Question about emblems

[Werewolf]

Hello all :D

I have a question about the emblems on the tower. I've noticed that some subs had one on each side and one on the front as well. Is this possible in shII? I've been throught the list of emblems, but all of them are for the sides of the con only.

[HW3]

The only way to get a emblem on the front of the tower, is by painting it on the tower skin .tga file itself. Even then, I'm not sure that it is possible due to possible mapping issues. :hmm: Someone with more knowledge will have to answer that.

[Werewolf]

@HW3

:hmm: I see...okay...well thanks for contributing :up: haha

[flakmonkey]

Yes & no,
...as HW3 said, painting the emblem on the base texture causes mapping issues (the same area of texture is used in multiple places),
you could edit the tower model and make additional places for the emblems, at present its just a simple flat poly plane stuck to the side that uses a different texture to the rest of the tower model.

[Werewolf]

@Flakmonkey

Hmm okay, do you have any idea of what program to use for that then? :)

[flakmonkey]

My apologies for my somewhat rambling and vague answer in my last post...

The current emblem setup is shown below....

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

If you have a 3d modelling packege like 3dsmax, maya or the free stuff like wings3d or gmax you could edit the mesh (ie just move/ reshape the geometry) to have the emblem appear wherever you want (example below has the emblem shifted to the front of the tower like U-552...)

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

You would also need sansal`s pack3d to extract the model from the .dat files and to import your edited version back into the dat.
Hope this helps...

[CapZap1970]

@ Werewolf:
Hi WW. Just to ask you if you could please post any updates on this if tyou move ahead with this project? I am very interested in this... :yep:
Thanks a lot :up:
CapZap

[Werewolf]

@Flakmonkey

Oh no apologies needed mate, thank you very much for the detailed info :up: hmmm :hmm: have to find those programs some where....well, back to work hehe. By the way flak....my intention is to make it possible to show 2 different emblems for example, schwarze drakkar on both sides and then the red devil on the front...I clearly remember that this was possible in SHII actually...the only succesfull thing in that game *lol*, but this should be possible, yes?

@CapZap1970

Of course I will :) but I must warn you, I'm a total amateur when it comes to modding especially graphics and I have so much going on that it might take for ages before I can present any results if ever, but if you're patient then stay tuned and I will do my best :D

[CapZap1970]

@ Werewolf:
Thanks a lot. !!:up:
And don't worry, i will be patient and I will be taking a look now and then to see if there are any news about this.... sounds promissing..
CapZap