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IFRT-WHUFC
03-04-10, 09:38 AM
BrownGrey version of my colored Map

BrownGrey Map here: http://www.filefront.com/15774407/Brown_Grey_Map.rar

Browngrey Map Fix for OLC based GUIs: http://www.filefront.com/15774411/BrownGreyMap_Fix_OLC_based_GUIs.rar

Images: http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4411/sh3img73201023400839.jpg
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6104/sh3img732010234032640.jpg



Had a bit to much spare time on my hands and messed about with Photoshop a little and came up with this:

Colored Version:

Pic: http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6718/newmapl.jpg


Download here: http://www.filefront.com/user/IFRT-WHUFC JSGME Ready.

if you are interested!!

thanks
Rick.
Hitman
03-04-10, 09:46 AM
Very interesting :o

But does it work only in higher zoom levels? (The file is quiet small)

I would like to see a colour scheme that resembles more a real chart, with white instead of blue water. Any chance of doing that? (White to grey for different depths) :hmmm: Also please with FLAT earth, i.e. just one colour in light brown.
IFRT-WHUFC
03-04-10, 09:51 AM
Very interesting :o

But does it work only in higher zoom levels? (The file is quiet small)

I would like to see a colour scheme that resembles more a real chart, with white instead of blue water. Any chance of doing that? (White to grey for different depths) :hmmm: Also please with FLAT earth, i.e. just one colour in light brown.

The maps are game size! The pic was made smaller just for upload sake!

file contains 2 maps and an updated terrain.act

I can try making a greyscale version! Give me a few days! It might just be possible!

ok
Rick.
verte
03-04-10, 10:10 AM
I can try making a greyscale version! Give me a few days! It might just be possible!

Please do! It would be great to have a realistic colour map, like Hitman said.
Rolf Eschke
03-04-10, 10:13 AM
Looks nice,Thanks !
sergei
03-04-10, 10:40 AM
That looks nice :up:
Magic1111
03-05-10, 10:20 AM
Yeah, looks very nice ! Thank you for the MOD ! :yeah:

Best regards,
Magic
h.sie
03-05-10, 12:24 PM
Hey,

thank you. Great idea. Did you change the color of the water also or only of the land? I ask, because in some GUI mods from OLC there is a little depth thingy which can be used to estimate water depth. This cannot be used if water color is changed.

h.sie
IFRT-WHUFC
03-05-10, 01:09 PM
Hey,

thank you. Great idea. Did you change the color of the water also or only of the land? I ask, because in some GUI mods from OLC there is a little depth thingy which can be used to estimate water depth. This cannot be used if water color is changed.

h.sie


The water is the same on that version I uploaded!

I am currently working on a gery version and will look into that before release!

thanks
Rick
Hitman
03-05-10, 01:11 PM
I think that changing that thingy to grey scale should suffice to have it match the new grey colour chart. :up:
IFRT-WHUFC
03-05-10, 01:34 PM
The Sea is made up of 48 colors or shades of colour and each colour controls the depth!
makman94
03-05-10, 08:58 PM
The Sea is made up of 48 colors or shades of colour and each colour controls the depth!

this is a really very nice mod Rick ! :up:

thank you !

H.sie : don't worry about the colored depth tool...it is a piece of cake to recreate a new one with the new colors.

looking forward for new versions of this mod...my request is the land to be something closer to brown (if possible...of course)
verte
03-08-10, 05:45 AM
I would like to see a colour scheme that resembles more a real chart, with white instead of blue water. Any chance of doing that? (White to grey for different depths) :hmmm: Also please with FLAT earth, i.e. just one colour in light brown.

Hitman (or someone else) - do you know a precise colour for the flat earth? I'm looking at different Marinequadratkarte's, but they're poor scans so it's difficult to take a precise colour from them.
verte
03-08-10, 06:58 AM
Experimenting with it, but the water looks quite odd. It is olc gui, so the colors in screenshot are slightly distorted.

http://i49.tinypic.com/igjl3n.jpg

Second thing - I think that the colors of water in kriegsmarine maps were inverted - the deep water was white, and shallow dark (?)
h.sie
03-08-10, 07:03 AM
looks great. little idea. big improvement for the game.
verte
03-08-10, 07:38 AM
http://i48.tinypic.com/xc27ab.jpg

You can try it yourself (jsgme-ready):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4055585/Real%20map%20colour.rar

Please help if you have some knowledge about those maps so we can make a realistic map for sh3.

In this post you can find kriegsmarine maps:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=1259825

And another site:
http://www.kartengruppe.it/

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If you wish to do it yourself the only file that you must edit is data/terrain/pal/Terrain.act

There must be some simpler method to edit this file, but I do it by opening e.g. 4320_2160.raw in Photoshop, then Image>Mode>Grayscale, then Image>Mode>RGB Color, then Image>Mode>Indexed Color..., then in the window that opens Palette>Custom..., then Load and point to Terrain.act file - then in the same window you can edit the colors and save a new Terrain.act file. Thats it.

One more thing - remember that you can make subtle changes to map colour by changing colours of StrTactMap.tga
IFRT-WHUFC
03-08-10, 08:18 AM
See 1st post for download links!!

thanks
Rick.
verte
03-08-10, 10:19 AM
Is there a possibility to change grid color (high zoom version)? I cannot find the options responsible for it.
makman94
03-08-10, 10:42 AM
See 1st post for download links!!

thanks
Rick.

thank you Rick ! :up:
this version is even better !!
Magic1111
03-08-10, 05:42 PM
See 1st post for download links!!

thanks
Rick.

Many thanks for this Version too ! :up:

Looks very nice !

Best regards,
Magic
Gilbou
03-09-10, 01:18 AM
Thanks it looks nice.

When I used JGSME to activate the mod over my SH3 + GWX 3
it said Integrated Orders had already touched that file.

I deactivated Integrated Orders for the time being.

Your bottom bar looks different, what is it ?
IFRT-WHUFC
03-09-10, 07:35 AM
You should be able to over-write without any problems!!



Your bottom bar looks different, what is it ?


It's a custom one I made for myself using officer files released way back - I can't remember who they were by!

ok
Rick.
LGN1
03-11-10, 09:35 AM
Hi IFRT-WHUFC,

thanks for this very nice mod! I like it a lot. :up:

Unfortunatly, it seems that the depth.tga only works with the GWX StrTactMap.tga file, but not with OLC's one :-? It would be great if one could also create one for OLC's StrTactMap.tga.

Cheers, LGN1
kartengruppe
04-15-10, 12:12 PM
Hi sailormen!

I'm happy that a game makes you interested in maps of the WWII German Navy.
I am a collector and this is my passion!
Now, here a present for you (scanned from the original), directly from my site http://www.kartengruppe.it
(http://www.kartengruppe.it/)And have fun!!
Pino

PS: the first is Stiller Ozean (http://www.kartengruppe.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=37) but, if you are interessed, I'll change in the next days. Contact me and tell me what's your desiderata.

http://www.kartengruppe.it/immagini/subsim.jpg
Hitman
04-15-10, 01:41 PM
Hello kartengruppe, and many thanks for the nice scan :up:

You have an excellent website. :rock:
KL-alfman
04-15-10, 02:41 PM
just great!
thx for sharing :up: