Merchant Fleet Mod Beta Testers

[iambecomelife]

All beta testers, check your PM's please. You should have received two links. Please PM me with any issues re: installation, etc. Thanks.

[iambecomelife]

mr chris, your PM box is full.

[mr chris]

My bad it has been now been cleared out.

[iambecomelife]

My bad it has been now been cleared out.

OK - you should have it now.

[mr chris]

Downloading now.:up:

[lutzow]

...:oops: my pm box is empty:oops: ...

[piri_reis]

Ready to thoroughly test and report with details :know:

IABL you have a PM :up:

[bigboywooly]

You have PM Iam
Well 3 actually

:rotfl:

[iambecomelife]

ATTENTION: There is a fix/patch for the beta; please download at:

http://files.filefront.com/Merchant+Fleet+Mod+Beta+f+17z/;12856639;/fileinfo.html

Thanks.

[iambecomelife]

Lutzow & piri reis; you have PM's - please make sure you install the fix. Thanks.

[nik112]

hi iam
you have a pm:ping:

[Task Force]

Hello Iabl, you have a PM.:hmm:

[iambecomelife]

Pvt.Godfrey ; Ktl_KUrtz - You should have received the files. Be advised - renown values are lower than normal for NYGM - this will be resolved in the future (or you can mod appropriate renown values in the cfg files as a temporary measure).

[bigboywooly]

Can I ask what happened to the

S01A=Light Merchant 01
S02A=Light Merchant 02
S03A=Light Merchant 03
S04A=Light Merchant 04

?????

Be cool to balance out the large tonnages

also your others you have advertised

O01A=Naval Oiler 01
P01A=Converted Transport 01
P02A=Converted Transport 02
P03A=Converted Transport 03
P01B=Converted Transport 01
P02B=Converted Transport 02
P03B=Converted Transport 03
L02B=Heavy Merchant 02
L03B=Heavy Merchant 03

Not that I dont have enough to sink at the moment

:rotfl:

[Task Force]

Scratch this, must be something else.

[iambecomelife]

Can I ask what happened to the

S01A=Light Merchant 01
S02A=Light Merchant 02
S03A=Light Merchant 03
S04A=Light Merchant 04

?????

Be cool to balance out the large tonnages

also your others you have advertised

O01A=Naval Oiler 01
P01A=Converted Transport 01
P02A=Converted Transport 02
P03A=Converted Transport 03
P01B=Converted Transport 01
P02B=Converted Transport 02
P03B=Converted Transport 03
L02B=Heavy Merchant 02
L03B=Heavy Merchant 03

Not that I dont have enough to sink at the moment

:rotfl:

I was unhappy with the models for all the above ships. They will be released with entirely different models later.

Also, you have an email about JScones' modded ship names.cfg - I would like to see if you can help me out with something.

Thanks.

[UberTorpedo]

uh...are we getting close to the release? :D:hmm::rock:

[iambecomelife]

uh...are we getting close to the release? :D:hmm::rock:

It will be this upcoming weekend, barring any reports of major problems from the beta testers.

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Plz post same pictures beta testers. I wont too see those beautifol ships. I hope the pablic relise will be wery shortly.
Keep up the fantastic work.:up:

[Task Force]

Iabc, you have a pm.:up: I dont know if its just me or the rest of youall.:hmm:

[FIREWALL]

I'm sure when it's ready it will be great. :yep:

[Task Force]

I'm sure when it's ready it will be great. :yep:

Got that right.:up::yep:

[Task Force]

Iabc, your pm box is full.:up:

[bigboywooly]

Your inbox is full
Have a pic for that last message I sent you

[Hellraiser]

I can't get it to work....I get a CTD in the Museum...and yes I have the fix installed over the mod.

I'm running a lot of mods with no issues until I try the MF Mod. When I enable via JSGME , I don't even get any 'overwrite' messages so I cannot figure what's wrong...I even tried re-downloading the mod in case it was corrupted .

Originally, I thought it might be an compatibility issue with the M35B & M36B, because I think those are included with GWX. I removed them in the 'Englishnames' CFG but it didn't help.

Anybody else (mod-testers) having this or similar issues? Anything you can think of to try & fix?

Any help is appreciated.

[Lagger123987]

Would I like to know what's the testing is about?:know: Just asking cause I am a big fan of your merchant fleet mod iambecomelife.

[iambecomelife]

I can't get it to work....I get a CTD in the Museum...and yes I have the fix installed over the mod.

I'm running a lot of mods with no issues until I try the MF Mod. When I enable via JSGME , I don't even get any 'overwrite' messages so I cannot figure what's wrong...I even tried re-downloading the mod in case it was corrupted .

Originally, I thought it might be an compatibility issue with the M35B & M36B, because I think those are included with GWX. I removed them in the 'Englishnames' CFG but it didn't help.

Anybody else (mod-testers) having this or similar issues? Anything you can think of to try & fix?

Any help is appreciated.


I am sending you a PM.

[Task Force]

I can't get it to work....I get a CTD in the Museum...and yes I have the fix installed over the mod.

I'm running a lot of mods with no issues until I try the MF Mod. When I enable via JSGME , I don't even get any 'overwrite' messages so I cannot figure what's wrong...I even tried re-downloading the mod in case it was corrupted .

Originally, I thought it might be an compatibility issue with the M35B & M36B, because I think those are included with GWX. I removed them in the 'Englishnames' CFG but it didn't help.

Anybody else (mod-testers) having this or similar issues? Anything you can think of to try & fix?

Any help is appreciated.
I'm similar issues, but it is only when firing up a patrol in my campaign.:hmm:

[iambecomelife]

One thing in addition to what I posted in my PM, Hellraiser - IIRC you had asked to test the improved model of the Liberty Ship and the "Victor Ross" before release. Did you disable these mods before trying to install the MFM? If the Liberty Ship and "Victor Ross" files were not overwritten then I suspect that they may be the problem. The original version of its .eqp file did not contain armament info for all dates; this causes CTD's on some installs of SH3. Can you copy and paste the contents of the files T01A.eqp, T08B.eqp, and NLL_.eqp in a message on this thread?

Thanks.

[iambecomelife]

I can't get it to work....I get a CTD in the Museum...and yes I have the fix installed over the mod.

I'm running a lot of mods with no issues until I try the MF Mod. When I enable via JSGME , I don't even get any 'overwrite' messages so I cannot figure what's wrong...I even tried re-downloading the mod in case it was corrupted .

Originally, I thought it might be an compatibility issue with the M35B & M36B, because I think those are included with GWX. I removed them in the 'Englishnames' CFG but it didn't help.

Anybody else (mod-testers) having this or similar issues? Anything you can think of to try & fix?

Any help is appreciated.
I'm similar issues, but it is only when firing up a patrol in my campaign.:hmm:

Are any other mods installed on the installation that is crashing? Also, when you say they occur "only" during patrol - does that mean that you have successfully examined all of the ships in Museum, with no problems?

Thanks; letting me know if/when museum crashes can tell me what type of error is involved - bad eqp files, an uncloned vessel clashing with parent unit, and so on...

[iambecomelife]

Would I like to know what's the testing is about?:know: Just asking cause I am a big fan of your merchant fleet mod iambecomelife.

Thanks for your interest. :up: It's basically the testers examining the ships for modeling errors and checking for any CTD's during gameplay. i want the release to be as stable as possible when it comes out.

[lutzow]

I'm not confirming any errors and CTD's after starting MFM in museum.
Iambecomelife's armada works and swims fine;) ;) ;)

Game also started without surprises - now on GWX 2.1.
I'm preparing installation GWX 3.0 and will continue tests.

Someday my wife will find me dead near my comp and my periscope;).
Silent Hunter forever.

[piri_reis]

I'm not confirming any errors and CTD's after starting MFM in museum.
Iambecomelife's armada works and swims fine;) ;) ;)
There are many other ship mods out there. For example, I had the converted sh4 units working perfectly in my install. After I loaded up the beta MercFleet for testing; Museum and career started Crashing. No complaints, I uninstalled and put aside the Sh4 units for later individual testing.. They were most likely caused by ID collisions.. Also the T09,T13 that comes with GWX3_StNazaire addon need to be deleted before installing the beta. That got rid of some CTDs for me.
(No problems whatsoever in clean GWX3+Beta Merchant Fleet)

Basically other addon ships need to be ID checked (somehow) and tested because IABL's pack has a lot of ships, they look great/sink properly, havent had a chance to report a bug yet :up: Grats IABL.

[Hellraiser]

Today I went in and manually added about 85% of the ships in the MF-Mod manually, i.e. I dropped them into the Data/Sea folder individually and didn't enable them via JSGME....they seem to work...I can now view them in the museum. I left out the M35, M36 and the NLL_ ships along with one or two others. I suspect it might be a conflict with one or more of these ships.

I still have many other mods enabled via JSGME, including the older SH4 to SH3 ships pack.

