Little details? - lifeboats,people,fishy's?

[ryuzu]

Originally Posted by F1Canuck

...c'mon...(heh)

I heard that downed pilots end up in the water, True?

I have heard that the lifeboats are empty, True?

I guess any hope of guys running around the decks as it's sinking are just "way out there"?

Anybody?
Thanks for any info.

Yes pilots bail out, float down under silk, and wind up swimming. They can apparently be rescued, but if they've been shot down, that means an enemy warship is there, so they're on their own Actually I did try a suicide run or two to test this out but never made it (which seems reasonable, I'd have been disappointed if I did)

The life boats are not empty initially, but in heavy seas they may capsize after a while and the occupants then dissappear. I've seen two types of lifeboat - one wodden, one inflatable. They have multiple occupants but only one guy rowing.... I've tried to rescue enemy guys too (after sinking a ship) but so far wasn't able to....

While the ships are sinking the guys are on deck - the guys at fixed positions (manning guns for example) will just dissappear as they reach the water. Guys on deck walking around will crouch when they come under fire, and I noticed one guy lay on the deck as the boat began to up-end and go down - I can't say whether that was in response to changing pitch of the ship or just convenient timing

Overall, it seems the survivors are dealt with as well as could be expected - there's no animation of manning life boats, or swimming and the liferaft people don't seem to row towards friendly vessels or get rescued by friendlies.

They are a nice bit of immersion but don't add a significant change to gameplay or anything.

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