Screwy buoyancy & waves

Ramcourse · 03-26-12, 09:10 PM

In both GWX and stock, the ships behave oddly when you see them pummeled by heavy seas. There are some threads on improving this, but those are mainly concerned with improving the stability of the ships. I'd rather attack the source of the problem.

The problem is that the gravitational acceleration is effectively different for ships and for the water. In all cases I've seen, the water has a much higher gravitational acceleration than the ships. This causes hovering ships, and decks washing over way too much.

I suspect that the waves are governed with an undulating prescribed shape, which might have 'velocity' settings somewhere. I'd like to slow the waves down significantly. Does anyone have an inkling of where to start with this? Thus far, I have no clue where the wave motion is defined.

03-26-12, 09:10 PM	#1
Ramcourse Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 17 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Screwy buoyancy & waves In both GWX and stock, the ships behave oddly when you see them pummeled by heavy seas. There are some threads on improving this, but those are mainly concerned with improving the stability of the ships. I'd rather attack the source of the problem. The problem is that the gravitational acceleration is effectively different for ships and for the water. In all cases I've seen, the water has a much higher gravitational acceleration than the ships. This causes hovering ships, and decks washing over way too much. I suspect that the waves are governed with an undulating prescribed shape, which might have 'velocity' settings somewhere. I'd like to slow the waves down significantly. Does anyone have an inkling of where to start with this? Thus far, I have no clue where the wave motion is defined.