Pacific environment 4 RELEASED

[Sandman_28054]

Quick question as I did not read the entire thread.

I have SH4, patched to 1.4.

TMO mod.

Is it compatable with my current set up?

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Originally Posted by kriller2

Hi Capt Shark bait (what a name )

here is a quick fix for you, download vers. 3.3 here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133365

And copy the install / data / env / envatl.dat to your sh4/data/env it should give you a less vivid blue water colour, but may destroy the nice sunsets in PE4 :hmm:

give up those sunsets? not frakkin likely

[Torps]

Keep up the good work!

[IrishUboot]

After finally foraying into the world of SH4, I'm making this my first mod. Looks outstanding. Thank you, and happy hunting!

[Rockin Robbins]

Hey man! I'm in here out of my element because there was a guy not long ago complaining about the blue water color in PE. Then they said PE was defective because the blue bled over into the submarine, ships, etc. I now present to you, exhibit A, a photograph of my Circulation Director's boat approximately three miles offshore from Daytona Beach, Florida on Sunday, November 30, 2008. Picture, please!



First, note the color of the water. This is the Atlantic Ocean with a sand bottom putting on a most PE-style blue face! But let's look at what is remarkable in this photo. See the blue cast to the white hull and the helmsman's shirt? You're tempted to say "bad color balance", aren't you? Look, even the frothy wake to the port side is blue. You KNOW it's white!

But let's look closer. See the wake on the starboard side of the boat, which is directly illuminated by the sun. It's white! How about the glint off the bow rail. White as well. and finally, the center console is directly illuminated by the sun. White as white can be. What in hades is going on here?

I'll tell you. As light penetrates the water, it is reflected by the tiny plankton and particles. This backscattered light is blue, and the water literally glows with a blue light. You don't see it as light only because you contrast it with the direct sunlight and call it shadow. But it is illumination from the glowing water, clearly coloring the boat, the wake, the men's clothing from their true white to a pretty vivid blue. The ultimate proof of the pudding is the hull and the center console, both the same color.

Check it out! Everything shielded from the direct sunlight, and so lit by the water is very blue! Everything directly illuminated by the sun is white. This proves that the color balance of the photograph is correct and you are seeing real colors.

So answer the questions. Is blue an appropriate color for water, even in the Atlantic, under conditions of clear sunlight? Does the color of the water change the colors of objects in and around it? Does PE have these characteristics? And are these a reflection (literally) of reality?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... I rest my case.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

the enemy's cheating with PE4. yup, on my way to Yokosuka for a photo recon and a DD found me. took some damage and had a looksee with the external cam and there's smoke coming from my boat while it rested on the bottom, 120', effecting repairs. nothing like a signal flare to mark your position. if there's gonna be another version, can this be fixed?

[kriller2]

Here




Thanks Rockin Robbins yes it looks like PE4 is not that bad after all regarding the colours

[kriller2]

Originally Posted by Alex

The new version of your mod makes the game look great Kriller.
I can't say whether the new version looks better than the previous ones (wasn't able to play SH4 because of a low specs computer) but this one certainly rocks. I especially like the explosion effects on board ships when using the deck gun.

Hi Alex,
Thank you for the nice comment You can thank Nisgeis and Is4htl for the explosion effects

[Red Heat]

Originally Posted by kriller2

Download here:
Pacific Environments 4



11.09.2008 PE4
– New sun sets and sun rises, with a more realistic cycle from yellow to orange / red.
– New realistic bow wave, thanks to Demonizer for using his mod as a base for my work.
– New modified pitch and roll to make the submarine/u-boat sail deeper, but still have roll
and pitch.
– New sea foam from Wclears EE mod, modified to match the blue sea-colour of PE4.
– New scene and clouds for more realistic waves and environment colours.
– Missing underwater bubbles and roll pitch for S-18, S-42 and U-boat added for TM and
stock SH4.
– New water shader by Nisgeis to support shallow transparent water including changes so
you now can see the sub submerged from a high altitude.
– Modified the shaders for postprocess filtering to stop the from being oversaturated during
sunsets with PPF.
– All japanese warships retextured.

Read the included manual for instructions on how to install PE4.

Copyrights
The contents of this mod is freeware and may NOT be used without written permission from me, we have
used huge amounts of time on this mod! - this is the fourth edition so overall this mod has taken 1 year
to make.
Respect our work and don't use ANY part of this mod without contacting kriller2tester@hotmail.com
I will personaly send your request further on to the modder responsible for the parts of ROW / PE4 you
would like to include in your mod.
THIS MOD CAN NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OF ANY KIND.

Disclaimer
I am in no way responsible for any accident happening to you or your computer / graphics card while
using this PE4. Using this mod is at your own risk so don't contact me if any of these things happen.