I'm going to try & play my existing current career tonight without adding the rest of the ships & see if that works...wish me luck!

[bigboywooly]

There was a problem with the M36B ( type=102 in the MFM but type=100 in GWX 3 )\M21 ( mixed type= in both cfgs ) and T14B ( mixed type= in both cfgs ) which the fix Iam released cured

Am experiencing CTDs with GWX 3 + MFM + St Naz\Schleuse mod but GWX 3 + MFM is stable and thats what we are here for

[iambecomelife]

For the record, I strongly recommend that all beta testers experiencing problems try a clean install first; either plain SH3 v 1.4 OR SH3 plus one of the supermods - GWX or NYGM.

[Hellraiser]

Ran into a convoy last night...about 70% of the ships spawned were MF-Fleet units....no issues, everything looked great!! :up: Didn't notice any framerate change at all even though these ships are much more detailed than stock ships.

I managed a PERFECT firing position ahead of the convoy on the port quarter.

Then I BOTCHED IT by exposing my periscope too much (daylight submerged attack, November 1942) and the leading escort, a 'Town' class DD spotted me and ran me down...I snapped off a quick shot and disabled him with a magnetic hit in the screws/rudder....then sunk him a few minutes later with a finishing shot from tube V.

By this time 2 'Flower' class Corvettes and a 'Black Swan' were getting close and plastered me at 55 meters with about 30 DC's as I dove. No damage, except for smashing all the crockery in the galley, but I was unable to sink any of those MF-Mod beautys because I was forced to creep away running deep....

Oooops! Got carried away with a patrol report!

But that convoy sure was beautiful!!!:rock:

You guys are gonna LOVE these ships.

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Post same pic so we can enjoy it. I cann hardly weit thise gr8 addon.:up:

[lutzow]

Me think that we - betatesters need a permission from Iambecomelife for
posting here any pictures presenting HIS FLEET.

Patience is a virtue.;)

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

I m sorry for pressing and pusshing. But i knew theat Iambecomelife fleet is a real candy, just like all his work. Well i will be Patience.:oops:
Keep up the great work:up:

[ronvking]

Hi Iambecomelife,

I'm interested in helping with beta testing but when I tried a PM your message box is full.

Have some annual leave coming up soom so will be able to put some time in as not going anywhere.

Thanks Ron

[iambecomelife]

Me think that we - betatesters need a permission from Iambecomelife for
posting here any pictures presenting HIS FLEET.

Patience is a virtue.;)

NO!!! Post away, people! I don't mind at all if you post pictures - I just don't want the mod itself released to non-testers.

[bigboywooly]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0311-27-53-69.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0312-10-52-01.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0312-15-15-34.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0312-15-18-22.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0417-43-26-95.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0522-47-56-94.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0617-04-31-86.jpg

[Task Force]

Sorry about not reporting in, just reinstalled Sh3, am going to test the mfm, sorry for not doing this sooner. (accidentally deleted the Sh3 folder.:oops:

[tater]

[QUOTE=bigboywooly]
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0312-10-52-01.jpg
There are several ships in japanese service that look like this one, a few of which were built in GB or the US in the teens, and some japanese designs as well. (hard to tell in that pic, but she's a counter-stern, right?)



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0417-43-26-95.jpg
This as well could be used in the PTO I think. Is she raised 1-2-3, or just raised 2 or raised 1-2?


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/sh32009-01-0522-47-56-94.jpg
^^^ this looks like RyuunMaru in ONI 208J. 6538 tons, built in GB in 1918.


They sure are pretty!

tater

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Gr8 work iambecomelife. Like allweys u r making a gr8 ships.:up: Just 1 qvestion how the ships skins whill change in time. Do u have too make the change manuely or is it a automatic in game script theat will make the random ships skins. And is there a need too put theam in campaing or is it a automatic proces. I just jsgm the ships and they r on a periscope in campain. Noobys qvestion but :oops: noob is asking.
Keep up the gr9 work:rock:

[iambecomelife]

Gr8 work iambecomelife. Like allweys u r making a gr8 ships.:up: Just 1 qvestion how the ships skins whill change in time. Do u have too make the change manuely or is it a automatic in game script theat will make the random ships skins. And is there a need too put theam in campaing or is it a automatic proces. I just jsgm the ships and they r on a periscope in campain. Noobys qvestion but :oops: noob is asking.
Keep up the gr9 work:rock:

Good questions. I use SH3 commander to implement ship skin changes. It copies the updated skins depending on what date your career is - that way, I can simulate events like camoflage being added, etc. You do not need to add them manually to the campaign. Most versions of SH3 and its supermods have random vessel entries, so that whenever the game calls for a ship class (Tanker, Freighter) there is a % chance it will be one of the modded ships. The more modded ships, the greater likelihood that one of them will be in a convoy or single ship spawn point. After you install the mod, you don't have to do any more work except hunt them down.

