[WIP] Wolves of the Kaiser:1914-1918 Mod

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by USS Drum

Why don't you post all of your WW1 ships.

I don`t have many of em` done yet.

[USS Drum]

Originally Posted by Karle94

I don`t have many of em` done yet.

Just one question what problems are you having on the lady lex?

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by USS Drum

Just one question what problems are you having on the lady lex?

Texture problem. Some parts show up wrong in S3D. But shows up the way it should look like in MM3D.

[USS Drum]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Texture problem. Some parts show up wrong in S3D. But shows up the way it should look like in MM3D.

Is the ship black in game?

But well here's the three ships I've wanted playable in game:

1.USS Pennsylvania

2.USS Washington(yes I know It's already playable but I want a new version not the stock games's one. It also has the name of my home state I'm a yank.)

3.Super Yamato class(It can probably invade Pearl on it's own.)

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Karle94

I have the Nevada class done for you, if you want it. http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/y...0-53-51-56.jpg

Thanks a lot; I like how you made the superstructure much more sparse. is there a link to a dl?

[iambecomelife]

The reason why pre-dreadnoughts are needed for the campaign (can you read the text? for some reason this screenshot keeps getting resized)...



More progress shots. The chain links are larger than they were historically to reduce the # of polygons. The 6" guns are low poly placeholders that will be replaced with a more detailed model. I obtained some nice plans for the Royal Navy's land-transportable 6". Designing a version without the 6"carriage for horse-drawn transit should be pretty simple.





Small craft:



Might try the HMS "Triumph" next, since she was one of the pre-dreads actually sunk by submarine. Along with her sister "Swiftsure", she was one of just two Royal Navy battleships in WWI armed with 10" guns, as opposed to the usual 12" on predreadnoughts.

There's a beautiful model build at the link below, showing "Triumph" as she would have looked at Gallipoli:



http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gall.../cb-index.html

HMS "Triumph" today. Once again, some excellent pictures:



http://www.turkiye-wrecks.com/triumpheng.html

[CCIP]

The pre-dreads certainly appear not only in the Dardanneles (plenty of historical probability that they could've been torpedoed in the North Sea as well), but I am excited to hear that you're modeling that campaign as well. I'm guessing as with MFM, you're aiming to release the whole thing rather than going modular (i.e. North Sea first, then other flottillas/operations)?

Either way, excellent work. I'm especially intrigued by the addition of land bombardment.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Thanks a lot; I like how you made the superstructure much more sparse. is there a link to a dl?

I`ll send you a pack containing all the American Dreadnoughts from South Carolina to New Mexico. That happens when I´m done with the models.

[iambecomelife]

Triangulating and texturing destructible land objects. Once again, it's fairly crude & low-poly stuff. Partly due to my lack of experience, and partly to keep your processors from struggling. At this point I've only skinned four basic types of buildings but adding different skins gives the illusion of diversity.

There are several old Navy radio masts near where I live; for some reason they never tore them down. They look a little bit like the one in the screenshots. Might add a radio shack, some troops, & misc. other items to make it a more interesting target..

[Karle94]

Have your battleships done. Since the South Carolina class would operate with the pre-dreads, they would`t operate with the rest of the battleships. I therefore decided not to make that class. Anyhow, here they are:

Delaware class:


Florida:


Wyoming


New York


Nevada


Pennsylvania


New Mexico

[iambecomelife]

Thanks for your help! They are very non-WWII looking, which is excellent. And the lack of modern bridge structure is 100% accurate.

I have a request for any European fans out there; if you know anything about the following, please post a reply:

-Which smaller coastal towns in your nation should be modeled

-Important industries in these towns that existed before/during WWI

-Any coastal military bases & airfields in your country that date from WWI

In between modeling I've had to do a fair bit of research on North Sea towns. It's been hard to tell what facilities were around back then and what construction dates from the later 20th Century.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

Thanks for your help! They are very non-WWII looking, which is excellent. And the lack of modern bridge structure is 100% accurate.

I have a request for any European fans out there; if you know anything about the following, please post a reply:

-Which smaller coastal towns in your nation should be modeled

-Important industries in these towns that existed before/during WWI

-Any coastal military bases & airfields in your country that date from WWI

In between modeling I've had to do a fair bit of research on North Sea towns. It's been hard to tell what facilities were around back then and what construction dates from the later 20th Century.

Here`s a link for the ships. I noticed that the bridges on the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico was too modern, so I raplaced them with a slightly modyfied New York bridge. All the weapons and textures you need for the ships are included. http://www.gamefront.com/files/21080...attleships.rar

[USS Drum]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Here`s a link for the ships. I noticed that the bridges on the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico was too modern, so I raplaced them with a slightly modyfied New York bridge. All the weapons and textures you need for the ships are included. http://www.gamefront.com/files/21080...attleships.rar

Will they work in the stock game?

The download is only the 3D models and textures.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Here`s a link for the ships. I noticed that the bridges on the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico was too modern, so I raplaced them with a slightly modyfied New York bridge. All the weapons and textures you need for the ships are included. http://www.gamefront.com/files/21080...attleships.rar

Thank you; it has been downloaded.