[REL] Animated Fans (interior)

[skwasjer]

Animated Fans (version 1.0)

© 2007-2008 skwas. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: Use at your own risk. Distribution, commercial use and or
(re)selling of this package are prohibited. Developed in 2007-2008 by skwas,
a game enthusiast and ubergeek :o)


DESCRIPTION

This mod adds animated fans to the interiors of all US submarines. Note that some control rooms have 2/3 fans, and some conning towers have up to 2. I therefor made a selection and didn't animate all of them, to avoid too much CPU load and also because I liked to keep some fans static (turned off).

PREVIEW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkHbYBrfsDE

DOWNLOAD

Stock SH4 1.5 (UBM) release - http://files.filefront.com/Animated+Fans+SH4UBM+v11rar/;11925008;/fileinfo.html
TMO compatible release - http://files.filefront.com/Animated+Fans+TMO+v11rar/;11924963;/fileinfo.html
RFB 1.5x has this mod included.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Extract to MODS folder.
2. Install with JSGME. With the TMO version, install after TMO.
3. Run game.

COMPATIBILITY

The title of this mod tells you which game version/other mods (if any) it is compatible with. Since I modified the interior files of all US submarines and also the SH.SDL file, conflicts may and will occur when other interior mods are installed on top. This may result in the animations being disabled again. In essense you should not install any mod that also modifies the interiors over this mod as this will disable the animations. Also, sound mods that modify the SH.SDL may cause CTD's if the fan sound entry is removed or vice versa.

Do not install an incorrect version of this mod either on other interior mods. This may lead to yet more CTD's. If in doubt, drop me a line.

If you play the stock SH4 v1.5/UBM game, get that version. If you play with TMO, use the TMO version. An RFB release will not be provided as it will be included in a future RFB patch directly.

MERGING THE ANIMATIONS WITH OTHER INTERIOR/SOUND MODS

See further down the thread.

CHANGELOG

Version 1.1 - 29-09-2008:

Some fans had an incorrect material assignment. This didn't cause any
critical problems, but the affected fans weren't accurately rendered.
TMO-version: The Gato CR fan was assigned a material that did not exist.
TMO-version: The map on the table in the Salmon CR had incorrect UV-data, causing incorrect rendering of the map. (note: this was the original object from which the static fan was removed)SPECIAL THANKS

vickers03 = for making the TMO version of this mod.

CREDITS

Ubi = for the original model that I split in two
jrex53 = for the idea.
LukeFF = fan sound file / testing

PERMISSIONS

Apart from the disclaimer in the header (which is directed at commercial use), anyone can use, modify and redistribute this mod, as long as it's free, non-commercial and the original readme is included. Have fun!

[Orion2012]

Defenatly gonna DL and try out. Hopefully no mod conflicts.

[skwasjer]

It won't be compatible with any of the major mods as of yet (TM/RFB, sound mods, etc). I'll do my best but it would be great if some other modders can help out. I prefer working on S3D again now... :hmm:

Making it compatible would involve doing some exports/imports of chunks, and modifying the SDL file if necessary so if anyone wants to try, let me know.

[pozine]

what do you mean for fleet boats? cruisers? CT, CR ? carrier? player sub???

This mod adds animated fans to the interiors of all Fleetboats. Note that some
CR's have 2/3 fans, and some CT's have up to 2 : by skwasjer

pozine

[DeepIron]

CR = Control Room
CT = Conning Tower

[skwasjer]

Yea, and by Fleetboats I ment US submarines. I'll correct my terminology...

[ReallyDedPoet]

Wow :yep::o Very nice work :up:


RDP

[Fearless]

That is great stuff. :up:

[Task Force]

Nice mod. Makes the boat look more alive.;)

[CaptainNemo]

Is it possible to release this mod for v.1.4?

[elanaiba]

Great work!

We aimed to put something like this in the game, but wanted to stop them when silent running. No time :(

[tigone]

Those look awesome. Can't wait to install them, as my laptop gets pretty hot running the game sometimes.:D

[STEED]

WOW :o

Must add that one to my mods. :up:

[skwasjer]

Is it possible to release this mod for v.1.4?

Currently I don't have access to a clean 1.4 install available. I may do it, but only after I made it compatible to some of the supermods.

