[REL] High detail lighthouse...

[flakmonkey]

Well I got bored and made a quick little mod that adds a new more detailed lighthouse to SH3…

Screenshots:
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_1.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_1.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_2.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_2.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_3.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_3.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_4.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_4.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_5.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_5.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_6.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_6.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_7.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_ingame_7.jpg)

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_Render_1.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/Lighthouse_high_Render_1.jpg)

Download:
http://www.savefile.com/files/833530 (http://www.savefile.com/files/833530)

[JU_88]

Just Beautiful! :o
Kudos Flakmonkey - there's no stopping you is there :up: :D

[Alex]

:huh: !
Awesome, just awesome.....................

:o :o :o :o

[A6Intruder]

Really good work!!! You are one of the best "eyecandy producers" for SH3, and the best is, that you give your artwork to everyone!!!!:rock: :rock:

But pleaaaase would you be so kind to release a version with red/white colour?!
In my opinion that is "the" colour for lighthouses.:up: :up:
Kind regards and many thanks in forward:up:

[SquareSteelBar]

Another nice one :up:

[Bismarck]

Brilliant as always flakmonkey, but please release a 'strawberrys and cream' version. :|\\ Well done!

[Schöneboom]

Mensch, gut gemacht! :up:

And is that a red-white version of the same design that I see on your download page? (5th one down)

Vielen Dank!

[A6Intruder]

Mensch, gut gemacht! :up:

And is that a red-white version of the same design that I see on your download page? (5th one down)

Vielen Dank!

No it is not the same high detailed Version:cry: . I hope he will release a high detailed Version in white/red:rock: :rock: soon.
Kind regards:up:

[Letum]

Wow!
How maany pollys?

[STEED]

These little eye Candy mods go a long way to make the game look great. :rock:

Well Done. :up: :up: :up:

[CapZap1970]

Very nice Flakmonkey!!!! Great job! :up: :up:
Just enabled it and looks great!!!
CapZap

[Carotio]

Well, it looks nice, but I can see that it's built inside the harbour_kit.dat!

Would it be possible to have as lighthouse2.dat ?

I mean so that one could have it as single lighthouses to place around the world...
Also because the SH4 harbour mod modifies this harbour_kit.dat as well....

[flakmonkey]

Since you asked nicely here`s a red/white version (you`ll need to download the original as this only contains the texture)......
Screenshots:
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/HDLighthouse_red_ingame1.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/HDLighthouse_red_ingame1.jpg)
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/HDLighthouse_red_ingame2.jpg (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/HDLighthouse_red_ingame2.jpg)

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa186/tris1066/HDLighthouse_red_render.jpg

Download:
http://www.savefile.com/files/838956 (http://www.savefile.com/files/838956)

+I dont think its possible to give the lighthouse a totally seperate .dat although i guess i could create a new land unit type.
I suppose you could just import it into your existing harborkit.dat file using pack3d, that way you wouldnt overwrite any other mods that change this file.

[urfisch]

thats the question. does it replace the old lighthouse model? or adds a new one...


Edit: Do NOT use skandalshirt.com to host images. This domain creates unwanted popup prompts.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=804453#post804453 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=804453#post804453)

[A6Intruder]

thats the question. does it replace the old lighthouse model? or adds a new one...

It is replacing the old one. That ist quite good because the new one is soooooooooo beautiful!!!:rock: :rock: .
Thanks a lot Flakmonkey:up:
Kind regards

[nikbear]

May I ask how much of a frame rate hit in harbour this mod makes,it looks truely wonderful but I already get a bit of stuttering in harbour so,can I do it:hmm:

[Carotio]

+I dont think its possible to give the lighthouse a totally seperate .dat although i guess i could create a new land unit type.
I suppose you could just import it into your existing harborkit.dat file using pack3d, that way you wouldnt overwrite any other mods that change this file.

The reason while I asked was also because Sergbuto had succes with extracting the original lighthouse as a lonely building to place in the game, so I wonder, if it could be done again with this one! Maybe you could ask him!?
TIA no matter the answer!

