[REL] Enhanced Funnel Smoke SH5

[HanSolo78]

Hi guys!

This is my attempt to get real funnel smoke and to improve the stock funnel smoke, which hardly exists.
So far I created 6 type of funnel smokes.

1.Light escort funnel smoke
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5039/sh5img20100325135106.jpg


2.Diesel Engine Smoke
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4452/sh5img20100325143305.jpg


3.Coal Burner Smoke
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2558/sh5img20100325202809.jpg


4.Heavy Warship Smoke
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3985/sh5img20100325134611.jpg

5.Old coal burner warship smoke
http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/3333/sh5img20100325184028.jpg

6.Coastal vessel smoke (wrong ship here)
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8371/sh5img20100325200252.jpg


Mod history:

Version 1.2 2011-2-27
Added better smoke textures
Made coal burner smoke more brown
Added wind dependent smoke

Version 1.1 2011-2-26
Reworked some funnel smokes to recognize the smoke better.

Version 1.0 2010-3-25
Original release of the mod

Download:
Version1.0
Hoster1 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=3284&act=down)
Hoster2 (https://rapidshare.com/files/1994048104/Enhanced_FunelSmoke_by_HanSolo78.rar)

Version1.2
Hoster1 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=3285&act=down)
Hoster2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/450050735/EnahncedFunnelSmoke1.2_SH5.rar)

[kylania]

Looks nice! Any noticeable frame rate hit? I know fire can bring mine to a crawl, but smoke seems OK.

I made up a quick reference image (http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3135/myfirstship.jpg) if you wanted to use it. :)

[HanSolo78]

Looks nice! Any noticeable frame rate hit? I know fire can bring mine to a crawl, but smoke seems OK.

No.. this mod won´t hit any FPS!

[PL_Andrev]

I think 2 more versions I will add.. coastal ships and maybe old coal burning warship smoke.

Will wait without patience... :D

[johan_d]

For me it may be much more smoke.. and darker..

http://www.allworldwars.com/image/047/USSR-Navy099.jpg

[Ablemaster]

Funnel smoke has been a major issue i think, i know AOTD addressed it in their mod, realism is a good thing, been able to spot funnel smoke from just over the horizon would make this even better and realistic of course, thanks Hans, look forward to your release.

[HanSolo78]

Added 2 more versions.. 1. funnel smoke of old coal warships 2. funnel smoke of coastal vessels (wrong ship showing because of missing one in stock game) Improved coal burning smoke!


@Ablemaster

Have a look at the horizon:

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5955/sh5img20100325202727.jpg

[coronas]

Perfect! :yep:

:salute:

[Ablemaster]

Spot on mate, just what we need , cheers Han

[HanSolo78]

Good! :arrgh!:

Now I need men who say me which vessel has which smoke type :ping:
All I know... small/wide chimneys have diesel engines... tall/narrow chimneys have coal burning engines.

[jdkbph]

Just as an FYI... the Clemson and Wickes class DDs were oil fired, not coal.

JD

[HanSolo78]

Just as an FYI... the Clemson and Wickes class DDs were oil fired, not coal.

JD

Thx!

I need more of this info!!

Han

[Frederf]

What changed in SH5 over SH4 that allowed diesel/coal smoke differentiation? I remember back in SH4 that it was "one size fits all."

[HanSolo78]

I remember back in SH4 that it was "one size fits all."

That does not make much sense in my mind... vessels had different engine propulsions and did have different smoke types.
A big warship does not make that much smoke like coal burning merchants for example because of detection awareness.

[piri_reis]

For me it may be much more smoke.. and darker..

Yes, same here.

Nice effects Han, I like coal burners' the most :up:

[coronas]

That does not make much sense in my mind... vessels had different engine propulsions and did have different smoke types.
A big warship does not make that much smoke like coal burning merchants for example because of detection awareness.

Yes. Only very old warships were coal burning.
There was a smoke surveillance in convoys . Bad coal make very much smoke than good.
Looks perfect for me.

[Sailor Steve]

Yes. Only very old warships were coal burning.
Not even those. Most navies had converted their warships to burn oil by the middle of World War 1, and the British and Americans had converted their oldest ships to oil by 1930. In 1939 there were no coal-fired ships in the major navies.

[Frederf]

That does not make much sense in my mind... vessels had different engine propulsions and did have different smoke types.
A big warship does not make that much smoke like coal burning merchants for example because of detection awareness.

Right, that's why SH3/SH4 sucked. You couldn't make the funnel smoke differ by a great deal between very old freighters and brand new cruisers. I was wondering what changed that such a thing is now possible with SH5.

[HanSolo78]

Right, that's why SH3/SH4 sucked. You couldn't make the funnel smoke differ by a great deal between very old freighters and brand new cruisers. I was wondering what changed that such a thing is now possible with SH5.

Actually nothing :D That was also possible with SH3/4.
I also did this type of funnel smoke mod for stock SH3 and WAC.

[The General]

Thank you so much or doing this, SH5 desperately needs better smoke. However, I have a horrible feeling that the devs left it as it is in stock because of the bug that resets the smoke emitters and crew animations whenever the water droplets appear on screen. Have you noticed this?

[HanSolo78]

Thank you so much or doing this, SH5 desperately needs better smoke. However, I have a horrible feeling that the devs left it as it is in stock because of the bug that resets the smoke emitters and crew animations whenever the water droplets appear on screen. Have you noticed this?

Welcome, stock funnel smoke is almost as bad as in SH4... about the particle reset.
Yeah, I noticed this, but I get this problem only sometimes when dropping time compression. For me it rarely appears.. so no thing for me.
Maybe this issue is caused from slow harddive performance or fragmented drives!?

[coronas]

Not even those. Most navies had converted their warships to burn oil by the middle of World War 1, and the British and Americans had converted their oldest ships to oil by 1930. In 1939 there were no coal-fired ships in the major navies.


I know. It´s the reason of "very old warships" :03:

:salute:

[captainprid]

This is gonna look great!!!
I thought someone was trying to do a mod for exhaust smoke for the sub. Would any of these work in that case??

[HanSolo78]

This is gonna look great!!!
I thought someone was trying to do a mod for exhaust smoke for the sub. Would any of these work in that case??

Yeah, sure. The enhanced funnel smokes do not affect possible exhaust smoke from subs.

[Bilge_Rat]

very nice :up:

[HanSolo78]

Hi guys!

I just finished the mod.. so.. if somebody wants to try..
the link here: http://www.filefront.com/15948455/EnhancedFunnelSmokeSH5.rar/ and at the first page!

[7thSeal]

Hi guys!
I just finished the mod.. so.. if somebody wants to try..


DLed and was certainly eager to try this one out... sofar its working great and a very nice addon to the game. :up:

[piri_reis]

Thanks Han, will be trying this soon :salute:

[reboot]

Thanks:yeah:
Makes it alot easier to spot ships.

[kylania]

Love it! Thanks!

[SteelViking]

I love this mod, great work!:salute:

[PL_Andrev]

Hi guys!

This is my attempt to get real funnel smoke and to improve the stock funnel smoke, which hardly exists.
So far I created 6 type of funnel smokes.

Great work!
Could you add number of mod version at first post?
This info (and changelog) will help to follow the development of your great mod.
:yeah:

[HanSolo78]

Great work!
Could you add number of mod version at first post?
This info (and changelog) will help to follow the development of your great mod.
:yeah:

I´ll do if a make a new version!

[Ablemaster]

Nice one Han :up:

[AOTD_MadMax]

Great Work Han,

may i use it for RDA by given Credits ?

Greets

Maddy

[Fercyful]

many thanks! :up:

now I can see "smoke on the horizon"

:rock:

[Ragtag]

Very nice mod. Love the smoke differences:yeah:

[HanSolo78]

Great Work Han,

may i use it for RDA by given Credits ?

Greets

Maddy

yes, sure.

[Flinch]

Thanks for this mod Han!

The Force is strong with this one..... :)

[patterchon]

is the smoke in sh5 actually affected by wind unlike sh3? anyone knows?

[PL_Andrev]

is the smoke in sh5 actually affected by wind unlike sh3? anyone knows?

You can test it in your mission editor... there are wind/ship direction and speed. Use perpendicularly and you will see.

[KillerTube]

using this one also. thanks a bunch, great stuff :yeah:

[Ragtag]

This seems to be compatible to 1.2. Checked most of the files and they seem to be untouched.

[scratch81]

download not working for me.

[Sailor Steve]

Keep trying. I just redownloaded to make sure, and it works fine for me.

Do you get a message at all?

[holymans]

I have tried downloading from filefront and also get error 404 - file not found. Tried in Safari, Firefox and IE. Same result. Could you please re-post the file to another provider? Megadownload, mediafire, etc.

