[iambecomelife]

Update on damage details to ships. U-31 class submarine showcases damage effects by attacking a German destroyer.....just don't do this for real when the game comes out, or a firing squad awaits you. Note different shell holes and how you can blow off the bow or stern without sinking the ship right away.

Stock SH4 and SH5 have problems displaying damage when ships get torpedoed or shelled - often the damage hole does not appear, or you get an ugly flickering effect on the model. Now, this has been solved and each ship can have literally HUNDREDS of shell holes depending on where it is hit. Shell holes can be painted textures or simulated voids using alpha channels. This was done using the ObjectRemains controller; an extremely powerful little controller that IMHO not enough modders use.