Stories and Patrol Logs + Screenshots and Videos (merged)

[Reno]

Originally Posted by kriller2

No thats a very old photo you have there Reno the photo was taken as work in progress, here is the newest from my work on PE4.1, but right now im working with W_clear





By the way who do you think decided in which colour the ocean and sky should be in ROW and made the textures ?

That screen was taken from your post on 10-15-08. I wouldn't call that old. As far as your new shots, they appear much the same, with an overall blue cast to everything including the sub. Unless there is a drastic difference in video cards (mine is an 8800gtx) I'm surprised you're not seeing it.

As far as the texture work is concerned I recall Dave giving kudos to not only you but also to Jaketoox and l3th4l. Are you saying you were the only one responsible for the ROW colors in the water? Did Dave and the others not have a say? And if it was solely your input then why such a drastic change from the original work? Did you find different, more accurate photographic references for the area modelled. If so, can you share those with us and maybe do a side by side comparison of references used by ROW and those used by PE.

I've tried to illustrate by photos various locales that an American skipper would likely sail in the Pacific War and I've spent some time in the area. The colors seem so off that I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing. What video card do you have?

[walrusbomb]

new computer. newfound freetime. and definitely new screenshots!

[walrusbomb]

[kriller2]

Originally Posted by Reno

That screen was taken from your post on 10-15-08. I wouldn't call that old. As far as your new shots, they appear much the same, with an overall blue cast to everything including the sub. Unless there is a drastic difference in video cards (mine is an 8800gtx) I'm surprised you're not seeing it.

As far as the texture work is concerned I recall Dave giving kudos to not only you but also to Jaketoox and l3th4l. Are you saying you were the only one responsible for the ROW colors in the water? Did Dave and the others not have a say? And if it was solely your input then why such a drastic change from the original work? Did you find different, more accurate photographic references for the area modelled. If so, can you share those with us and maybe do a side by side comparison of references used by ROW and those used by PE.

I've tried to illustrate by photos various locales that an American skipper would likely sail in the Pacific War and I've spent some time in the area. The colors seem so off that I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing. What video card do you have?

I suggest you read this thread regarding this subject:
@To Reno and everyone else regarding ROW

[Seeadler]

Originally Posted by Reno

The colors seem so off that I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing. What video card do you have?

The impression of a color on a PC depends on many factors, such as the color temperature settings in the monitor firmware, graphic card type (ATI, Nvidia, ...), driver settings, monitor type (LCD or CRT) and some more.

If you use a TFT it depends also on the panel type, the build-in color correction and contrast value.

I have also a 8800GTX and find the blue ocean color in PE4 based on my hardware and settings too extreme, exaggerated and unrealistic. So I changed for myself the textures, colors, shaders and scene.dat settings to adapted the visuals to my expectations.

Since I've noticed that you cannot develop environment mods suitable for every hardware and ingame-settings configuration, I have removed my own mods in this case out of the public.

[Syxx_Killer]

Originally Posted by Reno

Don't be shy, Syxx. Post some of your PE screens. I'm curious how they look. I've been using the original ROW because I prefer the variety of the water colors of ROW instead of just the blue/purple of PE. I found the blue to also give a blue/purple cast to the rest of the scene, making even the subs a light blue/purple...this is one of Kriller's recent shots to illustrate the point...

Ok, since you talked me into it... These were taken a while back using PE4. Some shots came from using TMO and others not using it (modded game, stock campaign). I think I am going to start using it again. Yes, I am the MOST indecisive member of Subsim!

[kriller2]

Originally Posted by walrusbomb

Very nice screenshot Walrus. I like the black and white look of them.

[walrusbomb]

[Task Force]

Veary good shots walrubomb, also veary bright.

[mcf1]

EDIT: oh by the way, nice pics Reno

[Sailor Steve]

Some great shots coming out of SH4 lately. I'm especially impressed by this one:

Originally Posted by walrusbomb

[Arclight]

Absolutely. The rigging in particular looks very fine. Makes me wonder how much AA was applied in-game. :hmm:

*hmm, I can taste the mai-tais already.

[Reno]

Originally Posted by mcf1

EDIT: oh by the way, nice pics Reno

Thanks, mcf1. Very nice shot you have here. Thanks for sharing.

[walrusbomb]

Originally Posted by Arclight

Absolutely. The rigging in particular looks very fine. Makes me wonder how much AA was applied in-game. :hmm:

Arclight,

nhancer: AA = Combined 8xS + Super-Transparency (no Gamma Correction) (all compatibility set to GENERAL)

[Arclight]

You cheat! :rotfl:

There's a thread started by Rubini on Nvidia tweaks. He says you can't do more than 4xMSAA, or you lose the sun halo.

:hmm:

Halo be damned, I'm cranking it up.