[REL] Kriegsmarine career insignia

[T||B]

Hi dear people,

as a tribute to TheDarkWraith and all the modders, I hereby release my puny little mod. :D

In place of the officer portraits, you get historical career (trade) insignia, in line with the usual u-boat crew ranks.

previews:

crew management screen:
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7054/kmcipreview04.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/kmcipreview04.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2707/kmcipreview03.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/kmcipreview03.jpg/)

periscope stations:
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/4063/kmcipreview01a.th.jpg (http://img18.imageshack.us/i/kmcipreview01a.jpg/)

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4364/kmcipreview01w.th.jpg (http://img710.imageshack.us/i/kmcipreview01w.jpg/)

someone went overboard:
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/8562/kmcichunk.th.jpg (http://img709.imageshack.us/i/kmcichunk.jpg/)


Edit 9-4-2012:Alternative "CrystalClear" version with transparent backgrounds here (http://www.gamefront.com/files/21530722/KMCI_CC_v1.01.rar) *Works with latest TDW TDC UI
(http://www.gamefront.com/files/21530722/KMCI_CC_v1.01.rar)
Edit 7-4-2010: A more complete version; 'portrait paintings' are eliminated and substituted by trade insignia at all stations (including crew management screen). Captain's icon at users' discretion ;)

Since XO should equal WO, I had to differentiate by replacing the WO's icon with a fähnrich's badge.

That's all folks :)

P.S.: If anybody knows if there was a speciality badge for the 'smutje' (cook), please let me know. I searched and found no reference. Here in the greek navy, we do have an EM's cook qualification (+insignia), but I don't know if that's -or was- the case in other navies, so I just used a bosun's summer tunic badge, just to go with how a true chef should look like :D

[Barth]

will have a look at it:)

[thruster]

i think this will be a very cool mod. thank you!:rock:

[rededge]

Yup, I like this, cool little tweak.

Don't like their mugs on screen all the time.

Thanks for this one T||B, and welcome to the forums m8 :up:

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice :up:

[T||B]

Hello again,

For those who found my little mod interesting, I have made some little tweaks.

First post updated with new download link.

have fun,

T||B

[T||B]

Up to version 1.0022! :haha:

Check first post :)

T||B

[7Infanterie19]

Edit: I made some tweaks, as well as adding an (untested) KIA crew member's portrait, displaying the "Verwundetenabzeichen" in Gold. I also got rid of "Depp's" mugshot on the scope stations, replacing it with the familiar line officer's star :)

I like that KIA icon.

I would suggest blackening out that watchman.dds completely (using the same dark black used outside of your star frame (your star was framed with a lighter black), so that it matches the tdc/scope background, and isn't seen at all (pretty much deleting it from our memory - woohoooo!).

Note, people have been annoyed with Depp's mugshot in other threads, so this can easily be done by anyone, even if they aren't using this mod.

Other than that, good job! :up:

Edit: The only problem with doing that with the watchman.dds is that it shows up as dark in the the full crew icon bar too, overriding OfficerA.dds. I wonder why it does that? Any way around it?

Edit 2: Please disregard my first edit. Suddenly, it's fine. The star icon from OfficerA.dds is displayed. Strange stuff!

[kylania]

KIA? You can't lose crew members anymore, can you?

[TheDarkWraith]

Hi dear people,

as a tribute to TheDarkWraith and all the modders, I hereby release my puny little mod. :D

In place of the officer portraits, you get historical career (trade) insignia, in line with the usual u-boat crew ranks.

previews:

http://img150.imagevenue.com/loc16/th_69489_KMCI_preview01_122_16lo.jpg

(http://img150.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69489_KMCI_preview01_122_16lo.jpg)ht tp://img129.imagevenue.com/loc371/th_69494_KMCI_preview02_122_371lo.jpg (http://img129.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=69494_KMCI_preview02_122_371lo.jpg)

Download (http://www.filefront.com/15976237/Kriegsmarine%20Career%20Insignia%20v1.0022.rar)

Edit: I made some tweaks, as well as adding an (untested) KIA crew member's portrait, displaying the "Verwundetenabzeichen" in Gold. I also got rid of "Depp's" mugshot on the scope stations, replacing it with the familiar line officer's star :)

Edit 2: Because I find the "verwundetenabzeichen" extemely kitsch I made another change which you can see in the second preview.

Now JSGME ready!

very nice :up: v1.2.0 of the UIs mod has provisions for 'dead' officers.

[T||B]

S! Kaleuns,


I would suggest blackening out that watchman.dds completely (using the same dark black used outside of your star frame (your star was framed with a lighter black), so that it matches the tdc/scope background, and isn't seen at all (pretty much deleting it from our memory - woohoooo!).

As I've been using the "no TDC" option (I prefer the HTML-style TDC better; too much on-screen clutter otherwise IMO), having just a blackened icon would give me a hard time finding where to click to bring up the TDC interface :) Besides, once the interface in place, having a "black hole" in the corner just wouldn't look right.


Edit: The only problem with doing that with the watchman.dds is that it shows up as dark in the the full crew icon bar too, overriding OfficerA.dds. I wonder why it does that? Any way around it?

Edit 2: Please disregard my first edit. Suddenly, it's fine. The star icon from OfficerA.dds is displayed. Strange stuff!

Strange indeed. :hmmm: Not only these are completely unrelated files, they bear different art even!


very nice :up: v1.2.0 of the UIs mod has provisions for 'dead' officers.

Ah, the master himself :salute:
Great to hear about the update. Here's hoping that the upcoming patch doesn't break yours and everybody's work. Maybe it'd be wise to wait until the 12th?

Anyway, I noticed that in the OfficerB.dds there are mipmaps. Do they serve any purpose? It would seem strange if they did.

Finally, here's an alternative OfficerB.dds; a more morbid version, which I think fits better those of you that play on the Xbox. :O:

preview:
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8562/kmcichunk.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/kmcichunk.jpg/)

Download (http://www.mediafire.com/file/gjmyoign2t5/OfficerB.dds)

Happy Easter everyone!

T||B

[T||B]

I just came back from a short break :dead: and noticed that the download is no longer valid, so for whoever cares, I updated the link in the first post.

Have fun.

[LemonA]

I just came back from a short break :dead: and noticed that the download is no longer valid, so for whoever cares, I updated the link in the first post.

Have fun.

Thanks. I will definitely give it a try.