[REL] Silent Service Graphic Mod 1.2b (Updated!)

[CaptainCox]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/SUBSIGUScopy.png

SILENT SERVICE GRAPHICS MOD 1.2b for SH4
Made By
CAPTAIN COX

NEW! Intro film
Due to Resolution and compression some people could not
play the original Intro film for the SSGM 1.2

I have used a different copression this time and all should be ok.


Credit to "l3th4l" for all the Adobe Premiere Tips and Trix +

Art Directing! And for testing!


Kudos to "Dustyboats" for testing!

Was a bit fed up with the old one so i did a new...plain and simple.


This Mod will replace all Films, Loading Screens, Mission Screens and more.

Trying to make the atmosphere as immersive as possible with historic material.


Same concept as 1.1 but with new Intro Film, New Main Load Screen,
15 New Level Load Screens (Main Battles of the Pacific) and New Menu Background Movie with New Slide show.

For those who never checked out 1.1
"New End Career Screens", "New Campaign Screens" etc.

Main source:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/04idx.htm (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/04idx.htm)


Kudos to "l3th4l" for the hint about the res!

Install:
Simply use with JSGME
If you don't have it get it here:
http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html (http://www.users.on.net/%7Ejscones/software/products.html)

Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
RAD Video Tools, ACE-HIGH OGG Audio Converter
A lot of time, coffee and fags (that's cigarettes to you Americans)

NEW INTRO MOVIE
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/INTROFILM.jpg

NEW MAIN LOAD SCREEN
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/LOADSCREEN.jpg

NEW IN GAME BACKGROUND MOVIE WITH NEW SLIDE SHOW
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/INGAMEMENU.jpg

15 NEW LOAD SCREEN'S (HISTORY OF THE MAIN BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC)
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/LEVELLOADSCREEN.jpg

As this is extensively graphic material it is quite heavy,
149 MB to be precise, but its worth every byte...believe me ;)

Final 1.2c and Standalone
"INTRO MOVIE" movie ONLY! replace the "Intro.wmv" in the Mod Folder:
SILENT SERVICE 1.2 GRAPHICS MOD\Data\Movies\Intro


DOWNLOAD LINK FULL SSGM 1.2c:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12crar/;7443043;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12crar/;7443043;/fileinfo.html)


DOWNLOAD LINK STANDALONE INTRO MOVIE 1.2c:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_INTRO_MOVIE_12crar/;7436078;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_INTRO_MOVIE_12crar/;7436078;/fileinfo.html)


DOWNLOAD LINK STANDALONE MAIN LOAD SCREEN 1.2C
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12c_LOAD_SCREEN_STANErar/;7443106;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12c_LOAD_SCREEN_STANErar/;7443106;/fileinfo.html)


SILENT SERVICE 1.0

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/Untitled-3.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/Untitled-2-3.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/Untitled-1-5.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/LoadingScreen_03.jpg


DOWNLOAD LINK v1.0:

http://files.filefront.com/SILENT_SERVICE_GRAPHICS_M1rar/;7152717;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SILENT_SERVICE_GRAPHICS_M1rar/;7152717;/fileinfo.html)

[Banquet]

Looks fantastic, thank you! :)

[Spaxspore]

Looks a hell of a lot better then stock!


OMG it looks great, will try it out asap

[Schultzy]

Excellent work!

Thanks for it, DLing now.

[oldgoatsboats]

This is great! Gives me a chill just watching the intro. Wonderful!

[CaptainCox]

Cheers guys!. I think the loading film sound volume is way to load!, be careful with your volume. That's another thing I will have to tweak in the morning...totally fed up with any Adobe applications at the mo :p
I actually start to SOB! when I watch that "Menu Film"...really! hu hu

[Banquet]

The volume was ok for me.. amazing intro video!

[DeePsix501]

Captain Cox strikes again!

:up: :up: :up:

What subs information is provided on loading screens?

[Deep Six]

Awesome, beautiful work...instant download...Put's you right in the mood for the sim.


Deep six

[Hitman]

Oh FINALLY SOMEONE DID IT!!:D

Thank you almighty God for creating Captain Cox:up:

P.S. Cox why did you wait so long to do it, man??? :lol:

[bunkerratt]

A BIG THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!.....this is just awsome...and wadda ya mean the oem version was ok...looked like a comic book....this has class and talent...cool as hell ..again thanks :up::rock::|\\

[DeePsix501]

Just installed it! CaptainCox is once again, my hero :rock:

[castorp345]

beautiful!
many thanks!!

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice:up:

[DCOg]

WOW! Beautiful work.

Thank you so much

[flintlock]

Absolutely wonderful work.

Thank you very, very much for sharing your hard work with the rest of us! Much appreciated. :up:

[peewee]

Now I sit through the intro instead of escaping out of it....................very well done Captain Cox.............:up: Thanks for all your efforts.

[cdrsubron7]

BZ, Captain Cox. Truly awesome. :yep:




cdrsubron7 :up: :up:

[DeePsix501]

I cant simply get enough of this! Makes the game feel soooo much cooler! You should add more loading screens with sub info! Where did you get some of the video clips from. I'm looking to make a film too, been dying to screw around with Movie editors and stuff. Cool stuff!

[U-Bones]

Wow. Nice job !

I "had" to exit out and post - no prob I will just "have to" watch it again :up:

[CaptainCox]

You guys are TO KIND! :oops: Thanks for all the kudos.

Regarding the film...it was a small clip i found in a documentary about subs. There is not much stuff about the PTO Sub war in film format out there. I have orderd ONE! good DVD though, its not here yet as its being shipped from the U.S.
Its called "Submarines: The Silent Service in World War II", the cool thing about this DVD is that it has a lot of clips in color.
http://www.amazon.com/Submarines-Silent-Service-World-War/dp/B000AB0Z2W

I think the clip I used might actually be coming from this documentary.

As for the load screens, there are 15 in the stock game and I did 15 so I guess to have more one would have to fiddle with a script somewhere, did not look yet...

[DeePsix501]

Cool stuff! Are those the same documentary clips included on the bonus disk with SH4? Really cool stuff. It's one thing to see art of submarines, its another thing to see the REAL submarines. Good stuff! I was fiddling with the menu pictures that scroll by too, putting in the skippers of lost submarines and such. This game is great, and this mod makes it feel even greater :up:

[rascal101]

Downloaded it, installed it, loved it, now why couldnt the dev team do such an excellent job,

Well done

[WilhelmTell]

Excellent ! It's looking very professional.
My new Intro now ...

[Ducimus]

This is a top shelf mod. If there was a "mod of the month" award, this would win hands down. Good job!

[Tarnish_UK]

Very, very, very impressed, a wonderful piece of work. I did like the stock intro with the John Milton poem but the real WW2 footage on your mod and your new static screens just bring it alive.

I'm looking forward to more of your work in the future.

:up:

[Koening]

Great job, thank you very much !:D :up:

[CaptainCox]

This is a top shelf mod. If there was a "mod of the month" award, this would win hands down. Good job! :oops: I take that comment with a lot of humbleness coming from you "Ducimus" Thanks ALL of you!

...well I just fixed the load screens in to the game as they where squeezed.
Again some graphic hard core PS work, copy, crop, tune, paste, move...up...down, naaaa, up again :p

Its the same "Boats" but they are not squeezed as I said, and I like stuff to be spot on.

So ready for upload "Silent Service Graphic Mod 1.1"

1st Post Updated!

[Von Hinten]

Judging by the overall reactions so far I can't wait for that link to become active again Captain. Looks like a great job! :up:

[CaptainCox]

Give it another 10 min or so, uploading now, had to change the file as I forgot something...like always :p

[Von Hinten]

Hell, I'll give it the rest of the afternoon from what I've seen. :yep:

[CaptainCox]

Up and running...Enjoy ;)

[Von Hinten]

Thanks maestro, downloading now!

[Iron Budokan]

I am definitely gonna include this mod once the new patch comes out. Awesome work. Thank you!:up:

[Seeadler]

impressed work:up:

[Spaxspore]

This is a top shelf mod. If there was a "mod of the month" award, this would win hands down. Good job!

Agread, the orginal stock intro/screens made it feel like a cartoon arcade game. This makes it full much more real. Give this man a medal BOYS!:up:

[Dustyboats]

Capt'n Cox....Thank you. Its great.......Dusty

[Der Graf Von Rudklide]

Great work - Thanx :up:

[tommyk]

Great job! Thank you! :up:

[Lt commander lare]

hi im new at installing jonesofts jsgme but it says that the graphics mod is installed on the activated mod list and when i start the game there is nothing there i downloaded it and put the mod in the mods section can someone help me please this is confusing i mean the loading screens and all that are the same the game works just not the mod itself

lt cmdr lare

[CaptainCox]

Please check if the next folder down in the mod is called "Data" if its not but another folder with the same name as the mod, then you have to take it out and drag the folder back that has "Data" as second folder down. Then it should work. This happens when you unrar the file. It creates a "Main" folder with the same name as the mod, but the actual JSGME ready mod is the one "inside" that main folder.

