Ship Simulator Extremes-unlocking the secrets

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[The Ferry Man]

Agreed, but corrected

I agree we need DCitSE pics

[Wave Music]

They can't hide everything for ever. But a pic of DC(ITSE) would be very much appreciated.
Even better if it had a SR-N4  Incat  Saipem 7000 in the middle of it.

Agreed, but corrected again.

[--tractorman--]

Agreed, but corrected again.

No, just no

[Wave Music]

No, just no

Why?

Just imagine this standing in the middle of DCITSE!  

[The Ferry Man]

 

That would be impressive

Though to be fair a picture of DCitSE alone would be something - we have seen next to nothing of this environment...

[McGherkin]

This is blasphemy. How dare you cross out SR-N4 and put (I spit at the word) 'Incat'.

Have you no appreciation for British Engineering? What would Ismbard Kingdom Brunel say of this?

[Traddles]

If it was just my system you really think you would see plenty of posts about it on the forums?
Also the lag that is messing up with some servers causing your ships to sink isnt really helping either.

And i played it last night aswell , spend like 30 min. going through new york with a latitude.
Then all the sudden the game decided to crash.

http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php/topic,12580.msg151656.html#msg151656
I find it odd that you are so certain your system is fine for the game and yet when asked to post your Dxdiag some time ago you appear to have declined to do so.  So very many players find the game to be playable without the problems you describe that it does really seem strange that more do not make the same complaint.

[Daisai]

Happy now ?
Still doesnt change the fact that ship simulator really need to spend way more time on more details to be called a proper simulator.
Right now trying to get a huge tanker from point a to point b can be done in a way to simple way.

Things like low and high tides.
Being able to moar your ship online , something that cant be done in multiplayer except with anchors.
Also with the new released ships like the inland ships where to bow proppeller isnt working like it does in real.
Also being able to change from full ahead to full back goes way to fast , most ships you have to wait a few seconds before being able to do this.

I can go on and on with this and give plenty of reasons why this ship isnt really a good simulator.
Things that are small details which can make the game way and way better on the simulator part.

Then again if you have to pay over 4000 euro's to get something like that i find that pretty much a rip off , i might aswell just steer the ship on my work a bit more then.

[Traddles]

I am neither happy or unhappy really. I do think you are very rude though. However as was pointed out on January 20th, 2009, your graphics card is actually "stealing" 1279MB of memory from your RAM. The RAM is 3070MB which with the 1279MB subtracted leaves only 1791MB of RAM free to play the game. If you care to read the requirements for the game when using Vista you will find that a minimum of 2000MB is needed. Thus you problem would appear to be quite clear. I trust then, that you too, might be happy now.

[laganviking]

As far as i can see its also 32bit Vista. That can only realistically use 3.5GB RAM. So with your card stealing memory from your RAM and only limited to 3.5GB with 32 bit, your options are limited as to a remedy.

[Daisai]

Shared memory doesnt really effect it that much , it only uses some of it if it needs to.

[laganviking]

In a game such as Ship Sim with high intensity graphics, it does effect it quite a lot. If your card needs more RAM to display the graphics, it leaves the overal system short to effectively run the game properly. This could actually be the root of your issues.

[Daisai]

How come i dont have this problem then with other way high demanding games ?
Cant seem to change the shared memory in the bios it seems.

[Ballast]

Happy now ?
Still doesnt change the fact that ship simulator really need to spend way more time on more details to be called a proper simulator.
Right now trying to get a huge tanker from point a to point b can be done in a way to simple way.

Things like low and high tides.
Being able to moar your ship online , something that cant be done in multiplayer except with anchors.
Also with the new released ships like the inland ships where to bow proppeller isnt working like it does in real.
Also being able to change from full ahead to full back goes way to fast , most ships you have to wait a few seconds before being able to do this.

If ShipSim would have all the functions and possibilities you've mentioned, the game would be inaccessible for most players.  I am sure i don't have to mention to you that there are qualified officers with years of experience required 'to sail a huge tanker from A to B'.

[abcabcabc5000]

How come i dont have this problem then with other way high demanding games ?
Cant seem to change the shared memory in the bios it seems.

I don't really know what other high demanding games you're referring to, but 3GB ram is definitely not that High-End for ship simulator. I have 6GB ram and I have no problems with it, I can even play Ship Simulator smoothly on maximum setting, 1920x1080 plus forced 8X AA...... so it should be your computer problem.

[laganviking]

If ShipSim would have all the functions and possibilities you've mentioned, the game would be inaccessible for most players.  I am sure i don't have to mention to you that there are qualified officers with years of experience required 'to sail a huge tanker from A to B'.

Such as ballast 

[Daisai]

You really think that would make the game unplayable ?
Things like low and high tides are pretty simple for anyone who puts a little intrest in ships.

And yes things like ballast would be nice aswell , for example in the port of hamburg so some ships can pass some bridges.

And i dont have 3gb of ram i have 4gb of ram + 1gb of vid memory.

[mvsmith]

Shared memory doesnt really effect it that much , it only uses some of it if it needs to.

Ship Simulator always needs to. It takes all of the memory that it can grab.

[Ballast]

You really think that would make the game unplayable ?
Things like low and high tides are pretty simple for anyone who puts a little intrest in ships.

Well there's the first problem that new players would face - How do you adjust for set and drift caused by the tide?

At the middle of the sea you probably won't be bothered much, you make an educated guess while you are enjoying your coffee. But to stay in the sphere of sailing your 'huge tanker from A to B' - Sailing with an 18 meters draft vessel in the Eurogeul with 6 knots current coming in from abeam, an educated guess won't do the job  

I agree with you that ShipSim isn't perfect at this stage, but for now it's the closest to the real thing that a player can get for an affordable price. 

[Daisai]

Ship Simulator always needs to. It takes all of the memory that it can grab.

Ah well suppose ill just buy a extra 4gb of memory when i return home.

[laganviking]

I think your system is 32bit according to your dxdiag. 32bit only recognises 3.5 or something like that as the max. You could shoe-horn in 16GB RAM but the system would still only recognise 3.5GB. There maybe ways around that but im not too sure. If you were to add extra RAM im not sure it would have any effect - someone correct me if im wrong 

[mvsmith]

Ah well suppose ill just buy a extra 4gb of memory when i return home.

You will need to switch to Windows 7 64-bit in order to use that extra memory.

[Aad The Pirate]

Even better. Buy a decent Graphic card with at least 512 MB DDR Ram ON-BOARD. Then switch off the internal Graphic card and be surprised. 

[Daisai]

The 2 i have already got 512 mb each + shared memory.

[hansi26]

Why?

Just imagine this standing in the middle of DCITSE!  

this one i standing in stavanger norway