[REL] Silent Skins U-9D2 & U-18

[Snaptrap]

**UPDATED**

After a few hours working on the NSM for Silent Hunter v1.5, I decided to take a break from looking at digits (I'd swear I was going blind). Fooskin did some nice skins for the American submarines so I thought as a side project, it would be good to do clean skins for the U-boats. If I die while trying to undertake so many projects at once, then I'm glad to know it's for a good cause. There's two versions. One is a simple copy over and the other is for JSGME.

The skins do have small imperfections but not serious.

U-9D2 DOWNLOAD (http://www.mediafire.com/?tyteqzjjt1z)
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U-18 DOWNLOAD (http://www.mediafire.com/?3tn0zh5cykz)
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[linerkiller]

nice skins! d/l now

[Rolf Eschke]

Good work !
Thanks for creating them,
Regards
Rolf

[Fish40]

Real nice:up: Thanks!

[Snaptrap]

I'm going to need to fix it up later cause some of the rivets are missing for some reason. When I make an update in about 10hrs, I'll revise the current U-9D2 skin.

Stay tuned.

[longdog499]

Great work. Thanks.:up:

[andycaccia]

Beautiful clean skins:up:

[Digital_Trucker]

Very nice skins.

One request, though. Could you use jpg format for your screenshots instead of the ridiculously overbloated .png format? Close to a megabyte per small pic is a bit of a strain on even the broadband users, much less the dialup folks. It will make uploading them easier on yourself as well:up:

[SilentOtto]

PNG is not overbloated, it is an amazingly versatile, free and open image format.

It can offer lossless compression, jpeg offers huge compression, at the cost of huge quality loss.

PNGs can of course be tweaked to be much "lighter" files, tweaking compression method and level.

And after all, in this case it might be justified to use a high quality format, since he is showing a hard work in his skins, not just a funny "Bernard" screenie or torpedo shot.

My 2 euro cents.

[Snaptrap]

They are officially done. Not nearly as difficult to make the U-18 as it was the U-9D2.

[Snaptrap]

Very nice skins.

One request, though. Could you use jpg format for your screenshots instead of the ridiculously overbloated .png format? Close to a megabyte per small pic is a bit of a strain on even the broadband users, much less the dialup folks. It will make uploading them easier on yourself as well:up:

Converting now. Gimme a few minutes. I'm sorry about that, I didn't realize until uploading the new screens.

[Digital_Trucker]

PNG is not overbloated, it is an amazingly versatile, free and open image format.

It can offer lossless compression, jpeg offers huge compression, at the cost of huge quality loss.

PNGs can of course be tweaked to be much "lighter" files, tweaking compression method and level.

And after all, in this case it might be justified to use a high quality format, since he is showing a hard work in his skins, not just a funny "Bernard" screenie or torpedo shot.

My 2 euro cents.

I dare you to tell the difference with your naked eye between an 80% jpeg and a .png. My redneck 2 cents:rotfl: Seriously, you're talking about a screenshot from a game which can only be so "high quality".



Converting now. Gimme a few minutes. I'm sorry about that, I didn't realize until uploading the new screens.

Thanks, Snaptrap. Sorry if I came off a bit like a grumpy old man. Oh wait, I am a grumpy old man:damn: Grumpy or not, they're still great skins.:up:

[Vorkapitan]

love the look of the rivets.....good job!

[Snaptrap]

Thanks, Snaptrap. Sorry if I came off a bit like a grumpy old man. Oh wait, I am a grumpy old man:damn: Grumpy or not, they're still great skins.:up:

That's not a problem. I never interpreted it as a grumpy comment. It needed to be done. Besides, I'm too tired to notice. One more update for today and then time for rest.

[Ishigami]

I don’t see the skins for download in you filefront account.
Did you delete them from your account or am I blind?

[Xantrokoles]

I don’t see the skins for download in you filefront account.
Did you delete them from your account or am I blind?
<-----:yep: *too*

But Snaptrap...
... I really like your skins. I said you got skills and you should stay with this types of mods(I mean not-cheater-mods) IMO:up:
kep up your work:rock:

[keltos01]

beautiful skins ! no barnacles / algae on the hull ? I saw some pics of the I 400 series and although they didn't see much service, their hull is covered with barnacles underwater ..

[Snaptrap]

I don’t see the skins for download in you filefront account.
Did you delete them from your account or am I blind?

I did delete them. I will repost them later in the week. Maybe. Then again, after seeing the ridiculous new avatar, I probably won't.

[Ishigami]

Thanks for the info, looking forward to their rerelease :yep:

[Snaptrap]

Thanks for the info, looking forward to their rerelease :yep:

Thankfully they will be reposted but after some time away from modding for a while. I've almost run myself into the ground with my job and work on the mods. Perhaps someone else can post them until I return.

[SubSuck]

Can you please repost them already or I'll have to come over to your house and slap you. We both know that I know where you live. I can see your house from here. Please post them so I can dump the rust buckets!!!!!!

[Snaptrap]

Can you please repost them already or I'll have to come over to your house and slap you. We both know that I know where you live. I can see your house from here. Please post them so I can dump the rust buckets!!!!!!

Yeah, and we both know you suck more than subs. :rotfl:

I dumped FileFront for a more direct download system. They are DONE!

[Ishigami]

Very nice thank you :up:

[Snaptrap]

Would you guys like these skins in another color? Solid black perhaps?

[Ishigami]

Hhm I wouldn’t need it. I’m happy with these historical color schemes, thanks.

[kurfürst]

Hey Snaptrap,

thank you for the brilliant skin you made for the IX D2 U-boat.
If You´re thinking of making other skins fot that sub, can you make
one of a battle scared?

I´ve attached two links which show U-861, a Monsun U-boat under the command of Juergen Oesten returning from Surabaya to Trondheim in Norway:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/arnd278/02.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/arnd278/01.jpg

Would be great if you could skin that one!

Gute Jagd, Arnd

[Rockin Robbins]

I don’t see the skins for download in you filefront account.
Did you delete them from your account or am I blind? <-----:yep: *too*

But Snaptrap...
... I really like your skins. I said you got skills and you should stay with this types of mods(I mean not-cheater-mods) IMO:up:
kep up your work:rock:

Boooo! Hissssss! May Persians invade and turn Greece into a kebab factory!:huh:

[Rockin Robbins]

Hey Snaptrap,

thank you for the brilliant skin you made for the IX D2 U-boat.
If You´re thinking of making other skins fot that sub, can you make
one of a battle scared?

I´ve attached two links which show U-861, a Monsun U-boat under the command of Juergen Oesten returning from Surabaya to Trondheim in Norway:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/arnd278/02.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll310/arnd278/01.jpg

Would be great if you could skin that one!

Gute Jagd, Arnd

Wow!!!! I'd download that instantly!

[Rockin Robbins]

Would you guys like these skins in another color? Solid black perhaps?

I'd still love a good dazzle paint camouflage U-Boat. Decks should be gray for underwater invisibility to planes but dazzle paint the hull.

Realism junkies may now throw sharp objects in my general direction...:sunny:

[DrBeast]

Boooo! Hissssss! May Persians invade and turn Greece into a kebab factory!:huh:

Heeeeey! We're already one big gyro and souvlaki factory! :rotfl:

[DrBeast]

By the way, all you guys who downloaded and enjoyed this mod, please take a look here (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=874791&postcount=63). I'm afraid there's some bad news with regards to Snaptrap...

[Sub Marauder]

These skins were by far his best work though I have to say the Silent Fire mod consumed most of his time. Very nicely done bro.

Ron.