[Lt commander lare]

hi the main folder says silent service graphics mod
then if you click on that then comes data click on data and then comes
loading menu and movies

hope you can still help me on this thanks for replying

lt cmdr lare

[Lt commander lare]

got it works now way cool wonderful mod this really adds to the game big time
thanks for creating this mod

lt cmdr lare

[Ping Jockey]

"Outstanding" job on this. This is soooooo much better then the stock version.:up: :up:

[Mylander]

Sweeeeet.... Great Job CC!!!

Mylander

[Tigrone]

This is exceptionally nice, and way better than the stock game. Thank you.

[sqk7744]

Wonderful Mod Cap'n thanks very much!

A small tribute and way of saying thanks, check-out the Thresher Slideshow:
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/flash/SS200/

(also posted in this thread: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=110525&highlight=thresher)

Thanks again for the great Cap'n Midnight and Thresher Skin mods!!!

Cheers!
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/LeavingPearl.jpg

[CaptainCox]

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :sunny:
Thanks man!.

Frigging nice slide show man...goose bumps all over...like it should be ;)

[sqk7744]

Welks! You know what would be cool... a mod that posts:
Boat name, Patrol #, Date (maybe time), Lat - Long, geo reference and a short note into the Ship's Log when taking a ctrl+F11 screen shot. Or at best a caption box one could type in. Would make reading those Patrol Log memorable moments, alot more fun and immersive.

Example:

USS Thresher SS-200
War Patrol 1,
19 December 1941,
02:30 hours,
Lat 26° 11' 45N Long 127° 38' 45E,
-Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/Wolf.jpg
http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/Scope.jpg
"do not disturb."

[Redfox_77]

Havnt Installed It Yet But It Looks Good Will Do Another Reply When Iv Tried It Good Work

[jerryt]

Terrific mod!! :up: :up:

I'm no poetry fan so I watched the begining sequence just once, then just clicked through after that.
I can say now though that I'll be watching this on every startup. Great job man!

[DeePsix501]

Every time I turn on the game, I am greated by this wonderful mod. The intro movie shows real people and footage of our subs in action. It is far more moving that the stock intro, which was already moving in its own stance. Shall I call the dev team and get CaptainCox hired? :yep:

May I offer some constructive critisism? The intro movie shows lots of great footage as the text and badge fade onto screen in the middle. At the very end the movies in the background seem to disappear suddenly to a black screen. While this is very minor, maybe it would have been better continuing the film and gradualy fading out to black? Again, this is very minor, and the intro movie is far superior to stock and past intros. Just some food for thought!

Keep doing what you're doing CaptainCox, you're producing masterpeices! :|\\

[CaptainCox]

Have you seen my SH3 intro ;) it does just that...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108006&highlight=Erich+intro
I think you are right about the SS intro but...it does disappear to suddenly.
I might fix that in a future release 1.2 ;) with new stuff of course...

[kptn_kaiserhof]

captain cox you did i great job on the SILENT SERVICE GRAPHICS MOD

looks very....

historical

keep up the great work :up: :up: :up:

[Tofke]

:up: cool CC, on my hd now, thx. :up:

[CaptainHunter]

Jaw dropping, vary professional.:know:

Thanks

[ScottieDrama]

Beautiful Job. Thanks for putting in the effort. :up:

[U56_Dragon]

Hello,
This is outstanding. I love it. Hat's off to you and this great mod.
Run Silent---Run Deep---
Dragon
Uss_Nodard_SS56

[CaptainCox]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/SUBSIGUScopy.png

SILENT SERVICE GRAPHICS MOD 1.2 for SH4
Made By
CAPTAIN COX

Was a bit fed up with the old one so i did a new...plain and simple.

This Mod will replace all Films, Loading Screens, Mission Screens and more.
Trying to make the atmosphere as immersive as possible with historic material.

Same concept as 1.1 but with new Intro Film (In Memoriam), New Main Load Screen,
15 New Level Load Screens (Main Battles of the Pacific) and New Menu Background Movie with New Slide show.

For those who never checked out 1.1
"New End Career Screens", "New Campaign Screens" etc.

Main source:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/04idx.htm (http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/04idx.htm)


Kudos to "l3th4l" for the hint about the res!

