[REL] A Fistful of Emblems

[etheberge]

A Fistful of Emblems v1.51
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Tested with patch 1.2.0

Description
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This mod add 115 emblems to SH5, all selectable in the "upgrade your boat" menu while in the U-boat pen.

I have selected only emblems that have appeared on type VII boats. I have also picked only the most famous emblems and/or emblems that I personally like. Some emblems that were only available in black and white were left as is and some have been colorized.

This version includes the Crew and Flotilla emblems and 21 custom emblems by Gunfighter and an optional mod to install a weathered version of some select emblems.

The emblems that shipped with the game are still available. You can also use your own emblem by copying your DDS texture file to \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex\custom.dds and selecting the last entry in the emblem list.

Changelog
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v1.51:

-Fixed problem when adding second AA gun to Wintergarden. Huge thanks to TheBeast for finding the cause of this bug. Thanks also to Cdr84 and everyone else who investigated.
-Added updated emblem for U-995 from Ragtag.
-Added Weathered versions of 16 emblems from Gunfighter
-Added Weathered versions of emblems for 13th Flotilla, U-96 Green, U-552, and U-672 from Bramtyr
-Started change log :-)

Install
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Install with JSGME. If conflicts are found with UPC files, do not override or you will mess up whichever mod you have that is conflicting. Report it in the thread and I may update this mod to be compatible.

If you wish to use a weathered version of an emblem that is available, install the optional mod "A Fistful of Emblems v1.51 (Weathered)" with JSGME after installing the main mod, and overwrite files when prompted. Note that only a few of the emblems have a weathered version so far. See the last screenshot for a list of the available weathered emblems.

Questions or comments in the Subsim thread please. Proof readers and grammar Nazis are welcome since I'm sure I made quite a few mistakes.

Known issues
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As with previous SH versions, the emblems are reversed on one side of the conning tower, so any text and/or numbers will be mirrored.

Also the single emblem used on the VIIA's is flipped when compared with the one in the menu. So when needed I have pre-flipped (yes new word) the emblem so that it can show up correctly on the VIIA. This means that it will look mirrored in the menu.

If anyone has a better solution to these old problems let me know.

Beware, if you have downloaded extra playable skins from Ubisoft they will no longer be selectable after installing this mod. Compatibility may be added in future versions.

Future versions
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The mod will be forked and give you the option of having only historical emblems or historical + custom emblems.

Credits
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-u-boat.net for most of the emblems and information
-Evil Jester 76 for a few of the emblems
-Akula4745 for a few of the emblems
-Gunfighter for the 21 custom emblems
-Ragtag for the improved U-995 emblem
-Gunfighter for the weathered version of 16 of his custom emblems.
-Bramtyr for the aged and weathered version of U-96 Green, U-552, U-672 and 13th Flotilla emblems.

Note to Modders
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You are free to include this in any other mods as you please.

I have commented Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\equipment.upc and Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\UpgradePacks.upc to show where my changes begin and end.

Download
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http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=4797

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=214&pictureid=1428

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=214&pictureid=1429

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=214&pictureid=1427

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=214&pictureid=1431

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=214&pictureid=1668

[Fansadox]

Cheers man thx alot. Have a nice vacation :)

[rsvette12]

Great thank you so much, now if we had a boat load of skins :)

Rich

[etheberge]

Cheers man thx alot. Have a nice vacation :)

Unfortunately the vacation was canceled due to British Airways cabin crew strike.

But it's ok, I'll get back at them by sinking a bunch of their merchant ships. That'll show those damn tea sipping brits :03:

[McHibbins]

Adoreable ! Geiler Mod, Danke dir :o)

[LukeFF]

Sweet! This'll definitely make it into RUB.

[jaxa]

Cool! I was looking for something like that.

[Paco]

Good work :yeah:

Paco.

[ShadowWolf Kell]

Yep, very good work. Already installed it. :yeah:

[Ablemaster]

Great work, plenty of choice now, thankyou.

[etheberge]

Sweet! This'll definitely make it into RUB.

Anytime, that would be very cool.

New version with the rest of the emblems coming soon, probably in the next couple of days.

[iron heart]

omg thank you this is one cool mod well done :rock:

[sergei]

Very nice work etheberge

[gutted]

Hella cool, cant wait to get to port to swap out this stock one im using.

:rock:

[piri_reis]

Just sailing out, will be installing one of the Emblems here, I hope they're free :D

thanks for this nice mod :up:

[Ragtag]

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing :yeah:

[oscar19681]

Thanks for this! The u-boat gods love you!

[JotDora]

cool mod, i liked the new emblems.

But be careful. I've "purchased" the new camo schemes from UPlay. After i activated this mod the new camo schemes disappeared. I guess the files touched by this mod are also containing the camo schemes.

Would be great if you could provide a version that includes the new camo schemes.

Greetings from germany

JotDora

[birdy]

nice job:up:

[EgoApocalypse]

Love it.....thank you.:salute:

[etheberge]

cool mod, i liked the new emblems.

But be careful. I've "purchased" the new camo schemes from UPlay. After i activated this mod the new camo schemes disappeared. I guess the files touched by this mod are also containing the camo schemes.

Would be great if you could provide a version that includes the new camo schemes.

Greetings from germany

JotDora

You can purchase new camo skins from UPlay? When I look at my Uplay account the shop section only says "coming soon". Do you mean that you bought a special edition of the game with the skins already in them?

Either way if you want to you can send me your un-modded \Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\Equipment.upc and \Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\UpgradePacks.upc files and I can look into it.

[etheberge]

NEW VERSION IS AVAILABLE

Check first post ------->>>>http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=164789

Now includes Flotilla and Crew emblems, as well as 21 original emblems by Gunfighter.

[Fansadox]

Thank you for this :)

[Ragtag]

thanks for the mod :)

[Stormfly]

Thank´s for your efforts, ilove this !

...keep up the nice work :yeah:

[coronas]

Excellent work!
:salute:

[Ragtag]

This mod does weird stuff with upgrades. When upgrading conningtower the wintergarden does not show up when upgrading the FLAKS, leaving you with an empty wintergarden.

[etheberge]

This mod does weird stuff with upgrades. When upgrading conningtower the wintergarden does not show up when upgrading the FLAKS, leaving you with an empty wintergarden.

Can you post your JSGME mod list?

Which specific upgrades are causing problems, just the flak or others too?

Anybody else having problems with upgrades?

[Ragtag]

Can you post your JSGME mod list?

Which specific upgrades are causing problems, just the flak or others too?

Anybody else having problems with upgrades?

Mods used with no conflicts:
No damn halo
Conning tower compass fix
moralemod
Commands
ASDIC alternate sound
Critical hits torpedoes 1.1
Free cam tweak 1.1 regular
Funnelsmoke
Removed binoc crossair
TDC dials 1.0.2
Grossdeutcher rundfunk
Mightyfine crew mod 1.1.1
Conus GFX mod

Upgrade worked fine again after removing your mod. As for now i just noticed the FLAK for wintergarden. The wintergarden FLAK option doesn't appear at all.

[etheberge]

Upgrade worked fine again after removing your mod. As for now i just noticed the FLAK for wintergarden. The wintergarden FLAK option doesn't appear at all.

Do you remember if you installed the mod before or after starting your career? If the later, do you remember if you installed it while you were on patrol on in the pen?

I know the game caches some of the upc files that contain the upgrades in your saved games folder. I suspect those files might be getting out of sync and causing the problem you're seeing, depending on when you install the mod.

Unfortunately I'm not far enough in the campaign to test the upgrades. If you or someone else wants to check, try installing the mod in the three scenarios mentioned above and see what happens.

At this point I would recommend installing it only before starting a new career just to be safe, until I can figure this out.

[Ragtag]

Installed it in the middle of Happy days. But starting from pen.

[7of9]

@etheberge

small but mighty Mod.

Thx a lot :salute:

[Pumbator]

Uh, great mod... Though I wish I'd see my old 'Das Schwein' emblem from the previous SH's. If I remember well, It was black and white :) But that's great too, thanks a million :)

[milanm1989]

Hello,

For some reason i can't get this mod to work.

I install it with the JSGME but when i am ingame i can only see the default emblems, which i think are rather stupid. So can somebody please help me:wah:

[etheberge]

Hello,

For some reason i can't get this mod to work.

I install it with the JSGME but when i am ingame i can only see the default emblems, which i think are rather stupid. So can somebody please help me:wah:

Make sure you copied the files properly in your mod folder it should look like this: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1322456&postcount=4

[Ragtag]

Love the mod :yeah:

However, i made a new one for U-995. If you want it i can send it to you if you feel like adding it to the package :88)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=222&pictureid=1446

[etheberge]

Love the mod :yeah:

However, i made a new one for U-995. If you want it i can send it to you if you feel like adding it to the package :88)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=222&pictureid=1446

Sure send it to me, I'll include it in future updates.

PM if you need my email.

[Cdr84]

Do you remember if you installed the mod before or after starting your career? If the later, do you remember if you installed it while you were on patrol on in the pen?

I know the game caches some of the upc files that contain the upgrades in your saved games folder. I suspect those files might be getting out of sync and causing the problem you're seeing, depending on when you install the mod.

Unfortunately I'm not far enough in the campaign to test the upgrades. If you or someone else wants to check, try installing the mod in the three scenarios mentioned above and see what happens.

At this point I would recommend installing it only before starting a new career just to be safe, until I can figure this out.

Just came across this problem. I didn't know what mod was causing it and the last thing I thought would cause it was this emblems mod.

I discovered the problem when I was in the pen and had just gotten the ability to upgrade to the wintergarden type conning tower. I could select the upgrade, but the tab for the wintergarden AA gun was missing on the left side of the menu box.

I then went thru all my JSGME mods, disabling and restarting :damn: until I found out which one was causing it.

It does not matter when (in what order) Fistful of Emblems is enabled. It does not over write nor do any of these mods over write it, also the problem goes away when it is disabled;

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Cdr84/emblemsJPG.jpg (http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/Cdr84/?action=view&current=emblemsJPG.jpg)

I compared the Equipment.upc and UpgradePacks.upc to stock with WinMerge and cannot see any obvious problems.

Cdr

Edit; I also tried enabling it after I disabled to get acess to the wintergarden AA gun option then saved out on patrol. When I restarted the game and loaded that save the gun remains in place. Apparently the only thing being affected is the menu option in upgrade screen while in the sub pen.