[flakmonkey]

nikbear: to be honest there seems virtually no performance hit even on my old slow pc,
maybe a slightly longer load time as the texture is around 12mb (2048**).
Its roughly the equivalent of adding a couple of ships to your harbor (approx 20k polys)

the warning in the readme is playing it safe and really only applies to folks who are below the minimum spec.

[nikbear]

Thanks flakmonkey:up: just thought I'd check before I'd install cause they do look mighty fine:yep:

[_Seth_]

Flakmonkey.... Im speechless! Excellent work, matey!:up::up::up::yep:

[Reece]

Thanks Flakmonkey, very nice!:up:

[Myxale]

:rock:
Solid! Rock solid good!

[buzzinbill]

At first glance it kinda looks like Cape Hatteras lighthouse in N.C. (USA) :D

[WilhelmSchulz.]

WOW!!! This has to be included in GWX! :rock:

[WilhelmSchulz.]

It reminds me of the light houses near me.

Fire Island Lighthouse
http://k53.pbase.com/g3/65/575665/2/57136140.FireIslandLighthousesummer2004.jpg

EDIT: In fact can you make a skin like that?

[danlisa]

It reminds me of the light houses near me.

LOL and me.:D

http://www.marinersguesthouse.co.uk/smeaton600.jpg

[Reece]

Hi Dan, I PM'd you but I got no response, was there a problem?:oops:

[danlisa]

Hi Dan, I PM'd you but I got no response, was there a problem?:oops:

:-? When?

I never got it. Try again.

[Reece]

Sent, thanks Dan.:yep:

[CapZap1970]

Moin Moin, I have a big problem with this mod....
I reinstalled SH3 but i think i lost this mod. All I have left of it is the Readme file, where it says that version 2 has to be installed on version 1, but as I said, I lost both. Just can't find them. :damn:
to make it worst, the dl link provided by Flakmonkey gives an error, so I can't dl v1 nor v2 or the red version.
Does anyone wknow why? Can anybody give me an alternate link to get this beauty?
Thanks a lot Kaleuns... :up:
CapZap

[flakmonkey]

Sorry about that, i somehow killed my savefile page, the black/white version of the lighthouse is available at:

http://picturehost.realsimulation.com/UBRS_DLC/file.php?id=1671

The red/white version is gone forever im afraid.

[Alex]

The red/white version is gone forever im afraid.

I'm uploading it for you, don't worry. :yep:

[DivingDuck]

Moin,

this is an excellent model indeed. :up:

BTW, earlier in this thread something was written about making a separate lighthouse unit, without replacing existing model(s). It´s certainly possible.


Regards,
DD

[Alex]

Moin,

this is an excellent model indeed. :up:

BTW, earlier in this thread something was written about making a separate lighthouse unit, without replacing existing model(s). It´s certainly possible.


Regards,
DD

:hmm: ... :up: !!

@ FM : Here's the link !
http://rapidshare.com/files/44147920/Lighthouse_V2.rar.html

[Alex]

Maybe lighthouse colours could change depending on the country... Just had this idea. :88)
Or just randomly. :)

[CapZap1970]

Thanks a lot guys!!! :up:
CapZap

[Contact]

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/8946/klaipedalighthouseuo2.jpg

Klaipeda lighthouse:

Height: 44 meters, distance from the sea 500 meters. Signal visibility 33 kilometers.
Coordinates: 55°43′36″N, 21°4′36″E (http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=55_43_36_N_21_4_36_E_{{{9}}})

[Alex]

Pretty. :D

[dertien]

can anyone send me the link to download this file ?

thank you ?

[TarJak]

It's included in GWX 2.0 if you have that mod you've got this file.

[flakmonkey]

Yup, its in GWX2 (but with a lower res skin).
It used to be hosted on UBRS until the site dissapeared, now the only place that it can be found is as part of GWX2.

(The stand-alone version would not have been GWX2 compatible anyway since it replaced the whole harbor_kit.dat file)

[Rubini]

Top work mate!:rock:

[danlisa]

I may have both original versions tucked away somewhere. I'll check later.