[Sudo]

Filefront has really had some issues the past few days. To help everyone I've uploaded HanSolo's improved smoke to MU. If it's an issue please let me know and I'll remove it at once. :03:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Z611XBO

[holymans]

thank you!

[wakeme]

Sudo's link at #47 worked fine for me for Enhanced funnel smoke.

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

Excellent mod danke!

Not all the old four pipers were oil fired, i saw a post saying they were oil fired. not so. my Grandfather (class of 1914 US Annapolis) was skipper of one and it was coaled..and very ardously....hard work for all hands including the skipper.

[clubcat]

many thanks for your link on this .good hunting

[stoianm]

Hi,

it is me again:) - the link for this mod it is not working - can you upload again please

thanks

[vitovt13]

Hi,

it is me again:) - the link for this mod it is not working - can you upload again please

thanks
http://www.mediafire.com/?20uqw27hxd082el
:woot:

[Church SUBSIM]

This is a great mod, never play without it!

[Rongel]

Only with this mod the "Smoke on the horizon!" -call seems reasonable! Thanks! :DL This would be worthy addition to Magnum Opus I think.

[Sailor Steve]

Excellent mod danke!

Not all the old four pipers were oil fired, i saw a post saying they were oil fired. not so. my Grandfather (class of 1914 US Annapolis) was skipper of one and it was coaled..and very ardously....hard work for all hands including the skipper.
I just barely saw this. My statement was that all American warships were converted to oil by World War 2, and I stand by it. I would like to know which ship it was, so I can do proper research.

[HanSolo78]

Hi mates!

I just updated the download link at the first thread page.
Should be available again without problems.

greetings
Han

[urfisch]

hey han.

nice to read you! thanks a lot!

[HanSolo78]

Just a question to those who use my enhanced funnel smoke.
Should this mod be improved? Taller columns of smoke? Etc.?

Suggestions should be tracable with evidence... pictures!

greetings
Han

[stoianm]

Just a question to those who use my enhanced funnel smoke.
Should this mod be improved? Taller columns of smoke? Etc.?

Suggestions should be tracable with evidence... pictures!

greetings
Han

oo ... yes please... maybe you can make him in 2 version...like low and high

i would like taller colums ... more dens particles etc

thanks

[mobucks]

It feels right for me the way it is, but i use with Sobers Fog and settings where you cant make visual over ~8km.

Taller smoke from burning wrecks would be cool though.

[HanSolo78]

oo ... yes please... maybe you can make him in 2 version...like low and high

i would like taller colums ... more dens particles etc

thanks

:dead:

This sentence:
"Suggestions should be tracable with evidence, pictures!" meant to be helpful for me to improve my mod...
And should everyone refuse who just wants a mod for his taste.
Then I could probably make 10 versions and I do not have the motivation and the free time to do this.


@mobucks
Taller smoke from wrecks is not part of this mod, sorry.
Maybe TDW makes this in his FX mod.

greetings
Han

[stoianm]

:dead:

This sentence:
meant to be helpful for me to improve my mod...
And should everyone refuse who just wants a mod for his taste.
Then I could probably make 10 versions and I do not have the motivation and the free time to do this.

greetings
Han

ok ... i see your point...sorry

[HanSolo78]

I made a version 1.1 from the mod.... maybe its an improvement... you have to try!

[marleymen]

Good to hear that. :up:

Can you give us changelog and make some screenshots of it? (imageshack is having problems, maybe another images server)

Thanks for your work.

[HanSolo78]

Good to hear that. :up:

Can you give us changelog and make some screenshots of it? (imageshack is having problems, maybe another images server)

Thanks for your work.

Oh.. I just darkened all smoke types a little, made warship and coalburner smoke taller.

http://www.abload.de/thumb/coal_burneroy63.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=coal_burneroy63.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/coal_burner_warshipsauh.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=coal_burner_warshipsauh.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/dieselcx4l.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=dieselcx4l.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/escortxzvm.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=escortxzvm.jpg) http://www.abload.de/thumb/warship0xvy.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=warship0xvy.jpg)

[THE_MASK]

This is a must have mod , thanks .

[HanSolo78]

Thx Sober!

Although I made some improvements yesterday,I was not fully satisfied and I made a big leap forward this morning.

