my periscope view to be...
black, just black	23	60.53%
real, moving 3D view to the interior of the sub	15	39.47%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

02-21-12, 10:16 AM	#17
Raticon Seaman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: The Arctic Posts: 38 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ Ping.........Ping......Ping....Ping...Ping..Ping.P ingPingPing KABOOM!