Hedgehog in action (19 pics, ~500 kb)

Nopileo · 08-04-05, 02:51 PM

My first attempt at posting screenshots. Sorry for the large number (had a hard time deciding which ones to post), but they're quite small. The entire sequence is taken in a few seconds.

I'm in Sept. 1944 in a XXI, and I was going from Bergen to BE31 when I got picked up by a destroyer escort way out in the sea west of Ireland.

Visibility was good as you can see, but winds was 15 m/s. I first made myself ready to spend one of my three XI Zaun torps on this, but decided to save them for more 'useful' purposes (I saved and quit after taking the shots, so I don't know what to expect).

This is the first time I've seen the hedgehog in action. I'll let the pics speak for themselves (mostly):

As the ship passed over the 'pigs' it had just dropped, it fired additional depth charges both from the sides and from the rear:

... and as you can see from the last pic the DD escort was far away from me, so I was never in any danger (I think!).

I followed the hedgehogs further down with the ext. camera (but it got quite dark!), and they didn't explode, but simply vanished after a while. I think this was their purpose - to only detonate if they hit anything. They do look like small torpedoes, eh?

Pigs in the water!

I love the graphics in SH3. If you crank up the brightness (at least I have to) you can even see the detailed floorboard on that warship. Great details.

Regards,

Nopileo

08-04-05, 03:09 PM

Cool pics!

Gammel · 08-04-05, 03:29 PM

Amazing!
Your graphics are also looking impressive.
What card do you use?
Is that 4x antialiasing or higher?

250 meters is not bad too. IÂ´m afraid of going that deep.
My best was 230.
Edit:
i missed that youÂ´re on a type21...

FesterShinetop · 08-04-05, 03:35 PM

Nice! Haven't seen it in action yet so thanks for the pics!
And you are right, the looks of this game are simply amazing!

Nopileo · 08-04-05, 03:49 PM

Thanks!

My card is an ATI X800 Pro, and I have all settings to max. This means 6x anti-aliasing, 16x anisotropic filtering, and MipMap and TrueForm set to max.

I recently upgraded from a NVidia 4800SE something, and compared to that everything looks wonderful, and framerate in port is about 25 compared to about 15 with the NVidia.

At sea (like these shots) I'am always at max, which is 85 fps with my rather old monitor...

And this was the first time I tried to go this deep. Just tried it as an experiment since I was going to exit the game anyway, so I was actually at 260 meters. I still got the 'We're too deep,sir!' messages at about 170 meters like with the other subs, but I think this is programmed into the game. In the interior view of the XXI the depth gauge goes to 400 meters, so I could probably have gone deeper. I just pressed the 'end of the dial' on the small dial in this case.

tycho102 · 08-04-05, 03:51 PM

Awesome awesome awesome awesome pictures!!! And, you know. Good job by the dev team, too. :rotfl:

The hedgehog rounds have impact detonators, I believe. Which is why a hit by one of them really screwed things up. If a destroyer sees a detonation by one of the hedgehogs, he knows he made an impression.

Duke of Earl · 08-04-05, 03:55 PM

I hate those little beggars...

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

Der Schatten · 08-04-05, 07:26 PM

Those were great...I havent seen hedgehogs up close....and the water looks amazing! I have the ATI x700pro (CPI) ordered on an AMD 64, I'm hoping it looks half as good as that! I love this game!

jmr · 08-04-05, 07:48 PM

Holy smokes those are some really cool pics!

Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense · 08-04-05, 09:45 PM

DEEEEEEEPER!!!!!!! YES DEEEEEEEEEEEEPER CHIEF!!!!!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

those are great shots indeed... i think i'll play my next career with the external camera enabled... i luv the 100%, but i'd like to catch some of those action shots... just to see what those damn allies are doin

but i sure hope i'm never close enough to have a barrage like that headed my way

--Mike

Duncan Idaho · 08-04-05, 09:52 PM

You and me both, Mike. I've never seen them close like that, had always been too busy trying to scoot away from the scene to really look at what was going on.

Excellent screenshots, Nopileo! They look fantastic!

Kresge · 08-04-05, 10:47 PM

I was worried there would be some pics of Ron Jeremy.
:rotfl:

Nopileo · 08-05-05, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kresge

I was worried there would be some pics of Ron Jeremy.
:rotfl:

:rotfl: I had to google him up, as I had no idea who that was. From an interview found here: http://www.askmen.com/toys/interview...interview.html

"From there, the man they now call the "hedgehog" has become ubiquitous, to the point that AVN (Adult Video News) named him the Top Porn Star of All-Time, no small feat indeed."

Anyway glad you liked them guys. Thanks for the kind words.

I've promised myself many times that I should stop using the external cam, but it's so hard to give up. I tried one patrol without it, and I suffered from heavy withdrawal cramps the entire trip...

:P

SmokinTep · 08-05-05, 07:01 AM

Those hedgehogs will mess you up if you are near them.

Duli · 08-05-05, 07:06 AM

But the good thing is, that even if one of them hits you, you can still save your boat. They arent as powerfull as DCs.

