Torpedo trails - where are they?

briny_norman · 04-01-07, 03:17 PM

I've yet to see any of my Mark 14 torpedoes leave a visible trail when traveling towards an enemy, like they were 'famous' for.
Is torpedo trails in the game as a feature at all?
Perhaps it depends on your graphic settings...?
If it's just missing, I suppose I could start working on a graphic mod to put them in.

Regards,

Norman

BBury · 04-01-07, 03:18 PM

I see mine. They are faint but they are there.

MadMike · 04-01-07, 03:24 PM

Maybe it's the sealife cloaking that's absorbing the bubble trail...

Yours, Mike

Krupp · 04-01-07, 03:27 PM

The wakes are there all right, just that they are so short ones. Nvdrifter released a great "longer torpedo wake" mod for sh3 GWX, that would be nice to have here too. And the same for the ship wakes too (he fixed them also).

gnirtS · 04-01-07, 03:45 PM

Dont see any here but have graphics turned down as low as possible to make it playable.

Immacolata · 04-01-07, 05:13 PM

I see wakes, but they are very short and subtle. If I lose track of them it is rare I managed to free-float camera back to them again.

tycho102 · 04-01-07, 05:42 PM

The wakes are there, but they could be made longer.

Von Manteuffel · 04-01-07, 06:01 PM

Yup, they're definitely there. I've watched them run astern of many a target despite a "perfect" TDC solution

AVGWarhawk · 04-01-07, 07:09 PM

The wakes are there. Perhaps your particle density needs to go up some. Also, the God's eye view I can not see them. I have to zoom in on them.

04-01-07, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krupp

The wakes are there all right, just that they are so short ones. Nvdrifter released a great "longer torpedo wake" mod for sh3 GWX, that would be nice to have here too. And the same for the ship wakes too (he fixed them also).

I am currently working on an SH4 mod for longer and brighter torpedo wakes. Keep a lookout in the SH4 modder's forum for a future release.

darksythe · 04-01-07, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by briny_norman

I've yet to see any of my Mark 14 torpedoes leave a visible trail when traveling towards an enemy, like they were 'famous' for.
Is torpedo trails in the game as a feature at all?
Perhaps it depends on your graphic settings...?
If it's just missing, I suppose I could start working on a graphic mod to put them in.

Regards,

Norman

Ummm....
Behind the torpedo maybe?

briny_norman · 04-01-07, 08:21 PM

Good, I did hope my question would spark some witty replies

And, of course, I hoped it would spark the reply nvDrifter gave me.
Sounds great that you're working on this mod - I'll be the first to download!

ReallyDedPoet · 04-01-07, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nvdrifter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Krupp

The wakes are there all right, just that they are so short ones. Nvdrifter released a great "longer torpedo wake" mod for sh3 GWX, that would be nice to have here too. And the same for the ship wakes too (he fixed them also).

I am currently working on an SH4 mod for longer and brighter torpedo wakes. Keep a lookout in the SH4 modder's forum for a future release.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=110291

Meco · 04-01-07, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Von Manteuffel

Yup, they're definitely there. I've watched them run astern of many a target despite a "perfect" TDC solution

I had this happen too. The TDC was spot on. Seems the torpedo ran through a school of jelly fish that slowed the torp just enough to give time for the ship to steam ahead of it's intended contact point.

ccruner13 · 04-01-07, 10:02 PM

yea they are there...i used it to find a circular runner yesterday...it missed my conning tower by about | | that much

04-01-07, 03:17 PM	#1
briny_norman Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 13 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Torpedo trails - where are they? I've yet to see any of my Mark 14 torpedoes leave a visible trail when traveling towards an enemy, like they were 'famous' for. Is torpedo trails in the game as a feature at all? Perhaps it depends on your graphic settings...? If it's just missing, I suppose I could start working on a graphic mod to put them in. Regards, Norman

04-01-07, 03:27 PM	#4
Krupp Weps Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The wakes are there all right, just that they are so short ones. Nvdrifter released a great "longer torpedo wake" mod for sh3 GWX, that would be nice to have here too. And the same for the ship wakes too (he fixed them also). __________________ "Gentlemen, we have no choice. Total engagement. Die with dignity."

04-01-07, 03:45 PM	#5
gnirtS Officer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South Wales, UK Posts: 237 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Dont see any here but have graphics turned down as low as possible to make it playable. __________________ Supporting Iran against American warmongering.

04-01-07, 05:13 PM	#6
Immacolata Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 798 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I see wakes, but they are very short and subtle. If I lose track of them it is rare I managed to free-float camera back to them again. __________________ "The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist." - W. Churchill

04-01-07, 07:09 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The wakes are there. Perhaps your particle density needs to go up some. Also, the God's eye view I can not see them. I have to zoom in on them. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-01-07, 03:18 PM	#2
BBury Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 118 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I see mine. They are faint but they are there.

04-01-07, 03:24 PM	#3
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	Maybe it's the sealife cloaking that's absorbing the bubble trail... Yours, Mike

04-01-07, 05:42 PM	#7
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The wakes are there, but they could be made longer.

04-01-07, 06:01 PM	#8
Von Manteuffel Commander Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 473 Downloads: 411 Uploads: 0	Yup, they're definitely there. I've watched them run astern of many a target despite a "perfect" TDC solution

04-01-07, 08:21 PM	#12
briny_norman Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 13 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Good, I did hope my question would spark some witty replies And, of course, I hoped it would spark the reply nvDrifter gave me. Sounds great that you're working on this mod - I'll be the first to download!

04-01-07, 10:02 PM	#15
ccruner13 Navy Dude Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 175 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	yea they are there...i used it to find a circular runner yesterday...it missed my conning tower by about \| \| that much