Deceased Crew Members / How will crew deaths be simulated? (threads merged) - Page 6

Task Force · 12-07-09, 05:33 PM

I always thought that that was stupid, that even in SH4 crew didnt actualy have a death animation, just a injured one...

I see nothing rong with death animations... hundreds of other games have them... Im sure it could be optional for those who dont want it...

Elder-Pirate · 12-07-09, 05:43 PM

This may not be for the "faint of heart" fans here.

Although this is not a death scene of Sgt. Baker from "Brothers in Arms-Hell's Highway", I would not mind seeing this of one of my fellow ship mates when he got too close to a shell/shrapnel. Of course for the squeamish of this thread maybe there could be an option for blood/no blood.

If any of you have played this then you have seen blood and all sorts of body parts laying around but then again that's war.

Sure glad I didn't tell my Skipper of the USS Sarsfield EDD 837 to not have any blood & gore while on our cruise.

EDIT: BTW guess whom the Publisher was for this one?

You got it............UbiSoft.

ETR3(SS) · 12-07-09, 05:52 PM

Do we really need two threads going simultaneously about this?

DarkFish · 12-07-09, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

imagine all the call of duty games - if the soldier next to you takes a hit - he doesnt just go *POOF* into thin air.

nope, in CoD:WaW you can shoot their limbs off, burn them alive using your flamethrower or stab a bayonette straight through their hearts. And that all with extensively modeled death anims

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Originally Posted by Task Force

I always thought that that was stupid, that even in SH4 crew didnt actualy have a death animation, just a injured one...

hmm, i recall seing crewmembers lying dead on the deck

or is all that CoD:WaW playing screwing up my memory now already?

Task Force · 12-07-09, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkFish

nope, in CoD:WaW you can shoot their limbs off, burn them alive using your flamethrower or stab a bayonette straight through their hearts. And that all with extensively modeled death anims
hmm, i recall seing crewmembers lying dead on the deck

or is all that CoD:WaW playing screwing up my memory now already?

no, just a injured... every fiew seconds they would act like they are looseing there balance...

Elder-Pirate · 12-07-09, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Do we really need two threads going simultaneously about this?

No, you go to the other one and we will stay here.

12-07-09, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

Do we really need two threads going simultaneously about this?

agreed, but i dont want to close it so this thread was merged with "Deceased Crew Members" thread

GoldenRivet · 12-07-09, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WEBSTER

agreed, but i dont want to close it so this thread was merged with "Deceased Crew Members" thread

JScones · 12-08-09, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by gordonmull

From this and another similar thread, some people seem to think that you sail about launching bunches of flowers at ships, there's an explosion of petals and everybody gets whisked away in an invisible silver cloud to a paradise.

Oh man, that is priceless.

Pacific_Ace · 12-08-09, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yes but he just vanishes.

would be nice to witness some sort of fanfare... anything.

also when the actual death occurs in SH3... the 3d rendering of the crewman just vanishes into thin air.

would be nice to see them slump at their stations etc. (nice in the way of eye candy, not nice in the way if their demise)

Ahh ok. It's interesting to me how many people take the way crew deaths are to be handled very seriously and I have to admit its something Ive never thought much on.

@ Gordonmull: This " From this and another similar thread, some people seem to think that you sail about launching bunches of flowers at ships, there's an explosion of petals and everybody gets whisked away in an invisible silver cloud to a paradise." is totally brilliant!

Lord Justice · 12-08-09, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Pacific_Ace

Ahh ok. It's interesting to me how many people take the way crew deaths are to be handled very seriously and I have to admit its something Ive never thought much on.

A fine volley of words, when you kill a man it costs nothing to be polite, after all we captains indeed have thier blood on our hands, poor fellow.

PL_Andrev · 12-08-09, 03:34 PM

The captain is a member of the uboat crew.
Can the captain (player) be vulnerable to injury / death from artillery fire, deck fire, explosions of depth charges?

GoldenRivet · 12-08-09, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Antar

The captain is a member of the uboat crew.
Can the captain (player) be vulnerable to injury / death from artillery fire, deck fire, explosions of depth charges?

In all previous versions of SH he was impervious to enemy fire...

It would be nice to see that changed in SH5, but it's not something im counting on, nor is it something i would consider a "deal breaker" if this feature was not included.

Lord Justice · 12-08-09, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Antar

The captain is a member of the uboat crew.
Can the captain (player) be vulnerable to injury / death from artillery fire, deck fire, explosions of depth charges?

Off the record, then quite simply i fear the sim would reach a calamitous end. You do present a fair question, that said would the devs agree to such an absurd halt to all thier work? For the record, unfortunately i cannot give a definitive answer, sorry.

gordonmull · 12-08-09, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Antar

The captain is a member of the uboat crew.
Can the captain (player) be vulnerable to injury / death from artillery fire, deck fire, explosions of depth charges?

It would make sense. I hope the devs will include something like this because it's facet of realism, although I don't see it happening. I do reckon it could be pretty frustrating sometimes though e.g. a 2 year career ended by a stray bullet.

Incidentally does anyone know if many RL kaleuns were KIA without the loss of their boat?

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Elder-Pirate Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Morris, Illinois USA Posts: 1,090 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	This may not be for the "faint of heart" fans here. Although this is not a death scene of Sgt. Baker from "Brothers in Arms-Hell's Highway", I would not mind seeing this of one of my fellow ship mates when he got too close to a shell/shrapnel. Of course for the squeamish of this thread maybe there could be an option for blood/no blood. If any of you have played this then you have seen blood and all sorts of body parts laying around but then again *that's war*. Sure glad I didn't tell my Skipper of the USS Sarsfield EDD 837 to not have any blood & gore while on our cruise. EDIT: BTW guess whom the Publisher was for this one? You got it............UbiSoft. __________________

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PL_Andrev Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 995 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	The captain is a member of the uboat crew. Can the captain (player) be vulnerable to injury / death from artillery fire, deck fire, explosions of depth charges? __________________