Animated Bridge Crew anyone?

[Mush Martin]

River Frigate has gone from another historical ship addition to sh3

to A historical addition to SH3

have a close look at the new crewman in blue.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/WW2%20Naval%20Restorations/SH3Img10-3-2007_22.jpg
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[Mush Martin]

Congratyulations on a truly stunning achievmant
Well Done Privateer. Well Done Indeed.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/WW2%20Naval%20Restorations/SH3Img10-3-2007_22-5.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

:lurk:

Nice work lads, as usual:up:

[Madox58]

As an addition to this.
I've found that we can attach animated dock poeple
WITHOUT modding the original dats!!!
Anybody know this before?

[Mush Martin]

I Got pics I need a minute to upload

So Privateer

How Long till you get the band
on the poop deck for a dance with flags
and lights at the opener Can you teach
the band glen miller tunes.
[edit] Pretty Nurses if nothing else.
and say if youve done the impossible why not
skin the pretty nurses with that 50 pack of pin up girls too.
:rotfl:
megalomania is like that sometimes.
BRB with cadence clapper.

[Madox58]

Smokeing guy on Merchants!!! :rock:
Every freaking movie I've ever seen!!!
He was there!!!
I want to Torp his Tobacco huffin butt!!!
He's always the one smokein' on deck,
then fumbles his smoke when he sees the torpedo wake!!

[Mush Martin]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/MartinPicfix/WW2%20Naval%20Restorations/SH3Img10-3-2007_23-3.jpg
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[DivingDuck]

Getting close to SHV. ;)

Regards,
DD

[Mush Martin]

Privateer you should go back and re read that post of mine between your
first two.

[Mush Martin]

Getting close to SHV. ;)

Regards,
DD
You Like?

[Madox58]

Well, just about the time some one says
it can't get no better, we find a new twist!!
I tried to get a NURSE on board but I think I
picked the wrong one!!:oops:
:rotfl:

[Mush Martin]

When the clapping guy was on the dock the 105mm had no effect
on him

in this picture Im 1800 metres away in the background
I wonder if I can Tag him.:hmm:

[Venatore]

Yahooooo! this is great. Thanks MM :rock:

[Mush Martin]

Say one last Question about all this.

How many Paratroopers can K ship Hold ?
and does it have a dancefloor.?

[Mush Martin]

Yahooooo! this is great. Thanks MM :rock:
Im Just the Promoter of River Class Frigate Mod.

Privateer
makum BIG MAGIC

[Madox58]

I don't know about K-ship and Airbourne troops,
BUT!!
A WWII Barrage Balloon WILL carry 10 Troopers aloft!!!
I Know because I JUMPED ONE!!!
82nd ALL THE WAY!!!

[Mush Martin]

I don't know about K-ship and Airbourne troops,
BUT!!
A WWII Barrage Balloon WILL carry 10 Troopers aloft!!!
I Know because I JUMPED ONE!!!
82nd ALL THE WAY!!!

Gotta Love the Airborne.:rock:

Joe Kittinger would be the master of balloon jumpers.

[Mush Martin]

Wait a minute

You ..... went .......up ....in ......a ......WW2 Barrage balloon in the eighties.

Man you are brave.

[Madox58]

Up to the early 80's the SAS still used WWII Spec Balloons.
Were they actually WWII issue?
Don't know.
But that Squarlly Bast**d Jump Master led us to believe they were!
Course, when I joined the AirBorne, they told me military planes couldn't
land once in flight!
I was gulable then, eh? :nope:
:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Mush Martin]

Um glad to see your not now: thanks for the living breathing crew
extra searchlight relocation of same and its partner deleted deckhouse
rebuilt bridgewings new hat countless attempts to correct radar on uber
and a few gazzillion other things.

[Reece]

This is excellent news guys, this'll start a new phase of modding!!:yep: please don't forget poor Thomson!:up:

[bigboywooly]

Yeah Anvart put a stationary animated figure on the lightship ages ago when he did the lighting for AG

I like the way he seems to climb through the door though Privateer
Nice work mate as ever

[thefretmaster]

you did the smoking guy!! man to think you worked all of this out yesterday :up:

[thefretmaster]

oh btw your stationary watchman, have you not changed the model for him?
i could work on a man with a pair of bino's if you wanted.

as you can tell, im more of a moddeler than a programmer so im struggling with the hex stuff you guys are trying to help me with :oops:

[Mush Martin]

Yeah Anvart put a stationary animated figure on the lightship ages ago when he did the lighting for AG

I like the way he seems to climb through the door though Privateer
Nice work mate as ever


It was the guy on the lightship that inspired all this.

[Mush Martin]

oh btw your stationary watchman, have you not changed the model for him?
i could work on a man with a pair of bino's if you wanted.

as you can tell, im more of a moddeler than a programmer so im struggling with the hex stuff you guys are trying to help me with :oops:

Well there are a few ideas in general that could be pursued.

