SUBSIM: The Web's #1 resource for all submarine & naval simulations since 1997 |
07-01-10, 07:25 PM | #1 |
Electrician's Mate
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Cochranton, Pennsylvania
Posts: 139
Downloads: 226
Uploads: 2
|
Survivors
Hey guys,
I was thinking about having a mod in Silent Hunter IV where we have more survivors instead of the usual dinky lifeboat with a half dozen sailors in it. My idea is that with existing animations, we can have a mod where sailors jump into the water from the ship when it's sinking from being hit by torpedoes or deck gun shells from your submarine. The sailors will swim in the water, using the same model that downed pilots in in SH4 use when they land in the water after being shot down, except with sailors. The sailors will just float in the water like real sailors do and swim towards your sub. I want to see more survivors from ships because I think that it would be more realistic to see sailors swimming in the water from shipwrecks. In a real shipwreck, sailors would just jump off the ship into the water and swim to safety, hoping not to go down with their ship. The silent hunter experience would be enhanced by having these sailors swim in the water and act like real sailors do after a ship is sunk. |
07-01-10, 07:47 PM | #2 |
Seasoned Skipper
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Good old Germany
Posts: 739
Downloads: 80
Uploads: 0
|
Good idea.
This was done once for SH3, canßt find the thread but such a mod is existing there. I think it is an update from lifeboat&debris.
__________________
|
07-01-10, 08:07 PM | #3 |
Electrician's Mate
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Cochranton, Pennsylvania
Posts: 139
Downloads: 226
Uploads: 2
|
|
07-01-10, 08:18 PM | #4 |
Seasoned Skipper
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Good old Germany
Posts: 739
Downloads: 80
Uploads: 0
|
My pleasure.
Well found it at least : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170965 Must be also possible for SH4
__________________
|
07-01-10, 09:45 PM | #5 |
Ace of the Deep
|
That certainly would be more realistic. Kind of disturbing though...
__________________
|
07-01-10, 10:24 PM | #6 |
Mate
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New York State
Posts: 59
Downloads: 113
Uploads: 0
|
I like the idea. I'm wondering, however, what kind of impact would animations like that would have on FPS?
|
07-02-10, 12:09 AM | #7 |
Ocean Warrior
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Notify command we have entered the Grass Sea
Posts: 2,822
Downloads: 813
Uploads: 0
|
dinner time
If you perfect this mod, we will have to update the great white shark mod, so that the sharks swallow, eat, take a leg, etc., from a percentage of the survivors. Give them a homing device like the AI on TMO dds.
I previously started a thread re Pacific Shark Attacks, and included a review of GUMS, the x-rated version of JAWS. Rather than being attacked from below by a shark, it was a woman who attacked from the depths. Maybe we can incorporate parts of the movie into the opening credits when the game starts. |
07-02-10, 05:26 PM | #8 |
Rear Admiral
|
I run the PE4 life boat and debris, just just a bunch of dead floating bodies, no swimmers.
|
07-02-10, 06:09 PM | #9 |
Navy Seal
|
Would be great if someone could meld the swimmers in with the debris and dead bodies mod from PE 4.Would add to the game.
|
Tags |
boats, sh4, sinking, survivors, water |
|
|