This gives rise to a workaround; Return to your pen after the patol, save and exit the game. Disable Fistful mod and restart the game. Select your wintergarden AA gun and whatever else you want. Save and exit again. Enable Fistful and restart the game. Choose your emblem and be on your way.

Clumsy... yes, but it works.

[Bramtyr]

Do these emblems have alpha channels? If so, I'd recommend dropping them down to 90% opacity, or some level of distressing to allow metal to show through.

Actually on second thought there are a few changes I'd make. to add some distressing. At the moment the colors are too homogeneous to look like a texture sitting on weather-exposed metal.

I'm a graphic designer- I've yet to nab a copy of SH5, but if you're interested and drop me a line, I could totally help add some more zing to the emblems.

Cheers!

[etheberge]

Just came across this problem. I didn't know what mod was causing it and the last thing I thought would cause it was this emblems mod.

I discovered the problem when I was in the pen and had just gotten the ability to upgrade to the wintergarden type conning tower. I could select the upgrade, but the tab for the wintergarden AA gun was missing on the left side of the menu box.

I then went thru all my JSGME mods, disabling and restarting :damn: until I found out which one was causing it.

It does not matter when (in what order) Fistful of Emblems is enabled. It does not over write nor do any of these mods over write it, also the problem goes away when it is disabled;

I compared the Equipment.upc and UpgradePacks.upc to stock with WinMerge and cannot see any obvious problems.

Cdr

Edit; I also tried enabling it after I disabled to get acess to the wintergarden AA gun option then saved out on patrol. When I restarted the game and loaded that save the gun remains in place. Apparently the only thing being affected is the menu option in upgrade screen while in the sub pen.

This gives rise to a workaround; Return to your pen after the patol, save and exit the game. Disable Fistful mod and restart the game. Select your wintergarden AA gun and whatever else you want. Save and exit again. Enable Fistful and restart the game. Choose your emblem and be on your way.

Clumsy... yes, but it works.

Thanks Cdr94, looks like you did a great job of troubleshooting this bug. Can you or someone else reading this send me one of your saved game from the pen, with the wintergarden upgrade available? I've only completed one and half patrol in my career so I can't even test it yet.

In the mean time I'll add your post to the first post so people are aware of the problem.

Thanks again.

Edit:

Perhaps it's related to this similar bug?


[REL] Force Camouflage On (camo bug workaround) NEW version 1.1b containing all the u-boat skins.
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To those who might find this useful...

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WHAT IT IS
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This mod is a temporary workarround to the SH5 bug where camouflages applied to your uboat doesn't show in missions. Let's hope this will be fixed in a patch soon. But until then...
As of v.1.1 the mod contains every u-boat/conning tower/paint scheme available in the stock game. More skins to come...
I'll look at it as soon as I'm far enough in the campaign or someone sends me a saved game.

[Bramtyr]

I've started to work with Etheberge on trying to add some photorealism to the emblems. Here's a start on just a few:


http://aarongaponoff.com/temp/sideprojects/sh5/preview.png


these are all at 25% ... i haven't worked with any .dds texture files but I'm hoping someone has an idea on how to get them from .png into SH5, and retain its alpha channel. I can't on my mac at the moment, unfortunately, so I can't look into the process.

[etheberge]

A Fistful of Emblems v1.51 UPDATED
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Updated to version 1.51. See first post for details.

Changelog
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v1.51:

-Fixed problem when adding second AA gun to Wintergarden. Huge thanks to TheBeast for finding the cause of this bug. Thanks also to Cdr84 and everyone else who investigated.
-Added updated emblem for U-995 from Ragtag.
-Added Weathered versions of 16 emblems from Gunfighter
-Added Weathered versions of emblems for 13th Flotilla, U-96 Green, U-552, and U-672 from Bramtyr
-Started change log :-)

[etheberge]

Changelog
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v1.51:

-Fixed problem when adding second AA gun to Wintergarden. Huge thanks to TheBeast for finding the cause of this bug. Thanks also to Cdr84 and everyone else who investigated.


Since I am still not advanced enough in the campaign to test this, I would appreciate it if someone can confirm that the fix for this bug works.

[Danevang]

Excellent mod! It's something that should have been in the game at release, but great that you made this, it really adds to the experience of the game. :yeah:

[Redlance88]

{EDIT} ok I am an Idiot, it is working fine now, not sure exactly what I did wrong in the first place, but after a remove and re-enable I'm all sorted out now. even managed to create my own captains emblem. good mod thanks lots.

P.S. one can use "The GIMP" to make .dds files as well. ( worked fine for me at least) plug in required.


I have checked my mod folder to endure that the data folder is directly under the fist full of emblems folder and still no luck getting these to show up. any ideas? if it helps my boat is a type VIIC with twin flack guns, but no Extended lower level winter garden, just the raised flak mount with twin guns.

[vonTorpitz]

Thanks a million etheberge. This is way too cool. This mod, others like it and folks like you will truly succeed at bringing SH5 back from the depths.

[etheberge]

{EDIT} ok I am an Idiot, it is working fine now, not sure exactly what I did wrong in the first place, but after a remove and re-enable I'm all sorted out now. even managed to create my own captains emblem. good mod thanks lots.

P.S. one can use "The GIMP" to make .dds files as well. ( worked fine for me at least) plug in required.


I have checked my mod folder to endure that the data folder is directly under the fist full of emblems folder and still no luck getting these to show up. any ideas? if it helps my boat is a type VIIC with twin flack guns, but no Extended lower level winter garden, just the raised flak mount with twin guns.

Redlance,

To be sure I understand, you couldn't get the twin flak guns before but after getting the new version and enabling it you can select them just fine and they show up on your sub?

Just looking for confirmation that the fix works.

[etheberge]

Thanks a million etheberge. This is way too cool. This mod, others like it and folks like you will truly succeed at bringing SH5 back from the depths.

Thanks vonTorpitz, how about them Sedin brothers eh?

[Redlance88]

My problems were all personal user error. and had nothing to do with the load out of my sub. the fix is working fine for my type VIIc with side by side flack guns on a single mount. Thanks again ! and thanks for making sure.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4496298412_f583a9944b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2804/4496308040_fb9fcb03dd_o.jpg
Redlance,

To be sure I understand, you couldn't get the twin flak guns before but after getting the new version and enabling it you can select them just fine and they show up on your sub?

Just looking for confirmation that the fix works.

[etheberge]

Just a confirmation that this mod works fine with patch 1.2.0.

[Abd_von_Mumit]

Thank you very much.

No idea who could have such sick idea to give players only like 10 fake emblems to choose from. :D

[Sepp von Ch.]

Would be please possible to reverse the U-552 emblem in this mod?

In this mod:

http://s1.postimage.org/1wp7kbb44/SH5_Img_2010_11_13_20_34_48.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1wp7kbb44/)

http://s1.postimage.org/1wpy0wv0k/SH5_Img_2010_11_13_20_34_53.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1wpy0wv0k/)


http://s1.postimage.org/1wqmtz2f8/SH5_Img_2010_11_13_20_35_04.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1wqmtz2f8/)


In reality:

http://s1.postimage.org/1wqohiex0/u552_06.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1wqohiex0/)

http://s1.postimage.org/1wqtg4gec/u552_18.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/1wqtg4gec/)

[PL_Andrev]

Would be please possible to reverse the U-552 emblem in this mod?


Find this emblem is game directory (image)
Open with drawing program (f.e. MS Paint)
Select all drawing
Flip horizontal
Save

[Sepp von Ch.]

Thanks, but I can not open this dds file with drawing program MS Paint, as recommanded (I can not work with another program).

U-552.dds (weathered version) download: http://www.uloz.to/6550050/u-552-dds

[Trevally.]

If they are dds files you need gimp2 (with dds plugin) or paint.net.
They are free downloads.

[PL_Andrev]

Paint.NET will do that.
Free, simple and very light program.

Result (30 sec of job with uploading):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tk1irr

[Sepp von Ch.]

It works, thank you VERY much Antar!

[CodyLang]

I click download, but it keeps telling me I am downloading to fast and I must wait another 25 seconds.

[CodyLang]

It is still giving me this error, can anybody help me out please?

"Slow Down! You are trying to download files too quickly. You must wait 15 seconds before you may download another file."

[col_Kurtz]

DL mods...

http://naforum.zapodaj.net/thumbs/f79b212cf482.jpg (http://naforum.zapodaj.net/f79b212cf482.jpg.html)

http://naforum.zapodaj.net/thumbs/1576c64abfe9.jpg (http://naforum.zapodaj.net/1576c64abfe9.jpg.html)

http://naforum.zapodaj.net/thumbs/78fe0f088224.jpg (http://naforum.zapodaj.net/78fe0f088224.jpg.html)

http://naforum.zapodaj.net/thumbs/cc73f866d11b.jpg (http://naforum.zapodaj.net/cc73f866d11b.jpg.html)


...each one is mirrored:o

[Poacher886]

Is there an easy way to create and attach an emblem of my own to the boat with no special software or at least any i have to pay for, and study a course in college to complete?
I quite fancy seeing a little piece of my imagination slapped on the side of my boat!

Thanks

[stoianm]

Is there an easy way to create and attach an emblem of my own to the boat with no special software or at least any i have to pay for, and study a course in college to complete?
I quite fancy seeing a little piece of my imagination slapped on the side of my boat!

Thanks

Yes it is.

1) Desable the mod ,, a fistfull of emblems''

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

3) go to C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\A Fistful of Emblems v1.51\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

Pick a name of a dds file from this location (ex. 1st-Flotilla.dds)

4) rename your dds file that you just converted from your picture with this name

5)copy

6) go again at the same location C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\A Fistful of Emblems v1.51\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

8)enable the mod

9) enjoy in game your new emblem:up:

Best regards!:salute:

[Poacher886]

Gee, that sounds easier than expected...alas i need some more detail on the following:

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

How do i convert a picture to a dds file? and how do i ensure the size of 85.5KB?

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

Lets say i have my new dds file on my desktop, i go to where the original 1st-Flotilla.dds file is (for instance) and overwrite it?? do you mean remove it and replace with my file??

Thanks for your help, i can feel no end of fun watching my U-boat cruise the Atlantic with a huge butt slapped across the conning tower!

[panosrxo]

Gee, that sounds easier than expected...alas i need some more detail on the following:

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

How do i convert a picture to a dds file? and how do i ensure the size of 85.5KB?

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

Lets say i have my new dds file on my desktop, i go to where the original 1st-Flotilla.dds file is (for instance) and overwrite it?? do you mean remove it and replace with my file??