Install:
Simply use with JSGME
If you don't have it get it here:
http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html (http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/software/products.html)

Tools used:
Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
RAD Video Tools, ACE-HIGH OGG Audio Converter
A lot of time, coffee and fags (that's cigarettes to you Americans)

NEW INTRO MOVIE (IN MEMORIAM)
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/INTROMOVIE.jpg

NEW MAIN LOAD SCREEN
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/MAINLOADSCREEN.jpg

NEW IN GAME BACKGROUND MOVIE WITH NEW SLIDE SHOW
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/INGAMEMENU.jpg

15 NEW LOAD SCREEN'S (HISTORY OF THE MAIN BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC)
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/LEVELLOADSCREEN.jpg

As this is extensively graphic material it is quite heavy,
149 MB to be precise, but its worth every byte...believe me ;)

DOWNLOAD LINK:
http://files.filefront.com/SILENT_SERVICE_12rar/;7401252;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SILENT_SERVICE_12rar/;7401252;/fileinfo.html)

[l3th4l]

From what i've seen so far from the screens, it looks very nice! :up:

Downloading now...

[CaptainCox]

Cheers man...i am not 100% with the Intro...but there is always room for a 1.3 ;)

[CaptainCox]

Just heard from "l3th4l"v that the game CTD when using this...anyone else getting that?...late here and will fix it in the morn in that case.

[SeniorSpan]

Thx much for the 1.2 ver., it's great. Installed the JSGME and played for several hours; no CTD yet.

Cheers

[kakemann]

This is fantastic! Thanks a lot! :D :sunny:

[CDR Resser]

Holy Cow. This is so cool. Captain Cox, you should be a dev. The original poem was pretty neat, but this completely sets the mood. :up:
I love all these mods. You can almost design your own game.

[MarvinGardens]

Absolutley breathtaking! Great work!!

[Fearless]

Awesome :up:

[CaptainCox]

Thx much for the 1.2 ver., it's great. Installed the JSGME and played for several hours; no CTD yet.

Cheers
Cheers Guys!

Now that is weird. l3th4l said he got CTD when playing this...will have to check that out in the evening after work.

[panthercules]

Just tried this out - most of it looks very cool. For some reason, however, my logo.wmv file got corrupted somewhere during this install and locked up my machine - I had to search for and find a backup copy of the original logo.wmv and replace it before it would work again. Also, even after doing that I can't play the intro movie in game, even though it will play in Windows Media Player outside the game just fine. I had a similar problem with the game's original movie, though not with the movie from Silent Service 1.1 for some reason. Go figure :nope:

Only real nit pick I would have about this version is that the white text is too hard to read against some of the pictures on some of the loading/menu screens, at least on my machine. But overall, another great effort - keep up the good work :up:

[Dustyboats]

Well Dear Friend......as my Grandmother used to say..."Are Soles Flat Fish!"....Have downloaded and endeavoured to install three times now....but I too am "crashing out".
You have been reduced now to only a "Teeny Weeny Tiny" Pink Gin....LOL. Great mod. by its JPG's must have taken hours so thank you in anticipation......Dusty

[CaptainCox]

OK, think there is obviously some compatibly issues. I save that intro in HD...maybe that has something to do with it. Will look at it when home. Thanks for the heads up guys. As to the withe text in the load screens...well I had to sort a compromise in order to make the layout look different and fresh on each one of them , and in some the artistic license maybe took over the practical in this case.

[l3th4l]

Recompressing the intro with the standard ATI AVIVO converter enabled me to watch the intro with my media player at least; it also appears to have resized it to something smaller, nothing i have any control over though. Unfortunately the game still crashes upon trying to play the intro. No biggie though as i've seen it and can disable it ;)

i'd try resizing the intro to 1024x512 which was the resolution of the original one... maybe that's the problem. I don't have a program installed that does this or i would test it out myself.

Other than that great work on the mod :up:

[CaptainCox]

Cheers 'l3th4l'

I hope I still have all the stuff left :p...I shifted all of it back to different folders and I hope Premiere will find it...some 30-40+graphic objects. Anyhow sounds like a fun project for tonight...:-? :o

[l3th4l]

hehe - you could always take the easy route and simply resize the wmv ;)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Great work:up:

RDP

[Dustyboats]

Well Dear Friend......as my Grandmother used to say..."Are Soles Flat Fish!"....Have downloaded and endeavoured to install three times now....but I too am "crashing out".
You have been reduced now to only a "Teeny Weeny Tiny" Pink Gin....LOL. Great mod. by its JPG's must have taken hours so thank you in anticipation......Dusty

An afterthought....Do we have to remove "Intro 1.1 first?"

