[REL] Kill Flags Mod

[Digital_Trucker]

Tnx a lot...see u under sea...

You're welcome, skipper. Enjoy the new boat (and be careful not to scratch the paint, it's still a little wet).:D

[filippm]

haha...ok..one question, can you put one more amblem on front side of conning tower?

[Digital_Trucker]

haha...ok..one question, can you put one more amblem on front side of conning tower?

Haven't ever tried to do that, but I'm pretty sure that there might be problems with room for the killflags on the later conning towers because of the way that the textures are mapped to the conning tower. It would depend on whether that part of the texture is used on other parts of the tower.

May have to play around with that to see, though.:hmm:

[filippm]

and one more advice/question, can you maybe if you have a boat number(ex. US-161), write 161 on bridge to, it more cool then on bow of sub? ;) like this http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/1592663173_d7385c594b.jpg?v=0

[Digital_Trucker]

and one more advice/question, can you maybe if you have a boat number(ex. US-161), write 161 on bridge to, it more cool then on bow of sub? ;) like this http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/1592663173_d7385c594b.jpg?v=0
The problem with putting the number on the conning tower is that it will be mirrored (reversed) on the left side of the tower if it is put on the conning tower textures. I had to "trick" the game into showing the number by using a texture that wasn't intended for "painting" on in order to get them to show correctly on both sides. I haven't looked to see if this would be feasible on the conning tower, but I do know that the numbers would have to be black since white does not work on the texture used.

[Vandrith]

So would this mod make me start everything over? Or what? Do I just install and boom or do some online regestiring? Installing similar to other mods or any special things I need to know? I understand that I could be unclear in my questions so just ask me to clairify and I happily will.

[Digital_Trucker]

All the instructions are in the first post of the thread (make sure and check out the additional instructions if you are using the TM mod).

You don't have to start all over, just download the skin for your boat (or request the boat if it's not already built. See the Fleet Roster in the first post to see if your boat is built or not). Then send in your patrol updates via the link in the first post or the link at battleflags.net.

[gAiNiAc]

Ya know Ive always wondered something.

How would a sub distroy a Truck.

An F-14 in my squadron during the Gulf War sank an Iraqi gunboat with a sidewinder air to air missile.


:arrgh!:

[NEON DEON]

DT,

I am working on Submarine mod and while I have pictures I want to use for conning tower and bow I do not have emblems becuase well the boat never exsisted.

I have tested the mod with a foo skin and it works. So I was wondering if I obtained permission from the skin maker if you would be so kind as to modify my tower and bow.

Anotherwords, could you help me with the 3d portions which I havent got a clue on doing myself:)

Thanks,

Neon

[Digital_Trucker]

Sure, ND, not a problem at all. Please note that all the artwork on the left side of the tower and hull will be mirrored, so any text or numbers will be backwards on the port side. Other than that, just the artwork and the skin is all I need. Bow artwork can take a little while since I don't work too much with the bow. If the mod uses any completely new conning towers or hulls, I'll need the mod, too, so I can test the results.

Just zip everything up and upload it somewhere and PM me a link and I'll see what I can do.

[Sirkam]

I want to install this great mod, but i dont know. Can anyone help me with the steps to follow (for example: 1.-xxxxxx. 2.-xxxxxx., ...)?

[Digital_Trucker]

1 - Determine the name and class of the submarine you have in the game.
2 - Look at the fleet roster (in the first post of this thread) and see if your boat is there.
3 - If your boat is there go to click on the link in the first post to download your boat. If your boat is not there, click on the link to request the boat.
4 - Once you have your boat skin, install it like any other mod (preferably with JSGME)
5 - Click on the link to file a patrol report after you complete a patrol
6 - Wait until you get your update
7 - Deactivate your previous sub skin
8 - Activate your new sub skin
9 - Repeat steps 5 through 8 until you get a new sub, then go to step 1 again

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:yeah:

Here's your battleflag, siggy flag and link, and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Pike_U796.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Pike_U796_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Pike_U796_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/U796/SS173%20USS%20Pike_HW%20Fooskin_U796.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Sirkam]

Thanks digital_trucker :salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks digital_trucker :salute:

You be welcome, skipper. Hope that cleared it up.

[U796]

Thanks:salute:

[Red Heat]

super super mod mate! :yeah:
Great work, thanks! :salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the Killflags family, spike12:yeah:

Here's your battle flag, siggy flag/link and sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags link:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Permit_spike12.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Permit_spike12_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Permit_spike12_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/spike12/SS178%20USS%20Permit_Fooskin%20Combo_spike12.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[spike12]

Nice,can't wait to fill it up.:up:

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks:salute:

super super mod mate! :yeah:
Great work, thanks! :salute:

Nice,can't wait to fill it up.:up:
You be welcome, skippers:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, barracuda

Here's your Rasher (no, not bacon:haha:):

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Rasher_barracuda.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Rasher_barracuda_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Rasher_barracuda_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Gato/SS269%20USS%20Rasher_Combo%20Fooskin.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:sunny:

[Ivan Putski]

DT, you guys did a great job on the USS Pollack, thank you. Puts:up:

[Digital_Trucker]

DT, you guys did a great job on the USS Pollack, thank you. Puts:up:

You be welcome, puts.:salute: Good to see ya sinkin' 'em again:yeah:

[I'm goin' down]

I have a Gato. But since I have not been available in the game yet, I downloaded another -- a Gar. I just checked and I need an emblem for it. I just reported my first mission to Cinpac. When I report to Cinpac is their a board where I can see what I report. Otherwise, how do I keep track of my total career tonage sunk, damaged, etc. ? I assume their is a site, but I have not found it.

Also, as you can see below, I have the emblem for the USS Barb pasted on my signature. I assume if I get an emblem for another boat, I could paste that emblem in place of the one below until I am assigned the Gato.

I have downloaded a couple other types of boats so I can try them out. Do you make emblems for those if I decide to use them?

[Digital_Trucker]

I have a Gato. But since I have not been available in the game yet, I downloaded another -- a Gar. I just checked and I need an emblem for it. I just reported my first mission to Cinpac. When I report to Cinpac is their a board where I can see what I report. Otherwise, how do I keep track of my total career tonnage sunmk, damaged, etc. ? I assume their is a site, but I have not found it.
In the game when you start a patrol (or end one) and you are in the office, you can go to the "leader board" to see what your total tonnage is. It's on the left hand side of the wall facing you as you sit at the desk. Just click on it and you'll see it close up. You can also keep an index card or a note somewhere with the numbers by patrol and add them up to get your total (kind of like a captains log for his career).

Also, as you can see below, I have the emblem for the USS Barb pasted on my signature. I assume if I get an emblem for another boat, I could paste that emblem in place of the one below until I am assigned the Gato.
Yep, you can put as many flags in your signature as you like (subject to forum rules).

I have downloaded a couple other types of boats so I can try them out. Do you make emblems for those if I decide to use them?
If you file a commissioning request, I make the boat. Just make sure and check the fleet roster in the first post to see if the boat has already been made. If it's on the list, you can go to battleflags.net and download it.

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, katana:yeah:

Here are your battleflag, siggy flag and link, and a link to your submarine skin with conning tower emblem:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Gato_katana.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gato_katana_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gato_katana_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Gato/SS212%20USS%20GATO_GATO%20Combo%20HI-RES%20V1.0.rar

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[I'm goin' down]

quote=I'm goin' down]I have a Gato. But since I have not been available in the game yet, I downloaded another -- a Gar. I just checked and I need an emblem for it. [quote]


The Gar that I downloaded had an emblem. I reported that it did not. My mistake. Sorry. My apologies. I downloaded a Porpoise and loaded it with JGME before I read your post that said it would overwrite any skins that I have already activated. That was the problem. Once I deactivated the Porposie and the Gar, and reactivated the Gar, the emblem was in the conning tower.

[I'm goin' down]

[quote=I'm goin' down]I have a Gato. But since I have not been available in the game yet, I downloaded another -- a Gar. I just checked and I need an emblem for it. I just reported my first mission to Cinpac. When I report to Cinpac is their a board where I can see what I report. Otherwise, how do I keep track of my total career tonnage sunmk, damaged, etc. ? I assume their is a site, but I have not found it.
In the game when you start a patrol (or end one) and you are in the office, you can go to the "leader board" to see what your total tonnage is. It's on the left hand side of the wall facing you as you sit at the desk. Just click on it and you'll see it close up. You can also keep an index card or a note somewhere with the numbers by patrol and add them up to get your total (kind of like a captains log for his career).[quote]


I never knew you could click on that item. Nice surprise, even though it said, "No aces yet."

[inferno_34]

I just started playing SH4 again, I usually don't play the campaigns but since I found this mod I gave it a shot. Now my question, how do I know if it was a small merchant ship or a Merchant Maru (with my low ton total of about 10k for 2 merchant and 1 warship, I'm thinking it was the small ones)

Edit: oh some of those maru ships are 19tons....yea I'm going to go with small merchant ship
(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tonan_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1)

[I'm goin' down]

My Gar list of boat equipment says it outfitted with a stern deck gun. I clicked it and it filled the slot at the bottorm of the screen that lists equipment on the boat. It is early 1942. I wanted to see my beautiful, lethal new deck gun when the boat was surfaced, so I went topside and looked for it. SURPRISE! THERE IS NO DECK GUN, SIR (wtf?). I am going to file a lawsuit against the boat manufacturer for breach of warranty. Where is the DECK GUN hiding or why is it missing, Sir? If it is indeed on the boat, why won't it load or appear on the deck?

[I'm goin' down]

Digital Trucker can best answer your question. I recently asked him the same qustion in a PM. He responded by saying fishing boats, etc. were small merchants. Everything else in the merchant fleet is a Maru.

[Digital_Trucker]

I just started playing SH4 again, I usually don't play the campaigns but since I found this mod I gave it a shot. Now my question, how do I know if it was a small merchant ship or a Merchant Maru (with my low ton total of about 10k for 2 merchant and 1 warship, I'm thinking it was the small ones)

Edit: oh some of those maru ships are 19tons....yea I'm going to go with small merchant ship
(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tonan_Maru&action=edit&redlink=1)

I generally consider Sampans, Fishing boat and trawler small merchants and anything bigger that isn't built (or retrofitted) purely for combat to be a merchant.