[iambecomelife]

@Tater - yes, that ship does have a counter stern. For a lot of the older freighters I was in fact inspired by Japanese designs b/c they can stand in for so many countries' ships. During WWI when Japan was an ally, the Japanese builders actually collaborated with the US and UK in merchant construction. Some American/British merchants were constructed in Japan, and vice versa.

And the Lawther/Latta freighter is supposed to represent a 3-island ship, except that I had trouble doing actual bow/stern islands, as opposed to raised bulwarks on the bow & stern.

BTW, thanks for posting the pics, BBW - I just spotted a skinning error! :damn:

[tater]

Your ships are works of art. Nicely, nicely done.

<S>

tater

[bigboywooly]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_004.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_005.jpg

[UberTorpedo]

GAWD...they're....they're.......absolutely BEAUTIFUL:sunny:

[Weiss Pinguin]

GAWD...they're....they're.......absolutely BEAUTIFUL:sunny:
I hear they look twice as pretty through the periscope. :hmm:

[mengle]

the work of a master :up:

[denis_469]

Iambecomelife:
See you e-mail. I send you first results.

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Gr8 news and thx for u replay Iambecomelife. U made gr8 ships and u make it work easy. Thx a milion and cheers:up:
Beer from me.
Keep up the gr8 work.

[bigboywooly]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_028.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_049.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_052.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_027.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_029.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_053.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_024.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_026.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_033.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_035.jpg

[bigboywooly]

You have important email
As your PM box is full

[iambecomelife]

You have important email
As your PM box is full

OK - go ahead (or use my email).

[G.K.]

I feel like a drug addict with a bag full of cocaine hanging just upon his head... but unable to touch it...:damn:

IABL please... I am Impatient:)

[tater]

I don't even own SH3, and I'm impatient, lol.

[rascal101]

Well I've been away for a long while, just upgraded my PC now I got some sort of Quad something or rather with tripple overhead wha wahs - and top of the range 3d

So I thought to pay a visit back to Subsim and behold I find IABL is almost ready to release - I've been waiting for this for ages and the screenes on this thread are fantastic - the stock ships were so much luck rubber ducks

Merchant Fleet mod plus some of the new environmental and smoke mods on the drawing board or already released will almost add up to a new game!! I'm looking forward to it-

Interesting to see when you first log on to Subsim, there are always more folks looking at SH3 boards than SH4, now therein hangs a tale

Congratualtions and best wishes to all players and modders, this game rocks and so does the Subsim community

Regards
Rascal

[bigboywooly]

Best I post some more then
:rotfl:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_019.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_016.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_013.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_008.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_006.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h22/bigboywooly/MFM/ScreenHunter_002.jpg

Have run 6 patrols now using the MFM and sunk 26 different MFM units - out of 67 lol - 54 units sunk altogether and 36 non MFM units
They show pretty well as expected them too

Sunk a load more in written SMs too :up:

[iambecomelife]

Okay - good news & bad news, people:

Because of circumstances beyond my control, the Merchant Fleet mod has been delayed to next week at the earliest. (FYI, you have my professors to thank for that!)

The good news is that I am going to try and use the resulting time to implement some special new features on the ships. More news later...

[rascal101]

No worries IABCL, take your time this is the bees knees and it needs all the tender loving care.

Question Will the Merchant fleet totally replace exisitng SH3 stock ships or will we have to come with seeing your works of art mixed in wtiht the stock bath toys

Please also confirm that it will be compatable with GWX3Gold which is what I imagine is most people play on.

Thanks - by the way I notice a few folks working on sxome new smoke mods for coal and other ships and a new combined enviro mod which is very good will new merchant ship fleet be compatable

Thanks for the extra screenies Mr BBW - incidently do you know if any one is modding explosions, if not I'd love to get some advise on how to do so, would love to incorporate a number of different explosions, different smoke and lighting effects along with new splinter affects and torp hits so there is some visual variety any ideas

R

[bigboywooly]

Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far
:up:

[mr chris]

GWX 3.0 here also i have just sunk 4 ships in 1945 patrol 3 tankers and 1 medium merchant. The tankers went up with a massive bang.