Thanks for your help, i can feel no end of fun watching my U-boat cruise the Atlantic with a huge butt slapped across the conning tower!

http://www.getpaint.net/
download this,open image, save as dds...I don't know about the size. Does it really matter?

[stoianm]

http://www.getpaint.net/
download this,open image, save as dds...I don't know about the size. Does it really matter?

Yes it does!:yep:

[stoianm]

:yeah:Gee, that sounds easier than expected...alas i need some more detail on the following:

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

How do i convert a picture to a dds file? and how do i ensure the size of 85.5KB?

I use paint.net - about the size you will figure out playing with the program paint.net (i do not remember exactly the steps and i have not time now to look in paint.net - i am working some test) if you will not figure out the size we will speak tomorow

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

Lets say i have my new dds file on my desktop, i go to where the original 1st-Flotilla.dds file is (for instance) and overwrite it?? do you mean remove it and replace with my file??

Yes, thats corect!:up:

Thanks for your help, i can feel no end of fun watching my U-boat cruise the Atlantic with a huge butt slapped across the conning tower!

Good lock!:yeah:

[Magic1111]

A Fistful of Emblems v1.51
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Tested with patch 1.2.0

Description
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The emblems that shipped with the game are still available. You can also use your own emblem by copying your DDS texture file to \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex\custom.dds and selecting the last entry in the emblem list.



Credits
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Note to Modders
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You are free to include this in any other mods as you please.

I have commented Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\equipment.upc and Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\UpgradePacks.upc to show where my changes begin and end.

Download
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http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1603






Yes it is.

1) Desable the mod ,, a fistfull of emblems''

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

3) go to C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\A Fistful of Emblems v1.51\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

Pick a name of a dds file from this location (ex. 1st-Flotilla.dds)

4) rename your dds file that you just converted from your picture with this name

5)copy

6) go again at the same location C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\A Fistful of Emblems v1.51\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

8)enable the mod

9) enjoy in game your new emblem:up:

Best regards!:salute:

Hi !

Step 4 - 7 is not necessary, please read "in red" above from the "ReadMe" on Page #1 !!! :03:

Best regards,
Magic

[stoianm]

Hi !

Step 4 - 7 is not necessary, please read "in red" above from the "ReadMe" on Page #1 !!! :03:

Best regards,
Magic

Hi mate,

I tryed just to add my new emblems to the mod but it did not worked - maybe i have made something wrong - or maybe i must to modify an extra file before enabling the mod:hmmm:- this is the only way that i managed to make things working.

Best regards!:salute:

[Magic1111]

Hi mate,

I tryed just to add my new emblems to the mod but it did not worked - maybe i have made something wrong - or maybe i must to modify an extra file before enabling the mod:hmmm:- this is the only way that i managed to make things working.

Best regards!:salute:

Hi mate !

That means, that the .dds File from your own emblem must named in:

custom.dds

and then copy to \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex and after this you can choose it at last in the emblem list when you beeing in port !

And note: No other MOD don´t overwrite the two Files that comes with this MOD: Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\equipment.upc and Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\UpgradePacks.upc !!!!!!!

Best regards,
Magic:salute:

[stoianm]

Hi mate !

That means, that the .dds File from your own emblem must named in:

custom.dds

and then copy to \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex and after this you can choose it at last in the emblem list when you beeing in port !

Best regards,
Magic:salute:

Ok magic1111,

Now i see. That is the part that i did not know.

Thanks!

Best regards!:salute:

[BogdaNz]

the embles show only in the front of conning tower ?

[stoianm]

the embles show only in the front of conning tower ?

Depend of the type of your Uboat i think. It can be on a side also!

Salute!

[Poacher886]

Thanks guy's

I'll have a crack at this soon!!

[Poacher886]

Guys, im having some problems here!

I downloaded a painting from the net and opened it up in Paint.net. i downsized it to 84.4kb this was as close to 85.5kb as it would scale and made a few design adjustments.

Im totally happy with the job and converted it into a DDS. file. I then dropped it into Ubi/sh5/MODS/A fistfull of emblemsv1.51 / data/tex/Tnormal/tex.

It now sits below the "Custom.dds" file.

Yet i am now back at base and i does not appear in any of the emblem list???


Where have i gone wrong
Thanks

Edit: i've noticed something else...all the other dds emblems show to be 85.4kb yet mine is showing as 10.8kb?? this is strange as when i downsized it in paint.net "resize" it showed it as 84.4kb??

Im clearly needing some guidence here!!

[stoianm]

Guys, im having some problems here!

I downloaded a painting from the net and opened it up in Paint.net. i downsized it to 84.4kb this was as close to 85.5kb as it would scale and made a few design adjustments.

Im totally happy with the job and converted it into a DDS. file. I then dropped it into Ubi/sh5/MODS/A fistfull of emblemsv1.51 / data/tex/Tnormal/tex.

It now sits below the "Custom.dds" file.

Yet i am now back at base and i does not appear in any of the emblem list???


Where have i gone wrong
Thanks

Edit: i've noticed something else...all the other dds emblems show to be 85.4kb yet mine is showing as 10.8kb?? this is strange as when i downsized it in paint.net "resize" it showed it as 84.4kb??

Im clearly needing some guidence here!!

I have not a clue where you are doing the mistake - the size must to be 84.4 kb after you save (and you must see this size all over the places where you move the dds:D)

How many emblems do you want? if not so many - upload the jpegs and i will upload after the dds files for you (i think when you resize you must choose 256x256)

Salute!:salute:

[Poacher886]

Thanks,

So its just my size that is causing me to not see the emblem then??

I will try to re-size it to 256x256 and check

Thanks for the offer of doing it for me, its only one that im trying to get working as of now, but i would rather work it out myself so i can do more in the future.

Thanks again

[stoianm]

Thanks,

So its just my size that is causing me to not see the emblem then??

I will try to re-size it to 256x256 and check

Thanks for the offer of doing it for me, its only one that im trying to get working as of now, but i would rather work it out myself so i can do more in the future.

Thanks again First just convert the jpeg in dds
then open one dds from ,,old fistfull of emblems'' and look at his size, pixel etc

open your dds and resize with the same caracteristics

[Poacher886]

see below for a better account!

[Poacher886]

Basically im beat with this.

I've got a square image from the net, customised it in Paint.net. I've taken a dds picture file from "A Fistfull of Emblems" MOd and sized mine in paint. net exactly the same as follows:

256x256 pixels
Resoloution 37.80
Print size 6.77 width and 6.77 height

These are the exact dimensions of the Working emblems in the mod. I've even got them next to each other in Paint.net and they look exactly the same (different picture of course).

I then "save as" and choose DDS. and it saves it to my desktop as a dds file which looks the same as the ones in the mod.

Yet when i scroll my mouse over the file, mine is 32.1kb and the other's are 85.4kb??????

I've even put it in the emblem file and gone in-game to check, but all it shows is the empty black X where i would expect to see my emblem!!

Someone must know where im going wrong here, i thought this would be as simple as!

[TheDarkWraith]

sounds like you didn't give it an alpha channel. What DXT format are you saving it as? DXT5?

[Poacher886]

sounds like you didn't give it an alpha channel. What DXT format are you saving it as? DXT5?

Thanks TDW,

I was saving it with the default settings, because i knew not what i was talking about. However it seems that if i save it as DXT5 it only 'up's' it to 64.1kb and not the stated 85.4kb!
Is it really the size that is the difference between work and not work?

Either way, i've had a meeting with my crew and they are refusing to leave port again until there is a giant picture of my Butt on the conning tower....i lost a bet with the navigator that the weather wasn't improving.

[TheDarkWraith]

Thanks TDW,

I was saving it with the default settings, because i knew not what i was talking about. However it seems that if i save it as DXT5 it only 'up's' it to 64.1kb and not the stated 85.4kb!
Is it really the size that is the difference between work and not work?

Either way, i've had a meeting with my crew and they are refusing to leave port again until there is a giant picture of my Butt on the conning tower....i lost a bet with the navigator that the weather wasn't improving.

send me your emblem. I'll look it over in Photoshop to see if anything looks irai.

[Poacher886]

I'll have ago at sending you my picture, though if you wanted a picture of my butt, you could have just asked...seems about right for my current sig!:yep:

[Trevally.]

I'll have ago at sending you my picture, though if you wanted a picture of my butt, you could have just asked...seems about right for my current sig!:yep:
:rotfl2:

[Poacher886]

Cant seem to find the "upload" button when tring to send you a privates masarge!

My god..my sigs getting worse!

[TheDarkWraith]

Cant seem to find the "upload" button when tring to send you a privates masarge!

My god..my sigs getting worse!

use www.rapidshare.com (http://www.rapidshare.com). It's easy and fast and works for small stuff like this. Very easy to use also. Just post the link to it here after uploading.

[stoianm]

Cant seem to find the "upload" button when tring to send you a privates masarge!

My god..my sigs getting worse!
wow :har: nice avatar you have

[Poacher886]

use www.rapidshare.com (http://www.rapidshare.com). It's easy and fast and works for small stuff like this. Very easy to use also. Just post the link to it here after uploading.

Easy to use my butt.

Im naff at this kind of stuff, i've created an account an uploaded an image, though i'll be damed if i can find it, how do i send it to you. i.e how do i link it to you and send?

Thanks

Edit: after playing around it seems i need your E-mail address to send to!

[TheDarkWraith]

Easy to use my butt.

Im naff at this kind of stuff, i've created an account an uploaded an image, though i'll be damed if i can find it, how do i send it to you. i.e how do i link it to you and send?

Thanks

there's no need to create an account. Just simply press the big yellow upload file icon and then select the file. Once it's been uploaded it will give you a link to the file at the bottom of the page. Copy and paste to here.

[Poacher886]

there's no need to create an account. Just simply press the big yellow upload file icon and then select the file. Once it's been uploaded it will give you a link to the file at the bottom of the page. Copy and paste to here.

Ok, Try this:

http://rapidshare.com/files/446931690/Thanks.jpg

[TheDarkWraith]

Ok, Try this:

http://rapidshare.com/files/446931690/Thanks.jpg

That's your emblem? An eyeball?

[Poacher886]

What were you expecting "My butt" !!

[TheDarkWraith]

What were you expecting "My butt" !!

Just checking. Ok, I see some problems.

[TheDarkWraith]

here you go: http://rapidshare.com/files/446933671/Thanks_revised.dds

[Poacher886]

You are a Gentleman and a Schollar sir.

I have passed it to my desktop and will have a go with it tomrrow...its getting late here!