[Digital_Trucker]

My Gar list of boat equipment says it outfitted with a stern deck gun. I clicked it and it filled the slot at the bottorm of the screen that lists equipment on the boat. It is early 1942. I wanted to see my beautiful, lethal new deck gun when the boat was surfaced, so I went topside and looked for it. SURPRISE! THERE IS NO DECK GUN, SIR (wtf?). I am going to file a lawsuit against the boat manufacturer for breach of warranty. Where is the DECK GUN hiding or why is it missing, Sir? If it is indeed on the boat, why won't it load or appear on the deck?
Really good question, but we need to forward that one to the deck gun department:D Which mods are you running and which version of the game (1.5 = Uboat missions add on).

[inferno_34]

Oh that's good to know.
I'm running the game stock (except for this mod), the game keeps on giving me missions to japan, first one was a patrol off the main island, this one is deliver a agent just off of Osaka (at least I sunk a 5t med Euro composite merchant ship)

[I'm goin' down]

Of course, I am playing with the Gar you built.

I have SH4 1.5, U-Boat Add-on, RFB with the current patch and hotfix, and current RSRDC. Mods - Hitman's in Game TSAC (torpedo spread angle calculator) v 2.1, USS 206 SS Gar Combo Fooskin. And of course, RSM by none other than Digital_Trucker!

Also, for some reason the slide rule no longer appears on the map screen but that is probably a RFB issue.

I would have installed Fred's radio stations but the downloads were corrupted, so that is on the back burner. I gave up on Captains Girls and GIEP. Actually, I was using the photos and drawings with a mod that displayed them at intro the game, but my computer crashed, and I am not going to waste my time with it again.

[Digital_Trucker]

Doesn't sound like any of that would cause a deck gun to disappear, but you never know. Did you, by any chance, move the deck gun from the front to the rear when you got it? Sometimes that will cause strange effects.

[Digital_Trucker]

Here's your fresh Trout:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Trout_inferno_34.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Trout_inferno_34_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Trout_inferno_34_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/inferno_34/SS202%20USS%20Trout_Combo%20Fooskin_inferno_34.zip

Welcome aboard and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[I'm goin' down]

Here's your fresh Trout:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Trout_inferno_34.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Trout_inferno_34_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Trout_inferno_34_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/inferno_34/SS202%20USS%20Trout_Combo%20Fooskin_inferno_34.zip

Welcome aboard and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

I am glad he received a "fresh" Trout. If it wasn't fresh, the crew would not stand for it submerging for long periods (especially with an "Inferno" raging inside the boat!)

[I'm goin' down]

Doesn't sound like any of that would cause a deck gun to disappear, but you never know. Did you, by any chance, move the deck gun from the front to the rear when you got it? Sometimes that will cause strange effects.

Did not move the Deck Gun. Do not know how to move it.

[inferno_34]

I am glad he received a "fresh" Trout. If it wasn't fresh, the crew would not stand for it submerging for long periods (especially with an "Inferno" raging inside the boat!)
:D too bad you can't slap people with it...well I guess you can slap ships with it
time to go and sink more ships (I need to work on my intercepting)

Also, I like the emblems / forums sigs that you make, they look nice

[I'm goin' down]

there is a Salt Water Trout.

As for the emblems. I found the womens' drawings in Captains Girls. They are both drawings from the 1940s I suspect. The woman (Barb) on torpedo scoldiing the small soldier - I submitted that drawing to Digital Trucker with my idea for an emblem. Somehow Gunfighter got involved. Then I uploaded them to Photobucket, and Gunfighter downloaded the drawing of Barb and used a program to situate her on a torpedo of his creation. He also changed the color of her hair to brown. The real USS Barb was a highly decorated submarine, and it sent a crew to the Japanese mainland where the blew up a train. See Wikipedia and threads in the main forum that include the Barb's famous battleflag, and the commander's report of the attack on the train. On the battleflag, at the bottom, is a locomotive! Her battleflag is also at the links to battleflags in the initial post in this thread.

The periscope shot is my work fiddling with photobucket. I could not figure out how to inset cross-hairs, as I do not think they had the proper tools for that task.

The dancer in the "Navy outfit" is also a Captain's girls drawing. It is unmodified, except the size has been changed. She is single and available, but you have to like to party and take her dancing to have a chance. She loves to fish -- that may be your shot. I keep telling her she needs to wear longer dresses, but she won't listen.

[inferno_34]

So I just installed RFB and RSRD with 1.5 since I just got the U-boat
I noticed that my AA / Deck Gun went missing and the files that are modified RFB mods them also :( I'm starting to think that they are not compatible

[I'm goin' down]

Maybe I should get another Gar? I have no deck gun. Today, I disabled a merchant with my last two aft torpedoes, as I was out of bow torpedoes. I could not finish the merchant since I had no deck gun. Otherwise the Gar is a wonderful boat :yeah: , with a lousy captain.:) DT, you are the pro, so its your call. By the way, I will try to activate the deck gun when I am in port starting a new mission to see if that works. If it does, I will let you know.

[I'm goin' down]

I cannot find the emblem with the total tonnage sunk for my Gar. It is the boat with no deck gun. Did you delete the post with the donwload files for that boat? I want to sawve the emblem or an updated one. I did locate the email you sent with my total tonage sunk, so I can update my report. I just finished a patrol and for the second time the base did not load any torpedoes. What do you think the issue is?

[Digital_Trucker]

You have to reload the torpedos yourself when you come in from a patrol. Just drag the ones you want from the left side into the slots.

Your folder at Battleflags.net will always contain the latest update you've received (except for the short period of time between when I finish uploading it and when I send you a PM telling you it's there). Just go to http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Gar_I%27m%20goin%27%20down.jpg for the full sized flag or to http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gar_I%27m%20goin%27%20down_sig.jp g for the signature flag.

[I'm goin' down]

You have to reload the torpedos yourself when you come in from a patrol. Just drag the ones you want from the left side into the slots.

Your folder at Battleflags.net will always contain the latest update you've received (except for the short period of time between when I finish uploading it and when I send you a PM telling you it's there). Just go to http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Gar_I%27m%20goin%27%20down.jpg for the full sized flag or to http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gar_I%27m%20goin%27%20down_sig.jp g for the signature flag.

Thanks for the battleflag jpgs. As for not reloading torpedoes, I did not explain the situation well. I have no torpedoes at all, even after reloading. Hopefully, it is related to the Hitman's TSAC v2.1 mod that is apparently incompatible with RFB, as installing the TSAC v2.1 mod made the nomograph disappear from the Navigation Map. I deleted the mod, and the nomograph was restored. I will provide you with a detailed account of how I confirmed the conflict if you are interested, as I just finished a detailed reply to Rockin Robbins' response to one of my posts in the main forum re the missing nomograph and its very likely cause. (I even tried eliminating ini conflicts but that did not save the day.)

I also extracted RFB and RSRDC from my downloaded mods folder and actived them to ensure those files were not corrupted. When I put my USS GAR, SS 206 to sea, I checked for the deck gun which I had activated in port. It is still missing, and is either invisible or not there. I think there must be a mod conflict with RFB/RSRDC and the boat mod. I could have used the gun to finish off a freighter that was dead in the water, as I was out of torpedoes. As of today, I am running version 1.5 with the following mods installed in the order listed. (1.) RFB/RSRDC (current versions with patches and updates), (2.) USS GAR, SS 206 mod by Digital_Trucker, (3.) RSM by Digital_Trucker, and (4.) jamminadrid's Mini_ChronoTools mod installed via JTex.

Nisgeis produced a is a pdf of the TSAC v2.1 chart that duplicates the Hitman's TSAC v2.1 mod which is pinned to and displays on the Attack Map, and I am using it in lieu of the mod as of today.

Hopefully this is enough information to help resolve or be a guide to fixing the deck gun issue.

[Digital_Trucker]

I don't have a clue why the deck gun is missing. I do know that the Killflags mod (your sub skin) is nothing but several textures that are applied to the subs hull and conning tower. As such, this mod can't cause any of the problems that you describe. It does sound like a conflict or an error in activating the mods.

[I'm goin' down]

I don't have a clue why the deck gun is missing. I do know that the Killflags mod (your sub skin) is nothing but several textures that are applied to the subs hull and conning tower. As such, this mod can't cause any of the problems that you describe. It does sound like a conflict or an error in activating the mods.

When I loaded the SS206 USS Gar_Combo Fosskin_I'm Goin' Down mod via JSGME, it gave the following message, which may help the pros solve the problem.

"NSS_Tambor_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O03.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.

Does this help?

[inferno_34]

yea, I diabled RFB (well, I'm not good, I need to work on my intercepting (I like evading more) and torps (not as much, sent 15 fish to 1 merchant...nothing... I did notice one exploded behind the ship :damn: )) I might go back to it once I'm better

gah I have to start from scratch...took 15 mins to get the USS. Trout and the mod does work with RSRD. Before submitting my next report I'll decide if I want RFB or stock since I do like what RFB gives

[I'm goin' down]

Here is what may be of use to you. If you are having trouble with attacks, and believe me, at 100% realism they are not easy, I suggest starting with the stock game. The object is to learn the various attack techniques. There are several. They include:

1. the Dick O'Kane method (see Rockin Robbins; video tutorial);

2. Attacking at a steep angle using vector analysis, which includes the John Cromwell attack technique (see Rockin Robbins' video tutorial and download his 3 x 5 cards that contain the attack rules);

3) Sonar only attack sequence - this very advanced. (See Rockin Robbins' and Werner Sobe's video tutorials); and

4. Manual targeting (see Hitman's simplied manual targeting at 100% realism and read my critique of his method [it is a great way to learn manual targeting.] After you sink a few ships, download and install the SCAF mod in your stock game as it makes manual target much easier. The advantage of not using the mod at the beginning of the learning curve is that hopefully you will be learn by workng through the procedures Hitman describes when you are attacking a target how and why the SCAF mod simpifies Hitman's time consuming attack methodology (it is a brilliantly thought out tutorial);

5. Double attack video tutorial, but I cannot remember who prepared it. It is quite good.

Start with Dick O'Kane and the John Cromwell attack technique. Then go to Hitman's tutorial, and learn about aspect ratio and how that fits in to an attack with manual targeting. The toughest one to master is sonar only, as you never see the target, and you track it and fire torpedoes from bearings and range given by your Soundman. And load a super mod for your deck gun, so when you get frustrated you can blow up an entire convoy when you have no more fish in the tubes.

