Guides for Editing

[Miltiades]

Does any know where i can find some good guides how to edit ships for instance make them playable or alter them a bit....

[Graf Paper]

I wish there were, Miltiades. :cry:

The best I can recommend is to PM your questions to ship modders such as VonDos, iambecomelife, Mikhayl, Venatore, and jimbuna..to name a few (and best).

Also use the forum Search feature to look for posts by any of those gentlemen and phrases such as "adding ships", "editing ships", and "ship mods".

I hope at least one will have the answers you're seeking, good sir. :up:

[roadhogg]

Hi mitiades,

there's a post further down the page entitled " Hull strength on A/C's" and another on the next page entitled " SH3 ships damage model" that may be worth looking at. But even if they do, before altering anything to do with a ship, "BACK UP" the original file, and preferably the complete folder, to a safe place in case things go wrong.

I've had cause to make alterations myself to the behaviour of some ships, but finding a good guide to what various settings do in the ships files has eluded me so far.

As Graf Paper has said, best to ask a modder ( not me lol ).

It also depends what you want to alter.
Is it the performance or damage resistance you want to modify?
Some of the index descriptions in the zones.cfg file (SH3/Data) are fairly self explanatory, but some are not. Be VERY careful before playing with those.

Or do you want a different colour paintjob on one or some of them?
For the latter you can try looking for "skins" for that ship type.
The downloads menu near the top of the page will help you there.

I'll be watching this post in case someone offers the whereabouts of a good guide.
It'll save some of us at least, having to ask the experts every time we want to tailor something about a ships characteristics to the way we as individuals think they should be.

[Miltiades]

PMing Modders isn't gonna work because of the amount of info needed+you will be asking 5 questions a day (minimum)

One thing i tried to is thinking of way to improve the impact graphics* and
of course how to do it.




*Instead of a black charcoal effect on a ship when it gets by a shell,I'm looking for a more ''hole like effect'' + adding better water columns for Battleship ammunition

[roadhogg]

I assume you're using the Torpedo damage Final v 2.0 mod by ocean blue?
Much better than the original effects.
You might refer to the info in that mod to start you off.
Further than that i can't help you unfortunately.
Having to pm modders, and the difficulty finding a good general guide, is what makes modding such a speciality undertaken by relatively few people, particularly when it comes to modelling ships.

I hope someone can point you in the right direction. People willing and able to do mods of any kind are always welcome. :)