Could you tell me what was wrong so i know for next time....im quite partial to putting an ear-lobe on my next boat.

[TheDarkWraith]

You are a Gentleman and a Schollar sir.

I have passed it to my desktop and will have a go with it tomrrow...its getting late here!

Could you tell me what was wrong so i know for next time....im quite partial to putting an ear-lobe on my next boat.

actually I just looked at it with the DirectX tools and the one I sent you is probably not correct. This one is correct: http://rapidshare.com/files/446935758/Thanks_revised.dds

No mipmaps, 256 X 256 size, alpha, and saved as unsigned 32 bit ARGB dds format. Gives file size of 256kb just like all the other emblems :D

[Poacher886]

Thanks TDW, though no joy..

The file size is now 256kb as stated but the others say 85.4kb when you hover your mouse over them.

Either way i tried with both and neither worked!

I thought it would be a simple case of going into Ubi/SH6/MODS/Fistfull../data/textures/ etc and dropping in the file along with the others, i even named it custom.dds and removed the custom.dds file already in there. but this did not work and when in game (sub-pen) i went to upgrade my emblem and at the end of the long list is still the black X where mine should be!

It says install your custom emblem to data/textures/Tnormal/tex/custom.dds....but how can you install to "custom.dds" its a texture file is'nt it?

Anyway, i removed the said "custom.dds" from this location and popped a copy of mine in there, but the same result??

Anyone got any ideas....sheesh and i thought whether to use the left or right eyeball was going to be the hard bit!

[stoianm]

Thanks TDW, though no joy..

The file size is now 256kb as stated but the others say 85.4kb when you hover your mouse over them.

Either way i tried with both and neither worked!

I thought it would be a simple case of going into Ubi/SH6/MODS/Fistfull../data/textures/ etc and dropping in the file along with the others, i even named it custom.dds and removed the custom.dds file already in there. but this did not work and when in game (sub-pen) i went to upgrade my emblem and at the end of the long list is still the black X where mine should be!

It says install your custom emblem to data/textures/Tnormal/tex/custom.dds....but how can you install to "custom.dds" its a texture file is'nt it?

Anyway, i removed the said "custom.dds" from this location and popped a copy of mine in there, but the same result??

Anyone got any ideas....sheesh and i thought whether to use the left or right eyeball was going to be the hard bit!

here is your dds:

http://www.filefront.com/17919376/Thanks.dds (http://www.filefront.com/17919376/Thanks.dds)

Enjoy:up:

[Poacher886]

Thanks Stoianm,

So i guess what im doing is correct, but there;s an issue with the file eh?


P.s your link does'nt work?

Thanks

[stoianm]

Thanks Stoianm,

So i guess what im doing is correct, but there;s an issue with the file eh?


P.s your link does'nt work?

Thanks

you are mistake when resize

here another links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/447053583/as.rar

http://www.filefront.com/17919446/as.rar

[Poacher886]

Thanks, the link works fine now...must have been my PC!

What was the mistake when re-sizing then...i did it in Paint.net and just upped it to 256x256!!

[stoianm]

Thanks, the link works fine now...must have been my PC!

What was the mistake when re-sizing then...i did it in Paint.net and just upped it to 256x256!!

you did that right but i supose you did not choosed to maintain the aspect ratio:up:

[Poacher886]

Oh, anyway it does'nt work.

I've put a copy into "Fistfull of Emblems" MOD and the Data/textures file and the DATA/textures/Emblems file, and nothing is shown in my Upgrade emblem list, just the same old black X ???


I must be doing something wrong?

[stoianm]

you have here the mod:

http://www.filefront.com/17919505/A Fistful of Emblems v1.51.rar

just copy in your mod file in game and enable via JGSME

[Poacher886]

Thanks,

Before i do, am i to uninstall the original "Fistfull of emblems" and the "Weathered emblems", then install this mod?

And what is different about the mod your suggesting?...why will this make a difference?, the fistfull of emblems mod does work and they are all there for me to use, its onlt my emblem i can't get working..just in-case you thought the mod was'nt working aswell.

[stoianm]

Thanks,

Before i do, am i to uninstall the original "Fistfull of emblems" and the "Weathered emblems", then install this mod?

And what is different about the mod your suggesting?...why will this make a difference?, the fistfull of emblems mod does work and they are all there for me to use, its onlt my emblem i can't get working..just in-case you thought the mod was'nt working aswell.

unninstal boths mods

make a back-up copy for "Fistfull of emblems

overwritte my mod in mod file over "Fistfull of emblems

enable the Fistfull of emblems and Weathered emblems

i do not know what you are doing wrong - i explained to you the steps that i made when i did my emblems

P.S. if is still not working desable Weathered emblems and try again ( i do not use Weathered emblems)

[Poacher886]

Ok, one question, how do i overwrite the Fistfull of emblems with your mod. Will your mod not overwrite Fistfull of emblems when it is activated through JSGME automatically??

[stoianm]

Ok, one question, how do i overwrite the Fistfull of emblems with your mod. Will your mod not overwrite Fistfull of emblems when it is activated through JSGME automatically??

,,my mod'' is Fistfull of emblems but it has and your emblem on it

it is Fistfull of emblems plus your emblem - just enable

[Poacher886]

Nope it does'nt work. Never mind, i shall make it my lifes work to get my emblem on my boat.:yep:

[stoianm]

Nope it does'nt work. Never mind, i shall make it my lifes work to get my emblem on my boat.:yep:
imposible

if you just enable the mod that i sendet to you

not other emblem mod
and go in the game
you shoul see your emblem
i will make a pictue with you emblem on my uboat to see
2 min

[stoianm]

here is your emblem
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/stoianm/e1.jpg

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/stoianm/e2.jpg

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/stoianm/e3.jpg

folow my steps and it must to work

[Poacher886]

Excellent, though i've seen a problem already. I was expecting the chopped bits on the side to not have a white background! i thought i was deleting the picture!


I will have another go, but first i have bigger problems, it seems even extracted files using 7z now turn automatically into Rar files and not the usual ones you find in your folders! all my files on my decktop now have 7z on them and are not the usual windoes looking file.

[stoianm]

Excellent, though i've seen a problem already. I was expecting the chopped bits on the side to not have a white background! i thought i was deleting the picture!


I will have another go, but first i have bigger problems, it seems even extracted files using 7z now turn automatically into Rar files and not the usual ones you find in your folders! all my files on my decktop now have 7z on them and are not the usual windoes looking file.
right click on on file
open with
chose default program
win rar archiver

[Poacher886]

I've sorted my file problems thanks.

I will have to admit defeat with this emblem mod. I totally removed the original Fistfull of emblems from my mods file and just installed yours, i get no emblem of mine and only 12 of the original.

Im beat.

[stoianm]

I've sorted my file problems thanks.

I will have to admit defeat with this emblem mod. I totally removed the original Fistfull of emblems from my mods file and just installed yours, i get no emblem of mine and only 12 of the original.

Im beat.
you enabled over this another emblem mod?

[stoianm]

here you must have enabled the mod at the end of jgsme

your mod is in my picture called a fistfull of emblems v1.51test

and i have no other emblems mods enabled after this mod

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l568/stoianm/mods.jpg

[Poacher886]

I,ve reloaded the original and all is fine now. i might read through your original procedure and make sure i do everything correctly, strange how it works fine for you!

[Poacher886]

:doh::yeah: My god, finally i've got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbeliveably i was making many mistakes and by reading your original instructions about 5 pages back its worked!!!

Basically mistake No:

1. I was'nt disabling the fistfull mod first Doh!
2. I was just droping it in the pile and not copying a name of an existing file for it to replace (maybe this isn't necessary as someone said, but replacing U-201.dds with my file named the same has worked!.

Thanks for your patience everyone especially stoianm, i got there in the end.


Now, ive selected it as my new Emblem and equipted my boat with it, i then took a walk down the jetty to view it but my boat still has my old emblem on it? im guessing the new one will appear when i start a new patrol yes?

Also, thinking the bits aon the side of the emblem that i cut away to make it look a bit beaten have left a nice shinny white patch!, what im wanting to do, is colour those bits with a light crey similar to my U-boat to cover them, but im worried that if i open my file in Paint.net i will once again be faced with the size problem??

[stoianm]

:doh::yeah: My god, finally i've got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbeliveably i was making many mistakes and by reading your original instructions about 5 pages back its worked!!!

Basically mistake No:

1. I was'nt disabling the fistfull mod first Doh!
2. I was just droping it in the pile and not copying a name of an existing file for it to replace (maybe this isn't necessary as someone said, but replacing U-201.dds with my file named the same has worked!.

Thanks for your patience everyone especially stoianm, i got there in the end.


Now, ive selected it as my new Emblem and equipted my boat with it, i then took a walk down the jetty to view it but my boat still has my old emblem on it? im guessing the new one will appear when i start a new patrol yes?

Here i do not understand:o - to chose a new emblem you must to be in bunker and after that you normaly go in the patrol - how you choosed the emblem and you say that after you will start a new patrol you will see the emblem. you are losing me here

Also, thinking the bits aon the side of the emblem that i cut away to make it look a bit beaten have left a nice shinny white patch!, what im wanting to do, is colour those bits with a light crey similar to my U-boat to cover them, but im worried that if i open my file in Paint.net i will once again be faced with the size problem??

you can rework your jpeg and send to me and i will send you the dds

:yeah:

[Poacher886]

you can rework your jpeg and send to me and i will send you the dds

:yeah:


Basically i am in the bunker. I have selected my Emblem and equipted my boat with it, it shows my emblem as the one selected in the upgrades panel.

I then came out of the upgrades panel and walked down the peir/jetty to look at my conning tower in the pen, but my old emblem is still on the boat!, what im thinking is when i start a new patrol (and teleport to boat) it will then show on my U-boat.

I've just taken a copy of my emblem and opened it in Paint.net. I made some adjustments to the cut away bits on the sides (coloured them shades of grey), then i saved with default dds settings (i.e i didn't touch anything) and once again my emblem is back to 32.1kb !!!!!


Remember this is a copy to test with, i have not screwed with the one in the game...thanks for the offer of doing it for me, but i dont want to have to bother you every time i want to do a new emblem, why is it that i cant seem to size it to 85.4kb regardless of leaving the sizes untouched??

What do i need to do?

Thanks

[stoianm]

Basically i am in the bunker. I have selected my Emblem and equipted my boat with it, it shows my emblem as the one selected in the upgrades panel.

I then came out of the upgrades panel and walked down the peir/jetty to look at my conning tower in the pen, but my old emblem is still on the boat!, what im thinking is when i start a new patrol (and teleport to boat) it will then show on my U-boat.

I've just taken a copy of my emblem and opened it in Paint.net. I made some adjustments to the cut away bits on the sides (coloured them shades of grey), then i saved with default dds settings (i.e i didn't touch anything) and once again my emblem is back to 32.1kb !!!!!


Remember this is a copy to test with, i have not screwed with the one in the game...thanks for the offer of doing it for me, but i dont want to have to bother you every time i want to do a new emblem, why is it that i cant seem to size it to 85.4kb regardless of leaving the sizes untouched??

What do i need to do?

Thanks

i oped the jpeg file and i choose to resize as i told you 256x256 and also maintain the aspect ratio (important)
i save the jpeg like this
i convert the jpeg in dds and when it asking me what setings i want to use i play with those settings until i have 85.5 size

[Poacher886]

Ok i'll try, the best i got before was 64kb, but i'll have another go,

Edit: yes its the same game, DXT3 and DXT5 give you 64.1kb, others give you 128kb and 256kb, but regardless of which i choose once i've saved it and hover my mouse over the file on my desktop its always 32.1kb?


I;ll have to play again tomorrow, its getting late.

[WillyVic]

Poacher,

When you save it as a DXT3 file make sure you save the mip maps with it. This will give you the 86KB size.

I highly recommend getting DXTBMP program. It will heal all your ills with DDS conversions. You set your default paint program, export the dds file to it, make your changes, save it, and import it back into DXTBMP then save. It is a very user friendly program. I have been using it for years.

Link:
http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Hope this helps a bit.
WV

[Poacher886]

Poacher,

When you save it as a DXT3 file make sure you save the mip maps with it. This will give you the 86KB size.

I highly recommend getting DXTBMP program. It will heal all your ills with DDS conversions. You set your default paint program, export the dds file to it, make your changes, save it, and import it back into DXTBMP then save. It is a very user friendly program. I have been using it for years.

Link:
http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Hope this helps a bit.
WV


Thanks,

This is new ground for me...i'll try your program suggestion, though saving mipmaps gives you 86kb you say...but thats not 85.4kb! i though it had to be exact!


Edit: i just quickly tried saving with Mipmaps, and it say's "preview size 85.5kb" perfect. But. once i've saved that and then hover my mouse over the dds file it says 64.1kb!!!


I just used your link and suggested softwre,,,worked first time thanks!!!

[Poacher886]

One more thing, im wanting to take a screenshot of my boats conning tower so i can match the colour of it perfectly...i pressed shift+F11 and the screen froze and did nothing else!

Eventually i had to boot out of the game. Anything im doing wrong and where would i find my svreenshot anyway?

Thanks

[stoianm]

One more thing, im wanting to take a screenshot of my boats conning tower so i can match the colour of it perfectly...i pressed shift+F11 and the screen froze and did nothing else!

Eventually i had to boot out of the game. Anything im doing wrong and where would i find my svreenshot anyway?

Thanks

wrong combination - try CTRL+F11

[Poacher886]

I pressed cntrl+F11 but nothing happened! should i notice anything? and where would i find the screenshot? perhps i did take it after all!

Thanks

[stoianm]

I pressed cntrl+F11 but nothing happened! should i notice anything? and where would i find the screenshot? perhps i did take it after all!

Thanks
After that go to C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5 and you will find your screenshoots in this location

[Trevally.]

@Poacher

If you use the tool "Magic Wand" in paint.net it will select everything of that colour.
So using the wand, click on the white bits and press delete. This will remove it from the image and you will see the u-boat underneath.:up:

[WillyVic]

Glad I could help Poacher.

With DXTBMP you can also edit/create the alpha channel in much the same way. For emblem alphas, I take the original pic , create a negative image of it and save it. Then I load up the DDS file in DXTBMP, send the alpha to the editor, paste the negative image over the alpha, reimport into DXTBMP, and save the entire thing.

And as stoianm said, your saved pics will be in your root SH5 folder. You are looking for files that appear as (example):
SH5Img@2011-02-11_11.29.33.bmp. <----disregard the link, the forum thinks I have typed an email address because of the @ symbol in the file name.


WV

[Poacher886]

Thanks guy's im really happy with my new Emblem...not the mark one eyeball!

Thanks for the heads up regarding the "Magic wand"..that was what i was looking for.

I would insert my screenshot of my new emblem, but not sure how to do that..when i click on "insert image" it asks me for the http/. etc?

Any easy way to attach and display a picture in my post?

Thanks

[scorpiondown]

pretty new to SH5...do you have to complete a mission to have upgrades available to use this mod?
Thanks!!!!

[Masterchen]

Hi there i made a custom painting for my personal emblem but i have problems to edit it to a dds file my painting is size 256x256 and i have it as png and jpg

If someone could edit it for me into a dds file with the exact size to use it in my sh game i would be very happy or at least tell me how i can edit it myself so that it has the size of 85kb or whatever it needs to be

thanks and here are the pictures:
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/e1hs-ik-884d.jpg
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/e1hs-il-5574.png

Greatings

[gap]

Hi there i made a custom painting for my personal emblem but i have problems to edit it to a dds file my painting is size 256x256 and i have it as png and jpg

If someone could edit it for me into a dds file with the exact size to use it in my sh game i would be very happy or at least tell me how i can edit it myself so that it has the size of 85kb or whatever it needs to be

thanks and here are the pictures:
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/e1hs-ik-884d.jpg
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/e1hs-il-5574.png

Greatings

Nice one! ;)

Here's your dds file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?l72umgd91g44h8j

[Masterchen]

thank you gap it works but there is still a ugly backround in it if you could do the same with the png so that i have a transparant backround it would be awsome and thanks very much for the work you allready did :)
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/e1hs-im-30ef.jpg
Greatings

[gap]

thank you gap it works but there is still a ugly backround in it if you could do the same with the png so that i have a transparant backround it would be awsome and thanks very much for the work you allready did :)
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/big/e1hs-im-30ef.jpg
Greatings

Link in post #134 updated.
I had forgot to check the save alpha channel box :88) Now it should work.
Let me know anyway!

[Masterchen]

thank you verry much working now :)

Just a question if you have the time could you explane whoch program you use for change png into dds and how you can exactly make the file 85.4kb big

with big greatings Masterchen

[gap]

Personally I am using PhotoShop CS5 Extended 64 bit, with the latest Nvidia plugins. With the appropriate plugins, Gimp and Paint.net support as well the dds format, though I think I've read somewhere that their management of alpha channels is not as intuitive as the one of Photoshop. I can be wrong anyway, as I am not a regular user of those programs.

As for dds settings, I use:

DXT5 ARGB 8 bpp | interpolated alpha
Generate Mipmap

There is another program I use for viewing compression settings of existing dds files. It is called The Compressonator (http://developer.amd.com/tools/compressonator/Pages/default.aspx). It got limited editing options, but it comes handy when you want to view the compression type of stock dds files, if you want to keep the same settings for your custom textures.

Indeed you might want to change those settings, since the use of not perfectly optimized textures in stock SH5 is suspected to be one of the reasons of its bad performances and low fps.

I hope I replied to your question. Don't exitate to ask for further support, if you need it! :up:

[BIGREG]

:salute: Hi

Me, I use DxtBmp :http://www.mwgfx.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm:03:

[gap]

:salute: Hi

Me, I use DxtBmp :http://fly.to/mwgfx/ :03:

Merci beaucoup Bigreg! :DL

Je ne connessais pas cet utilitaire. Good to know!

[oldun64]

Hi

Do I have to install this Mod to the get 10.5 deck gun ? update by beast. and is the year required...

regards

Oldun aka Gus

[Kefeng]

I find the vanilla Emblem's lame. That's what i looked for, thanks dude! :up:

[SilentHunts]

Hey thanks for making this mod. I hated the emblems that Ubisoft Gave. I salute you!:salute:

[Raven_2012]

Removed because of mod problems.

[Raven_2012]

Before use can someone verify this works on their machine.

Thanks!

I don't know if anyone has released a version to work with Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober

Coming back to game after a few years and updating some mods, I noticed some things were missing. So I fixed some stuff.

If not, here is a AFFOE friendly version of sobers mod. Just use this one instead and replace the other one:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ncc4rwds3lqdnvi/Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE%20(avail able%20by%20date)%20V9%20by%20sober.7z

I am not taking credit for it, sober is the one that made the mod. I am just adding AFFOE to it for the people who use this mod.

If you are using the Equipment mod and sobers mod, don't use this:
Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151

Instead use the file from download:
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE (available by date) V9 by sober

EX mod order:
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_byTheBeast
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1
#Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE (available by date) V9 by sober

Pretty much like before.

I'm sure sober will combine this with his 7z for you guys, so you can have the option to choose.
:up:

[vlad29]

Before use can someone verify this works on their machine.

Thanks!

Thanks Raven, but 'A fistful of emblems' is not compatible with R.E.M when stand above, isn't it?

[Raven_2012]

I don't know, I've been away a while. That's why I wanted someone to check.



Thanks Raven, but 'A fistful of emblems' is not compatible with R.E.M when stand above, isn't it?

[gap]

Thanks Raven, but 'A fistful of emblems' is not compatible with R.E.M when stand above, isn't it?

I don't know, I've been away a while. That's why I wanted someone to check.

R.E.M is fully available with this mod :yep:

[Raven_2012]

I did this to see if the emblems work.

I started new campaign, talk to commander to get mission, quit the game and came back. That way before I go on mission when I talk to the upgrade guy I could do some upgrades, but the emblems didn't show up.

I can scroll down to see them, but they appear blank with X instead of picture. Their descriptions are there.

Is it too early for me to use them? Would I need to go out on first mission and come back, then on next mission I could use them?

I am using OHII 2.2

[vlad29]

I did this to see if the emblems work.

I started new campaign, talk to commander to get mission, quit the game and came back. That way before I go on mission when I talk to the upgrade guy I could do some upgrades, but the emblems didn't show up.

I can scroll down to see them, but they appear blank with X instead of picture. Their descriptions are there.

Is it too early for me to use them? Would I need to go out on first mission and come back, then on next mission I could use them?