[piri_reis]

Juicy targets. :ping:

http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/th_HansZeh_Pat2_21.jpg (http://s553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/?action=view&current=HansZeh_Pat2_21.jpg) http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/th_HansZeh_Pat2_10.jpg (http://s553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/?action=view&current=HansZeh_Pat2_10.jpg) http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/th_HansZeh_Pat2_13.jpg (http://s553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/?action=view&current=HansZeh_Pat2_13.jpg)http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/th_HansZeh_Pat2_07.jpg (http://s553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/?action=view&current=HansZeh_Pat2_07.jpg) http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/th_HansZeh_Pat2_15.jpg (http://s553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/?action=view&current=HansZeh_Pat2_15.jpg)http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/th_HansZeh_Pat2_33.jpg (http://s553.photobucket.com/albums/jj392/pureblue420/?action=view&current=HansZeh_Pat2_33.jpg)

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

! more qvestion for u IABCL, is there eny chance of sieng a same crew on u shipes. Ther is a topic here on same tread theat is posibole too add a cres too ships , but is a pain in the .... too make it all in thear place and too disaper when the ships sunk. Maybe if u r willing and have time u qenn conideret. Theat shore would be a eye candy.
And soory for u bad news, not as mauch of need too weit u beatifol ships , thean u profesor is making u work hard. Put him on u merchant and let as sink him:rotfl:
All the best and take u time.It werth off weiting.:up:

[rascal101]

Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far
:up:

Hi this is good news and thanks to you and the other posters on this thread for thier great screenies.

One more thing, I notice on the latest screenies that the standard stock small freighter, (Bath Toy) is still in the back ground.

Does this mean that the merchant fleet mod does not replace all stock ships and that rather the new merchants will be mixed in amongst the original stock ships

Hope you can answer this, is a pity if there has to be a mix, but I guess you may be restrained by certain limitations of the game or software itself

Regards

Rascal

[bigboywooly]

Well I am testing with GWX 3 and all seems ok so far
:up:
Hi this is good news and thanks to you and the other posters on this thread for thier great screenies.

One more thing, I notice on the latest screenies that the standard stock small freighter, (Bath Toy) is still in the back ground.

Does this mean that the merchant fleet mod does not replace all stock ships and that rather the new merchants will be mixed in amongst the original stock ships

Hope you can answer this, is a pity if there has to be a mix, but I guess you may be restrained by certain limitations of the game or software itself

Regards

Rascal

No they wont replace anything but be an addition too
Bigger variety of targets and for those using manual targetting a lil bit harder with more ship silhouettes

You could use them to replace all the stock units but as there are only about 10 merchants\liners original no point
Plus would mean either a rewrite of the campaign to take those old units out and replace with others
or
Rename the new units to overwrite the old ones
And that has its pitfalls too

I will be honest and say in 8 patrols I have seen very few of the original stock units
Mostly community built ships including the MFM

[Weiss Pinguin]

Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the IABL fleet. Comparing these to stock ships is like comparing Siara's U-552 replica to a newspaper boat.

[iambecomelife]

Thanks for your recent observations, BBW. I am lowering the hitpoints for all of the ships right now.

[bigboywooly]

Thats what am here for mate :up:

[iambecomelife]

Thats what am here for mate :up:

Great. From now on, ships will have HP values of about 450-650 for the most part. Some large tankers will have much more, so you'll have to actually expend torpedoes for tonnage. Modern ships will generally be in better repair & harder to destroy than older ones, although it's not a huge difference. Also, the Q-ship is extremely durable to simulate their cargoes of empty barrels & cork, which helped keep them afloat.

[bigboywooly]

Yes I know all about the Q ship
Just wrote a single miss with all the Br units of yours to watch travel behaviour
After 3 times of watching decided to sink them all and forgot about the Q
lol
Not pretty aboard my boat I have to say

Did you get my other PM re speeds ?

[Task Force]

Ok about to run my first patrol. Any mod I try crashes the game it seems.:-?

[lutzow]

GWX2.1. NORDMEER. Ship spotted! Unarmed! Prepare the deckgun!
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/614/1gwx21aloneandunarmedfrqx4.jpg
Hmm...what's that...
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1325/2hmmqshipwhatsitri2.jpg
...and then...
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/6568/3andthenii3.jpg
FLUUUTEEEEEN !!!
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1412/4fluuuutenje5.jpg
Second salvo
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9927/5secondsalvobi4.jpg
Third salvo
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8923/6thirdsalvoab2.jpg
VERDAMMMT !
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/2142/7verdammmtci6.jpg

[lutzow]

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1081/8myfreshpaintedsubjx7.jpg
Water to tube 1 !
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1448/9watertotube1sf8.jpg
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8678/11158412co1.jpg
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/255/81780505gp4.jpg
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8161/12helpmu7.jpg
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4349/13scorezb2.jpg
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1189/35196078ua5.jpg
When Iambecomelife will hide name "Q-ship", we will be very
surprised sometimes...

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Were is the tools on the map? Any link too the mod and is it working with gwx 3.0?

[jaxa]

Lutzow, what GUI mod do you use? It looks similar to OLC GUI, but I see some differences. I like it.

[lutzow]

People - NOT HERE:dead:
Lord Neuro Serbia and Jaxa - please wait - i will PM You.

[Phoenix3000]

Deleted

[Hellraiser]

A couple of in-game shots from the beta-test version.

I can report that everything looks great and seems to be behaving as it should. These Ships seem to hang around longer(i.e. they linger on the surface sinking slowly) than in GWX...but my version is the orig beta....I understand that is being adjusted for the official release.
http://www.robbincrosby.net/curt/medium.jpg

Of note is the fact that they seem to break in half differently (see pic below) than previous ships. Not necessarily in the middle....I like it!
http://www.robbincrosby.net/curt/medium27.jpg

[denis_469]

Iambecomelife - see you e-mail.

[bigboywooly]

Which unit was that Hellraiser ?
Not seen one break in half yet

[Task Force]

Now, Im looking around trying to find out why I cant get any mods to run with the MFM installed. (that convoy that crashed on me, crashed without the MFM installed IABC, must now be the MFM.)

[Hellraiser]

Which unit was that Hellraiser ?
Not seen one break in half yet

It's an M27B. :up:

One other COOL thing about this mod is that it seems to spawn a LOT in all the different generic calls for Tankers & Merchants (Thanks a million for the generic calls in GWX BBW!) I guess that's because of the sheer number of units in the mod. I love it and I finally feel like there are enough types of Merchants and ...oh...THE QUALITY IS OUTSTANDING!! Thanks to IABL...


Trust me when I say this mod has absolutely been worth all the waiting. One of the top 5 mods of all time IMHO!

[rascal101]

Which unit was that Hellraiser ?
Not seen one break in half yet

It's an M27B. :up:

One other COOL thing about this mod is that it seems to spawn a LOT in all the different generic calls for Tankers & Merchants (Thanks a million for the generic calls in GWX BBW!) I guess that's because of the sheer number of units in the mod. I love it and I finally feel like there are enough types of Merchants and ...oh...THE QUALITY IS OUTSTANDING!! Thanks to IABL...


Trust me when I say this mod has absolutely been worth all the waiting. One of the top 5 mods of all time IMHO!


GRRR....yup for those of who are waiting we think it is too except we're still waiting for it, please take this in the right way is humor, not a complaint, god speed I cant wait, although, I am waiting......Ha Ha

[iambecomelife]

Kiwikapitan, check your PM please.

[bigboywooly]

Which unit was that Hellraiser ?
Not seen one break in half yet
It's an M27B. :up:

One other COOL thing about this mod is that it seems to spawn a LOT in all the different generic calls for Tankers & Merchants (Thanks a million for the generic calls in GWX BBW!) I guess that's because of the sheer number of units in the mod. I love it and I finally feel like there are enough types of Merchants and ...oh...THE QUALITY IS OUTSTANDING!! Thanks to IABL...
!

Cool thanx
Will have to look back over patrols see if sank one of those
lol sooo many diff units

Yep that was the idea of generic entries
To allow new merchants\tankers to be plug and play
Anything designated a type=100 too such as CAM ships

I certainly have come across the MFM units in all situations from singles to convoys

[iambecomelife]

Now, Im looking around trying to find out why I cant get any mods to run with the MFM installed. (that convoy that crashed on me, crashed without the MFM installed IABC, must now be the MFM.)

Are you attempting to run the beta and Community Units, or any other unit mods?

And I don't understand what you typed - did you mean to say, must NOT be the MFM?

[iambecomelife]

Just a FEW of the encounters that I had using the MFM, most of which are from my last two patrols. Keep in mind that the screenshots only depict a fraction of the units available, and that the mod will be continuously expanded with additional ships & nationalities for a long time to come.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-10-6.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-11-5.jpg

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[iambecomelife]

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[iambecomelife]

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[iambecomelife]

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[iambecomelife]

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[iambecomelife]

nik112 - you have a PM.

To other beta testers - it is highly unlikely that Community Units and the MFM will run together, unless you are extremely careful about appending the new ship entries. If you are relatively inexperienced at enabling mods without JSGME I do not recommend that you try to run them together. Either issues with the englishnames entries or a duplicate hex ID is apparently causing CTD's when the mods are used in conjunction with each other. I will continue investigating the compatibility issues and will update the release as soon as possible.

[rascal101]

In a word, now for all of us forced to watch as you beta testers tweak and perfect, do you have a release date for this.

The screenies are fantastic

R

[iambecomelife]

Hopefully this evening or tomorrow, although I will keep making improvements for a long time to come...

[iambecomelife]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-1-10.jpg

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http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-4-12.jpg

A few more...

[iambecomelife]

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http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-2-11.jpg

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[iambecomelife]

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-10-7.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/iambecomelife/Untitled-7-8.jpg

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[Weiss Pinguin]

Ooh, you naughty tease ;)

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

Gr8 picuters iambecomelife. And a nice convoy.:rock: I m egerly aweitnig the relise so i cann see it trou the periscope.:yep:
Keep up the fantastic work.

And just 1 qvestion about the cargo. Any chance of a german cargo on ships too change too with sam africa corp or somthing like theat. Tigers and so. Theat shore would be a eye cady.:rotfl:

[bigboywooly]

Easily enough to take the German cargo dat in GWX ( providing you use it ) - incarcaturb.dat
Export the TGA - incarcatura5

Redo the skins to Med cammo and make up as a seperate mod for use when in the Med
Same as the GWX - Axis Mediterranean Aircraft Skins

Or drop the finished dat into SH3commander - SH3 Commander\Flotilla\907 folder in the correct file format and SH3commander will automatically enable the med cargo when in the 29th flotilla

[lutzow]

Iambecomelife - You have PM.
;)

[LordNeuro"Serbia"]

But in my case there is lack of skill anforchenetly:damn:, and i m not asking on the skin change but the cargo it self. To say anestly i didnt see tanks on geman merchants. Just conteners and box. Is there any tanks and plans in german mechants , tiger maybe should be nice.:oops:
My english is terebol so i dont know how too put what i wont:rotfl:

[bigboywooly]

No you are right
German cargo only has boxes and trucks
MTL has Panthers aboard but thats it
No one AFAIK has modelled GE aircraft aboard units
Germans didnt really need to ship via merchants as could fly anywhere they wanted over land they owned
Deck cargo is a lil lacking
Rowi released the GE deck cargo and DOwly released the RU deck cargo thru GWX
Not a lot done otherwise

[iambecomelife]

Beta testers, stand by to receive a second beta version tomorrow or early next week. It contains technical fixes plus new content (in other words, even more ships).

[bigboywooly]

Sweet

[UberTorpedo]

:woot:Double-Sweet...

[denis_469]

wait....

[coronas]

Waiting! :salute:
Suggestion: New ships names sign in readme to list in English names.

[iambecomelife]

This is just to let you know that I have a stable 3rd beta version (is that even called a beta?!) Anyway, you get the idea. If anyone wants to test it, post here or on the main MFM sticky thread and I will send you the link.

Sincere apologies for all the delays, but many of them were unavoidable due to exams, etc.

[Oneshot/Onekill]

Getting close to the finish line, I can feel it in my bones!:woot:

[mr chris]

Hey IABL ive got a nice new rig and would love to test out the latest version :yeah:

[unterseemann]

Hello IABL,
I'll be glad to test your fantastic mod, got a lot of time to do this actually!
Kind like a dream comes true...

[coronas]

Ready for test, Sir! :salute:

[nik112]

count me in.
waiting for your pm
cheers

[Sharkley]

I'll be happy to test this mod, send that PM with the link !!

[McHibbins]

Hello IABL,

i would like to test your mod together with my randomlayer-experiments.
Will you send me the link via PM please ?

[Captain Birdseye]

I would also like to beta test the mod please

[gheistrotor]

Hello IABL,

I would also like to beta test your mod with GWX 3.0.

Please send me the link via PM. Thanks.

[mengle]

first you need to do is test the museum , if all the ships can be seen, if not or the museum won't load there is a bug in a ship

[Sailor Steve]

first you need to do is test the museum , if all the ships can be seen, if not or the museum won't load there is a bug in a ship
How do you go about finding which ship? It won't load for me.

[mengle]

How do you go about finding which ship? It won't load for me.

if it won't load 1 or more ships are bugged
manually add few ships to game in group of 7 or so, i know its munk work but its the only way
if the ships given error in museum, soon or later in the campaign when they are selected to appear, the game will crash

that isn't a garanty that they are bugfree , you have to test them in the campaign also (late war)

[ronvking]

Quite happy to do some testing for you. Will be on the stock version+patches etc.

Cheers Ron

[McHibbins]

if it won't load 1 or more ships are bugged
manually add few ships to game in group of 7 or so, i know its munk work but its the only way
if the ships given error in museum, soon or later in the campaign when they are selected to appear, the game will crash

that isn't a garanty that they are bugfree , you have to test them in the campaign also (late war)

That´s the way I did long before GWX when I add stock ships manually to the roster of other nations. :yep:

[mountainmanUK]

Hi IABL:DL

Would it be possible for me to be added to your "beta-testers" list please?

I remember posting wayyyyy back in about November 2007, that I was looking forward to your Merchant Pack as my Christmas present for 2007!:haha:

Time, SH3, and your Merchant Pack, have all moved on.........

I am only now returning to SH3 after a few months "leave", on the Russian Front, (mainly playing Call of Duty 4 & 5:salute:), and am once again enjoying it immensely. Your Pack would put the "tin hat" on it for me!!!

Regards,

Dave H.

[iambecomelife]

FYI people, tentative release date for the first installment is between Friday and Sunday of this week. If you want you can go to my FILEFRONT page and download the latest beta (no PW) although it has some errors and I recommend you wait for the final product.

Thanks for your support.

[McHibbins]

Holy sh..!!!:rock::rock::rock:


Edit : Ok...after betatesting there seems to be much work to do to translate some log-files in german for me ( just immersion for the museum). Also add the new units to SHComanders Ship displacements.cfg and Shipnames.cfg to get them randomnised......and I still have ctd´s in the museum at the british part....if I only had the time... :cry:

@ IABL
Which smoke-mods are you using ?
Some smoke is looking like stock gwx and some similar to Pascals old smokemod which i use in the moment.
I especially like the height your smoke is raising in some of your pics. Is it modded or is it just a question of perspective ?

[iambecomelife]

An updated beta has been released to address stability issues:

Latest version:

http://files.filefront.com/13794822 (http://files.filefront.com/13794822)

Skins:

http://files.filefront.com/MFM+Skin+Pack7z/;13615137;/fileinfo.html

There are no skinning/modeling changes - the changes here are intended to provide better stability. Please post comments, screenshots, and so on to let me know if it improves your gaming experience.

[makman94]

An updated beta has been released to address stability issues:

Latest version:

http://files.filefront.com/13794822 (http://files.filefront.com/13794822)

Skins:

http://files.filefront.com/MFM+Skin+Pack7z/;13615137;/fileinfo.html

There are no skinning/modeling changes - the changes here are intended to provide better stability. Please post comments, screenshots, and so on to let me know if it improves your gaming experience.

thank you :up:

[mr chris]

An updated beta has been released to address stability issues:

Latest version:

http://files.filefront.com/13794822 (http://files.filefront.com/13794822)

Skins:

http://files.filefront.com/MFM+Skin+Pack7z/;13615137;/fileinfo.html

There are no skinning/modeling changes - the changes here are intended to provide better stability. Please post comments, screenshots, and so on to let me know if it improves your gaming experience.


Will give this ago.
I had major trouble with the last one.
I could not get it to load.
Every time i try to play the game with the MFM installed i kept getting a ctd.
Fingers crossed this time.

[iambecomelife]

Will give this ago.
I had major trouble with the last one.
I could not get it to load.
Every time i try to play the game with the MFM installed i kept getting a ctd.
Fingers crossed this time.


Can you give me your current system specs here or by PM, please?

Thanks.

[mr chris]

Can you give me your current system specs here or by PM, please?

Thanks.

Sure my specs are.

- Antec 1200 case
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor Overclocked to 3.50GHz.
- Arctic Freezer 7 pro CPU Cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound
- Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Corsair Dominator 8GB PC2-8500 CAS5 (4x2GB)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- 2x ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card in crossfire
- LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray/HD DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
- CoolerMaster Real Power 1250w Power Supply

The SH3 Set up was testing it with was.
GWX 3.0
With the GWX 16km atmosphere mod enabled.

[iambecomelife]

Also, have you tried the mod with a completely fresh SH3 1.4b or GWX install?

Thanks

[mr chris]

Yes mate i tried it every which way.
Will try out this latest version.
And report back how i get on.