[Dustyboats]

Well Dear Friend......as my Grandmother used to say..."Are Soles Flat Fish!"....Have downloaded and endeavoured to install three times now....but I too am "crashing out".
You have been reduced now to only a "Teeny Weeny Tiny" Pink Gin....LOL. Great mod. by its JPG's must have taken hours so thank you in anticipation......Dusty

An afterthought....Do we have to remove "Intro 1.1 first?"

Some further info Capt......It runs without any trouble on WMP 11????!!!

[l3th4l]

hehe - you could always take the easy route and simply resize the wmv ;)

a small update:

I have just installed premiere and resized and cropped the clip to 1024x512, reencoded and saved as wmv and now it runs fine ingame. unfortunately i must have have messed up some setting along the way resulting in extremly poor quality with a lot of compression artifacts etc.; otherwise i would have uploaded the file somewhere for you.

[longam]

Does JSGME work with Vista. I installed it yet I don’t see the MOD or other folder in the root of the game?

EDIT: I had to click on Compatibility Files for them to show.

[longam]

Excellent work, very impressive.

[sqk7744]

One of my VERY favorite top 5 mods gets a v1.2 update!!!

:up::up::up:

Thanks Cap'n

[CaptainCox]

Cheers for all the updates on this prob guys!.
I was really sick yesterday (stomach probs) was at the Doc's and all should be fine...have to take it easy with my job etc etc. Oh well, one is not the super stud one used to be hey ;).

Anyhow, will try to find a proper solution to this today as the Doc told me no stay out of work for the rest of the week.

[CaptainCox]

I would like to ask for 1-2 testers for the new intro film for the Silent Service graphic mod. Preferably some ppl that had problems with the 1.2 release.
Just PM me if you feel you have the time. Cheers guys.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/screen.jpg

PS: File is about 7 MB

[Dustyboats]

I would like to ask for 1-2 testers for the new intro film for the Silent Service graphic mod. Preferably some ppl that had problems with the 1.2 release.
Just PM me if you feel you have the time. Cheers guys.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/screen.jpg

PS: File is about 7 MB

" Send it on Down Mike!".....love to assist....Tony M.

[CaptainCox]

Cheers man...PM on its way.

[CaptainCox]

SILENT SERVICE GRAPHICS MOD 1.2b for SH4

Made By CAPTAIN COX
NEW! Intro film

Due to Resolution and compression some people could not play the original Intro film for the SSGM 1.2

I have used a different copression this time and all should be ok.


Credit to "l3th4l" for all the Adobe Premiere Tips and Trix +
Art Directing! And for testing!

Kudos to "Dustyboats" for testing!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/LOADMOVIE.jpg


FIRST POST UPDATED!
DOWNLOAD LINK:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12brar/;7430744;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12brar/;7430744;/fileinfo.html)

[MaxT.dk]

Thanks for the update :) :arrgh!:

My thought about 1.2 vs 1.2b

1) The intro movie in 1.2 looks way more professional and better (thanks to the higher bitrate (10.4mb/s @ 1920 x 1080 looks WAY better than 0.8Mb/s @ 1024 x 512). Intro from v1.2 looks good even at my 22" =)
2) The text at each scene in the intro movie in 1.2b is way too long (or it changes too fast), people wont be able to read most of it... People have to enjoy it, not to get stress over it

Suggestion:
Revert back to 1.2 (or at least provide both versions in the same archive). Just my 2 cents...

*Back to 1.2*

PS: Are you sure that the problem is in the video codec? I think it's because of the audio compression (but I might be wrong) as the 1.2 uses Windows Media Audio 9 Professional VBR and 1.2b uses WMA v2 CBR...

[CaptainCox]

Cheers man! You seem pretty at home with vid stuff ;)

I guess i could do that...its very late here in Deutschland was just off for some zz.
I will upload the "1.2" intro in the morn recompiled.

Thing is...you get so in the "process" when you do this stuff, 25 odd layers, 50 pics, sounds files and what have you on the DT, converters here and Bink Smacker there...I guess I could also revise the length of those text blocks.

My primary objective for the 1.2b was mainly to get it working and try out some new stuff.

I guess there will be a 1.3 or 2.0 maybe..but not right away as it takes a lot of time. Wanted to get back to hex editing...especially the sea plants and rocks are very high on my list.