I am using OHII 2.2

No Raven, they had to be able since the beginning of career:yep: Something is wrong, I'll check it also:hmmm:

[vlad29]

R.E.M is fully available with this mod :yep:
Good news Gap re. R.E.M., then I'll load my mod list to have a look. There was one must-have mod that didn't allow AFFOE to work properly:salute:

[Raven_2012]

Well some are available. The campaign start date is 1939-08-31 and the emblems show a start date of 1939-09-01, so they are available after coming back from first patrol. At least I hope so. :o

I really hope so. I would hate to loose that mod too. I already miss my Sub Flag mod.
No Raven, they had to be able since the beginning of career:yep: Something is wrong, I'll check it also:hmmm:

[vlad29]

Well some are available. The campaign start date is 1939-08-31 and the emblems show a start date of 1939-09-01, so they are available after coming back from first patrol. At least I hope so. :o

I really hope so. I would hate to loose that mod too. I already miss my Sub Flag mod.
@Raven,Gap
Yes, I remembered at least: 'SH5 longer repairs' mod is not compatible with AFFOE:salute:

[Raven_2012]

I don't use the longer repair times mod. It's something to keep in mind if I ever use it.

@Raven,Gap
Yes, I remembered at least: 'SH5 longer repairs' mod is not compatible with AFFOE:salute:

[gap]

I did this to see if the emblems work.

...

I can scroll down to see them, but they appear blank with X instead of picture. Their descriptions are there.

Is it too early for me to use them? Would I need to go out on first mission and come back, then on next mission I could use them?

I am using OHII 2.2

Well some are available. The campaign start date is 1939-08-31 and the emblems show a start date of 1939-09-01, so they are available after coming back from first patrol. At least I hope so. :o

I really hope so. I would hate to loose that mod too. I already miss my Sub Flag mod.

Your issue is not caused by OHII and it is not date-related either: emblems which are not yet available by date shouldn't appear at all in the upgrades selection menu.

Emblems settings are found in two files. UpgradePacks.upc contains all is needed for making the emblems displayable in the upgrades interface (upgrade ID, name displayed in game, notes, availability dates, etc.), and Equipment.upc is used for setting some emblem properties, including the dds files connected with each emblem. From your description, it seems you forgot to update the latter file. When doing it, make sure to match upgrade ID's with the corresponding ones in UpgradePacks.upc, and to use a progressive numbering for Equipment/UpgradePack definitions (the headers between square brackets). :salute:

@Raven,Gap
Yes, I remembered at least: 'SH5 longer repairs' mod is not compatible with AFFOE:salute:

Anything which alters the two files I have mentioned before, will break the mod. :yep:

[Raven_2012]

If thats the case, I found problem with Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151 that comes with the equipment mod. The IDnumber with Equipment.upc doesn't match that of UpgradePacks.upc

Your issue is not caused by OHII and it is not date-related either: emblems which are not yet available by date shouldn't appear at all in the upgrades selection menu.

Emblems settings are found in two files. UpgradePacks.upc contains all is needed for making the emblems displayable in the upgrades interface (upgrade ID, name displayed in game, notes, availability dates, etc.), and Equipment.upc is used for setting some emblem properties, including the dds files connected with each emblem. From your description, it seems you forgot to update the latter file. When doing it, make sure to match upgrade ID's with the corresponding ones in UpgradePacks.upc, and to use a progressive numbering for Equipment/UpgradePack definitions (the headers between square brackets). :salute:



Anything which alters the two files I have mentioned before, will break the mod. :yep:

[Raven_2012]

I see R.S.D changes the equipment.upc too. AFFOE needs to be reworked from another angle. Since there is two mods doing in it, i might just start at AFFOE and make the changes to the mod and add it last after those mods.

So much work!:/\\!!

I will upload two versions for you guys when I get done, one for just Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
and one for both Sobers and R.S.D

:-?

[gap]

If thats the case, I found problem with Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151 that comes with the equipment mod. The IDnumber with Equipment.upc doesn't match that of UpgradePacks.upc

UpgradePacksElement / Equipment ID's must be matched; header sorting numbers do not need to be the same in the two files though. See the example below. :03:


UpgradePacks.upc:
[UpgradePack 175]
ID= UpackEmblem119
NameDisplayable=Gunfighter Emblem 21
Info=Gunfighter Emblem 21
Notes=Custom emblem made by Gunfighter, who had 10 of his emblems in the top 24 in the Emblem Contest from Ubisoft.
FunctionalType= UpFTypeEmblem
UpgradePackSlotType= UboatEmblems
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1939-09-01, NULL, 0
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= EqpEmblem119
TrackingID=901


Equipment.upc:
[Equipment 174]
ID=EqpEmblem119
NameDisplayable=
FunctionalType= EqFTypeCoating
EquipmentInterval= NULL, NULL
EquipmentSlotType=NULL
ExternalLinkName3D=data\Textures\TNormal\tex\gf21. dds
Hitpoints= 10000
DamageDescription1= NULL, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, invulnerable, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 1, 1

I see R.S.D changes the equipment.upc too. AFFOE needs to be reworked from another angle. Since there is two mods doing in it, i might just start at AFFOE and make the changes to the mod and add it last after those mods.

So much work!:/\\!!

I will upload two versions for you guys when I get done, one for just Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
and one for both Sobers and R.S.D

:-?

If you plan to use R.S.D, you should edit its upc files, as they overwrite E.U.F's upc's.

All you need to do is copying/pasting AFFOE's entries, and adjusting their sorting numbers so that no numbers are missing/duplicated, and that they are sorted in ascending order.

Boring task, but without complications :up:

[Raven_2012]

Yeah I know what you are taking about, but it seems the Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151 in the Equipment mod download aren't matching with same files in the download. I just downloaded a fresh copy to check. Those two files in Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151 don't match up. I didn't see it at firsts in WinMerge. You have to open each one in notepad, thats when I saw it.

EX:
Equipment.upc

;################################################# ##################
;#########BEGIN ADDITIONS BY FISTFUL OF EMBLEMS MOD#################
;################################################# ##################

[Equipment 86]
ID=EqpEmblem31
NameDisplayable=
FunctionalType= EqFTypeCoating
EquipmentInterval= NULL, NULL
EquipmentSlotType=NULL
ExternalLinkName3D=data\Textures\TNormal\tex\U-281.dds
Hitpoints= 10000
DamageDescription1= NULL, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, invulnerable, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 1, 1

[Equipment 87]
ID=EqpEmblem32
NameDisplayable=
FunctionalType= EqFTypeCoating
EquipmentInterval= NULL, NULL
EquipmentSlotType=NULL
ExternalLinkName3D=data\Textures\TNormal\tex\U-287.dds
Hitpoints= 10000
DamageDescription1= NULL, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, invulnerable, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 1, 1


UpgradePacks.upc

;################################################# ##################
;#########BEGIN ADDITIONS BY FISTFUL OF EMBLEMS MOD#################
;################################################# ##################

[UpgradePack 103]
ID=UpackEmblem6
NameDisplayable=U-30 (Julius Lemp Emblem)
Info=U-30 was a Type VIIA U-boat, commissioned on 8th Oct 1936.
Notes=This boat sank the first ship in the war when she sank the 13,581 ton passenger ship Athenia by mistake (taking her to be an Armed Merchant Cruiser). On 29 April 1940 in the North Sea the boat rescued four crew members from a crashed German Dornier Do 18 airplane of 2nd Staffel Küstenfliegergruppe 906. The boat was already inbound to port and reached Wilhelmshaven the next day. U-30 was the first U-boat to make use of the newly captured French bases when she landed in Lorient on 7 July, 1940.
FunctionalType= UpFTypeEmblem
UpgradePackSlotType= UboatEmblems
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1939-09-01, NULL, 0
IDLinkUpgradePackElements=EqpEmblem6
TrackingID=901

[UpgradePack 104]
ID=UpackEmblem7
NameDisplayable=U-47
Info=U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat, commissioned on 17th Dec 1938.
Notes=On 14 Oct, 1939 U-47 made an incredible raid on the British Navy base at Scapa Flow sinking the Battleship HMS Royal Oak. This transformed her Kaleun Günther Prien into an instant War Hero. U-47 made 10 war patrols with the 7th Flotilla, sinking an impressive 30 ships for a total of 162,769 GRT. She was lost with all hands on or about 8th March 1941, possibly due to mines, British corvettes or her own torpedoes.
FunctionalType= UpFTypeEmblem
UpgradePackSlotType= UboatEmblems
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1939-09-01, NULL, 0
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= EqpEmblem7
TrackingID=901



The Equipment.upc counts from 30 when the correct one start at 6. The 6 works also, because last one is stock game is named EqpEmblem5. So EqpEmblem6 is correct and not EqpEmblem31. There will be 30 emblems missing, that most of us haven't seen in a while.

Those two files in download that are suppose to be compatible with AFFOE, actually removes 30 of the emblems. :doh:

UpgradePacksElement / Equipment ID's must be matched; header sorting numbers do not need to be the same in the two files though. See the example below. :03:


UpgradePacks.upc:
[UpgradePack 175]
ID= UpackEmblem119
NameDisplayable=Gunfighter Emblem 21
Info=Gunfighter Emblem 21
Notes=Custom emblem made by Gunfighter, who had 10 of his emblems in the top 24 in the Emblem Contest from Ubisoft.
FunctionalType= UpFTypeEmblem
UpgradePackSlotType= UboatEmblems
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1939-09-01, NULL, 0
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= EqpEmblem119
TrackingID=901


Equipment.upc:
[Equipment 174]
ID=EqpEmblem119
NameDisplayable=
FunctionalType= EqFTypeCoating
EquipmentInterval= NULL, NULL
EquipmentSlotType=NULL
ExternalLinkName3D=data\Textures\TNormal\tex\gf21. dds
Hitpoints= 10000
DamageDescription1= NULL, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, invulnerable, 0, 0, NULL, 0, 1, 1



If you plan to use R.S.D, you should edit its upc files, as they overwrite E.U.F's upc's.

All you need to do is copying/pasting AFFOE's entries, and adjusting their sorting numbers so that no numbers are missing/duplicated, and that they are sorted in ascending order.

Boring task, but without complications :up:

[Raven_2012]

So I think the Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151 fix will allow those missing emblems to show up.

My problem was that R.S.D. broke mine, even though I made a sober capability one.

I made compatibly for both mods, I just need to fix the Equipment mod one.

[Raven_2012]

Alright I got everything squared away with AFFOE mod. I made it compatible with two current popular mods. I haven't tested them, but they should work. Let me know if they work.

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
&
R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.5 by vdr1981


***Made compatible by Raven_2012
***I am not taking credit in mod creations, just in making AFFOE compatible with other mods.


================================================== ========


I renamed the folders so it wont get confusing on which ones to use and which ones you have.

