Plane Wreckage - Has anyone tried this?

[Cohen's Puppet]

your 360 does explode. you get the red ring of death b/c Jack starts to cramp up from swimming for so long and the 360 feels his pain.

Do you think it's PMS?

[Cohen's Puppet]

One fathom is exacly 6 ft. 18 fathoms would be 108 ft. Looking at the buildings "outside" in Rapture there are many that would easily be over 108 ft tall (that is only about a 10 story building or so).

I would assume that Rapture must be much deeper than that (even though that is the last depth reading we see).

I don't know if my memory's chronology is wrong, but yes, 18 fathoms was certainly the last measurement that can be seen. However, I remember the window was then covered by the projection screen, and the bathysphere still continued to descend whilst Andrew Ryan's movie was being played. That took quite a long time, so it's definitely way more than 18 fathoms deep.

[BucketBot]

Cohen's puppet. You are exactly right, I think. 18 fathoms is the last measurement we see, but you just have to assume that you continue to descend while watching the film.
But Rapture can't be too horribly deep because there is a whale swimming through it and whales prefer to stay close to the surface. Plus when you're in Rapture the water outside is clear and brightly lit, so you're obviously not too far under the ocean. But it is a game and they were going for environment first and excruciating realism second.

[KaiteyDave]

Okay, I don't meant to sound like a goon, but what's an easter egg?

[nealmac]

Okay, I don't meant to sound like a goon, but what's an easter egg?

An easter egg is something that can be found in the game which makes reference to something famous, like a real life person, another video game etc....or it can just be something amusing that was purposely put in, but made difficult to find.

Rockstar are one of the best developers for putting easter eggs in their games. For example, in Grand Theft Auto IV, If you go into the statue of liberty, you can see a heart beating where her heart should be. In another instance, as you are driving round the city, you can see billboards advertising other games.

[Save Them Sisters!]

If you look in the section with screen shots in, you can see the water has merely been tiled. You could swim to the end but it would just stop you and everything would look the same. "Invisible wall" to stop you going off the map. Try it for yourself by using the ghost command

[renegadezealot]

There is like an invisible wall, as in it appears thats your moving but when you turn back around the lighthouse is the same distance away as it was 3 mins ago.

[RyanAndrews]

One fathom is exacly 6 ft. 18 fathoms would be 108 ft. Looking at the buildings "outside" in Rapture there are many that would easily be over 108 ft tall (that is only about a 10 story building or so).

I would assume that Rapture must be much deeper than that (even though that is the last depth reading we see). With the thousands of bright neon lights all glowing brightly at the same time any aircraft flying over at night would very likely see something, although it would most likely not be anything more than some "mysterious" lights.

Anyway...this just proves how immersive the game is...we are curious why it would or would not have buildings breaching the ocean waves. Ha.

Yeah I found that out a while after. I got the idea that was a big amount after reading an earlier thread dealing with the depth.

I thought a fathom was 2 meters. A little over six feet, no? Oh well, doesn't matter.

[RyanAndrews]

An easter egg is something that can be found in the game which makes reference to something famous, like a real life person, another video game etc....or it can just be something amusing that was purposely put in, but made difficult to find.

Rockstar are one of the best developers for putting easter eggs in their games. For example, in Grand Theft Auto IV, If you go into the statue of liberty, you can see a heart beating where her heart should be. In another instance, as you are driving round the city, you can see billboards advertising other games.

The Statue with the heart is also Hilary Clinton. Her name is on the clipboard, she is holding coffee, and her face and smile resmbles that of Hilary Clinton.

[RyanAndrews]

Cohen's puppet. You are exactly right, I think. 18 fathoms is the last measurement we see, but you just have to assume that you continue to descend while watching the film.
But Rapture can't be too horribly deep because there is a whale swimming through it and whales prefer to stay close to the surface. Plus when you're in Rapture the water outside is clear and brightly lit, so you're obviously not too far under the ocean. But it is a game and they were going for environment first and excruciating realism second.

Yeah, you can get an idea of the depth from the launch trailer.