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[Dooberry]

  First impressions of this sim are really quite dissapointing, the sim feels as though it should have been an expansion on the last sim. On youtube the video they have indicates waves caused by the ships but i find no option for this on the steam version even though the manual shows clear indication of this. Do i feel that they have rushed the reease of this sim? the first mission for greenpeace i see the container ship glithcing quite a lot after completing the main mission and heading back to dock (as though it has grounded maybe). I am interested what others think of this sim. Maybe we can have an admins say on the whole release and what to expect in the coming patches as i feel i have wasted my money so far. I have really enjoyed the ship sim series so far but i seem disapointed on the latest release so far and feel they could have done better with the time that has been had for development and with the current demands for visual and gameplay needs.

Regards.

[TJK]

HI Dooberry

Welcome to the forum and to  this wonderfully game well my meaning do and we maybe can help you yo be happy with it to

sorry to hear that you are disepointed with it, but the they have indicates waves caused by the ships, well they are their, maybe you have sett the grapick setting to low.
I'm not a administrator but i'm sure Mad_Fred will come with a better answer later, but if you post your pc's DxDiag. to find that writh into you searrch fealt in you start menu DxDiag and start that program, press save all and add the text file you got into the post then we can see if you pc are god enough to run SSE.
Kind regards
TJK/Tore

[Dooberry]

Hiya,

I am hoping we can resolve this as well below is my dxdiag and i am sure that my system should be running this game at full settings if you need any further info let me know.

System Information
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Time of this report: 9/5/2010, 19:21:38
       Machine name: SPANNA-PC
   Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Packard Bell
       System Model: ipower G5800
               BIOS: Default System BIOS
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
             Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8184MB RAM
          Page File: 1678MB used, 14685MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GT 330
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0410&SUBSYS_3058174B&REV_A2
     Display Memory: 4067 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 2019 MB
      Shared Memory: 2047 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: Viseo 230Ws
         Monitor Id: PKB00C1
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: DVI
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.5896 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.17.12.5896
        DDI Version: 10
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 7/9/2010 23:38:00, 12471400 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
  Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4750-11CF-F363-54101CC2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x10DE
          Device ID: 0x0410
          SubSys ID: 0x3058174B
        Revision ID: 0x00A2
 Driver Strong Name: oem3.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section003:8.17.12.5896:pci\ven_10de&dev_0410
     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C

[Dooberry]

I thought that the advanced quality settings cfg would help aswel?

   <Advanced Settings>
      <Main Settings>4.00</Main Settings>
      <Clipping distances>1.00</Clipping distances>
      <RenderReflections>1.00</RenderReflections>
      <RenderRefractions>1.00</RenderRefractions>
      <RenderCharacters>1.00</RenderCharacters>
      <RenderAnimals>1.00</RenderAnimals>
      <WaterQuality>3.00</WaterQuality>
      <WaterGridsize>1.00</WaterGridsize>
      <Ship Wakes>3.00</Ship Wakes>
      <SliderWakesQuality>3.00</SliderWakesQuality>
   </Advanced Settings>

[scotian]

So far have only played free roaming as that is how I prefer to play.  Initial views are that SSE does not live up to the pre sales hype.  On Dover-Calais, Vstep have managed to increase the distance between the Dover Eastern Entrance to CA Buoy (Calais Approach) to 77 miles which is quite an impressive feat in anybody's language.  Three and a half hours at 22 knots to get between these two points has considerably altered the geographical area of the Dover Strait. 
When starting from a position SW of Dover the visual and chart shows you to be about 2-3 miles off the coast abeam of the eastern end of Samphire Hoe.  The distance then to Point Alpha (Dover Reporting point) would be about 6 miles somehow this translates to 11 miles and even then that means a sharp turn and oblique entrance via Eastern.  That would be ok but I think the PoR would struggle a little.
Graphics whilst being good can you please tell me why I can see the coast in orbit, helm but not walkthrough?
I hope that Vstep have a lot of patches and fixes ready because I think that SSE has a lot that needs fixing.

[The Ferry Man]

 

I regularly do Dover to Calais in PoR at 22 knots taking around an hour 

[mvsmith]

Hi scotian,

If it took 3.5 hours, you probably had a very low frame rate.
As in SS 2008, I suspect that the true speed of ships is proportional to the frame rate; that the frame period is the clock, rather than the RT clock.

Regards,
Marty

[scotian]

Hi Marty

Thanks for that and also to ferryman for confirming it can be done in true speed.

[Dooberry]

Ok i have noticed that i am getting the 3d wave wake when at open sea but not when in dock areas, so i am wondering if this will be addressed in patch?