This is not an easy simulation to master, and the enemy is savvy. You will find lot's of help in the forum. Have fun!

[Digital_Trucker]

I don't have a clue why the deck gun is missing. I do know that the Killflags mod (your sub skin) is nothing but several textures that are applied to the subs hull and conning tower. As such, this mod can't cause any of the problems that you describe. It does sound like a conflict or an error in activating the mods.
When I loaded the SS206 USS Gar_Combo Fosskin_I'm Goin' Down mod via JSGME, it gave the following message, which may help the pros solve the problem.

"NSS_Tambor_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O03.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.

Does this help?
As I said before, the killflags mod is graphics only. Those .dds files are merely textures and do not affect whether anything appears or not. They only change the "paint job" on the submarines hull and conning tower.

If you'd like to verify this, deactivate the sub skin and run the game again. Your deck gun will still be missing and your torpedos still won't load. There is absolutely no way that this mod could be causing the problems you described.

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:yeah:

Here's your Shark:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Shark_Cthulhus.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Shark_Cthulhus_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Shark_Cthulhus_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Cthulhus/SS174%20USS%20Shark_Combo%20Fooskin_Cthulhus.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Cthulhus]

Yes!!!!! Thank you !

[Digital_Trucker]

Yes!!!!! Thank you !

You be welcome, sir:salute:

[I'm goin' down]

I don't have a clue why the deck gun is missing. I do know that the Killflags mod (your sub skin) is nothing but several textures that are applied to the subs hull and conning tower. As such, this mod can't cause any of the problems that you describe. It does sound like a conflict or an error in activating the mods.
When I loaded the SS206 USS Gar_Combo Fosskin_I'm Goin' Down mod via JSGME, it gave the following message, which may help the pros solve the problem.

"NSS_Tambor_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O03.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.

Does this help?
As I said before, the killflags mod is graphics only. Those .dds files are merely textures and do not affect whether anything appears or not. They only change the "paint job" on the submarines hull and conning tower.

If you'd like to verify this, deactivate the sub skin and run the game again. Your deck gun will still be missing and your torpedos still won't load. There is absolutely no way that this mod could be causing the problems you described.

I did what you said and you are correct. I gave you the information so you could confirm in your own mind that your statment was correct, as I have no idea what does or does not create a conflict. I wonder if the patch is the problem?

[Digital_Trucker]

The best place to find out whether anything in the patch or RFB itself caused the problem would be the RFB thread. They would be the experts on the mod and might be able to figure out what the problem is.

[I'm goin' down]

I don't have a clue why the deck gun is missing. I do know that the Killflags mod (your sub skin) is nothing but several textures that are applied to the subs hull and conning tower. As such, this mod can't cause any of the problems that you describe. It does sound like a conflict or an error in activating the mods.
When I loaded the SS206 USS Gar_Combo Fosskin_I'm Goin' Down mod via JSGME, it gave the following message, which may help the pros solve the problem.

"NSS_Tambor_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_Tambor_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_O03.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T01.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.
"NSS_TamborTower_T02.dds" has already been altered by the "RFB_v1.52_Patch_18Jan09" mod.

Does this help?
As I said before, the killflags mod is graphics only. Those .dds files are merely textures and do not affect whether anything appears or not. They only change the "paint job" on the submarines hull and conning tower.

If you'd like to verify this, deactivate the sub skin and run the game again. Your deck gun will still be missing and your torpedos still won't load. There is absolutely no way that this mod could be causing the problems you described.

I did what you said and you are correct. I gave you the information so you could confirm in your own mind that your statment was correct, as I have no idea what does or does not create a conflict. I wonder if the patch is the problem?

I have some great news. Well, maybe not so great depending on how you look at it. I made a huge mistake on my computer yesterday (Wednesday) at 1700 hrs. and downloaded the Microsoft disk protection program and another program (something like "stable state") whose name escapes me. As a result, these programs made changes to the operating system and are designed to prevent the user from making permanent changes to any files ( i.e. writing a letter, would not be saved when I logged off the machine as all settings woul be automatically be restored to there previous state when I logged back on. So, if there was a pop up, it would reappear every time I rebooted. If I dowloaded a Mod, every time I rebooted the computer the Mod would be removed and I would have to download it again.) Also, the programs turned off my firewall, and the security system monitor for Microsoft updates and anti virus updates!

I spent hours trying to get rid of the programs, and ended up calling Microsoft support. At 0300 hrs on Thursady, after I had been on hold for 45 minutes while the support person was doing something, I hung up and went to bed. I woke up at 1200 hrs on Friday and was on the phone with Microsoft support until 2200 hrs. on Friday fixing the problem. I learned that the programs I had downloaded were Beta programs and there is not a tool kit to remove them from the operating system. The programs are meant for organizations such as schools that require computer security and do not want a computer user to have the power to permanently alter or delete files. After working my way through four support technicians, a manager took over and four hours later he disabled the programs. He could not delete them because they do not recognize the delete command.

After 2200 p.m. on Friday, I rebooted and uninstalled SH4 and reinstalled it per the instructions in the sticky in the main forum, paying particualary close attention to its instruction to reboot after reinstalling the progam and after reinstalling the U-Boat add on . I had saved my mods and radio station files to the desktop as the sticky instructs, and downloaded a new JSGME to activate them. I did the same with JTex.

I rebooted one more time and opened JSGME which activated the mods. I deactivated the Gar Fooskin Combo mod, but activated the others in the same order as I had done previously. Sure enough, when I was at sea my generic RFB boat had a stern mounted deck gun and a stern mounted anti aircraft gun. Due to the reinstallation of SH4 I had to start a new career, so I choose a career beginning in 1942 to have continuity with the career I aborted when the computer disaster strcuk. Then I exited and rebooted my computer. I reinstalled the Gar Fooskin Combo and when I was at sea, and the deck guns, the boat emblem and boat number were in plain view!! Yippee. Now, all I have to do is activate JTex, so I have mini tools and mini chrometer. I will do that now. It is now 0239 hrs on Friday. I have been fixing SH4 since I ended my last phone call with Microsoft suuport. As soon as finish this last taskt, I am going to bed as I have had it.:dead:

[Digital_Trucker]

Glad you got it sorted:yeah: If that software was that invasive, I think I'd have bitten the bullet and reinstalled windows to make sure it was gone for good, see ya later, outta here, asta las vegas.

[inferno_34]

So, I ended up having to re-start my career :(
wow...I hate duds, I did intercept / attack a merchant so yay
ending up engaging a small convoy (2 small warships and 1 passenger ship)
sadly last time I ended up with more tonnage then this time (if only I had less duds) considering I shot 5 torps at a ship, only my first and last one hit and it sank (yay crits) and I did not go *firex5* I had a couple min wait between them
love it when 2 detonate 300y away from your sub :wah: there goes my surprise

[Digital_Trucker]

Here she be:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Kingfish_Ivan%20Putski.jpg
http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Kingfish_Ivan%20Putski.jp g

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Kingfish_Ivan%20Putski_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Kingfish_Ivan%20Putski_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Kingfish_Ivan%20Putski_si g.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Kingfish_Ivan%20Putski_si g.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Ivan%20Putski/SS234%20USS%20Kingfish_Combo%20Fooskin_Ivan%20Puts ki.zip

Enjoy and good luck with her:yeah:

[Ivan Putski]

Thank you Digital_Trucker she`s a real beauty, I forgot to add the tonnage to my request, 7,579 tons. Lol!!! Getting old you know.:D For anyone interested the site in the link has actual war patrol records of all the boats listed. Thanks again. Puts:up:

http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm

[I'm goin' down]

As you know, I installed the mods recommended by RFB, and ended up with my handle and boat not being recognized at the beginning of a mission, although the emblem and boat number appeared on the sub. Also, I could not load sailors to man the guns, and my boat had no deck guns.

I found the solution to the deck guns' problem (i.e. no deck guns) and the failure of RFB to recognize and my boat at the outset of new missions in SH4 1.5.

The RFB Team recommends the following mods be activated in SH4 1.5:

1. RFB_V1.52_102408;
2. RFB_V1.52_Patch_18Jan09;
3. RSRDC_SH15_V400; and
4. RSRDC_V400_Patch 2

I also activated the following mods:

5. SS205 USS Gar_ComboFooskin_I'm Goin' Down; and
6. Mini_ChronoTools (activated by JTex).

As a result of the foregoing, which followed the RFB sticky thread's instruction, I ended up with the unacceptable results described above.

I filed a complaint in the RFB thread. I was about the do the same in the RSRDC thread when I noticed that RFB does not mention activating mods RSRDC_SH15_V400 and RSRDC_V400_Patch_ 18Jan09. Instead, it recommends activating the RSRDC_RFB1.5_V420 and RSRC_V420_Patch2 mods with RFB v1.52 mods. I deactivated mods nos. 3 and 4 above and replaced them with the two mods recommended by RSRDC. Guess what? I NOW HAVE TWO DECK GUNS!!!

However, the SH4 1.5 did not recognize my handle and boat at the beginning of a mission, so I deactivated mod 5. SS205 USS Gar_ComboFooskin_I'm Goin' Down and reactivated it. Now RFB recognizes me as captain at the outset.

Problems fixed after four days! I plan to post this in both the RFB and RSRDC mod threads to alert them to the issue.

[Digital_Trucker]

Thank you Digital_Trucker she`s a real beauty, I forgot to add the tonnage to my request, 7,579 tons. Lol!!! Getting old you know.:D For anyone interested the site in the link has actual war patrol records of all the boats listed. Thanks again. Puts:up:

http://hnsa.org/doc/subreports.htm

You're quite welcome, skipper. Don't feel bad about forgetting the tonnage. It's a little harder to forget on the regular patrol report. Nice link on the actual patrol reports, too :yeah:

[I'm goin' down]

DT, here is a copy of my recent post in RFB, the apparent cause of all my grief re the Kill Mods features.

"I have the current RFB mod and patch and the current, correct RSRDC mod and patch. I now have DECK Guns...finally. I have a Digital_Trucker custom boat -- a Gar. At sea the boat's emblem, boat's number and kills are pasted on the boat. However, in port at the beginning of a mission my boat's (USS GAR) name and number is not recognized, nor is my handle. What is up with this? Can it be an RFB mod problem?

I have wasted several days figuring out I had no deck guns because the links in RFB to RSRDC were to out of date RSRDC files. Apparently, RFB has eliminated those links. In any event, I would like to know if there is any way to fix the problems I am experiencing in port at commencement of a mission?"

