Night too "light"?

gurudennis · 12-01-19, 11:45 PM

The ships are too bright indeed. I think Onkel is aware (we talked about it before) but whether the developers are treating it with priority is another matter. It's been broken for several patches now.

Conversely, the spotting range is fixed at least as of 0.20. In pitch black conditions you are only spotted at 200 m (!).

Fidd · 12-02-19, 12:16 PM

So here's the question, if the ship upper-works are more of an escort-grey - I attach a couple of admittedly black and white pictures my father took crossing the Atlantic during the war - where he was trained to fly before returning to the UK. These pictures are thought to have been taken circa February 1945. Note the very dilapidated appearance of the majority of ships, and the general, but not complete absence, of white upper-works.

A following reply will attach others. which I hope will be of some interest

Fidd · 12-02-19, 12:18 PM

Hmm can't post remainder due some limit or other.

Pisces · 12-02-19, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidd

Hmm can't post remainder due some limit or other.

You can make picture albums and upload files to it. Keeps them in high res. Then post the link to it here. Check the User CP link at the top of the forum menu bar. 5 option down I think.

gurudennis · 12-03-19, 04:09 AM

Amazing pictures, Fidd! Can almost touch the history there.

They do look very consistent with other wartime merchant ship pictures I've seen: grey and not particularly clean in appearance (but hopefully functional, as all equipment should be).

It's actually quite hard to find any pictures where wartime merchants would be sporting clean white paint on the superstructure. Nor can I see any examples of a black hull paint scheme like we see in Wolfpack.

I hope their appearance in the game is mostly a placeholder, hopefully to be replaced with more neatly textured models in coming patches.

12-01-19, 11:45 PM	#1
gurudennis Mate Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 55 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The ships are too bright indeed. I think Onkel is aware (we talked about it before) but whether the developers are treating it with priority is another matter. It's been broken for several patches now. Conversely, the spotting range is fixed at least as of 0.20. In pitch black conditions you are only spotted at 200 m (!).

12-02-19, 12:18 PM	#3
Fidd Captain Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Blighty! Posts: 542 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Hmm can't post remainder due some limit or other.

12-03-19, 04:09 AM	#5
gurudennis Mate Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 55 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Amazing pictures, Fidd! Can almost touch the history there. They do look very consistent with other wartime merchant ship pictures I've seen: grey and not particularly clean in appearance (but hopefully functional, as all equipment should be). It's actually quite hard to find any pictures where wartime merchants would be sporting clean white paint on the superstructure. Nor can I see any examples of a black hull paint scheme like we see in Wolfpack. I hope their appearance in the game is mostly a placeholder, hopefully to be replaced with more neatly textured models in coming patches.