Hi-res type VIIC skin

[Steel_Tomb]

I'm looking for a plain hi res skin for a type VIIC, but nearly all of Fubars stuff has been delted so I can't find one, anyone got some pics of one I can download?

[The Milkman]

i could send you a bunch if you like

[ichso]

Me too. Just send a list what you already got and what you miss if Milkman didn't already send you every fubar skin ;).

[Steel_Tomb]

Well at the moment I've only got Fubars Type VII das boot skin which although looks nice isnt hi res (i know I'm fussy lol). So yeah any skins would be great just send them over to my email (timmy3822@yahoo.co.uk).

Cheers :D

[ichso]

I just discovered that my Outbox is not capable of sending such big files and I don't want to unpack the archive and send the images one by one.
I will upload the skin instead which won't take longer than sending via email.

I'm sending Fubar's U-253 skin first. It's high res and one of the best VIIC skins he ever made. If you want to have some more, just tell.

I've got his very generic but also high res and very detailed VIIC-plain skin and the U-552 skin, which looks similiar but a little bit more rusty and weathered. This is high res too.

Further ones would be his 58 skin, med camo and his das-boot skin. All high res but I don't know how they look ingame yet ;).

[Hadrys]

I'm sending Fubar's U-253 skin first. It's high res and one of the best VIIC skins he ever made. If you want to have some more, just tell.

I've got his very generic but also high res and very detailed VIIC-plain skin and the U-552 skin, which looks similiar but a little bit more rusty and weathered. This is high res too.

253 is a very nice skin but that camo makes me wonder sometimes, can't explain it. 552 is what I'm using now but it's not that hi res, when you close up you can see compression mess like in jpg ;) I was hoping there are some even higher res for maniacs playing in 1680 res like me ;)

[ichso]

Hi Adam,

perhaps this would be possible to do.
First double the size of the texture image to get a 4096x4096 resolution and then rework the skin so that it gets sharp again and that the details get clearer. Perhapa add some more details.

But it sounds like much work and should perhaps better be done by some experienced skin modder.

My photoshop/gimp knowledge is yet limited to little signature works and such stuff :lol:

[Hadrys]

But it sounds like much work and should perhaps better be done by some experienced skin modder.
My photoshop/gimp knowledge is yet limited to little signature works and such stuff :lol:

Exact, I was doing PS kinda pro and intuitive but I'm out of that area now. I'm using PS to work on photos and some www stuff and this is way different from making a good skin.

Now as I finally have a game that way I like it, I'll focus on doing realistic patrols. Maybe I'll try realnav again?

[ichso]

Anyways, here is Fubar's U-253 high res version:

http://cip.uni-trier.de/~schmidt/sh3/Fubars_VIIC_U253.rar

[Steel_Tomb]

Thanks, looks nice. Any skins that are more plain like the original skin but hi res? a lot of them on close up inspection are blurred :down:.

[ichso]

I'm currently using Fubar's plain VIIC skin (until I get into port again and finally install the 253 one :yep:). I will upload this one too, it's high res too.

[danlisa]

Thanks, looks nice. Any skins that are more plain like the original skin but hi res? a lot of them on close up inspection are blurred :down:.

Hmm, what game are we talking about? GWX??

All the default U-Boats skins in GWX are 1024x1024 however, in GW they were all 2048x2048 and I still have them all. Will they do? If I can contact Fubar.;)

[ichso]

I got Fubar's high res skins too.
I just felt that every texture on my boat was too blurry all the time, no matter what resolution and general settings for my graphics card I played (the driver settings).

Then I realized that it was just a matter of the uboat textures being to small.
Should the GWX 1.03 skins be high res ? Meaning 2048x2048 ?
They weren't with me. There shouldn't be any mod that messed with this point of my installation either.

However, installing Fubar's high res skins did the work, now everything looks great and I like to zoom in on my sub again ;).

EDIT: All the default U-Boats skins in GWX are 1024x1024 however,
This should be the answer to my first question :>

[danlisa]

The 2048 x 2048 skins were reduced for GWX due to size (mb) limitations, also IIRC all ship skins have been reduced by half, again for the same reasons.

Imagine, if you will a full high rez pack for GWX.:o As it stands, I think GWX uses about 2.5GB on your HDD unpacked & installed you could easily double or even triple that if all the textures were left at the original specs.

The funny thing with TGA files, is that their size (mb) has no direct correlation with their dimensions. i.e Double up from 1024 to 2048 means the file sizes (mb) increase more than double.:cry:

I'm with you guy's, I want my game to look pretty but not at the cost of performance or limiting the availability of GWX to non broadband users.;)

[Steel_Tomb]

I've got plenty of HDD space...anyone able to throw those uber hi-res skins my way?:ping:

[ichso]

That's no problem with the skin. A little research at the forum and some additional downloads and my game looks really pretty ;).

Load times of the game were already long with stock SH3. So better no high res skins for all of the surface vessels.
It should be enough that my own sub (and every other VIIC in the world) looks good :sunny: :arrgh!:

[Einsman]

The 2048 x 2048 skins were reduced for GWX due to size (mb) limitations, also IIRC all ship skins have been reduced by half, again for the same reasons.

Imagine, if you will a full high rez pack for GWX.:o As it stands, I think GWX uses about 2.5GB on your HDD unpacked & installed you could easily double or even triple that if all the textures were left at the original specs.

The funny thing with TGA files, is that their size (mb) has no direct correlation with their dimensions. i.e Double up from 1024 to 2048 means the file sizes (mb) increase more than double.:cry:

I'm with you guy's, I want my game to look pretty but not at the cost of performance or limiting the availability of GWX to non broadband users.;)

Hi Danlisa.

The explanation has his logic. But ... where I can obtain these 2048X2048 skins?

Thank you.

[danlisa]

Hi Danlisa.

The explanation has his logic. But ... where I can obtain these 2048X2048 skins?

Thank you.
These 2048 skins were default to the original GW mod (not GWX) although I can ask the GW team for permission to make them available, they were Fubar's work and I'm waiting for a reply from him before I upload.