08-04-05, 02:51 PM	#1
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Hedgehog in action (19 pics, ~500 kb) My first attempt at posting screenshots. Sorry for the large number (had a hard time deciding which ones to post), but they're quite small. The entire sequence is taken in a few seconds. I'm in Sept. 1944 in a XXI, and I was going from Bergen to BE31 when I got picked up by a destroyer escort way out in the sea west of Ireland. Visibility was good as you can see, but winds was 15 m/s. I first made myself ready to spend one of my three XI Zaun torps on this, but decided to save them for more 'useful' purposes (I saved and quit after taking the shots, so I don't know what to expect). This is the first time I've seen the hedgehog in action. I'll let the pics speak for themselves (mostly): As the ship passed over the 'pigs' it had just dropped, it fired additional depth charges both from the sides and from the rear: ... and as you can see from the last pic the DD escort was far away from me, so I was never in any danger (I think!). I followed the hedgehogs further down with the ext. camera (but it got quite dark!), and they didn't explode, but simply vanished after a while. I think this was their purpose - to only detonate if they hit anything. They do look like small torpedoes, eh? Pigs in the water! I love the graphics in SH3. If you crank up the brightness (at least I have to) you can even see the detailed floorboard on that warship. Great details. Regards, Nopileo

08-04-05, 03:51 PM	#6
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Awesome awesome awesome awesome pictures!!! And, you know. Good job by the dev team, too. :rotfl: The hedgehog rounds have impact detonators, I believe. Which is why a hit by one of them really screwed things up. If a destroyer sees a detonation by one of the hedgehogs, he knows he made an impression. __________________ My little Silent Hunter 4 repository

08-04-05, 03:55 PM	#7
Duke of Earl Medic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 20 Meter von einer Wasserbombe Posts: 169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I hate those little beggars... Cordialement, Duke of Earl __________________ U-627.... das \'Wabo-Magnet\'

08-04-05, 07:26 PM	#8
Der Schatten Gunner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 93 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Those were great...I havent seen hedgehogs up close....and the water looks amazing! I have the ATI x700pro (CPI) ordered on an AMD 64, I'm hoping it looks half as good as that! I love this game! __________________ Ah......I remember when I was young and dumb.........now I'm just dumb.

08-04-05, 09:52 PM	#11
Duncan Idaho Marine Boy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In your baffles Posts: 201 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You and me both, Mike. I've never seen them close like that, had always been too busy trying to scoot away from the scene to really look at what was going on. Excellent screenshots, Nopileo! They look fantastic! __________________ Idaho- -I like to play poker with Tarot cards. The other night I got a full house, and 4 people died.

08-04-05, 03:09 PM	#2
Grifter808 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Cool pics!

08-04-05, 03:29 PM	#3
Gammel Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 276 Uploads: 0	Amazing! Your graphics are also looking impressive. What card do you use? Is that 4x antialiasing or higher? 250 meters is not bad too. IÂ´m afraid of going that deep. My best was 230. Edit: i missed that youÂ´re on a type21...

08-04-05, 03:35 PM	#4
FesterShinetop Gunner Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 96 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nice! Haven't seen it in action yet so thanks for the pics! And you are right, the looks of this game are simply amazing!

08-04-05, 03:49 PM	#5
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Thanks! My card is an ATI X800 Pro, and I have all settings to max. This means 6x anti-aliasing, 16x anisotropic filtering, and MipMap and TrueForm set to max. I recently upgraded from a NVidia 4800SE something, and compared to that everything looks wonderful, and framerate in port is about 25 compared to about 15 with the NVidia. At sea (like these shots) I'am always at max, which is 85 fps with my rather old monitor... And this was the first time I tried to go this deep. Just tried it as an experiment since I was going to exit the game anyway, so I was actually at 260 meters. I still got the 'We're too deep,sir!' messages at about 170 meters like with the other subs, but I think this is programmed into the game. In the interior view of the XXI the depth gauge goes to 400 meters, so I could probably have gone deeper. I just pressed the 'end of the dial' on the small dial in this case.

08-04-05, 07:48 PM	#9
jmr Commander Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 462 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Holy smokes those are some really cool pics!

08-04-05, 09:45 PM	#10
Mike 'Red Ocktober' Hense Commander Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 445 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	DEEEEEEEPER!!!!!!! YES DEEEEEEEEEEEEPER CHIEF!!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: those are great shots indeed... i think i'll play my next career with the external camera enabled... i luv the 100%, but i'd like to catch some of those action shots... just to see what those damn allies are doin but i sure hope i'm never close enough to have a barrage like that headed my way --Mike

08-04-05, 10:47 PM	#12
Kresge Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Motor City Posts: 209 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	I was worried there would be some pics of Ron Jeremy. :rotfl: __________________ ". . . sailors do not fancy living underwater without breathing in sunshine occasionally." Commodore Joseph Smith commenting on the USS Monitor

08-05-05, 07:01 AM	#14
SmokinTep Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Posts: 1,027 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Those hedgehogs will mess you up if you are near them.

08-05-05, 07:06 AM	#15
Duli Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Novo mesto, Slovenia Posts: 198 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	But the good thing is, that even if one of them hits you, you can still save your boat. They arent as powerfull as DCs. __________________