We are working on a Bridge officer at the moment and the guy
who comes up to salute,
the no dat altered clapping guy was a last minute discvery that has far ranging implicatons. did anybody catch the guy up in the crowsnest
with binocs.

[Mush Martin]

Among the other possiblities is a rework of DDay
we would be able to put troops in the Landing craft
and the like if we reskin the band.

I was already toying with the notion of enhancing the DDay flotillas
any way with some other goodies. it is a big job just to do the campaign
layer as I would have to alter alot of the existing units eqp files for what I have planned plus add in a few missing type 2 Rivers that were there but are missing at the moment.

I am also thinking that with recent developments it may be possible to model
mullberry's the difficulty that I forsee isnt making the mulberry its getting it
under tow with a tug. that I havent seen a way yet except maybe to make
the mulberry part of the tug model itself although the turns would be
rigid not supple that way.

any body got ideas on how to set a tow in sh3?
MM
other ideas later.

[Mush Martin]

Well, just about the time some one says
it can't get no better, we find a new twist!!
I tried to get a NURSE on board but I think I
picked the wrong one!!:oops:
:rotfl:

Thats a shame I have never come across an account or picture
that had a wren serving as a bridge officer. bummer.

[panthercules]

This sounds very cool - can't wait till it gets ready for insertion easily via JSGME - this and all the new debris/survivor work has great potential for livening up the SH3 world. One idea I think might be fun - put those nurses and wounded guys from the dockside onto some of the hospital ships - since we're not supposed to torpedo them at least we'd get to look at some cool new eye-candy while we watch them sail out of sight :yep:

Also, maybe you could put the band on some of the passenger liners converted to troopships, and have them play "Nearer My God to Thee" as the ship goes under :o

[Mush Martin]

This sounds very cool - can't wait till it gets ready for insertion easily via JSGME - this and all the new debris/survivor work has great potential for livening up the SH3 world. One idea I think might be fun - put those nurses and wounded guys from the dockside onto some of the hospital ships - since we're not supposed to torpedo them at least we'd get to look at some cool new eye-candy while we watch them sail out of sight :yep:

Also, maybe you could put the band on some of the passenger liners converted to troopships, and have them play "Nearer My God to Thee" as the ship goes under :o

Hmmmm its a little much but i kinda like that nurses and wounded on hospital
ships idea. either way "Newmans" (animated crewman) probably wont
of itself make it into a JSGME mod it would have to go into each ship
custom as movement across decks and placement needs be done with
the specific ship model in mind. also the sheer volume of the details.
'the number of ships youd want to do the number and types of people
you want that are available sh3 animations (and thats a limit too) plus
the reskins of the Newmans in most cases.

I think the best thing would be to teach everybody how and have them
do their own ships.

the potentials of the no dat discovery as well as the useful research that
got the altered dat animated crewman onto River were not anticipating
the possibilities.

what Im doing now is tossing the potentials out to the community.

the D Day landing craft and your hospital ship Im sure are just the tip
of the iceberg. but all these projects we cant do ourselves unless you
secretly turn out to be Bill Gates and are feeling the need to sponser us.

[thefretmaster]

are there already landing craft out there? i have seen the large artillery ones but no higgins boats

[Mush Martin]

I thought I had seen those in two sizes? im not sure
but the idea had been a large 30 man lst just
attach the band redressed and rearmed where
the gun goes. some how though
I wonder if the band is one object
or twenty

if the latter there would be far too much work in the project
for too little yeild.

MM

[thefretmaster]

if animation is out of the question just a boat load of static men is cool enough

[Mush Martin]

I do like the idea of what the final result looks like.
but as I say there is no shortage of projects this one
could be anybodies.

if the band is a single entity which I do totally doubt.
then its easy.
if its thirty individual dudes I dont know how many nodes
can be added..... and its a large tedious job.

but thats modding hopefully somebody grabs onto the
idea to experiment with "Newman's"

[JCWolf]

I think it could be a cool idea, however I do think a litle unreal
seeing a dude walking around the bridge so Free of problems when
the ship is under attack for example, watching this in a normal in rote corse it's ok but under attack it's rather unreal I guess!

The idea however as been aplyed some time ago By someone allready that I can't remember the name, and also the life boats for example, a mod with life boats and crew animations could be a cool idea but also of limeted Use if possible to add into the maine ship when sinking could be the extra eye candy that is missin g!!"!:up:

[Rubini]

Privater/Mush Martin:

Can you put some more guys on subpens where the Uboats departure from in GWX?
This could also be a nice touch!;)

Many thanks for your great work!

Rubini.

[Mush Martin]

They would go where there is any equipment mount I think.
privateers on the road and will be a bit infrequent over the
next little while I think.

[Madox58]

In New Mexico for a nite of rest.
Headed on to California now.
I'll stop back in once we get there and get setup.
Tried to do some work in the truck but
it bounces around to much so I'm just stuyding some
dats and ships files for now.

[Mush Martin]

I am sure I speak for all of us when i say

Dont ruin your eyes.