Thanks for the heads up but.

[MaxT.dk]

My pleasure :)

And yeh, vid projects do take lots of time :) But the result is enjoyed by many! And thanks for this nice dedication!

Hex editining is done by many right now, the creative part isn't... ;)

Good luck!

[mookiemookie]

HO-LY sh%t! Now THAT'S an intro! Not some pretentious British voice actor reading poetry over some crummy sped up ingame footage...that made me think of being in English class. This, my friend, gets me pumped up to sink some tonnage as part of the Silent Service!

Excellent work! :rock::up:

[sqk7744]

Wonderful Tribute!!! We sometimes forget machines are manned by men.

And that B26 hit on the Solomon’s Campaign splash screen is an amazing shot!

:up::up::up:

[CaptainCox]

Cheers guys. Will have a look at the res in a bit like "MaxT.dk" proposed.

[CaptainCox]

OK this is the last update for that darn Intro Movie.
1.2c.

Better bit rate etc, and also some graphic tweaks and timing for the texts etc.
I think it looks more like a proper intro film now.

A lot of work for something you normally just click away :p, but I enjoyed every moment doing this as I like fiddling with graphic software.

The 1.2 Intro, will get uploaded...eventually, got some stuff to do here. But will be done today or in the morning.

Updated the 1st post with the Final 1.2c and a Standalone "INTRO MOVIE" movie ONLY! (replace the "Intro.wmv" in the Mod Folder:
SILENT SERVICE 1.2 GRAPHICS MOD\Data\Movies\Intro)

DOWNLOAD LINK FULL SSGM 1.2c:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM12crar/;7435955;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM12crar/;7435955;/fileinfo.html)

DOWNLOAD LINK STANDALONE INTRO MOVIE 1.2c:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_INTRO_MOVIE_12crar/;7436078;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_INTRO_MOVIE_12crar/;7436078;/fileinfo.html)

[Coolhand01]

CC...


Not complaining as I Think this is an EXCELLENT MOD....But is there a way to edit the text on the loading screen?...The one with red progress bar...The spelling of warfare is spelled wrong. You have it spelled Warefare...Sorry to nitpick...CH

[CaptainCox]

CC...


Not complaining as I Think this is an EXCELLENT MOD....But is there a way to edit the text on the loading screen?...The one with red progress bar...The spelling of warfare is spelled wrong. You have it spelled Warefare...Sorry to nitpick...CHHAHAHA I knew there was somet....LOL well when you do this stuff you get sort a confused and forget to double check sometimes...sure can do...but maybe not right away...will see if I manage tonight. Cheers for the heads up man!

[Lagger123987]

Nice job! on this mod.

[Ducimus]

the updated version of this mod is looking even better then the last. Awesome job! :up:

[CaptainCox]

Updated the "Main Load Screen (corrected the typo and made it more coherent with the rest of the graphics)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/CaptainCox/LOADSCREEN.jpg

DOWNLOAD LINK MAIN LOAD SCREEN SSGM 1.2c STANDALONE:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12c_LOAD_SCREEN_STANErar/;7443106;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_12c_LOAD_SCREEN_STANErar/;7443106;/fileinfo.html)

Included in the main download in the 1st post as well as added standalone DL link in 1st post.


Actually, reminds me i should fix my sig as well then :p

[MaxT.dk]

...
Actually, reminds me i should fix my sig as well then :p

haha :rotfl:

[Dustyboats]

OK this is the last update for that darn Intro Movie.
1.2c.

Better bit rate etc, and also some graphic tweaks and timing for the texts etc.
I think it looks more like a proper intro film now.

A lot of work for something you normally just click away :p, but I enjoyed every moment doing this as I like fiddling with graphic software.

The 1.2 Intro, will get uploaded...eventually, got some stuff to do here. But will be done today or in the morning.

Updated the 1st post with the Final 1.2c and a Standalone "INTRO MOVIE" movie ONLY! (replace the "Intro.wmv" in the Mod Folder:
SILENT SERVICE 1.2 GRAPHICS MOD\Data\Movies\Intro)

DOWNLOAD LINK FULL SSGM 1.2c:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM12crar/;7435955;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM12crar/;7435955;/fileinfo.html)

DOWNLOAD LINK STANDALONE INTRO MOVIE 1.2c:
http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_INTRO_MOVIE_12crar/;7436078;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/SSGM_INTRO_MOVIE_12crar/;7436078;/fileinfo.html)

A SUPER B piece of work M......Dusty.

[Florida Sailor]

Captain,

I love this mod, you did a great job sir!

Is there any way I can easily change the background music for the intro?
I would like to use "The Song of the High Seas" from my Victory at Sea album.
I have ripped all the music from my CD and have it in .WAV files.
I believe it would compliment all your excellent graphic work.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

[MaxT.dk]

Can't do it man as he would have to make a new intro specially for you...

What YOU could do is to open the intro file, split it into video and audio stream, then merge the video with your new audio and make sure the output have the same settings/encoding as the default. BAM! there you go :P

[CaptainCox]

That is 100% correct. Would require some 1-2 h of rendering and remastering.

[Florida Sailor]

That is 100% correct. Would require some 1-2 h of rendering and remastering.

I will give it a shot.

Thanks!

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Is it JESME compatibal?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Yes:up:

RDP

[ReallyDedPoet]

By the way, nice work on the new version:up:

RDP

[FIREWALL]

Captian Cox Your work is always great so i'm going to risk being slapped around
by the rest of the gang for not reading all 5 pages but will it work with
GWX 1.03 and install with jsgme?


Sorry to all but my 57 yo peepers ain't as good as they used to be.:oops:

[CaptainCox]

Well...GWX is only for SH3. This is for SH4 ;) but it is JSGME ready ;)

[FIREWALL]

Well...GWX is only for SH3. This is for SH4 ;) but it is JSGME ready ;)

OOPS Sorry:oops: I guess I'm going to have to read the initial post more closley. Again my apoligies.

But your mods are always great. :D :up:

[Michael Simmons]

This new into is REALLY nice The historical pictures and commentary help make SHIV what it should be - a historical simulation and, in my mind, a way of paying homage to some very remarkable sailors. :up:

THANKS

[Flick]

Great work CaptainCox:up:

[vinniczech]

Very good mod. Better videos than previous of Ubisoft. :)

[Webster]

Very good mod. Better videos than previous of Ubisoft. :)

he left subsim and is no longer around to respond to posts but his mods are all first class and very usefull. even though his mods are old and some no longer work, most of them still do for v1.4 and even v1.5 so you might want to look over his other mods too.

see them here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118341

[ivank]

Is this 1.5 compatible?
How about RFB?

[LobsterBoy]

Yes to both. I'm currently running it that way.

[ivank]

thanks

[astradeus]

hello, I make at this time of loading new images based on the Japanese ships, but I have a concern for quality display. the proportions used by the basic games are 1024 by 512 screens to read loads and I did not find the file and change lines to increase the reading resolution.
even by changing the display options in the Game (1960 par1050) for me (I have a 20-inch) or manufacturing screens of higher resolutions, it does not change anything. the games continued to read his images in 1024 by 512 and a screen of 20 or 22 inches, the final details of the image are flouts.
If someone has a solution I propose, it is welcome. Thank you for your help

Here is an example of my work
http://www.noelshack.com/uploads/12062009/sh42009-06-1303-53-22-92066055.jpeg

[Task Force]

Ahhh... neven seen this mod before. looks good.:up:

[SgtPotato]

It seem that the links are broken, it directed me to the home page of filefront. Can you re-upload it?

[talesofvalor]

I hope he will do.
Looks very nice!

[ivank]

Link is dead, where can I get mod?

[Webster]

unless someone out there who has this mod can upload it on subsim or somewhere else, this will end up as just one more on a long list of great mods that got lost forever after the modder has moved on to other things.

[ReallyDedPoet]

unless someone out there who has this mod can upload it on subsim or somewhere else, this will end up as just one more on a long list of great mods that got lost forever after the modder has moved on to other things.

I thought somebody here at SUBSIM uploaded some of the Captain's Mods
awhile back :hmmm:

[Rockin Robbins]

I have it and will upload tonight. It still works well with SH4UBM and I use it in my unmodded game installation. I've also used it with TMO, RFB and GFO without any problems. Just load this mod after the supermod. I use in in conjunction with Dowly's Pearl Harbor Menu mod which I will also upload.

[ReallyDedPoet]

I have it and will upload tonight. It still works well with SH4UBM and I use it in my unmodded game installation. I've also used it with TMO, RFB and GFO without any problems. Just load this mod after the supermod. I use in in conjunction with Dowly's Pearl Harbor Menu mod which I will also upload.

Nice :up:

[ivank]

Thanks a bunch!

