2,750 [FOXEH] Kitsunelegend Beta Testers 6,103 posts 1,313 battles Report post #1 Posted October 26, 2017 I'm FAIRLY certain the St Louis never had transparent bridge windows before now. Now get moving on adding that must have feature to all the other older ships WG! As a collector of ships I require it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4,043 [SALTY] Ace_04 Members 8,930 posts 18,141 battles Report post #2 Posted October 26, 2017 Judging by this early game photo, it appears that you're correct. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12,714 [PSP] Snargfargle [PSP] Members 19,325 posts Report post #3 Posted October 26, 2017 I enjoy looking at the detail of many of these ship models. WG has really put some effort into them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
533 [CUTE] Shigure_DD Supertester, In AlfaTesters 2,048 posts 11,680 battles Report post #4 Posted October 26, 2017 Look at the benson the USN one is the old model and the pan Asia one is new, and or the kag/Harekaze Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
191 [VVV] yamato6945 [VVV] Members 822 posts 17,501 battles Report post #5 Posted October 26, 2017 14 minutes ago, LaffeyKaiNi said: Look at the benson the USN one is the old model and the pan Asia one is new, and or the kag/Harekaze Actually the Pan Asia tier 8 is a Gleaves class they followed the Benson and directly preceded Fletcher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,750 [FOXEH] Kitsunelegend Beta Testers 6,103 posts 1,313 battles Report post #6 Posted October 26, 2017 Ok so, the ONLY other ship I was able to find that has been updated with transparent bridge windows is the Mikasa. Its hard to tell from this angle and because the windows themselves are rather small, but they are in fact transparent. And I know for a FACT the Mikasa didn't originally come with transparent windows! This is seriously cool though, and I really hope WG adds this to more ships, especially the older ship models as they aren't quite up to snuff as the newer ones. *cough*Iowa*cough* 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
533 [CUTE] Shigure_DD Supertester, In AlfaTesters 2,048 posts 11,680 battles Report post #7 Posted October 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, yamato6945 said: Actually the Pan Asia tier 8 is a Gleaves class they followed the Benson and directly preceded Fletcher Pretty much the same ship benson/greaves/Bristol/Livermore haha, but the bridge on both is the same that’s why I said it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
200 ZoomieG Members 474 posts 3,719 battles Report post #8 Posted October 26, 2017 WG makes subtle changes to older ship models just about every major patch. They usually have a blurb at the bottom of the patch notes. This change is likely from 0.6.11, which has the following at the bottom: Ship Appearance Changes Improved appearance of tier I and II ships with better rendering of thin elements like rigging. This correction won't affect performance: Wickes, Wakatake, Derzki, St. Louis, Kolberg, Tenryu, Bogatyr, South Carolina, Nassau, Kawachi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
241 Middcore Members 650 posts 1,842 battles Report post #9 Posted October 26, 2017 11 minutes ago, yamato6945 said: Actually the Pan Asia tier 8 is a Gleaves class they followed the Benson and directly preceded Fletcher Benson and Gleaves classes were identical in appearance except one had flat funnel sides and one had rounded. All other differences were in the internal machinery configuration, which is obviously invisible in the model in the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
838 [YK] Akeno017 Members 2,238 posts 11,324 battles Report post #10 Posted October 26, 2017 Comparing the Bridges of Iowa and Missouri with those transparent windows.. Montana still has em as well, for reasons unknown, I would love to see transparent Montana. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,750 [FOXEH] Kitsunelegend Beta Testers 6,103 posts 1,313 battles Report post #11 Posted October 26, 2017 13 minutes ago, ZoomieG said: WG makes subtle changes to older ship models just about every major patch. They usually have a blurb at the bottom of the patch notes. This change is likely from 0.6.11, which has the following at the bottom: Ship Appearance Changes Improved appearance of tier I and II ships with better rendering of thin elements like rigging. This correction won't affect performance: Wickes, Wakatake, Derzki, St. Louis, Kolberg, Tenryu, Bogatyr, South Carolina, Nassau, Kawachi Yeah, but this is saying for "thin elements" so I always assume its for the cables, railings, and other really thing rope like stuff. Would be nice if WG actually wrote out a little more detail on whats changing... Also I'm fairly certain I checked the Wickes and I dont think its bridge windows were transparent... I'll have to check again later Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,197 GhostSwordsman Members 6,588 posts 8,581 battles Report post #12 Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) On 10/26/2017 at 0:01 PM, LaffeyKaiNi said: Look at the benson the USN one is the old model and the pan Asia one is new, and or the kag/Harekaze Actually, Harekaze is a higher res model compared to Kagero. It has nearly twice the poly count I believe. Just compare the two in port and you can see that small details on Harekaze are actually part of the model, whereas on Kagero they're part of the textures. So in other words, WG needs to get on with updating Kagero's model. Edited October 28, 2017 by GhostSwordsman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,490 [---] Raptor_alcor Banned 6,739 posts 10,146 battles Report post #13 Posted October 27, 2017 18 hours ago, yamato6945 said: Actually the Pan Asia tier 8 is a Gleaves class they followed the Benson and directly preceded Fletcher If you mean lo-yang she is the USS benson herself, flat out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
191 [VVV] yamato6945 [VVV] Members 822 posts 17,501 battles Report post #14 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Raptor_alcor said: If you mean lo-yang she is the USS benson herself, flat out. No the tech tree one that's USS Macomb a Gleaves class Edited October 27, 2017 by yamato6945 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
613 [CHEEZ] twitch133 Members 2,614 posts 4,925 battles Report post #15 Posted October 27, 2017 Missouri also has transparent bridge windows, where Iowa does not. Missouri also has all sorts of goodies visible in the bridge. Radar screens, sound powered phones, binnacle, fire extinguishers... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
193 Cognitive_Dissonance Members 575 posts 3,075 battles Report post #16 Posted October 27, 2017 How is this possible: WG you sneaky SNEAKY bugger! When obviously they are being transparent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,852 Madwolf05 ∞ Alpha Tester 7,170 posts 4,070 battles Report post #17 Posted October 27, 2017 I heard buggering is illegal in Russia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
