New Graphic & Sound Mod for Aces of the Deep

[Andreas86]

UPDATE 04.08.2022

New in version 1.6

-New after-action newspaper screen!
-Fixed color error in the new face popup images.

Added a new after-action newspaper screen. Instead of reading the newspaper on a boring wooden desk, the reader now finds himself in a busy german city street, having just bought the latest edition from a news kiosk. Making the new screen work was rather difficult, as I encountered a lot of palette issues when the image fades to dark and the small animation appears in the middle of the newspaper. After a lot of time I managed to sort it out, but you need to install the included new .PAL file for the paper screen to work.

I also found a graphic problem with the new face popups that I was unaware of. All the face images contained the use of black color 0,0,0 which led to a color glitch when encountering fog. Fog is created in AOTD by use of some palette entries, that the program gradually changes to shades of gray or blue, depending on the weather. Color 0,0,0 is part of those entries. While I originally did convert the palette of the new face images to the palette of the original face files, something must have gone wrong. And obviously I must have tested the files without encountering fog. Luckily, correcting this was just a matter of mapping all instances of 0,0,0 to 20,8,12 which is the darkest color used in the original Dynamix created face images, and then to re-export everything.

Download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GX8SA6TNUQrHlGjyRG-keccAYVFW2Lqs/view?usp=sharing

[Andreas86]

Original AOD port screens, Kiel, France and Norway:

[Andreas86]

Here are some new port screens I have created. I am trying to capture the atmosphere of the industrial ports of Germany, and german naval might at the beginning of WW2. What do you think? I also made a new screen for France, showing, you know, real u-boat bunkers and not some boring houses. Lastly I made a new Norway port screen, with more of a cold winter feeling. The wartime winters in Norway were, after all, some of the worst winters in our countrys history. I will in time try to improve all port screens.

[skin-nl]

You did a great job on the port screens andreas

[Andreas86]

Originally Posted by skin-nl

You did a great job on the port screens andreas

Thank you skin-nl Grateful for the feedback!

I will include them in the next upload, if you got any suggestions for other enhancements, let me know

[chevyhd1986]

Was wondering if one of you gentlemen could point me in the right direction on purchasing a copy of Aces of the deep to play. I found CAotD but am finding it hard to find a copy of AoD with the expansions. I would love to try out this mod as it sounds awesome. I’m a sucker for old retro games an heard that this game is actually really fun. Thanks for your time.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by chevyhd1986

Was wondering if one of you gentlemen could point me in the right direction on purchasing a copy of Aces of the deep to play. I found CAotD but am finding it hard to find a copy of AoD with the expansions. I would love to try out this mod as it sounds awesome. I’m a sucker for old retro games an heard that this game is actually really fun. Thanks for your time.

eBay is probably your best bet. Be sure to get the cd version for all the added extras, ease of installation, etc.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by Andreas86

Original AOD port screens, Kiel, France and Norway:

Nice work as usual! Another nice touch AOD had was the bombed out buildings in the ports as the war went on, no band to send you off/greet your return, etc.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Nice work as usual! Another nice touch AOD had was the bombed out buildings in the ports as the war went on, no band to send you off/greet your return, etc.

...that's cause the 'tubas & miscellaneous brass horns were all melted down for shell casings...for the deck guns!

[Andreas86]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Nice work as usual! Another nice touch AOD had was the bombed out buildings in the ports as the war went on, no band to send you off/greet your return, etc.

Thanks John! I did think about this, and possible complications to my screens. But strangely I cannot find any graphical assets in the game archives related to these bombed buildings. I can only find the intact port screens. Do you have any screenshots of that stage in the game, where the buildings are bombed?

The band and audience is of no concern in that regard, as those are just tiny sprites that are superimposed on the big backgrounds.

[Andreas86]

New version 1.7

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HmH...ew?usp=sharing

-New "Main Menu" screen!
-New "Single Mission" menu screen.
-New "Career Menu" menu screen, with remastered old screen as alternative.
-New "Mission Briefing" menu screen!
-Improved graphics in "Hall of Fame" / "Assignment" menu screen.
-New "Tonnage Leaders" menu screen. (Improved AOTD original)
-Improved graphics in Type VII control room screen.
-Improved graphics in both Type VII and XXI map screens.
-New type VII damage screen (Remastered from original AOTD screen).
-Improved graphics in torpedoroom screen.
-New leaving port screens for Germany, France and Norway!

No long explanation this time, other than that I have tried to give my previous work more polish, as well as to make more new and autenthic in-game graphics for the game. I hope you like the mod! See the included PDF readme for all info.

New collection of screenshots, including the latest work. First, the menu screens:



New in-game screens:





New crew faces:

[skin-nl]

Andreas there is no file to download

[Andreas86]

Originally Posted by skin-nl

Andreas there is no file to download

Ooopps.. I pasted wrong link in this last post, it is corrected
I have also uploaded the latest version to the downloads section here at subsim!

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/dow...o=file&id=6229

[skin-nl]

Downloaded.....Thanks Andreas

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work here