[Webster]

I thought somebody here at SUBSIM uploaded some of the Captain's Mods
awhile back :hmmm:

i think i did about 5 or 6 of his mods that i had in my files but i didnt have this one to upload it.

[ReallyDedPoet]

i did about 5 or 6 of his mods that i had in my files but i didnt have this one to upload it.

Ok, thanks Webster. I knew that some of his were uploaded, just forgot who did it.

[Rockin Robbins]

Still trying to upload. Two failures so far. The Subsim upload procedure is a bit clunky for large files...

Edit: Darn! Looks like 3 failures so far. Maybe I will just link to FileFront. That's reliable.

[Rockin Robbins]

Pearl Harbor Menu is up in the download section under Gameplay mods. I don't have the Silent Service Graphics Mod on FileFront, so I can't get it on Subsim from work.

[Rockin Robbins]

OK fourth failed try. Says a security token is missing, which is a crock. I'm uploading to FileFront and if Subsim downloads will link to there I'll put it up on Subsim too. If not too bad. I'll post the FileFront link here then.

[SgtPotato]

Lookin' forward, buddy. :up:

[Rockin Robbins]

OK, I had to crosslink it. Sure wish Subsim tolerated this file, but for some obscure reason it doesn't. Here's the download link (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1191).

[SgtPotato]

Huzzah! Thanks, Robbins! :yeah:

[Highbury]

A big thanks RR! :salute:

[Webster]

OK, I had to crosslink it. Sure wish Subsim tolerated this file, but for some obscure reason it doesn't. Here's the download link (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1191).


the problem you were having is because subsim uploads are limited to a max size of only 39mb, anything bigger than that and you have to upload it somewhere elese and send the link to "Laufen zum Ziel" and he will upload it to subsim for you using some special program or something.

it would be better if neal had some kind of a pop up warning explaining why the upload didnt work.

[ivank]

Great! Thanks!
Is CaptainCox dead? You said presumed lost. Just wondering.

[ReallyDedPoet]

He is around, but has not been here at SUBSIM for quite some time.

[Rockin Robbins]

He is one guy I really miss. He just had an indomitable attitude of cheerfulness and determination. He had demands put on him from all directions and never lost his cool. Other than you, RDP he had the most consistently positive attitude I've seen around here.

His last post he was looking into a problem somebody called to his attention in a file and he just never appeared again. A very strange disappearance, as it appeared that he was hot on the trail of another mod from the last words here.

Darn! Subsim not working right tonight. I was going to quote his last post. No matter, you can look it up for yourself... most strange and I wish he were still here.

[kwbgjh2]

He is one guy I really miss. He just had an indomitable attitude of cheerfulness and determination. He had demands put on him from all directions and never lost his cool. Other than you, RDP he had the most consistently positive attitude I've seen around here.

His last post he was looking into a problem somebody called to his attention in a file and he just never appeared again. A very strange disappearance, as it appeared that he was hot on the trail of another mod from the last words here.

Darn! Subsim not working right tonight. I was going to quote his last post. No matter, you can look it up for yourself... most strange and I wish he were still here.


I wasn't here for a very long time because i left for another historic game: Empire Total Wars. Sporadically i visit this forum and today i came to this thread.

Maybe its just mere chance but in the modding scene of ETW there is a Captain Cox activ and i came to the idea that this guy is the same person as here because the ETW Captain Cox does the same thing as the SH4 Captain Cox: Changing annoying "Vanilla" Loading Screens into really cool stuff.

Here is the thread from twcenter.net about the mod

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=240660&highlight=Captain+Cox

Happy Hunting, Skippers

[Rockin Robbins]

Holy Crap! I'd almost bet on it. His language mannerisms are identical as is his CaptainCox without the space. You can't keep a good man down. Thanks kwbgjh2!

[Armistead]

Not reading all the post, does this work with TMO, RSRD, ect. I DL it, got many overwrites, some questionable. I think most are dds, but jes checking.

[SgtPotato]

Also, does it work well with GFO mod?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Holy Crap! I'd almost bet on it. His language mannerisms are identical as is his CaptainCox without the space. You can't keep a good man down. Thanks kwbgjh2!

Yeah I saw that a few days back, and I am betting it is the same guy
as well :yep:

Other than you, RDP he had the most consistently positive attitude I've seen around here.I save my crappy attitude for real life stuff :D:D
Seriously, thanks for the nice words RR.

[Webster]

bump

[Rockin Robbins]

Also, does it work well with GFO mod?
Works great with GFO.

[Armistead]

Also works with TMO17