[Digital_Trucker]

IGD, the game assigns you a boat. Unless you go in and change the name and number, it's not going to match the boat skin and flags that you have.

As the first post in this thread specifies, the way the mod is meant to work is that you let the game assign a boat and then you check to see if that boat is already "built" (it's not actually built, just the emblem is put on the skin. See the fleet roster on the first page for a list of completed boats). If we've already made the boat, you download it and off you go on your first patrol, sending in patrol reports at the end of a patrol after you've received your last update. If the boat hasn't been built yet, you send in a commissioning request and we put the emblem on the skin and continue as above.

If you want a particular boat, you can go into the .upc files in your saved game and change the name and SS number of the boat to match the boat you want. There's a thread around here somewhere on how to do that and how to force the game to assign you a particular boat, but I can't remember exactly where that's at and I have to get out of here in a few minutes. If you can't find it via the search function (or a google site search), I'll look around for it when I get back this afternoon,

[sqk7744]

Hey DT,

Amazing work!
:yeah::yeah:

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks, boss, good to see you surface for a bit :up:

IGD, check out this thread for how to change the name of your boat http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147425

Edit: here's another one to look at http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=122531

[I'm goin' down]

I think I have finally fixed the name of the my Gar in the Save files, so it shows up in the mission assignment at the start of new missions. And I changed my screen size, so now I can man both the deck guns.

I promptly manned the deck guns and set off for Midway, just in time to be a hero at the battle. By the time we arrived at the patrol area, the gunners had been awake so long they feel asleep at their stations. We spotted a task force while we were surfaced. And they spotted us. Their first salvo killed half the deck gunners while they were napping. The second and third salvos killed everyone topside. I dove, but it was too late. I tried to enjoy an ice cream cone while we were diving, but the salvos broke the ice cream maker, and the priscopes were destroyed, so I missed the action. I could not pull out of the dive, and am sending this, our final message: "Goodbye. Thanks for all of the help with the game fix! I'm goin' down."

[Digital_Trucker]

Those deck guns aren't all they're cracked up to be:DL It's best to wait until you spot something to man them, too. That way, the crew doesn't do the snooze thing. Hope you resurface soon:salute:

[rcjonessnp175]

DT awesome work brother, its good to see the mod is still living strong.

Jonesy:salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks, Jonesy, good to see you back in these waters:yeah:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, Franklin Van Valkenburg

Here's your Runner:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Runner_Franklin%20Van%20V alkenburg.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Runner_Franklin%20Van%20Valkenbur g.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Runner_Franklin%20Van%20V alkenburg_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Runner_Franklin%20Van%20V alkenburg_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Runner_Franklin%20Van%20Valkenbur g_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Runner_Franklin%20Van%20Valkenbur g_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Gato/SS275%20USS%20Runner_Fooskin_Black.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, skipper

Here's your Cobia:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Cobia_Raptor%20U-505.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Cobia_Raptor%20U-505_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Cobia_Raptor%20U-505_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Raptor%20U-505/SS245%20USS%20Cobia_Weathered_Raptor%20U-505.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Larry U-136]

downloaded the zip file but it isnt showing up when I use JSGME

[Raptor U-505]

Thank you shipmate!:salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

downloaded the zip file but it isnt showing up when I use JSGME
Did you unzip it before you put it into your MODS folder? If not, make sure you use the "extract here" option when you unzip it.

Thank you shipmate!:salute:
You be welcome, skipper:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Congrats on the new command, skipper:salute:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Jallao_neilbyrne.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Jallao_neilbyrne.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Jallao_neilbyrne_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Jallao_neilbyrne_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Jallao_neilbyrne_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Jallao_neilbyrne_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Balao/SS368%20USS%20Jallao_Weathered.zip

Enjoy and keep up the good work:yeah:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, skipper. :D

Here are your battleflag, siggy flag and link and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Balao_grizzybear.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Balao_grizzybear_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Balao_grizzybear_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/grizzybear/SS285%20USS%20Balao_Weathered_grizzybear.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Hey skipper, here's your battleflag, siggy flag and link, and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20S-40_lexloma.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20S-40_lexloma_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20S-40_lexloma_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/lexloma/SS145%20USS%20S-40_Black_lexloma.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[lexloma]

She's a beautiful thing...

[Raptor U-505]

Great Stuff Huh!

[Grizzybear]

Thanks Digital Trucker...finally my boat has a personality of its own...:salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

She's a beautiful thing...
That she is:up:Glad you like her. And welcome to subsim!

Thanks Digital Trucker...finally my boat has a personality of its own...:salute:

You be welcome, sir. Just try to keep it down to one personality:D

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, skipper:yeah:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Silversides_Larry%20U-136.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Silversides_Larry%20U-136_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Silversides_Larry%20U-136_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Larry%20U-136/SS236%20USS%20Silversides_Weathered_Larry%20U-136.zip




Happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Larry U-136]

Thank you DT! :salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

My pleasure, sir:up:

[I'm goin' down]

As you know, I installed the mods recommended by RFB, and ended up with my handle and boat not being recognized at the beginning of a mission, although the emblem and boat number appeared on the sub. Also, I could not load sailors to man the guns, and my boat had no deck guns.

I found the solution to the deck guns' problem (i.e. no deck guns) and the failure of RFB to recognize and my boat at the outset of new missions in SH4 1.5.

The RFB Team recommends the following mods be activated in SH4 1.5:

1. RFB_V1.52_102408;
2. RFB_V1.52_Patch_18Jan09;
3. RSRDC_SH15_V400; and
4. RSRDC_V400_Patch 2

I also activated the following mods:

5. SS205 USS Gar_ComboFooskin_I'm Goin' Down; and
6. Mini_ChronoTools (activated by JTex).

As a result of the foregoing, which followed the RFB sticky thread's instruction, I ended up with the unacceptable results described above.

I filed a complaint in the RFB thread. I was about the do the same in the RSRDC thread when I noticed that RFB does not mention activating mods RSRDC_SH15_V400 and RSRDC_V400_Patch_ 18Jan09. Instead, it recommends activating the RSRDC_RFB1.5_V420 and RSRC_V420_Patch2 mods with RFB v1.52 mods. I deactivated mods nos. 3 and 4 above and replaced them with the two mods recommended by RSRDC. Guess what? I NOW HAVE TWO DECK GUNS!!!

However, the SH4 1.5 did not recognize my handle and boat at the beginning of a mission, so I deactivated mod 5. SS205 USS Gar_ComboFooskin_I'm Goin' Down and reactivated it. Now RFB recognizes me as captain at the outset.

Problems fixed after four days! I plan to post this in both the RFB and RSRDC mod threads to alert them to the issue.


Note: if you have no deck guns or emblem, make sure you have the correct RSRDC mods activated to accompany RFB 1.52, which are currently RSRDC_RFB1.5_V420 and RSRC_V420_Patch2. That solved my deck gun and emblem problem, as I was using the wrong RSDDC mods. Digital Trucker, I owe you and Luker an apology for my failure to read the RSRDC mod instructions.

Also, thanks for the post re how to change the name of a boat. I appreciate it.

Finally, by changing my screen resolution, I was able to man the anti aircraft gun. Previously, the slots for the two gunners was hidden behind the speed and depth dials on the HUD display. When I somehow managed to get a gunner to man the station, I could not extract him. Another problem solved. Now I just need to hit something besides a fishing boat!

[Digital_Trucker]

Glad you got it solved, IGD:yeah: Now go find a carrier or two:D

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the killflags family, skipper:salute:

Here's your battleflag, siggy flag and link and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Gudgeon_Redrum71.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gudgeon_Redrum71_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gudgeon_Redrum71_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Redrum71/SS211%20USS%20Gudgeon_Combo_Redrum71.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[ReDRuM71]

Thank you very much DigilalTrucker and everyone else involved in Kill Flags! Makes my boat fell more like, well mine.

[Digital_Trucker]

Thank you very much DigilalTrucker and everyone else involved in Kill Flags! Makes my boat fell more like, well mine.

You be welcome, Popeye, errrr, I mean Red:D It really does give one a sense of responsibility for the boat.

[Digital_Trucker]

Hey, lexloma, your Skipjack is ready:yeah:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Skipjack_lexloma.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Skipjack_lexloma.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Skipjack_lexloma_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Skipjack_lexloma_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Skipjack_lexloma_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Skipjack_lexloma_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Salmon/SS184%20USS%20Skipjack_Combo.zip

Enjoy and take good care of her:salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the Killflags family, Wicked Popsicle:salute:

Here are your Piranha battleflag, commissioning plaque, siggy flag/plaque and links and a link to your new sub skin with conning tower emblem:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Piranha_Wicked%20Popsicle.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Pirhana_Wicked%20Popsicle .jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Piranha_Wicked%20Popsicle_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Piranha_Wicked%20Popsicle_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Pirhana_Wicked%20Popsicle _sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Pirhana_Wicked%20Popsicle _sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Balao/SS389%20USS%20Piranha_Combo.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Wicked Popsicle]

Thanks man amazing work!!!!

[Digital_Trucker]

You be welcome, skipper:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome aboard, Will1017:salute:

Here's your Kelly Frew, hope you like the theme I picked for her:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Kelly%20Frew_Will1017.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Kelly%20Frew_Will1017_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Kelly%20Frew_Will1017_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Balao/SS1017%20USS%20Kelly%20Frew_Combo.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:up:

Here's your Scorpion battleflag, siggy flag and link and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Scorpion_bebemihai.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Scorpion_bebemihai_sig.jpg
http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Scorpion_babymihai_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Gato/SS278%20USS%20Scorpion_Gato%20Whale%20Fooskin.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, DaretoPeek

Here are your battleflag, siggy flag and link, and a link to your submarine skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Scorpion_DaretoPeek.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Scorpion_DaretoPeek_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Scorpion_DaretoPeek_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/DaretoPeek/SS278%20USS%20Scorpion_Whale_DaretoPeek.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:salute:

Here's your flags and your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_Spearfish_Fritz%20Rauch.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_Spearfish_Fritz%20Rauch_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_Spearfish_Fritz%20Rauch_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Fritz%20Rauch/SS190%20USS%20Spearfish_Minor_Fritz%20Rauch.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Fritz Rauch]

Thank You very much : )

[rcjonessnp175]

Hey DT im sure this idea has been brought up before but would it be possible to do Uboot emblems by chance, i know its the evil side of things but be cool, im sure gwx 4 in the future will have it all??? But hey just an idea:salute:

Jonesy

[Digital_Trucker]

Thank You very much : )

You be welcome, skipper:arrgh!:

Hey DT im sure this idea has been brought up before but would it be possible to do Uboot emblems by chance, i know its the evil side of things but be cool, im sure gwx 4 in the future will have it all??? But hey just an idea:salute:

Jonesy

Well, there are a couple of complications to doing the "Dark Side" of the killflags thing. The first is a lack (AFAIK) of skins to work with. To paraphrase a line from Gone With The Wind "We don't know nothin' 'bout skinnin' no U-Boats":D The second problem would be a lack of emblems. If someone had a source for good graphics of U-Boat emblems to make flags and conning tower emblems from, it might work.

