Merchant Fleet Mod Beta Testers - Page 5

rascal101 · 01-09-09, 09:26 PM

Well I've been away for a long while, just upgraded my PC now I got some sort of Quad something or rather with tripple overhead wha wahs - and top of the range 3d

So I thought to pay a visit back to Subsim and behold I find IABL is almost ready to release - I've been waiting for this for ages and the screenes on this thread are fantastic - the stock ships were so much luck rubber ducks

Merchant Fleet mod plus some of the new environmental and smoke mods on the drawing board or already released will almost add up to a new game!! I'm looking forward to it-

Interesting to see when you first log on to Subsim, there are always more folks looking at SH3 boards than SH4, now therein hangs a tale

Congratualtions and best wishes to all players and modders, this game rocks and so does the Subsim community

Regards
Rascal

bigboywooly · 01-09-09, 11:40 PM

Best I post some more then
:rotfl:

Have run 6 patrols now using the MFM and sunk 26 different MFM units - out of 67 lol - 54 units sunk altogether and 36 non MFM units
They show pretty well as expected them too

Sunk a load more in written SMs too

iambecomelife · 01-10-09, 12:07 AM

Okay - good news & bad news, people:

Because of circumstances beyond my control, the Merchant Fleet mod has been delayed to next week at the earliest. (FYI, you have my professors to thank for that!)

The good news is that I am going to try and use the resulting time to implement some special new features on the ships. More news later...

rascal101 · 01-10-09, 07:02 AM

No worries IABCL, take your time this is the bees knees and it needs all the tender loving care.

Question Will the Merchant fleet totally replace exisitng SH3 stock ships or will we have to come with seeing your works of art mixed in wtiht the stock bath toys

Please also confirm that it will be compatable with GWX3Gold which is what I imagine is most people play on.

Thanks - by the way I notice a few folks working on sxome new smoke mods for coal and other ships and a new combined enviro mod which is very good will new merchant ship fleet be compatable

Thanks for the extra screenies Mr BBW - incidently do you know if any one is modding explosions, if not I'd love to get some advise on how to do so, would love to incorporate a number of different explosions, different smoke and lighting effects along with new splinter affects and torp hits so there is some visual variety any ideas

R

bigboywooly · 01-10-09, 07:28 AM

Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far

mr chris · 01-10-09, 07:33 AM

GWX 3.0 here also i have just sunk 4 ships in 1945 patrol 3 tankers and 1 medium merchant. The tankers went up with a massive bang.

piri_reis · 01-10-09, 08:45 AM

Juicy targets.

LordNeuro"Serbia" · 01-10-09, 09:23 AM

! more qvestion for u IABCL, is there eny chance of sieng a same crew on u shipes. Ther is a topic here on same tread theat is posibole too add a cres too ships , but is a pain in the .... too make it all in thear place and too disaper when the ships sunk. Maybe if u r willing and have time u qenn conideret. Theat shore would be a eye candy.
And soory for u bad news, not as mauch of need too weit u beatifol ships , thean u profesor is making u work hard. Put him on u merchant and let as sink him:rotfl:
All the best and take u time.It werth off weiting.

rascal101 · 01-10-09, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far

Hi this is good news and thanks to you and the other posters on this thread for thier great screenies.

One more thing, I notice on the latest screenies that the standard stock small freighter, (Bath Toy) is still in the back ground.

Does this mean that the merchant fleet mod does not replace all stock ships and that rather the new merchants will be mixed in amongst the original stock ships

Hope you can answer this, is a pity if there has to be a mix, but I guess you may be restrained by certain limitations of the game or software itself

Regards

Rascal

bigboywooly · 01-10-09, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rascal101

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far

Hi this is good news and thanks to you and the other posters on this thread for thier great screenies.

One more thing, I notice on the latest screenies that the standard stock small freighter, (Bath Toy) is still in the back ground.

Does this mean that the merchant fleet mod does not replace all stock ships and that rather the new merchants will be mixed in amongst the original stock ships

Hope you can answer this, is a pity if there has to be a mix, but I guess you may be restrained by certain limitations of the game or software itself

Regards

Rascal

No they wont replace anything but be an addition too
Bigger variety of targets and for those using manual targetting a lil bit harder with more ship silhouettes

You could use them to replace all the stock units but as there are only about 10 merchants\liners original no point
Plus would mean either a rewrite of the campaign to take those old units out and replace with others
or
Rename the new units to overwrite the old ones
And that has its pitfalls too

I will be honest and say in 8 patrols I have seen very few of the original stock units
Mostly community built ships including the MFM

Weiss Pinguin · 01-10-09, 07:17 PM

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the IABL fleet. Comparing these to stock ships is like comparing Siara's U-552 replica to a newspaper boat.

iambecomelife · 01-11-09, 12:48 PM

Thanks for your recent observations, BBW. I am lowering the hitpoints for all of the ships right now.

bigboywooly · 01-11-09, 12:55 PM

Thats what am here for mate

iambecomelife · 01-11-09, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bigboywooly

Thats what am here for mate

Great. From now on, ships will have HP values of about 450-650 for the most part. Some large tankers will have much more, so you'll have to actually expend torpedoes for tonnage. Modern ships will generally be in better repair & harder to destroy than older ones, although it's not a huge difference. Also, the Q-ship is extremely durable to simulate their cargoes of empty barrels & cork, which helped keep them afloat.

bigboywooly · 01-11-09, 03:29 PM

Yes I know all about the Q ship
Just wrote a single miss with all the Br units of yours to watch travel behaviour
After 3 times of watching decided to sink them all and forgot about the Q
lol
Not pretty aboard my boat I have to say

Did you get my other PM re speeds ?

01-09-09, 09:26 PM	#61
rascal101 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 769 Downloads: 200 Uploads: 0	Hi to all and happy New Year Well I've been away for a long while, just upgraded my PC now I got some sort of Quad something or rather with tripple overhead wha wahs - and top of the range 3d So I thought to pay a visit back to Subsim and behold I find IABL is almost ready to release - I've been waiting for this for ages and the screenes on this thread are fantastic - the stock ships were so much luck rubber ducks Merchant Fleet mod plus some of the new environmental and smoke mods on the drawing board or already released will almost add up to a new game!! I'm looking forward to it- Interesting to see when you first log on to Subsim, there are always more folks looking at SH3 boards than SH4, now therein hangs a tale Congratualtions and best wishes to all players and modders, this game rocks and so does the Subsim community Regards Rascal

01-09-09, 11:40 PM	#62
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Best I post some more then :rotfl: Have run 6 patrols now using the MFM and sunk 26 different MFM units - out of 67 lol - 54 units sunk altogether and 36 non MFM units They show pretty well as expected them too Sunk a load more in written SMs too __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-10-09, 12:07 AM	#63
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,585 Downloads: 297 Uploads: 0	Okay - good news & bad news, people: Because of circumstances beyond my control, the Merchant Fleet mod has been delayed to next week at the earliest. (FYI, you have my professors to thank for that!) The good news is that I am going to try and use the resulting time to implement some special new features on the ships. More news later... __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

01-10-09, 07:02 AM	#64
rascal101 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 769 Downloads: 200 Uploads: 0	Re the good the bad and the good No worries IABCL, take your time this is the bees knees and it needs all the tender loving care. Question Will the Merchant fleet totally replace exisitng SH3 stock ships or will we have to come with seeing your works of art mixed in wtiht the stock bath toys Please also confirm that it will be compatable with GWX3Gold which is what I imagine is most people play on. Thanks - by the way I notice a few folks working on sxome new smoke mods for coal and other ships and a new combined enviro mod which is very good will new merchant ship fleet be compatable Thanks for the extra screenies Mr BBW - incidently do you know if any one is modding explosions, if not I'd love to get some advise on how to do so, would love to incorporate a number of different explosions, different smoke and lighting effects along with new splinter affects and torp hits so there is some visual variety any ideas R

01-10-09, 07:28 AM	#65
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-10-09, 07:33 AM	#66
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	GWX 3.0 here also i have just sunk 4 ships in 1945 patrol 3 tankers and 1 medium merchant. The tankers went up with a massive bang. __________________

01-10-09, 08:45 AM	#67
piri_reis Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Istanbul, Turkiye Posts: 715 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Juicy targets. __________________ Lt.z.S. Barbaros Hayreddin, U-35, 2nd Flot/Kiel, Type VIIB Oct.29.1939, 2nd Patrol Eastern English Waters Running SH5/TWOS

01-10-09, 09:23 AM	#68
LordNeuro"Serbia" Chief Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 328 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Wery nice ! more qvestion for u IABCL, is there eny chance of sieng a same crew on u shipes. Ther is a topic here on same tread theat is posibole too add a cres too ships , but is a pain in the .... too make it all in thear place and too disaper when the ships sunk. Maybe if u r willing and have time u qenn conideret. Theat shore would be a eye candy. And soory for u bad news, not as mauch of need too weit u beatifol ships , thean u profesor is making u work hard. Put him on u merchant and let as sink him:rotfl: All the best and take u time.It werth off weiting. __________________

01-10-09, 07:17 PM	#71
Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the IABL fleet. Comparing these to stock ships is like comparing Siara's U-552 replica to a newspaper boat. __________________

01-11-09, 12:48 PM	#72
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,585 Downloads: 297 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your recent observations, BBW. I am lowering the hitpoints for all of the ships right now. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

01-11-09, 12:55 PM	#73
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Thats what am here for mate __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-11-09, 03:29 PM	#75
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yes I know all about the Q ship Just wrote a single miss with all the Br units of yours to watch travel behaviour After 3 times of watching decided to sink them all and forgot about the Q lol Not pretty aboard my boat I have to say Did you get my other PM re speeds ? __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41