Credits for Pacific Environments 1-4 and (ROW)
Kriller2 – new bow wave, environmental colours, sky and reflection textures, terrain textures,
underwater-textures, modified seafoam, modified fireeffects and explosions, all japanese warships
retextured, scene work for PE4.
Dave / LeoVampire - for the original work on datafiles to control sun set, sun rise and alot of brilliant
ideas, RIP
Demonizer – Original bow wave which I have used and worked on to make it more realistic for PE4.
Mav87th - Free moving Camera and new periscope.
L3th4l for his fire and smoke textures.
Dr.Beast - for his work on the special effects mods for NSM4 and stock SH4.
Nisgeis - for the new Special effects for fire, smoke and oil-leak and depthcharge / shell hits and the new
enhanced water shader to show shallow waters and transparent water.
Jaketoox - for his first work on the sun sets and sun rises, which me and Dave since have improved.
Carotio – for his work on the moon texture and help with the texture for peak of waves.
Kapitain_zur_see - lightning effects and underwater bubbles and caustics for subs
Torps,LukeFF - for Sound-mod not included, which you can download from here, includes realistic
submarine interor and engine effects, fire sounds etc.

ROW sound mod vers. 9 (please read the manual if you are using TM or OM)
http://www.megaupload.com/dk/?d=IN68GMIR

Credits for help and parts of this mod:
"ROW recovery team" testers
Rcjonessnp175,Sqk7744,Donut,Letterboy 1,Snuffy,W_Clear,FooFighters,CaptainHaplo,Reallyde dpoet and
MushMartin.
and Monolith, Dr. Beast and others.
- Redwine: for torpedo explosions and underwater depth charge explosions
- Seeadler for his clouds shaders and sea foam, which I modified to match this mod.
- Wclear for his nice water spray effects and for his scene work, some of his ideas for reflections are used
in this mod. Thanks for your suggestion to use part of your mod.
- Kapitain_zur_see: For his work on the lightning DDS file's
- Rubini: for his debris mod which he let me include in PE4.
– Nauticalwolf for his work on the trees and helping me with the grass and sand textures.

Credits to testers of PE4:
AVGWarhawk, GlobalExplorer, reallydedpoet, Torps
DrBeast, Gunfighter, swdw, Torps

Hello

Sorry my stupied question but this mod its compatible with SH4 Patch 1.4?
The old mod Pacific environments 3.7z its compatible to 1.4 and 1.5 but this one im not sure...

Thanks advance,

[Munchausen]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

First, note the color of the water.

Look closer, RR. Especially just below the boat. Check out the ripples ... the side facing away from the sun. What do you see (hint: the water itself ... unmolested by reflected sunlight)?

The color? Green.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by Munchausen

Look closer, RR. Especially just below the boat. Check out the ripples ... the side facing away from the sun. What do you see (hint: the water itself ... unmolested by reflected sunlight)?

The color? Green.

I think everyone can judge for themselves that I am correct. I've seen green water. I've seen bright turquoise water. I've seen water so colorless and clear that boats seem suspended 40' in the air. That's blue water in the photo. You can't pick out an infinitesimal detail and then claim the water is that color. You make people laugh at you.

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by Red Heat

Hello

Sorry my stupied question but this mod its compatible with SH4 Patch 1.4?
The old mod Pacific environments 3.7z its compatible to 1.4 and 1.5 but this one im not sure...

Thanks advance,

Yup

[Munchausen]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

That's blue water in the photo.

That water certainly looks blue. My point is, the water, itself, might not be blue. The only way to tell the actual color of water is to look at it in an environment where light has little or no effect. Like, for example, watching it cascade down the inside of a conning tower.

Or examing the inside of a wave. The following link (no pop-ups or porno) takes you to a kazillion snapshots of surfers riding the waves.

http://www.surfing-waves.com/your_wave_pictures.htm

Notice how most of the shots show the surface of the water to be blue? The inside of many of the waves, though, are not blue. Very many of them are green. Nonetheless, if the only thing you looked at was the surface of the water, it would all look blue ... 'cause you'd never notice that "infinitesimal" green showing on the backside of ripples.

Maybe the true color of the water in your picture is blue. It really doesn't matter. At no time in SH4 have I seen water of any color come cascading down the hatch into my conning tower. And I've yet to see a mod where, as skipper, I can sail up to a sandy beach and go surfing. Ergo, I don't see where the color of virtual water is that important.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

Originally Posted by Munchausen

Look closer, RR. Especially just below the boat. Check out the ripples ... the side facing away from the sun. What do you see (hint: the water itself ... unmolested by reflected sunlight)?

The color? Green.

i'm in Osaka Harbor in a storm and every thing's green at night

[kriller2]

Originally Posted by Capt. Shark Bait

i'm in Osaka Harbor in a storm and every thing's green at night

Yes Capt Shark, this is a bug in PE4. I will try to correct it and post a small patch to it. It's the colour of the fog in storm/rain at night which I accidently defined as green when working with the colours.