If someone had a skin and an emblem they wanted combined, we could probably handle that.

[sqk7744]

Welcome aboard, Will1017:salute:

Here's your Kelly Frew, hope you like the theme I picked for her:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Kelly%20Frew_Will1017.jpg



:up: :o:o :up:

[sqk7744]

Hey DT im sure this idea has been brought up before but would it be possible to do Uboot emblems by chance, i know its the evil side of things but be cool, im sure gwx 4 in the future will have it all??? But hey just an idea:salute:

Jonesy

Hey Jonesy hope you are well sir, good to see you in these waters.

Sounds like you just volunteered to lead a new emblem division. GREAT! Your office is ready; complete with a chair and photoshop :O:


best,
-sqk

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Aspro_Captain%20Dave.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Aspro_Captain%20Dave_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Aspro_Captain%20Dave_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Balao/SS309%20USS%20Aspro_Combo.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Captain Dave]

Thanks DT. I appreciate it.

[Digital_Trucker]

You be welcome, Cap'n:arrgh!:

[Regio Sommergibile]

Sorry, how can i change assign myself the boat i want?

I'd like to guide the seatiger or the grenadier... :smug:

[Digital_Trucker]

Sorry, how can i change assign myself the boat i want?

I'd like to guide the seatiger or the grenadier... :smug:

Take a look at this post for a couple links that might help you with that.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1054006#post1054006

[Regio Sommergibile]

Thanks!:up:

[bebemihai]

what means small vessel? in tonnes

[Regio Sommergibile]

Dunno... Maybe under 3000 Tons ??

[Digital_Trucker]

Generally, I consider a small merchant to be a fishing boat, trawler, tugboat and such.

[bebemihai]

In that condition my flag is wrong

[Digital_Trucker]

In that condition my flag is wrong

If that's true, then just adjust your next patrol report to reflect the correct numbers and all will be good.

It's really kind of a hazy subject, so we just kind of settled with the definition I gave earlier. If you (or anyone else, for that matter) chooses to use a different definition, I won't challenge it. Whatever you give me is what I put on the flags and the boat. So it's kinda like "Burger King", you can have it your way:yeah:

[Ivan Putski]

I consider a small vessel same as Digital_Trucker. While ago I sank a German Blockadebrecker, escorting a large Japanese Mrerchant, and sank both, was wondering if possible to have the German Battle flag added to the kills list. A lot of the mods are including German units operating in them. Puts

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/GermanBlockadebrecher.jpg

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:up: And welcome to a new boat, too:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Jack_Vacquero.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Jack_Vacquero.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Jack_Vacquero_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Jack_Vacquero_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Jack_Vacquero_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Jack_Vacquero_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Gato/SS259%20USS%20Jack_Weathered.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

I consider a small vessel same as Digital_Trucker. While ago I sank a German Blockadebrecker, escorting a large Japanese Mrerchant, and sank both, was wondering if possible to have the German Battle flag added to the kills list. A lot of the mods are including German units operating in them. Puts

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/GermanBlockadebrecher.jpg

Hey, puts. The answer to your question is a definite yes. There isn't any place on the patrol report (yet) to report German vessels, but if you will tell me in the report how many of each kind of vessel is German, I will substitute a German flag for a Japanese one. I believe I only have a German merchant flag at the moment, but I can add a military one very easily.

[Ivan Putski]

Thanks for your reply DT, will do that in the next report, so far I`ve seen only the Blockadebrecher which I sank, and a type IX U-Boat. Puts:up:

[Vacquero]

Thanks DT. Hopefully I'll have a bunch of kill flags to add to her after our 1st patrol.

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks for your reply DG, will do that in the next report, so far I`ve seen only the Blockadebrecher which I sank, and a type IX U-Boat. Puts:up:

Any time. If you find a way to blow it up, I'll find a marker to put on your flag (even if it's a truck:D).

Thanks DT. Hopefully I'll have a bunch of kill flags to add to her after our 1st patrol.

My pleasure, sir. :salute: Best of luck filling those flags up:D

[Ivan Putski]

As I said once before I`m getting old. Lol!!! Just noticed you`ve got a Kriegsmarine flag. The Blockadebrecher is listed as a German warship 10,400 ton range. Puts

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/IvanPutski/IL2/USN_Kill_Flag_Kit.jpg

[Digital_Trucker]

As I said once before I`m getting old. Lol!!! Just noticed you`ve got a Kriegsmarine flag. The Blockadebrecher is listed as a German warship 10,400 ton range. Puts



Don't feel bad, I must be getting old, too, to think that was a merchant flag:har:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, oldman64:yeah:

Here are your battle flag, siggy flag and link and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Pollack_oldman64.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Pollack_oldman64_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Pollack_oldman64_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Porpoise/SS180%20USS%20Pollack%20Fooskin%20Porpoise%20BLACK %20HI-RES.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Sonicfire1981]

That is an awesome idea. do i have to read all 1300 Posts or may i just humbly ask to participate? Do i have to register first or just fire a patrolreport?

just started a new campaign with RFB and 100% realism. killflags would be my extra reward (who needs ranks and medals anyway).

emblem for USS Albacore isnt the coolest, but i think i can live with that

[Digital_Trucker]

That is an awesome idea. do i have to read all 1300 Posts or may i just humbly ask to participate? Do i have to register first or just fire a patrolreport?

just started a new campaign with RFB and 100% realism. killflags would be my extra reward (who needs ranks and medals anyway).

emblem for USS Albacore isnt the coolest, but i think i can live with that

You have to read all 1300 posts twice and recite them from memory:D

Just kidding, just send a patrol report (or commissioning request, if your boat isn't on the fleet roster) and we'll take it from there. No registration necessary, either.

[Sniper_Fox]

Could I get one for USS Cleaveland (CL-55) and for USS Gudgeon - SS-211

thanks mate! :salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

Could I get one for USS Cleaveland (CL-55) and for USS Gudgeon - SS-211

thanks mate! :salute:


If you go to the first post in this thread and click the link that says "file patrol report", then you can get one for the Gudgeon. As for the Cleveland, that's still a top-secret project and hasn't been finished yet. Ooops, well, it was a top-secret project:oops:

[Digital_Trucker]

Hey, gj2020, your Tench is ready, sir.

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Tench_gj2020.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Tench_gj2020.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Tench_gj2020_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Tench_gj2020_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Tench_gj2020_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Tench_gj2020_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Tench/SS417%20USS%20Tench_Clean.zip

Enjoy your new command and keep up the good work:yeah:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:up:

Here's your Gudgeon:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Gudgeon_Sniper_Fox.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gudgeon_Sniper_Fox.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Gudgeon_Sniper_Fox.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Sniper_Fox/SS211%20USS%20Gudgeon_Combo_Sniper_Fox.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, Sonicfire1981:yeah:

Here's your Albacore:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Albacore_Sonicfire1981.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Albacore_Sonicfire1981_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Albacore_Sonicfire1981_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Sonicfire1981/SS218%20USS%20Albacore%20Combo.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Sniper_Fox]

sweet! it's got a shamrock on it! How did you know I'm Irish?! :arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

sweet! it's got a shamrock on it! How did you know I'm Irish?! :arrgh!:

I could tell by that picture under your name on the left over there:har:

Seriously, I'm psychic (or is it psychotic?).

[Sonicfire1981]

That is awesome. thank you.

I take it ones "rank" (bottom left" is always "captain"?

and how do i report damaged ships? i tell you - realistic duds and sinking times are a bitc...halenging.

[Digital_Trucker]

You be welcome, skipper:arrgh!: Yes, the rank will always be Captain. It's meant to be less of a rank and more of a title. Damaged ships, just put a comma after the number sunk, then the number damaged and the word damaged. For example Warships : 6, 3 damaged or Merchants : 12 sunk, 4 damaged. I can heartily concur about the nature of realistic duds. I've never hated the sounds "thunk", "thud" and "clang" as much as in this game.

[Ivan Putski]

You did a fine job on my update DT, thank you. That Nazi Flag looks a little lonely next to the Rising Suns, I`ll have to find it company. Puts:yeah:

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks, puts, I appreciate that. Congrats on being the first killflags member to fly that Kriegsmarine kill on their flag:yeah:

[bebemihai]

which means "RAIDING PARTIES" ?

[Digital_Trucker]

which means "RAIDING PARTIES" ?

If you are given a mission to insert a spy or drop off a group of raiders, then it is considered a raiding party. No panty raids included:D

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the family, skipper:salute:

Here are your battle flag, siggy flag and link and a link to your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Perch_swmicros.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Perch_swmicros_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Perch_swmicros_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/swmicros/SS176_USS%20Perch_Fooskin%20Black_swmicros.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[swmicros]

Thanks Digital Trucker!

Very cool indeed, what a great mod, too bad I didn't find it earlier. And of course wouldn't you know it I was offered a new Gato last night! USS Drum!

Will finish patrol and report in, sir!

Hey look at that, I'm a smarmy faced Bilge Rat! (better get posting so I can be a Silent Hunter!)

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks Digital Trucker!

Very cool indeed, what a great mod, too bad I didn't find it earlier. And of course wouldn't you know it I was offered a new Gato last night! USS Drum!

Will finish patrol and report in, sir!

Hey look at that, I'm a smarmy faced Bilge Rat! (better get posting so I can be a Silent Hunter!)

You be welcome, sir:arrgh!: and welcome to Subsim as well:yeah:. If you think that smarmy faced bilge rat looks bad, wait 'till you get "a wild night in Bangkok".:har:

[swmicros]

I've seen that :har:

something to look forward to I guess?