So far I:

-added better textures to warship smoke
-made coal burner smoke more brown
-added wind dependent smoke :up:


Some screens:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7820/sh52011022708250094.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708250094.jpg/)http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8342/sh52011022708473222.th.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708473222.jpg/)http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6854/sh52011022708240653.th.jpg (http://img834.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708240653.jpg/)http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8765/sh52011022708471512.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708471512.jpg/)http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2312/sh52011022708474649.th.jpg (http://img707.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708474649.jpg/)
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5680/sh52011022708482376.th.jpg (http://img545.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708482376.jpg/)http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5184/sh52011022708484137.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708484137.jpg/)http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9812/sh52011022708485513.th.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708485513.jpg/)http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6397/sh52011022708514492.th.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708514492.jpg/)http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/323/sh52011022708522645.th.jpg (http://img715.imageshack.us/i/sh52011022708522645.jpg/)

[Sepp von Ch.]

This is a must have mod , thanks .

Absolutely true. Vielen Dank HansSolo78!

[Church SUBSIM]

Agreed ... thanks for continuing your work on it! Looking forward to the next release!

[7thSeal]

I've always enjoyed this mod, very nice work with the improvements HanSolo78. :salute:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice work here :yep::up:

[mobucks]

-added wind dependent smoke :up:





Niiice.

EDIT: :timeout:Beware Imageshack, hefty virus from going to that site!:doh:

[Zedi]

Thanks for the update!

Screenie fron the Laconia incident.
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff366/Zhedi/thesinkingofthelaconiapart1hdtvxvid-bia05025822-50-53.jpg?t=1298821448

[stoianm]

great job - thanks:yeah:

[Magic1111]

This is a must have mod , thanks .

Yes, agree ! Thanks Han for continue your work ! :yeah:

[renthewog]

Hey does anyone have a different link to download this mod (1.2 version) as that link for it on post #1 is uploaded on mediafire and even using the free download account and not rapidpro it just wont load the file at all, tried numerous times...:cry:

[sirbum69]

Hey does anyone have a different link to download this mod (1.2 version) as that link for it on post #1 is uploaded on mediafire and even using the free download account and not rapidpro it just wont load the file at all, tried numerous times...:cry:

when i have that problem i just click on the link that says if your download doesnt start click here...That way it downloads it automaticlly and doesnt wait....

Most times its your browser stopping it from downloading.

[hsj45]

In the museum the smoke dont work it goes the wrong way im trying to take screenshots of the ships can you fix it.:o

[Gerald]

:up:

[urfisch]

great stuff, han!

[HanSolo78]

In the museum the smoke dont work it goes the wrong way im trying to take screenshots of the ships can you fix it.:o

Hi!

Maybe its the "wind dependent smoke" from version 1.2 that is making you a headache?

Try version 1.0 ;)

[hsj45]

Well the 1.0 ver. worked thanks HanSolo78:salute: P.S. i wonder why the 1.2 ver. didnt work in the museum blowing in the wrong direction .:hmmm:

[Raven_2012]

The new version 1.2 has a weird effect when it first comes out of the stack, its already going in the direction of the wind. I think with a ship moving the smoke needs to go stern at the bottom at first then as it extends out go in the direction of the wind.

I notice as the wind blows the smoke to the bow or at 90 degree it looks strange. In the museum its noticeable because I think the wind in there is blowing the smoke to the bow. Just notice how it is already going forward, like a strong wind is blowing it, even though the ship is moving.

I love the enhanced funnel smoke, I am using 1.0 right now. I will wait till next version with the wind fix to get the updated version.

Keep up good work by the way!

[jason210]

I notice as the wind blows the smoke to the bow or at 90 degree it looks strange. In the museum its noticeable because I think the wind in there is blowing the smoke to the bow. Just notice how it is already going forward, like a strong wind is blowing it, even though the ship is moving.

I love the enhanced funnel smoke, I am using 1.0 right now. I will wait till next version with the wind fix to get the updated version.

Keep up good work by the way!

I've been interested in ships for years, especially old North Atalantic Steamers. I've studied loads of photographs, and written articles, and even made 3D models for games.

I can tell you that in most of the photographs I have studied, when the smoke comes out the funnel, the wind catches it directly and blows it downwind in a direction derived from the wind component generated by the weather and the wind compenent generated by the foward speed of the ship. Rarely does it blow towards the stern.

In the 1860s there was a breed of ship that used both sail and propellors, and on the those the smoke nearly always as blowing over the bow - albeit slight to one side.

Han has it right.

[Rubini]

Thanks Hans by this great mod! It was one of my firsts must have for SH5!:up:

[Charlie901]

Is this compatable with any of the major other mods out there?

[mamlasraz]

hilarious smoke.

[latus]

All links down

[Aktungbby]

Latus!:Kaleun_Salute: