Multiple skin warships mod v2.0

[Letum]

sorry for digging up a old post but are there any mirrors?

[terrapin]

sorry for digging up a old post but are there any mirrors?


Sure. We have that one in our library, too

[sergbuto]

I hope that problems with my site are over now.

[sergbuto]

New version (2.0) of the mod is available for download on my site. Includes modified model (DAT) files, which allow for multiple skin usage, for C&D- and V&W-type destroyers, Clemson, Tribal, Hunt I, Type 34, Evarts and River escorts, Flower, and armed trawler along with multiple skin textures. These vessels are the most often used in the SCR layer of the stock campaign in the game. C&D-class DD now also carries DC racks starting year 1939. In addition, as a bonus I have included a multi-skinned C3 cargo.

A few examples can be seen on screenshorts below.

Plain grey skins for Clemson, Tribal, Evarts and River, respectively.
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Clemson_grey.jpg

http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Tribal_grey.jpg

http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Evarts_grey.jpg

http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/River_grey.jpg

Some other skin variations:

C-class
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Cclass_sk.jpg

Tribal
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Tribal_sk.jpg

Evarts
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Evarts_sk01.jpg
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Evarts_sk02.jpg

Hunt I
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Hunt_sk01.jpg
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Hunt_sk02.jpg

trawler
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Trowler_sk01.jpg
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Trowler_sk02.jpg
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Trowler_sk03.jpg
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Trowler_sk04.jpg
http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/Trowler_sk05.jpg

[oRGy]

Nice! :rock:

BTW, When are you going to release that lifeboat mod?

[Pascal]

Very nice work. Thank you

[CCIP]

Lovely!

In use and enjoying it already :)

[iambecomelife]

Nice job! Now to find some good color profiles of destroyers... :hmm:

[Syxx_Killer]

This new version looks great! I was wondering, though. In the readme it says you use Type941's all gray Type 34 skin. When I looked at the TGA files, all the skins were camo. Is the gray skin in the DAT file?

[The Avon Lady]

When installing after RUb 1.43 with JSGME, there's an overwrite warning for RUb file NDD_C&D.data.

What's a mother to do?! :doh:

[sergbuto]

This new version looks great! I was wondering, though. In the readme it says you use Type941's all gray Type 34 skin. When I looked at the TGA files, all the skins were camo. Is the gray skin in the DAT file?

Type941's skin can be found in the archive data\Sea\NDD_Type34 folder and is called NDD_Type34_T02.tga.

[sergbuto]

When installing after RUb 1.43 with JSGME, there's an overwrite warning for RUb file NDD_C&D.data.

What's a mother to do?! :doh:

RUb is using my modified NDD_C&D.dat with DC racks as a part of Improved Convoys. If this is not mentioned in RUb's Readme than it is not good because it will be a source for confusion.

This mod includes the same NDD_C&D.dat with DC racks but with multiple-skin option.

[Syxx_Killer]

Type941's skin can be found in the archive data\Sea\NDD_Type34 folder and is called NDD_Type34_T02.tga.

Oops... I didn't even see it. :oops: :oops:

If I named the blank skin to something like NTRW__T07, would it appear in the game?

[sergbuto]

If I named the blank skin to something like NTRW__T07, would it appear in the game?

Yes, if it is placed in the NTRW_ folder.

[Syxx_Killer]

Is it possible to have multiple skins with other warships, like Bismarck or the Hipper? If it is, what would the naming convention be for the image files?

[sergbuto]

Is it possible to have multiple skins with other warships, like Bismarck or the Hipper? If it is, what would the naming convention be for the image files?

That would require respective changes of these ships DAT files. The naming convention is always the same: name of the DAT file + _TXX, where XX is a number.

[Syxx_Killer]

That would require respective changes of these ships DAT files.

Is that a relatively easy thing to do?

[HundertzehnGustav]

THANKYOUthankyouthankyou111111111 :rock: :hulk:

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oops :oops:

[sergbuto]

That would require respective changes of these ships DAT files.

Is that a relatively easy thing to do?

Yes, when knowing what to do. :) But I did not do that because there are specific German Task force in the campaign's RND layer and one would not want Bismarck or Hipper appear there with an arbitrary skin.

[BigDuke66]

Correct my when I'm wrong but was the C3 the only merchant where multi Skins didn't work?
Or is there still one left?

@Sergbuto
Will you continue to add multi skining to the other warships like for example the HuntII and Hunt III class?

[sergbuto]

Correct my when I'm wrong but was the C3 the only merchant where multi Skins didn't work?
Correct.

@Sergbuto
Will you continue to add multi skining to the other warships like for example the HuntII and Hunt III class?

Maybe. The mod was done for units which appear in significant amounts in the SCR campaign file thus making the multi-skin option meaningfull to apply. I felt there are too few Hunt II and Hunt III entries for that.

[AG124]

I'd like the see the tugboat as a multi-skin ship. One of my new tankers is based on this ship.