[Digital_Trucker]

bebemihai, your Sealion is ready:woot:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Sealion_bebemihai.jpg

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Sealion_bebemihai.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Sealion_bebemihai_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Sealion_bebemihai_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Sealion_bebemihai_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/CommissionedPlaque_USS%20Sealion_bebemihai_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Sargo/SS195%20USS%20Sealion_Combo.zip

Party on, dude:woot:

[swmicros]

What should you do regarding the battle flag stats when you are given a new boat? Start over with a new flag and new stats? Or carry over all the kills to the new flag and continue on through your career?

On one hand, I have the same crew so I think I would like to carry over the kills we have accumulated? But on the other hand the flag is boat specific?

What are other SH4 Captains doing? What did Captains do historically? When a sub Captain received a new commission did their crew go with them?

Thanks in advance

[Digital_Trucker]

Everything except the kills carry over. In other words, everything from the ribbons down is for the captain and everything above the ribbons is for the boat. So, you would keep a total for your medals and your tonnage for your career and start over with no kills and no patrols on a new boat.

[swmicros]

Everything except the kills carry over. In other words, everything from the ribbons down is for the captain and everything above the ribbons is for the boat. So, you would keep a total for your medals and your tonnage for your career and start over with no kills and no patrols on a new boat.

Ahh, now I understand the fields designated captain and boat on the War Patrol Report form. :doh:

Got it!

Thanks! :yeah:

[Wolfling04]

Been looking into filing a report for a while finally did it.

Just wanted to drop a line saying love this mod, been using it since the beginning:D

[Digital_Trucker]

Been looking into filing a report for a while finally did it.

Just wanted to drop a line saying love this mod, been using it since the beginning:D

A belated welcome aboard:salute:. I'm running a bit behind on updates, but should get caught up in the next day or so (good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise). Glad you've been enjoying sqk's baby:up:

[Digital_Trucker]

Looks like you got the Pepto-Bismol boat:D

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Sea%20Tiger_sqn7bhep.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Sea%20Tiger_sqn7bhep_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Sea%20Tiger_sqn7bhep_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/sqn7bhep/SS393%20USS%20Sea%20Tiger_sqn7bhep.zip

Enjoy and happy truck hunting;)

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome to the crew, skipper:yeah:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Guardfish_Vandrith.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Guardfish_Vandrith_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Guardfish_Vandrith_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/Vandrith/SS217%20USS%20Guardfish_Weathered_Vandrith.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Vandrith]

Great.... I got a new boat like, an hour before this was posted though. :-?

So I guess that work was for nothing.... Sorry bout that. I'll get the order for my new boat placed now though.

[Digital_Trucker]

No problemo. If it hadn't been spring break and me and the grandkids hadn't been so intent on ridding the world of Nazi Zombies, I'd have had it done, like, an hour before you got the new boat. Grandkids are all off for the weekend and then back to school on Monday, so the schedule should get back to "normal" (whatever that is).

[Vandrith]

Haha, well thanks a bunch man.

[Wolfling04]

Digital, sorry about this but I must cancel my report, I had to re-install SH4 after some file became corrupted, even my save game files.

My sincerest apologies

[Digital_Trucker]

Digital, sorry about this but I must cancel my report, I had to re-install SH4 after some file became corrupted, even my save game files.

My sincerest apologies

No apologies necessary, sorry to hear you lost your career (I really hate it when that happens). When you get a new one going, just put in another request and we'll "git 'er done".

[Digital_Trucker]

Glad you joined the circus:D

Here's your flags and your sub skin with conning tower emblem and killflags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Pike_sortofred.jpg


http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Pike_sortofred_sig.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Pike_sortofred_sig.jpg

http://battleflags.net/killflags/sortofred/SS173%20USS%20Pike_Combo_sortofred.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, skipper:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Drum_sortofred.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Drum_sortofred.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Drum_sortofred.jpg

Enjoy and happy hunting:arrgh!:

[Digital_Trucker]

Welcome aboard, Spectre15:salute:

Here's your new boat and flags:

http://battleflags.net/flags/images/BattleFlag_USS%20Cavalla_Spectre15.jpg

http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Cavalla_Spectre15.jpg http://battleflags.net/miniflags/BattleFlag_USS%20Cavalla_Spectre15.jpg

http://battleflags.net/submarines/Gato/SS244%20USS%20Cavalla_Weathered.zip

Enjoy and happy hunting, cap'n :arrgh!:

Edit : Please allow personal messages so I can send you a message when your updates or new boats are ready.

[Spectre07]

Hey Digital thanks for the Ship, I was having trouble with my Spectre15 account registering so I made this one real quick.

One quick question, sense the USS Cavalla doesn't show up as my ships name in my campaign I was wondering how to change or assign the name to my ship.

Thanks again.

Spectre.....

[Digital_Trucker]

Hey Digital thanks for the Ship, I was having trouble with my Spectre15 account registering so I made this one real quick.

One quick question, sense the USS Cavalla doesn't show up as my ships name in my campaign I was wondering how to change or assign the name to my ship.

Thanks again.

Spectre.....


Check this post out for a couple of links that should help with changing your boat to the one you want

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1054006#post1054006

[Digital_Trucker]

Unfortunately, for personal reasons, I'm going to have to stop working on the Killflags team (which consists of me and sqk, who is also unable to devote time to the mod).

If anyone is interesting in taking on the "job", please PM me. Ideally, you'd need Adobe Fireworks (for the .png work) and Photoshop. I'll probably put together a do-it-yourself kit, too, for anyone that wants to, well, do it yourself.

For you folks that have an update or a new boat request, I'll do my best to have them done ASAP.

It's been fun, folks.:salute:

[Bosn]

DT,
Sorry to hear that you'll be leaving the project.
Thank you for all that you've put into this, it has made for a much more personal experience. I'm sure there are many that agree.
Gonna miss sending in the reports and waiting for an update!

[Wolfling04]

Thanks Digital for putting together a great mod, I am sorry to hear you have to leave.

:salute:

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks, guys. It's been fun. Don't give up on the mod, though, I'm still trying to find someone (or multiple someones) who would be willing to take over.

[Digital_Trucker]

Finally got the DIY kits put together for those folks that want to do their own:

Kit with just the templates necessary for flags and skins is available here (http://files.filefront.com/KillFlags+DIY+Kitzip/;13707334;/fileinfo.html).

Kit with the above plus the Fooskins that we used as a base is available here (http://files.filefront.com/KillFlags+DIY+Kit+with+skszip/;13724172;/fileinfo.html) (This one is 300MB).

I'll try to check back if anyone has any questions.

To the folks that are waiting for updates or new boats, I'm still planning on completing what I have in line right now. My apologies for not getting them done sooner.

[Vandrith]

Wow, that's a shame DT. Gonna miss your help.

[Hmuda]

Kit with just the templates necessary for flags and skins is available here (http://files.filefront.com/KillFlags+DIY+Kitzip/;13707334;/fileinfo.html)Thanks mate. :)

[neilbyrne]

DT,
Sorry to hear this. Your mod has been one of the most immersive of the twenty or so that I've tried. I appreciate all the hard work over the many months. Fair winds and following seas.

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks again, guys. It really was a pleasure.

Still trying to find someone to take the "torch", so to speak, but no go so far.

[swmicros]

DT,

Good luck to you, and thanks for the work you did. The KillFlags mod was my favorite.

Thanks for making the DIY kit available.

[Rockin Robbins]

Darn! No server is available, blah, blah, blah! Can somebody upload both kits to Subsim? Thanks.

[Armistead]

Thanks for all your good work. Take care!

[sqk7744]

Best of Luck to You, Thanks for everything! You are one CLASS ACT! :yeah: -SQK

http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/072707/badday3/mess.jpg

http://www.compuglobalhypermeganet.tv/images/sh4/nevergiveup.jpg

[Digital_Trucker]

Thanks, boss.:D It's been my pleasure.

I've started a killflags folder in my filefront account. It's located here (http://hosted.filefront.com/digitaltrucker/2411215). I've only gotten a couple of boats uploaded, but I'll try to get more done as I can. Each zip file for a boat will have the flag patch, conning tower emblem and the skin(s) for the boat.

[SgtPotato]

I like this mod, so I recently made one and sent it. I will make a new one as my own submarine with a custom name after I'm done with my first campigan with USS Tautog. :DL

[spike12]

O.K. I got the DIY kit downloaded Now all I need is the instruction manual so I can customize my ride.:06:

EDIT;
Nevermind,I just found out I need Adobe Fireworks for it work and It looks a mite expen$ive.Sorry to bother Yas.

[French_Dude]

can any 1 help me with this installation??? i dont know how or where i should put my new skins. every things ive tryed so far has failed :(

[FADM Gryphon]

Are you guys still take New Captains?

[FADM Gryphon]

I managed to make my kill flag for my sig, based on my logs of my patrols. The question I have is what program do I need to put the flags on my conning tower? I downloaded the tang from you link.

[mainexpress]

Sorry to see you go D.T. i was just about to send in a kill flags report from my 2nd patrol of my pig-boat you made me SS-41 class SS-153.but i understand your reasons,just wanted to say thank you for your time and hardwork here at subsim and battleflags,you and many other modders have brought SH4 to a much greater and realistic level.I downloaded the DIY kit,but i do not know how to skin my conning tower,are there some instructions anywhere to do this?im gonna miss your work:cry:

[FADM Gryphon]

Sorry to see you go D.T. i was just about to send in a kill flags report from my 2nd patrol of my pig-boat you made me SS-41 class SS-153.but i understand your reasons,just wanted to say thank you for your time and hardwork here at subsim and battleflags,you and many other modders have brought SH4 to a much greater and realistic level.I downloaded the DIY kit,but i do not know how to skin my conning tower,are there some instructions anywhere to do this?im gonna miss your work:cry:

Mainexpress, I have been in contact with DT, and I am thinking of helping with the Battleflags. He is will to give me a shot and trying with the battleflags. If you want you can send me your report and I can see what I can do for ya. I have downloaded your skin. I will need your complete record as I am starting from scratch and do not have the former records of each boat. As you can see from my post here that I have made my own battle flag. And can update those.

[mainexpress]

Mainexpress, I have been in contact with DT, and I am thinking of helping with the Battleflags. He is will to give me a shot and trying with the battleflags. If you want you can send me your report and I can see what I can do for ya. I have downloaded your skin. I will need your complete record as I am starting from scratch and do not have the former records of each boat. As you can see from my post here that I have made my own battle flag. And can update those.Sounds good Gryphon thankyou, by the way my boat is S42 class{not S41} SS153 pigboat,and im in the middle of my second patrol,but when i get back to brisbane,ill file my patrol report. Oh do i PM you or got to Battleflags.net?

[FADM Gryphon]

PM me Please. DT is talking to Sks about access to battleflags.net

[Frederf]

I'd like to participate in this killflag practice as it looks like a great laugh. I'm happy to "do it myself" instead of bothering you fine folks since I'm pretty handy with photoshop and whatnot. A brief summary of what actions are taken would really help me do it for myself and even some others.

USS Pintado should be in from her 3rd patrol with about 20 merchant and 1 cruiser kill overall to her name. I think I might start over earlier in the war before I go "whole hog" with this fun as 1944 is becoming a bit of a cake walk.

[FADM Gryphon]

Frederf, I am talking with DT and he is talking to Sk about me joining Battleflag.net at the moment this mod group is inactive. Once I have permission to join it will be full steam ahead. I do have permission to make flags and work on boats from DT. I have completed your battle flag minus the tonnage since you have not informed me of that. right click on the picture and choose save as to save your battle flag to your own computer.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/Frederf.jpg

[FADM Gryphon]

For those that need to see an example of my work. Here you go. I put both the logo and the flags on this skin.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/USSStringray.png

[FADM Gryphon]

Below is the link to your boat.
http://www.filefront.com/14197719/Frederf-SS387-USS-Pintado_BALAO-HI-RES--Weathered.zip/


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/frederf-1.png

[rsvette12]

Looks great sir well done. :up:

Rich

[FADM Gryphon]

Thank You rsvette12 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=230392).

[Armistead]

Fadm, what's the process now to get the flags, same as before, just to you...

[Raven08]

Quick question on creating the flags...how are you able to maintain the image quality once you convert the edited ___tower_O1 file to .dds? Mine looks fine in photoshop until I save/compress it, then it loses quality and looks badly washed out. Is there any way to avoid this? The regular merchant flag looks fine, but the rising sun flag just bleeds together...

Thanks!


r8

[FADM Gryphon]

Fadm, what's the process now to get the flags, same as before, just to you...


Are you asking for you earn the flags?

You would send me a battle report.

[FADM Gryphon]

Quick question on creating the flags...how are you able to maintain the image quality once you convert the edited ___tower_O1 file to .dds? Mine looks fine in photoshop until I save/compress it, then it loses quality and looks badly washed out. Is there any way to avoid this? The regular merchant flag looks fine, but the rising sun flag just bleeds together...

Thanks!


r8
What is the file type before you convert it to a dds? I change the _tower_01 file from a .dds to a .bmp then do my work. Also I remade the rising sun flag. The first time you add flags save that image as you master to use in the future.

[Raven08]

Thanks, but I've just given up. :-?

In any format, once saved to .dds even on highest compression the flags just look terrible...

[FADM Gryphon]

Answer these questions below and I'll put on together for you. Again here is a pic of my USS Stringray skin and as you can see my flags are not bleeding. This maybe is due to the fact that I put a black border around my flags.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/USSStringray.png

1. What Boat (USS Something)
2. Class of boat (balao, ect...)
3. Number of warships sunk
4. Number of warships damaged
5. Number of maru sunk
6. Number of maru damaged
7. Number of junks/samipans sunk
8. Number of junks/samipans damaged
9. Number of aircraft destroyed
10. Number of aircraft damaged
11. Number of raiding parties
12. Number of pilots rescued
13. Number of total tons sunk
14. Your player's rank (LCDR, CDR, CAPT, ect...)
15. Medals you earn in the game

[Armistead]

I sent it PM. That's my second patrol. I do plan to keep the Gar throughout the war or until I die. Are you actually adding flags for each patrol....I wouldn't bother you again until about mid career, I just like the look of some flags with my emblems.

[FADM Gryphon]

Right now as I am doing nothing I can do it each patrol. Until sks gets me set up on the killflag site you will have to pm me directly.

[FADM Gryphon]

LCDR Armistead here is your Battleflag I am still working on the skin.

Right click on it and choose "save as". to copy it to your pc.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/Armistead-1.png

[FADM Gryphon]

Here is a pic of your boat LCDR Armistead. I should have it zipped up and uploaded for you to download soon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/Armistead-2.png


Good Luck and Good Hunting!

[FADM Gryphon]

Click on the following link to download your boat. Being you have already used a skin from battle flags site, I presume you know how to install it. If you have any questions feel free to pm me.

http://www.filefront.com/14293727/Armistead%20SS-209%20USS%20Grayling.zip

[Armistead]

Thank You Sir.......

[FADM Gryphon]

Your quite welcome.

[Raven08]

Answer these questions below and I'll put on together for you. Again here is a pic of my USS Stringray skin and as you can see my flags are not bleeding. This maybe is due to the fact that I put a black border around my flags.



Thanks for the help! The battle flags were causing the bleed over/corruption so I searched around and found / edited a new one. I'm happy with 'em so I'm gonna stick with it.

Again, thanks for the help!

r8

[FADM Gryphon]

Here the USS Sealion with your flags.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/sealion.png






If you like it here is the link to download her.

http://www.filefront.com/14300911/Raven08%20SS195%20USS%20Sealion_Combo.zip


Good luck and Good Hunting!

[Raven08]

Here the USS Sealion with your flags.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/dristen/Battleflags/sealion.png






If you like it here is the link to download her.

http://www.filefront.com/14300911/Raven08%20SS195%20USS%20Sealion_Combo.zip


Good luck and Good Hunting!


That'll work, thanks!

[FADM Gryphon]

Np glad you like it.

[I'm goin' down]

I request a Balao and registered for it several weeks ago. The workers must have gone on strike. I have an emblem which was designed by Gunfighter which I can email. What is the story?

[I'm goin' down]

Is anybody home to adminster this site? Did the famous Digital Trucker go AWOL? Will some one reply to my post. I can have gunfigher send the emblem.

[Raven08]

I think DT has put the kill flag site on hold due to time / rl restrictions. I would try PMing FADM Gryphon to get your flags put on the tower.

~raven~

[TwinStackPete379]

With no prior modding experience whatsoever, i have managed to figure out how to use Gimp and the downloadable skins from BattleFlags.net to modify the skins and conning tower to put my own battle flags on the tower. If you're starting from zero knowledge about this stuff it's somewhat frustrating, however, if you already have/know how to use photoshop or Gimp, you'll be way ahead of me. The idea of personalizing my sub was very appealing to me, so that was enough to light a fire under my ass to do it. If you use the battleflags skins they will point you to which files have to be modified, and you can just "save as" directly into the skin folder from which you got the tower skin from.
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab342/Tigershark496/twopatrolslater.jpg
I got around the numeral reversal by using a the roman numeral V intead of 5
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab342/Tigershark496/finishedSS496USSTigershark.jpg
I used Tigershark patterns from a good pic to get the pattern for the tigershark stripes

[DigitalAura]

wow! really nice!:yeah:

[Raven08]

Really nice, like the stripes! :up:

[FADM Gryphon]

Busy woth work be back in a week to start up doing skins again.

[Sonicfire1981]

Gosh I hope this Mod is still up to date. love it.
Recently started playing SH4 again and finally ended 2nd Patrol. Even Sunk an Ise BB. cant wait to see that symbol on my tower.
Filed a Patrol Report earlier, but now a question arises.... If i file my second (or any subsequent) Report, do i report the kills of that patrol, or the total number of all kills in all patrols?

[gAiNiAc]

I forgot how to do something........

I have the custom emblem for the conning tower but it just got upgraded to the cut-down late war version. Their is some proceedure with Skywalkers utility I need to do in order for the battle-flag to appear on the late war tower.........Anyone knoe what it is?

[gAiNiAc]

Is the site down?

Hello?????

[gAiNiAc]

Bump.

[I'm goin' down]

I have a gato, the SS Barb. It has an emblem similar to the one below, but Gunfighter has redesgined it.

see below for the new emblem. I want to the redesigned emblem on a Balao. What do you want me to do? The redesined emblem is on photobucket and I can give you the password to download it.

[Kirby_TFS]

Is someone picking up this program and running with it, or is it really dead? Always looked forward of returning from patrol and updating my tower with my achievements. Hopefully some takes the job on and continues this great program.

[I'm goin' down]

See post #1469. The delay is inexcusable. The captain of this thread should either:
1. Get to work.
2. Resign
3. Be relieved.
:stare:

[Rockin Robbins]

Guys, it was announced months ago. Digital Trucker has things going on in his life that are a lot more important than decorating the conning towers of virtual submarines, as great as those are. He announced he would have to step away for personal reasons. Sqk7744 has been away for longer than that.

When he left, DT carefully laid out the tools of the trade, asking for someone to step up and take over the Battleflags project. No one did. TwinStack, I hereby nominate you, if you're willing, to step in here and work your great magic as you see fit. You certainly have the talent and the eye for detail it entails.

Unfortunately, when someone volunteers to help, sometimes others take it upon themselves to demand service as a right. There is no right to confiscate the time and life of a volunteer. I think we should discuss nicely what's going on here, if anything IS going on. And we should do it with appreciation for the time and skills (if any) which are offered. You guys are my friends. You know I'm not saying this to be nasty.

It's fun to work on something of your own volition and offer it to the community. It is NO FUN to then be subject to the demanding masses squawking for service and attention. That is the number one reason for modder burnout.

[FADM Gryphon]

After I get moved I will be coming back to do skins but Real life comes first.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Guys, it was announced months ago. Digital Trucker has things going on in his life that are a lot more important than decorating the conning towers of virtual submarines, as great as those are. He announced he would have to step away for personal reasons. Sqk7744 has been away for longer than that.


Related to this from a couple of pages back: Digital Trucker moving on (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1095287&postcount=1412)

He and sqk did awesome work here.

After I get moved I will be coming back to do skins but Real life comes first.

As it should . Look forward to your return FADM.

[I'm goin' down]

I have been stuck in the sea floor pumping water for a few months. I have been down here so long I thought this was Real Life.:wah:

Oh, by the way, my Gato, designed by DT and decorated by Gunfighter is the prettiest and finest in the fleet.:DL

[peabody]

I have been stuck in the sea floor pumping water for a few months.