Sorry FM, I just had to reduce the texture from 2048 when it went into GWX.;)

If anyone has this file, you only need to extract the lighthouse model & texture and import them back into your choice of Harbour_kit.dat.

[papa_smurf]

very nice looking :up: (much better then the stock versions:yep: )

[NiKuTa]

D/L dont work in the first post :(

[danlisa]

Cos this thread is nearly a year old.:damn:

[NiKuTa]

lol Dont see that :roll: EOT

[Kpt, Otto]

Ive got both black and red including ones that work with GWX 2.0 if anyone wants me to post them up? Seems you dont need to bind them with the harbour.dat file.

:hmm:

[mengle]

Ive got both black and red including ones that work with GWX 2.0 if anyone wants me to post them up? Seems you dont need to bind them with the harbour.dat file.

:hmm:


yes, kpt Otto if you please, perhaps on filefront ? thanks

[Kpt, Otto]

Ive got both black and red including ones that work with GWX 2.0 if anyone wants me to post them up? Seems you dont need to bind them with the harbour.dat file.

:hmm:


yes, kpt Otto if you please, perhaps on filefront ? thanks


Here we are:

For stock SH3 and GWX 1.03:
http://files.filefront.com/Lighthouse+V2+stock+GWX1+3rar/;9931755;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/Lighthouse+V2+stock+GWX1+3rar/;9931755;/fileinfo.html)


For GWX 2.0:
http://files.filefront.com/Lighthouse+V2+for+GWX2+0rar/;9931839;/fileinfo.html (http://files.filefront.com/Lighthouse+V2+for+GWX2+0rar/;9931839;/fileinfo.html)

Dat file removed (GWX 2 already has it) and both red and Black high res skins are included. Dont know much about polgon thingy mi jigs but ive tested this and seems to work fine on mine!! :up:


Just wanted to say thank you to Flakmonkey for this great mod, ive always liked it and its one of the things that really makes my game worthwhile when I return to port. :rock:

[dertien]

Thank you Kpt Otto,

Downloaded the GWX 2 version. However, I never seemed to have seen that one ingame...

Very curious, are they at a particular port. At least, when I pass Cuxhaven and leave Kiel I have never seen it.

I have GWX 2.0 enabled.

Any ideas ?

XIII

[Wolfehunter]

Thank you Kpt Otto,

Downloaded the GWX 2 version. However, I never seemed to have seen that one ingame...

Very curious, are they at a particular port. At least, when I pass Cuxhaven and leave Kiel I have never seen it.

I have GWX 2.0 enabled.

Any ideas ?

XIII In the folder Lighthouse the folder Data is incorrect, change it to data:up: Also the Tex folder should be spelled tex.

[dertien]

:damn:

It was in GWX 2 all along and I didn't even notice it !!!!

:oops:

I loaded a mission and saw the lighthouse now :yep:

very nice indeed.

anyway thanks for the answers posted fellow Kaleuns.

[Sirkam]

Error: File not found :-?.

[dertien]

If you have GWX 2.0 they are ingame allready,

As for the download, I downloaded them both today, so they work. try again, until it works.

XIII

[Sirkam]

OK, then i'll do nothing if they are in gwx 2.0 already.

[Kpt, Otto]

I refreshed the JSGME folder structure in case anyone had any problems. The links in my above post (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=824624&postcount=50) now reflect this.

GWX 2.0 does already have these lighthouses but they are low res versions.

These modification files offer the original high res lighthouses by Flakmonkey and also a choice of red or black.

There was no doubt a very good reason why the GWX team chose the low res versions, most likely due to frame rates and giving best performace on low end systems. For those who have a hgiher spec these are for you.

:up:

[Pablo]

There was no doubt a very good reason why the GWX team chose the low res versions, most likely due to frame rates and giving best performace on low end systems.
Hi!

That is exactly the reason why GWX did not increase the resolution of any skins beyond what they were in stock Silent Hunter III.

Pablo

[Nbjackso]

I uploaded this mod onto the subsim download section