They are all compatible with Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix

There are 3 folders to pick from. In each is the AFFOE mods with optional weathered ones.

Just choose the one that matches the mods you have installed. Right now they are if you using:

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober

R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.5 by vdr1981

Or Both.

I ended up doing a seperate one for Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
just in case someone isn't using that mod. Personally I think it should be a no brainer addition.


The most common options to choose from are:

1). AFFOE_v1.51_EUF(available by date) V9 by sober

Or

2). AFFOE_v1.51_R.S.D.&EUF(available by date) V9 by sober


================================================== ========


The folder you want to use should be installed last in JSGME or in this order:

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.5 by vdr1981
AFFOE_v1.51_R.S.D.&EUF(available by date) V9 by sober
A Fistful of Emblems v1.51 (Weathered)


Disable this mod if you have it:
Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151
Its already integrated in this download.
================================================== ========


***Credits:

etheberge - for making A Fist full of Emblems for all of us to enjoy.
sober - for his Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 mod.
TheBeast - for his Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix


===========

http://www.mediafire.com/download/585adzotqt82i9i/A%20Fistful%20of%20Emblems%20v1.51.7z

===========

[gap]

:yeah:

[THE_MASK]

Be aware that if you are using the latest OH mod then the first campaign starts before the war starts . So some items like these extra emblems wont be available while at Memel base . They will be available from Kiel base onwards . cheers .

[Raven_2012]

Thanks, I will keep that in mind. I am using OHII 2.2

Be aware that if you are using the latest OH mod then the first campaign starts before the war starts . So some items like these extra emblems wont be available while at Memel base . They will be available from Kiel base onwards . cheers .

[Mikemike47]

Thanks for working on this raven 2012.
Something else bugged me about upgrade pack equipment dates. I can not dedicate any time for it.

According to the picture by the beast in the original mod TheBeast - Equipment_Upgrades_Fix, availability dates of alberich impoved, tarnmattte, tarnmattte improved are showing up earlier than expected in a campaign.

Sober fixed a lot in Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 mod, but do others see dates still wrong for the sound coatings, like I do?
My related mod order just for equipment:
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_main mod
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_& then HotFix
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 mod.

Would you have time to fix this if there is no mistake on my part?

[Raven_2012]

Here is a thread from year back after I did work on No Magic Skills. Some one wanted me to unlock the sound coats but I found out they were already unlocked in the Equipment Upgrade patch. It not explained that they are working but they are.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=193313

If I remember from those times, that picture he had doesn't match the patch and hot fix, some things moved around.

I will check the dates in the files and post them here.

Thanks for working on this raven 2012.
Something else bugged me about upgrade pack equipment dates. I can not dedicate any time for it.

According to the picture by the beast in the original mod TheBeast - Equipment_Upgrades_Fix, availability dates of alberich impoved, tarnmattte, tarnmattte improved are showing up earlier than expected in a campaign.

Sober fixed a lot in Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 mod, but do others see dates still wrong for the sound coatings, like I do?
My related mod order just for equipment:
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_main mod
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_& then HotFix
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 mod.

Would you have time to fix this if there is no mistake on my part?

[Raven_2012]

Yeah I see what you were saying with dates. That has been like that, the dates in Equipment Patch and hot fix never match the picture. There is some stuff that comes out a year early with coatings.

Even in Equipment Upgrade patch they don't match photo. There was reason why some were moved the come out earlier. I'm sure it was debated in early threads back then.

The problem is in the picture, it needed to be updated a long time ago. Original Equipment upgrade match the photo, but he did a patch and hot fix right away and never updated picture. This was a problem back then. The photo is sort of a rough estimate.

[THE_MASK]

Equip_Upgrade_Dates_Chart
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//downloads.php?do=file&id=4278
If someone could update the mod to match the chart , I cannot understand it .
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober

for example should the Fumo29 dated look like this to match the chart ?
[UpgradePack 2]
ID= UpackUb7FUMO29Radar
NameDisplayable=UpackVIIFUMO29Radar-Name
Info=UpackVIIFUMO29Radar-Info
Notes=UpackVIIFUMO29Radar-Notes
FunctionalType= UpFTypeSensorRadar
UpgradePackSlotType= UboatType7Radar
ImageIndex=14
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1940-02-01, 1942-06-01, 2000
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions2=1940-06-01, 1942-08-01, 1000
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions3=1940-08-01, 1942-10-01, 900
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions4=1940-10-01, 1943-02-01, 800
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions5=1941-02-01, NULL, 300
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= EqpFumo29RadarApp, NULL, EqpFuMO29
TrackingID=601

[Raven_2012]

Well either the photo needs updated.

Shouldn't TheBeast fix it and update it since its his mod. Or doesn't he work on this mod anymore?

I do agree Equip mod needs to been gone through with a comb and straighten some things up. I find a lot of mod inconsistencies are from it needing to be polished up.
Equip_Upgrade_Dates_Chart
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//downloads.php?do=file&id=4278
If someone could update the mod to match the chart , I cannot understand it .
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober

for example should the Fumo29 dated look like this to match the chart ?
[UpgradePack 2]
ID= UpackUb7FUMO29Radar
NameDisplayable=UpackVIIFUMO29Radar-Name
Info=UpackVIIFUMO29Radar-Info
Notes=UpackVIIFUMO29Radar-Notes
FunctionalType= UpFTypeSensorRadar
UpgradePackSlotType= UboatType7Radar
ImageIndex=14
Type=NULL
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptionCurrent= NULL, NULL, 0
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions1=1940-02-01, 1942-06-01, 2000
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions2=1940-06-01, 1942-08-01, 1000
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions3=1940-08-01, 1942-10-01, 900
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions4=1940-10-01, 1943-02-01, 800
UnitUpgradePackIntervalOptions5=1941-02-01, NULL, 300
IDLinkUpgradePackElements= EqpFumo29RadarApp, NULL, EqpFuMO29
TrackingID=601

[gap]

Well either the photo needs updated.

Unless someone knows the exact date that each camo scheme was adopted, I think that changing the chart or changing camo's availability dates are pretty equivalent. I know for a fact that TheBeast changed stock availability dates for a simple (non-historical) reason: allowing people to test different equipment from the beginning :yep:


Shouldn't TheBeast fix it and update it since its his mod. Or doesn't he work on this mod anymore?

I do agree Equip mod needs to been gone through with a comb and straighten some things up. I find a lot of mod inconsistencies are from it needing to be polished up.

I agree. I think some equipments don't work yet, upgrade dates and reward costs need for a rebalance (sober's 'available by date' patch is a good base to start from), and some of the previews used for new equipment (the miniatures shown in the upgrade selection menu), need to be redone for matching better the style of stock images.

Unfortunately during the last year TheBeast has had a very sporadical activity, but I am sure he wouldn't have anything in contrary if someone released a patch refining the unfinished features of his awesome mod. :up:

[Raven_2012]

Patching it wouldn't be best thing. Best to fix it from the inside out, go in core and redo most of it or whole. Combine the base, patch, hot fox and sobers fix into one unit. A good platform to base future patches onto. Where they add to mod or change something small, instead of going in and fixing major stuff.

I personally would rather combine the main mod, patch and hot fix in one download. That's what I personally have for my own game. A good way to get organized. I hate clutter and things all over. Makes it better for mod and for future people who come along and want to change something. Less headaches.

This mod is like the core of all mods, its the most important one to get game functioning from the non-visual aspect of the game.

I might pick at it a little bit and see what can be done.

Unless someone knows the exact date that each camo scheme was adopted, I think that changing the chart or changing camo's availability dates are pretty equivalent. I know for a fact that TheBeast changed stock availability dates for a simple (non-historical) reason: allowing people to test different equipment from the beginning :yep:



I agree. I think some equipments don't work yet, upgrade dates and reward costs need for a rebalance (sober's 'available by date' patch is a good base to start from), and some of the previews used for new equipment (the miniatures shown in the upgrade selection menu), need to be redone for matching better the style of stock images.

Unfortunately during the last year TheBeast has had a very sporadical activity, but I am sure he wouldn't have anything in contrary if someone released a patch refining the unfinished features of his awesome mod. :up:

[Raven_2012]

Heres one thing I caught in my game.

I only combined:

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1
#Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix

I forgot to get the original one:

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_byTheBeast

Everything is so spread out. It was fine back then because I knew about all three files, but coming back and everything is all over, I forgot and got confused. Not good for new player.

[Raven_2012]

Yeah here is original upgrade chart in the Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_byTheBeast Documention. Quickly looking over it this one seems correct in some ways.

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii605/therealcrow999/Equip_Upgrade_Dates_zpscc330302.jpg (http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/therealcrow999/media/Equip_Upgrade_Dates_zpscc330302.jpg.html)

And here is the one everyone sees on the main forum page.

http://i1262.photobucket.com/albums/ii605/therealcrow999/EquipmentUpgrade_zpsbff8eee9.jpg (http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/therealcrow999/media/EquipmentUpgrade_zpsbff8eee9.jpg.html)

:doh:

[gap]

Patching it wouldn't be best thing. Best to fix it from the inside out, go in core and redo most of it or whole. Combine the base, patch, hot fox and sobers fix into one unit. A good platform to base future patches onto. Where they add to mod or change something small, instead of going in and fixing major stuff.

I personally would rather combine the main mod, patch and hot fix in one download. That's what I personally have for my own game. A good way to get organized. I hate clutter and things all over. Makes it better for mod and for future people who come along and want to change something. Less headaches.

This mod is like the core of all mods, its the most important one to get game functioning from the non-visual aspect of the game.

I might pick at it a little bit and see what can be done.

Patching some of the EUF files and releasing them as an EUF 'expansion' wouldn't entail any other attention than aknowleging TheBeast for his work. Putting the mod 'inside out' and re-releasing it a stand-alone mod, on the contrary, would require a written permission by TheBeast himself. :hmmm:

In any case I agree with you on the need to merge the various patches, fixes and hotfixes into a single package. It is just a matter of letting windows to overwrite the old files, but it would avoid confusion to the newcomers and possible JSGME-induced errors :yep:

[gap]

Yeah here is original upgrade chart in the Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_byTheBeast Documention. Quickly looking over it this one seems correct in some ways.

...

And here is the one everyone sees on the main forum page.

...

:doh:

For a start we need to get equipment availability dates historically correct. I don't trust stock dates, and I think that sober's dates (sover, correct me if I am wrong :)) are based on stock settings.

Once we get those dates, entering them in game and uptading the chart accordingly is a minor work :yep:

P.S: I think we are in the wrong thread :doh:

[Raven_2012]

Yeah I am moving further conversations over there.

For a start we need to get equipment availability dates historically correct. I don't trust stock dates, and I think that sober's dates (sover, correct me if I am wrong :)) are based on stock settings.

Once we get those dates, entering them in game and uptading the chart accordingly is a minor work :yep:

P.S: I think we are in the wrong thread :doh:

[Raven_2012]

Bumping this up.

Alright I got everything squared away with AFFOE mod. I made it compatible with two current popular mods. I haven't tested them, but they should work. Let me know if they work.

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
&
R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.5 by vdr1981


***Made compatible by Raven_2012
***I am not taking credit in mod creations, just in making AFFOE compatible with other mods.


================================================== ========


I renamed the folders so it wont get confusing on which ones to use and which ones you have.

They are all compatible with Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix

There are 3 folders to pick from. In each is the AFFOE mods with optional weathered ones.

Just choose the one that matches the mods you have installed. Right now they are if you using:

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober

R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.5 by vdr1981

Or Both.

I ended up doing a seperate one for Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
just in case someone isn't using that mod. Personally I think it should be a no brainer addition.


The most common options to choose from are:

1). AFFOE_v1.51_EUF(available by date) V9 by sober

Or

2). AFFOE_v1.51_R.S.D.&EUF(available by date) V9 by sober


================================================== ========


The folder you want to use should be installed last in JSGME or in this order:

Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix
Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 by sober
R.S.D. - Reworked Submarine Damage v5.5 by vdr1981
AFFOE_v1.51_R.S.D.&EUF(available by date) V9 by sober
A Fistful of Emblems v1.51 (Weathered)


Disable this mod if you have it:
Equip_Upgrades_Fix_1_4_Patch_1_AFFOE_151
Its already integrated in this download.
================================================== ========


***Credits:

etheberge - for making A Fist full of Emblems for all of us to enjoy.
sober - for his Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1 (available by date) V9 mod.
TheBeast - for his Equipment_Upgrades_Fix_v1_4_Patch_1_HotFix


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http://www.mediafire.com/download/585adzotqt82i9i/A%20Fistful%20of%20Emblems%20v1.51.7z

===========

[R1fl3M4n]

does it work with OH 2.4?! should i overwrite equipment.upc?!

[15thSharpe]

Hey y'all not trying to necro this thread or anything but it seems the download link no longer works... Does anyone have a link that does or a recommendation for an alternate emblems mod? Thanks!

[gap]

Hey y'all not trying to necro this thread or anything but it seems the download link no longer works... Does anyone have a link that does or a recommendation for an alternate emblems mod? Thanks!

I have the mod in one of my old HDs. Since it was one of the downloads available directly from subsim, I will wait some of the administrators to fix the link. If it wont happen in a short time, I will re-up the mod myself. :salute:

[Aktungbby]

15thSharpe!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

Welcome to SubSim Sharpe :sunny:

[Sokolov]

May i get this mod from someone? Unfortunately, my card will be activated about 5 days, and i have time now to play SH, and no other ways to pay to get bonus mods. Thanks.

[Sone7]

Any chance for a re-upload?

[gap]

Any chance for a re-upload?

Yep. New download page at subsim: :salute:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=4796

[Sone7]

Thank You for your reply!
Unfortunately, I just still can't find it. The link is invalid (at least thats what the forums say) and I'm redirected to the downloads page. Searched through it, no positive effect.
Could it be blocked with access only for some higher ranked users/subscribers maybe?

[gap]

Thank You for your reply!

My pleasure mate :)

Unfortunately, I just still can't find it. The link is invalid (at least thats what the forums say) and I'm redirected to the downloads page. Searched through it, no positive effect.
Could it be blocked with access only for some higher ranked users/subscribers maybe?

You are correct. I just tried downloading the mod from subsim, and the new link doesn't work for me either, though it did the first time I checked it. Obviously the mod has been removed again.

A Fistful of Emblems used to be a regular download here on subsim, and it is not listed among the bonus mods. I could re-upload it somewhere else, but before I do it I need to be sure that I won't step in anyone's toes. :hmm2:

Neal, if you are reading us can you confirm that AFOE hasn't become a bonus mod? And if that wasn't the case, do you have any clues on why etherberge's and my uploads of the mod have been removed from subsim? :salute:

[gap]

...or maybe the mod has been censored in our countries: too many wastikas in it :O:

[Sone7]

I could re-upload it somewhere else, but before I do it I need to be sure that I won't step in anyone's toes. :hmm2:

I hope that would not be the case, I'd really like to see it online again :up:
...or maybe the mod has been censored in our countries: too many wastikas in it :O:
Just a little! I want it for the animal pictures! :D

[Aktungbby]

My pleasure mate :)



You are correct. I just tried downloading the mod from subsim, and the new link doesn't work for me either, though it did the first time I checked it. Obviously the mod has been removed again.

A Fistful of Emblems used to be a regular download here on subsim, and it is not listed among the bonus mods. I could re-upload it somewhere else, but before I do it I need to be sure that I won't step in anyone's toes. :hmm2:

Neal, if you are reading us can you confirm that AFOE hasn't become a bonus mod? And if that wasn't the case, do you have any clues on why etherberge's and my uploads of the mod have been removed from subsim? :salute: It actually directs briefly to the "subscriber's lounge
bonus mods- invalid file ID"
:timeout:

[gap]

It actually directs briefly to the "subscriber's lounge
bonus mods- invalid file ID"
:timeout:

Exactly... what is weird, is that even etherberge's link has exactly the same problem, and my one started directing to that page with some delay. Right after reuploading the mod I checked the new link, and it worked as supposed. :doh:

[Sailor Steve]

Re-Uploaded again. Hopefully this time it will keep.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=4797

Remind me in a few days. If this one works I'll change the link in the Original Post.

[gap]

Re-Uploaded again. Hopefully this time it will keep.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=4797

Remind me in a few days. If this one works I'll change the link in the Original Post.

Thank you Steve :up:

[Sone7]

Thanks! I'll check again in a few days.

[Aktungbby]

Re-Uploaded again. Hopefully this time it will keep.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=4797

Remind me in a few days. If this one works I'll change the link in the Original Post.

:salute:

[Sone7]

Thanks! I'll check again in a few days.

Checked today, it does :woot:
Thx!

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, link in original post is updated.

Thanks for the reminder. :sunny:

[YoYo]

Is it work safely with "Wolves of Steel 1.04" + Patch 10?

But according readme - "Install with JSGME. If conflicts are found with UPC files, do not override or you will mess up whichever mod you have that is conflicting. Report it in the thread and I may update this mod to be compatible."

I have this question when Id like to install it:

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad52/rafikst/Various/Nowy-4_zpswh7gkjwn.jpg (http://s921.photobucket.com/user/rafikst/media/Various/Nowy-4_zpswh7gkjwn.jpg.html)

[gap]

Is it work safely with "Wolves of Steel 1.04" + Patch 10?

No, it isn't. you should merge AFoE's new entries manually into TWoS upc files. Upc files are in plain ASCII format, so you can edit them with any text editor or, better, using notepad++ or winmerge. Beware that upgrade items are sorted numerically within those files. After copying/pasting the missing entries, you should update their headers so that no number is duplicated/skipped. :)

[Sandman_28054]

Kinda "off topic" but, how could I import an emblem from SH3?

"Conning tower Connie" as she is known in SH3, is my preference. She has brought me luck. It is a tga file, how do I import it to SH5?

[gap]

Kinda "off topic" but, how could I import an emblem from SH3?

"Conning tower Connie" as she is known in SH3, is my preference. She has brought me luck. It is a tga file, how do I import it to SH5?

Have you enabled AFFoE already?

[Sandman_28054]

Have you enabled AFFoE already?

No sir, I have not.

[gap]

No sir, I have not.

This mod contains the settings for an additional custom-made emblem. All you need to do is replacing the custom emblem coming with the mod with your one. SH5 emblems need to be in tga or dds format, and they use an alpha channel for opacity sorting.
My suggestion for you is enabling this mod (not compatible with TWoS though), or alternatively just replacing one of the stock emblems with your one. Alternatively you could tweak upc files for adding any new emblem, but it takes a bit longer :salute:

[Sandman_28054]

This mod contains the settings for an additional custom-made emblem. All you need to do is replacing the custom emblem coming with the mod with your one. SH5 emblems need to be in tga or dds format, and they use an alpha channel for opacity sorting.
My suggestion for you is enabling this mod (not compatible with TWoS though), or alternatively just replacing one of the stock emblems with your one. Alternatively you could tweak upc files for adding any new emblem, but it takes a bit longer :salute:

I found a converter which allows me to convert tga files to dss.

However, it hasn't worked.

I placed it in:

\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex\emblems

[gap]

I found a converter which allows me to convert tga files to dss.

However, it hasn't worked.

I placed it in:

\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex\emblems

What did you do besides saving the emblem in dds format, and what is the problem (emblem not showing in emblems selection menu, emblem looking weird in game, etc)?

[Sandman_28054]

What did you do besides saving the emblem in dds format, and what is the problem (emblem not showing in emblems selection menu, emblem looking weird in game, etc)?

yes sir, it is not showing in the emblems selection.

[gap]

yes sir, it is not showing in the emblems selection.

Simply dropping your emblem in the tex\emblems folder is not enough. As I said before, you need to edit upc files. It is not too complicated: just look into the files of this mod to get an idea on which files and which lines you need to add/modify. Alternatively, you can overwrite one of the stock emblems with your one. :03:

[Malhard]

Emblems do not appear in the selection menu.

[Compans57]

Emblems do not appear in the selection menu.

I have the same problem with Fistful of Emblems mod. The only 2 I see in bunker are the ones that shipped with the vanilla game.

[MidgeUre]

https://pichost.net/i/2022/08/25/U-596d805980ddd8064c5.jpg

https://www.mediafire.com/file/583tmb7wzlkas4v/U-596_Emblem.zip/file

[GrenSo]

https://pichost.net/i/2022/08/25/U-596d805980ddd8064c5.jpg




Nice! :Kaleun_Applaud:
But I think the water bearer was painted on the tower without the frame. And you must have used a pin or lapel pin as a template, I'm right?

https://i.postimg.cc/K89N9mr6/U-596-1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/MH8bcHqQ/U-596-2.jpg

https://www.myheimat.de/lahstedt/gedanken/friedrich-schreiber-aus-gross-lafferde-u-boot-schicksal-im-2-weltkrieg-d2570120.html