A few months????:har: You trying to empty the boat or the ocean?

Peabody

[Rockin Robbins]

A pretty sub is a happy sub, except when you have to pump water out of it for a few months. These guys were amazing and I'm sure that when others get Killflags back up to speed they will be amazing too!

[takeoffde]

After I get moved I will be coming back to do skins but Real life comes first.

Hallo sqk7744, FADM Gryphon or kill flag maker at CINCPAC,
toaday I have sent one war patrol report to you.
About 1.3 million tons, 200 ships, or last 3 patrols with the USS Balao 86 ships. To often refueled within a patrol.

Hopefully is not to much work, but it may a good challenge to create a nice kill flag to show that on my tower and in this forum.

And I go crazy to see your nice creation. :salute:

Thanks a lot. No ship is secure on the sea. :arrgh!:

[Sevrin]

or last 3 patrols with the USS Balao 86 ships. To often refueled within a patrol.


86 ships on 3 patrols? lol :88)

[takeoffde]

86 ships on 3 patrols? lol :88)
For sure no fake. I had 3 awesome patrols at Rabaul. Convoy after convoy and refueled at Tubulagi close to Honicara, Guadalcanal, april 1943. Hard work, but fun. greetings

[I'm goin' down]

I think the Killflags site is down as the captains who administered it are taking a break. See the posts above for information. Note the following re the 86 ships sunk.

A Balao payload is 24. Sixteen torpedeos in the stern compartments and eight aft. If you sink one ship per torpedo, you would expend a total of 96 torpedoes in four journeys (initial mission plus three refueling stops) [24 torpedoes per payload x 4 mission/refueling stops = 96 torpedoes].

Assuming you sink one shp per shot, it is not possible to sink 86 ships if you only refuel and replenish the topedo payload three times. If add to the refueling stops the initial mission departure (for a total of 4 journeys fully armed), that would creat a possibility, but a slim one. (86 targets sunk/24 torpedoes per payload = 3.583 missions [rounded to 4.0 consisting of the initial mission plus three refueling stops]).

Since 86 ships were sunk, ships were sunk at the rate of 1 ship per every 1.14 torpedoes fired (1.14 = 96 torpdoes/86 ships sunk). This is a kill rate per torpedo of 89.58 percent (89.58% = 86 ships sunk/96 torpedoes fired). I submit that this is an impossibility unless manual targeting turned off and/or you have unlimited torpedoes. Almost 90 percent of targets were hit and sunk with one shot. That is unfeasible and extremely unlikely. Experience tells us that many ships, like warships, take multiple hits before sinking. Play with unlimited torpedoes and you can do it, but it is not realistic.

Further, you can sink ships forever if you continue to refuel. But that is not realistic either.

Other than that, congratulations.:salute:

[takeoffde]

I"m going down

Thanks for your message. I have never made a screenshot of patrol end report, when I come back to the harbor.

You see the sunk ships, total sunk tons and so one.

If you exactly discribe the way to make screenshots of the game, I will deliver your information. Than all your accountings of killrates, percentage and more will be resolved.

Best regards. takeoffde.



[DEPENDANCIES]
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11 New Ships + Yamato AA Fix by Miner1436=23
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different smoke (1.4, 1.5, RSRDC)=28
Dowly's NeinHerrKaleu Mod=29
SS285 USS Balao HI-RES Weathered=30

*****
There are no cheats on my stock 1.5

[I'm goin' down]

I do not dispute that you sunk 86 ships. (I do not care if you sunk 86 or 86,000 ships.) I don't think you did it with manual targeting and you had to be playing with unlimited torpedoes.

Using auto targeting is the only way to get the job done.

I note that you have a November 2009 join date. I doubt whether you have mastered manual targeting in less than a month.

[takeoffde]

Good morning,

I play since Silent Hunter 1. I"am on the the german Silent Hunter forum since years. You are not disputing me. I don"t play with unlimeted torpedos. Look to my JSGME.ini. I play only for me without cheating. Manuell targeting I always do, the thing is, reach the convoy ships with tactics close enough. And sometimes it failed, too.

This kind of discussing I always like to avoid.
***I only want this kill flag files from one of the kill flags maker.***

No parade, no cheating, no fishing for compliments.

Anyway, you aren"t giving me the way to make screenshots of the game.

Best regards takeoffde.

[I'm goin' down]

Hit the button above to make a screen shot. How you upload it to your post is something I have not done, but ask in the main forum and you will find out. I cannot be difficult to do.

[peabody]

Assuming you sink one shp per shot, it is not possible to sink 86 ships if you only refuel and replenish the topedo payload three times.

I'm goin' down,

There is no need to insult the man, when you don't have your facts straight. You have no idea how many torpedoes he fired. A "patrol" is considered leaving your home base, sinking ships, and returning to base. He said and I quote:

3 patrols with the USS Balao 86 ships. To often refueled within a patrol.

He went on 3 Patrols and refueled and rearmed during each one of the three patrols, since a rearm is automatic when you refuel. So even though he went on 3 "Patrols" he may have rearmed 12 times, you have no way of knowing. Rearming from a supply ship and sinking more ships in not considered a patrol as far as the game is concerned. Your Patrol ends when you return to base. You could actually do one Patrol for the entire war if you chose to.

Peabody

[I'm goin' down]

If I wanted to insult him I would have insulted him. I was trying to figure out how many times he rearmed. So, I took the conservative position. It is not possible to tell from his post. I try not to rearm, as that leads me to waste torpedoes. 86 ships is a lot of ships, and since he is proud of his achievements I thought I would try to figure out how many times he went on the attack. Maybe I should have asked him? Maybe he is an Ace?

[Laconic]

If I wanted to insult him I would have insulted him. I was trying to figure out how many times he rearmed. So, I took the conservative position. It is not possible to tell from his post. I try not to rearm, as that leads me to waste torpedoes. 86 ships is a lot of ships, and since he is proud of his achievements I thought I would try to figure out how many times he went on the attack. Maybe I should have asked him? Maybe he is an Ace?

Maybe. Not safe to assume something based on his post count/join date. He could have been an original programmer on SH1 for all we know.

[DES_SNIPER]

Can't we all just get along???

[peabody]

If I wanted to insult him I would have insulted him.

The reason I made the remark is he told you he went on 3 Patrols and you stated "it is not possible to sink 86 ships if you only refuel and replenish the topedo payload three times" and " you had to be playing with unlimited torpedoes" So I am showing that he did not have to be playing with unlimited torpedoes because 3 Patrols is different than 3 Refits and you simply misunderstood what he said.

"I submit that this is an impossibility unless manual targeting turned off and/or you have unlimited torpedoes." And I submit that it is not Impossible because you were assuming he only reloaded 3 times, and that is not what he said.

He told you how many ships he sank, that he used manual targeting and did not have unlimited torpedoes and there was no need for you to imply he was not telling the truth.
After you tell him you don't believe him and then tell him he can't learn manual targeting in a month (people can learn it in a day) you don't accept my explanation and basically tell me to butt out you will do what you want with your "If I wanted to insult him I would have insulted him"

So carry on. But don't try to hide behind " I was trying to figure out how many times he rearmed." You flat out told him what he was saying was impossible.

Maybe you should read Webster's signature line again.

Peabody

[takeoffde]

peabody

I couldn"t say it better.

I"m going down

learning by doing, and you will have an ace ship sunk rate. :salute:

[Rockin Robbins]

What makes the game great is your ability to play it the way you want. If I load up my slightly subnuclear Mark 14s and Cuties, plus my slightly subnuclear deck gun I can sink 100,000 tons in ten minutes. You should try it some time. It's a blast!

On the other hand, I can load up TMO, restrict myself to no reloads on a cruise, load up RSRD and consider myself to have a banner cruise if I can down 30,000 tons.

But it would be foolish to compare the two numbers. It would be equally foolish for the 30,000 ton guy to disparage the 100,000 ton in 10 minutes guy or the other way around either. Both achievements are notable. Both were fun. What's not to like?

Each of us plays the game to our own taste. Although we are free to describe the way we play in an enticing way so as to induce others to do it our way, requiring them to play our way just doesn't make sense. When you take the right to someone else's freedom, you give consent for your own to be taken.

[DES_SNIPER]

He didnt state if he used the deck gun...also he could be counting junks, fishing boats, and sampans. Those add up pretty quick as you often come acrossed them in 2's or 3;s.

[takeoffde]

He didnt state if he used the deck gun...also he could be counting junks, fishing boats, and sampans. Those add up pretty quick as you often come acrossed them in 2's or 3;s.


I use the ordinary 4.5 gun. The canon mate is upgraded to a sharpshooter during the game.

Basically I don"t sink sampan and the little boats, the were owned by local people during WW 2 and were under threat by the japanese.

Rockin: You are right: All the various possibilities to succeed and stay alive until war end make the game exceptional.
Since Aces of the deep !

Note, hey you guys are coming from sunshine state and california, nice weather over there. :damn:

[peabody]

I use the ordinary 4.5 gun. The canon mate is upgraded to a sharpshooter during the game.

Basically I don"t sink sampan and the little boats, the were owned by local people during WW 2 and were under threat by the japanese.


And a lot of those friendly little Sampans were giving away your locations too.:03: I mean wouldn't you tell someone if you say the enemy attacking even if you were not in the military. I am not saying go shoot up a bunch of Sampans but that is why some people do.

Peabody

[FADM Gryphon]

I have returned but my doing skins will be delay a bit longer as my computer died and I am in the process of reinstalling programs please bear with me.

[FADM Gryphon]

PS CS installed now to get the mods of SH$ on addons I need for PS and the paint shop will reopen.:woot:

[FADM Gryphon]

An apology for my lack of services as I promised once I got moved. Due to computer issues I am very frustrated at the moment. My computer has crashed on me twice to the point I needed to reinstall windows XP after having an irrecoverable blue screen of death right after the windows splash screen. And as if the that was not enough I am getting dll file errors when trying to install SH4. So at the moment I feel like I am on the bottom of the sea floor unable to emergency blow.

[CH3NO2]

Is anyone still doing this? I have downloaded and installed the skin for my ship. Just wondered if this was still active. Thanks

[FADM Gryphon]

Here it is April and ubisoft is pissing me off with there canned answers if i can't get my unlock code this time I am going to have to contact their customer service and complain for the lack of service!