MM:|\\

[thefretmaster]

psshh worried about his health with a fag in hand yourself :lol: :|\\

[Mush Martin]

I was thinking of the value to the community
maybe I have low self esteem..........Naw that aint it.

[Madox58]

After a total of 36.5 hours in the truck
it's the OTHER end of me that took a pounding!!
:roll:

I did get to look a bit more at all the dats for the dock people.

Looked for a good place to try the Band on a Passenger Liner.

@Rubini, I'll check on the Sub pens. I need to do another install and get GWX back on it.

@TheFretMaster, That guy on deck is a quick model. I have several
all ready done with binocs.

I looked at the models for soldiers and a quick reskin would be cool for
Troop ships!!

Maybe even a few troops marching the shore line in odd places?
And the fishing guy on one of DD's boats?

Seems like endless ideas.

But remember, the more put in place, the more "harbor effect" we would see.

[thefretmaster]

awesome stuff, the fishing guy didnt even occur to me

[Madox58]

I want to look closer at "Crocodile Dundee" (The walk about Guy)
:rotfl:
to see if his route can be altered or somehow controlled.

Would be neat to see him walking on a shp or 2.

[Mush Martin]

After a total of 36.5 hours in the truck
it's the OTHER end of me that took a pounding!!
:roll:

I did get to look a bit more at all the dats for the dock people.

Looked for a good place to try the Band on a Passenger Liner.

@Rubini, I'll check on the Sub pens. I need to do another install and get GWX back on it.

@TheFretMaster, That guy on deck is a quick model. I have several
all ready done with binocs.

I looked at the models for soldiers and a quick reskin would be cool for
Troop ships!!

Maybe even a few troops marching the shore line in odd places?
And the fishing guy on one of DD's boats?

Seems like endless ideas.

But remember, the more put in place, the more "harbor effect" we would see.

The sheer volume of potential ideas for application lead me to think
that the best way is teach it and have everyone do their own.
it could run into years if we commited to all of the "Newman" projects.

Dont get me wrong it is totally cool and so are a lot of the ideas for apps.
but it has that potential to dominate modding time.

I would however be curious as how you would attach them to beach.
I had assumed that the dock crowd had nodes under them.

MM

[Mush Martin]

I want to look closer at "Crocodile Dundee" (The walk about Guy)
:rotfl:
to see if his route can be altered or somehow controlled.

Would be neat to see him walking on a shp or 2.

Good Luck um yeah Good Luck:doh:


where would you even look for that?

[Madox58]

Study of the dats, how they relate, and how they work is my main thrust.
Most of the simple things I discover or stumble upon do have some
grand reason.
This all started as a demonstration that animated survivors are
indeed possible.

[Mush Martin]

you mean in the water.
nice. I had missed that bit myself even.:hmm:

[thefretmaster]

talking about survivors. i have made a new skin but i am still having no luck with the hex position. with dd's suggestion i reinstalled the game and put the man in again. i change the gc_height to no avail. it loads but he is still on the surface :-?

[iambecomelife]

After a total of 36.5 hours in the truck
it's the OTHER end of me that took a pounding!!
:roll:

I did get to look a bit more at all the dats for the dock people.

Looked for a good place to try the Band on a Passenger Liner.

@Rubini, I'll check on the Sub pens. I need to do another install and get GWX back on it.

@TheFretMaster, That guy on deck is a quick model. I have several
all ready done with binocs.

I looked at the models for soldiers and a quick reskin would be cool for
Troop ships!!

Maybe even a few troops marching the shore line in odd places?
And the fishing guy on one of DD's boats?

Seems like endless ideas.

But remember, the more put in place, the more "harbor effect" we would see.

Nice idea with the passenger liner ... torpedoes strike, boilers explode, the deck tilts higher and higher, but the band plays on...:smug:

[Madox58]

talking about survivors. i have made a new skin but i am still having no luck with the hex position. with dd's suggestion i reinstalled the game and put the man in again. i change the gc_height to no avail. it loads but he is still on the surface :-?

If you want to post a D/L link for your dat.
I'll look at it real quick.

[thefretmaster]

as soon as i get a chance i will post the dat and the sim file. (the two i have edetid)

[Mush Martin]

I was re reading this what is fishing guy id ? and locale ?
(in files I know roughly where to find him in game.)

[JCWolf]

You ain't gona add the fishing dude at the bridge do you?????



:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Madox58]

I was re reading this what is fishing guy id ? and locale ?
(in files I know roughly where to find him in game.)

Pescar.dat

DMY_Ref_Pescar

He will appear on his side on River!

[Mush Martin]

I was re reading this what is fishing guy id ? and locale ?
(in files I know roughly where to find him in game.)
Pescar.dat

DMY_Ref_Pescar

He will appear on his side on River!

Was actually considering it for the sloop as the fastest releasable
"Newman" mod

[Madox58]

Add a node and spin it 90 degrees.
He'll be upright then.:up:

[Mush Martin]

Thanks again MM