Great work!

We aimed to put something like this in the game, but wanted to stop them when silent running. No time :(
Yes, that's the only downside which also means the mod may be less interesting for people that go for realism. I am interested to hear from players if they find the extra environmental sounds of the fans too distracting as well. I tried to keep it as subtle as possible.

[FIREWALL]

Kool mod :up:

Just in time. It's 90F here.:sunny: I'll use it for my background.

Woo Hoo !!! Two more fans to beat the Heat. :sunny:

[Vorkapitan]

SIMPLY MARVELOUS!!

:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

[Seminole]

To tell the truth ....the fans didn't do anything for me...but that Bikini Contest at the Buffalo Chip that followed after..well if you can mod that into my boat.... :()1:

[Vorkapitan]

To tell the truth ....the fans didn't do anything for me...but that Bikini Contest at the Buffalo Chip that followed after..well if you can mod that into my boat.... :()1:

THAT'S WHY THEY NEEDED THE FANS :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[pozine]

thanks skwasjer and DeepIron

and this mod look nice! :yep:

[Will-Rommel]

Rock on!

Is there any fans on U-Boat to activate too? I never noticed! :lol:

[vickers03]

hi skwas,
i would like to help, but i have a question regarding importing 3d models into the game .dat within the silent editor.
the problem is that the model doesn't stay on it's node,
when importing it seems ok, but after saving and reloading the model is back in the root list.
i have the ID of the model correctly listed in the
"linked 3d model" window.
:hmm: :hmm: :hmm:
thanks in advance:ping:

[skwasjer]

Verify that the index of the model is lower than the index of the node that references it (use the move chunk up/down buttons in the toolbar). That should fix it...

[vickers03]

that's it. thanks!
now, should i do the TMO or RFB version, if you
haven't already?:lol:

[skwasjer]

Hi Vickers03, thanks for the offer!

The RFB team will include it themselfs, so no worries about that.

If you want to try TMO out, be my guest. I'm sure people will be thankful.

All fans can be found by searching for the string 'FanBlades'. This will bring you to a child node. You will have to move that chunk together with all the children and it's direct parents (and their children as well) to the TMO interiors.

See the shot below as an example. All chunks from 594 to 609 must be copied and it replaces the 3 chunks (model + node + label) in the TMO interior counterpart file. In principle, nothing else needs to be done. Repeat for every fanblade.

Forget about the red text in the screenshot, this comment was directed to one of the RFB crew for another issue.

If you have problems, let me know. And if you release it, let me know too. I will then add it to the 1st post.

http://sh4.skwas.net/temp/fanbug.jpg

[vickers03]

should be no problem,
thanks again for your great editor:cool:

[skwasjer]

Oh, and don't forget to copy the SoundSource controller chunks from the DSD files too.

In the SDL file, the bottom most entry must be copied as well...

[tonschk]

Rock on!

Is there any fans on U-Boat to activate too? I never noticed! :lol:


I think I never saw a fan inside a U-Boot , not really 100% sure :hmm:

[tonschk]

Already installed and enabled , working fine , thank you very much :up:

[skwasjer]

Many thanks to vickers03 for making the TMO release. I've uploaded it, you can find a link in the first post. I was unable to test it myself, but if there are any problems let us know.

Say thanks to vickers03 everyone! :yep:

[tonschk]

Thank you vickers03 :up:

[capthelm]

great job..well done

[gAiNiAc]

Thanks for this mod!

I used to think I was crazy every time I looked at the fans it really bothered me that they weren't operating!

Now I know their are other people as crazy as me!

:)

[Rolf Eschke]

Fans ?!
I think this makes it easier for the Destroyers to find me,but it looks Good.
Thanks
Rolf

[Crockett]

btw.... What is that mod that allows player to move the camera freely around inside the sub, like in that youtube clip?

[Jaeger]

btw.... What is that mod that allows player to move the camera freely around inside the sub, like in that youtube clip?

go to the command oom and try strg-F2:up: (or was it shift f2?)

[Crockett]

That worked. Thanks!

:up:

[Seminole]

I finally got around to trying this mod..vanilla 1.5 version.

Only one fan..the one in the rear is working. I installed via JSGME..so why isn't the fan, the one on the overhead near the map table, not running?...:shifty:

The U-tube video has both running....:yep:

[skwasjer]

Only a selection of fans in both the CR and CT are animated. It depends on the sub you play with. ;)

[Hartmann]

Could be nice the possibility of turn off the fans during dived operation. (less battery power and noise.:88)

[skwasjer]

Not possible afaik. Read, one of the devs commented on page one of this thread how they wanted to include this in the game, but couldn't due to timeconstraints.

[Seminole]

Only a selection of fans in both the CR and CT are animated. It depends on the sub you play with. ;)

Ok..thanks...:up:

[skwasjer]

The downloads have been replaced by version 1.1, which fixes some minor issues. Up to you to decide if you download the new pack. See first post for more details.

RFB includes this mod in their upcoming major release (coming soon) as well :up:

[tonschk]

The downloads have been replaced by version 1.1, which fixes some minor issues. Up to you to decide if you download the new pack. See first post for more details.

RFB includes this mod in their upcoming major release (coming soon) as well :up:

Thank you very much for this mod Skwasjer , if I want to install this new version 1.1 , I must uninstall and delete the first old version of the spinning fans ? , thank you

[skwasjer]

Hi tonschk,

yes, the new version is a full release. You can disable and delete the old v1.0 version. :up:

[wetwarev7]

Great work! I just love bells and whistles! :up::up::up:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work on the new version :up:


RDP

[runningdeer]

Thanx for this MOD. I use it with my TMO/RSRDC. Works great! :up:

[Bulkhead]

Cool:up: Is it possible to make all fan spin?

[skwasjer]

Sure it's possible, but I'm not going to. As posted earlier, since fans can't be turned off I decided to animate only some of them. Also, there's the trade off of performance (each animation takes up some cpu/gpu time) versus looks. So, I'm done with the mod...

But I'm not stopping anyone else willing to do so.

[silent killer]

:up: thank you sir for the fan mod very nicely done

[TopcatWA]

Cool Man Cool.:up: :up: A great little mod to make things a little more realistic.:D

[Kruger]

I have encountered a problem with it, maybe it's something that happened only to me. You can find it here.

[skwasjer]

Great work!

We aimed to put something like this in the game, but wanted to stop them when silent running. No time :(

Hey Dan, I finally managed to tie it to silent running... :yep:
Additionally, the animation also stops when you are hunted by the enemy.

http://sh4.skwas.net/media/fan_on_off.wmv

Will take some time to work it all together for all interiors, but it's coming... :up:

[Stary Wuj]

Great work!

We aimed to put something like this in the game, but wanted to stop them when silent running. No time :(
Hey Dan, I finally managed to tie it to silent running... :yep:
Additionally, the animation also stops when you are hunted by the enemy.

http://sh4.skwas.net/media/fan_on_off.wmv

Will take some time to work it all together for all interiors, but it's coming... :up:

Nice idea, I don't like animated fans very much, but I have no choice, this is part of newest TMO patch.

Stary Wuj

[ReallyDedPoet]

Great work!

We aimed to put something like this in the game, but wanted to stop them when silent running. No time :(
Hey Dan, I finally managed to tie it to silent running... :yep:
Additionally, the animation also stops when you are hunted by the enemy.

http://sh4.skwas.net/media/fan_on_off.wmv

Will take some time to work it all together for all interiors, but it's coming... :up:

Wow, very nice work :yep::up:


RDP

[Stary Wuj]

It looks, that I have some stuttering with animated fans :cry:
Very unstable framerate, from +- 25 to +- 70 fps.

But.......mayby some environment mod added to TMO is reason, not sure.
It is possible to disable this fans? Animation is embedded in latest TMO patch,
too many files affected, I don't know how to remove animated fans without problems
with rest of Trigger_Maru.

What a pity :cry:

Stary Wuj

[skwasjer]

The animations are not so heavy weight that they would cause a drop of 50 FPS. In fact, it should be barely noticable, so I suspect something else is the cause (but I can't know for sure).

I am not responsible for embedding the animations in the TMO interiors, this was Ducimus' choice. You can use S3D to replace the new fan stuff with stock yourself (if you search for the label 'FanBlades', you will find the relevant chunks). If you look a bit back into this thread you will find some more details on what needs to be done to include the mod in other mods. You just have to reverse the process.

I am not going to publish patches for other mods to remove the animations myself.

[Stary Wuj]

I am not going to publish patches for other mods to remove the animations myself.

I understand, and thank You for the answer, I try different solutions now.
Thank You!

Stary Wuj

[skwasjer]

I forgot to say, it is not so hard to remove the animation, Just open the modded interior files and then remove all child controllers and properties of all the fanblade nodes. Animations are then disabled...

[ConvoyFromTheDeep]

Animated Fans (version 1.0)

© 2007-2008 skwas. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: Use at your own risk. Distribution, commercial use and or
(re)selling of this package are prohibited. Developed in 2007-2008 by skwas,
a game enthusiast and ubergeek :o)


DESCRIPTION

This mod adds animated fans to the interiors of all US submarines. Note that some control rooms have 2/3 fans, and some conning towers have up to 2. I therefor made a selection and didn't animate all of them, to avoid too much CPU load and also because I liked to keep some fans static (turned off).

PREVIEW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkHbYBrfsDE

DOWNLOAD

Stock SH4 1.5 (UBM) release - http://files.filefront.com/Animated+Fans+SH4UBM+v11rar/;11925008;/fileinfo.html
TMO compatible release - http://files.filefront.com/Animated+Fans+TMO+v11rar/;11924963;/fileinfo.html
RFB 1.5x has this mod included.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Extract to MODS folder.
2. Install with JSGME. With the TMO version, install after TMO.
3. Run game.

COMPATIBILITY

The title of this mod tells you which game version/other mods (if any) it is compatible with. Since I modified the interior files of all US submarines and also the SH.SDL file, conflicts may and will occur when other interior mods are installed on top. This may result in the animations being disabled again. In essense you should not install any mod that also modifies the interiors over this mod as this will disable the animations. Also, sound mods that modify the SH.SDL may cause CTD's if the fan sound entry is removed or vice versa.

Do not install an incorrect version of this mod either on other interior mods. This may lead to yet more CTD's. If in doubt, drop me a line.

If you play the stock SH4 v1.5/UBM game, get that version. If you play with TMO, use the TMO version. An RFB release will not be provided as it will be included in a future RFB patch directly.

MERGING THE ANIMATIONS WITH OTHER INTERIOR/SOUND MODS

See further down the thread.

CHANGELOG

Version 1.1 - 29-09-2008:
Some fans had an incorrect material assignment. This didn't cause any
critical problems, but the affected fans weren't accurately rendered.
TMO-version: The Gato CR fan was assigned a material that did not exist.
TMO-version: The map on the table in the Salmon CR had incorrect UV-data, causing incorrect rendering of the map. (note: this was the original object from which the static fan was removed)SPECIAL THANKS

vickers03 = for making the TMO version of this mod.

CREDITS

Ubi = for the original model that I split in two
jrex53 = for the idea.
LukeFF = fan sound file / testing

PERMISSIONS

Apart from the disclaimer in the header (which is directed at commercial use), anyone can use, modify and redistribute this mod, as long as it's free, non-commercial and the original readme is included. Have fun!


Wow this is a really great mod, i like it alot, i hear you mentioned something about keeping the fans off? So would there be a swich to turn them on or will they be on all the time?

[skwasjer]

I am working on a new release that will tie the fans to Silent Running mode (which you can control yourself obviously), and whether or not the enemy has detected you (see a couple of posts back). Meaning, if you need to be silent, the fans will be off ;)

[TheBeast]

Could be nice the possibility of turn off the fans during dived operation. (less battery power and noise.:88)

Not possible afaik. Read, one of the devs commented on page one of this thread how they wanted to include this in the game, but couldn't due to timeconstraints.

Would it be possible to add switch to manually stop/start fan for emersion effect during Silent Running?:06:

[Tomi_099]

:D
Skwasjer would say,
Give him some controllers, and then should work.

The only problem is where to what controller? :hmmm:

I had the same idea and should be extended to me yet.
I want after that the rotation of electric motors under water controllers.
But let's start with the small. :03:



Perhaps we begin to turn the Book page in the game-menu with one mouse click.

( I think befor the Campaign Starts )


to see what this book us ... in the game menu ..is this have same Controller ??


Good idea! :yeah: