[REL] Wooden Lifeboats + Crew in Water Mod

[iambecomelife]

This is a mod designed to enhance the variety of survivors and lifesaving craft that spawn when a vessel sinks. It includes wooden lifeboats as well as the existing rafts, plus many static crewmen with a wide variety of clothing, features, hair color, and ranks. Survivors will also cling to wreckage or life rings when ships sink. Bigger ships will tend to spawn more survivors.

Special thanks to the original creators of the lifeboats mod (especially Rubini), Racerboy, and DKruger.

EDIT: PLEASE BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD VERSION 1.1, WHICH CORRECTS A BUOYANCY ERROR WITH THE LIFEBOAT.



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[HW3]

Thank you, downloading now!:up:

[Sailor Steve]

Oh YEAH! :rock:

Thanks

Danke

Merci

Gracias

Domo Arigato

[melnibonian]

Since Steve is using his language skills I'll add mine as well

Ευχαριστώ

tack

tak

;)

Thanks IBL. This one looks great :yep: :up:

[nemo7]

Since Steve is using his language skills I'll add mine as well

Ευχαριστώ



It's all Greek to me...:03:

Pretty cool stuff matey. Congrats :up:

[brett25]

nice work, very cool mod. downloading.....thanks!:yeah:

[melnibonian]

It's all Greek to me...:03:


Hey it actually is :O: :DL :DL

[nemo7]

I know that κυβερνήτα...:03:

[raymond6751]

Thank you for this mod and for continuing with the SH3 story.

The game continues because you modders continue. :woot:

[melnibonian]

I know that κυβερνήτα...:03:

Χαίρομαι που το ακούω αυτό. Επιτέλους άλλος ένας Έλληνας. Είχε καταντήσει πολύ μοναχικό το μέρος :salute:

[nemo7]

Η χαρά είναι δική μου. :salute:

[Magic1111]

Thank you very much, it looks very good !!! :yeah::rock::rock::yeah:

Best regards,
Magic:salute:

[Jimbuna]

Nice one http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[STEED]

Damn it, I sunk a Passenger ship a few days ago, man that would have looked good then, are well, theres always another day.

Shall give this a spin. :up:

Nice one. :yeah:

[iambecomelife]

Thanks for the comments, although DKruger deserves a lot of credit - he replaced my crewmember skins with some truly wonderful revised versions about 2 years ago. I then mixed and matched the men's clothing in Photoshop to increase variety.

[tomfon]

Thank you, IABL.:up: This is a really nice addition! I guess your mod supersedes the "Lifeboats and Debris" mod, is this right?

Χαίρομαι που το ακούω αυτό. Επιτέλους άλλος ένας Έλληνας. Είχε καταντήσει πολύ μοναχικό το μέρος :salute:

Καλησπέρα. Φαντάζομαι πως τώρα είναι λιγότερο μοναχικό...;) Μαζί με τον Μάνο, τον Convoy Hunter και τον geosub πρέπει να είμαστε περίπου 5 με 6. Φίνα!

Υ.Γ. Σας χρωστώ μια απάντηση. Τον Μάιο έλειψα για 10 μέρες και έπειτα ξέχασα παντελώς να απαντήσω. Μόλις στα μέσα της εβδομάδας διαπίστωσα πως το μέηλ σας βρισκόταν στο πάτο της λίστας... Όχι και πολύ ευγενικό εκ μέρους μου. Παρ'όλα αυτά δεν έχω άλλες ερωτήσεις. Απλώς να σας ευχαριστήσω ήθελα. Οπότε και επί τη ευκαιρία, ευχαριστώ για τον κόπο που κάνατε να με διαφωτίσετε. θα σας ενημερώσω για την τελική μου απόφαση.

[robbo180265]

Awesome:rock:

Downloading now - thanks to all that made this mod possible:salute:

[nemchenk]

Thanks for the great mod!

I think the buoyancy of this mod might be a bit off, however: the life boats are nearly underwater, while the lone survivors with life rings bob about as if they are standing on the water :haha:

Could it be my combination of modules? I'm playing with the following:

GWX - 16km Atmosphere
GWX - Alternative Flotillas
GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects
GWX - Late War Sensors Snorkel Antennas
GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic
GWX - Main movie - 'Das Boot'
GWX - No Medals on Crew
GWX - Open Hatch Mod
GWX - Integrated Orders
LifeBoats&Debris_v4
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
Q Ship mod GWX3.0
Real Depth Charge
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi - Single Exhaust for TypeII
GWX 3 - WB News Network
No continuous 'Ship spotted' V1.2 for GWX3
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
SH3Cmdr Config files for GWX3.0
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod

[Spruence M]

Thank You

[iambecomelife]

Thanks for the great mod!

I think the buoyancy of this mod might be a bit off, however: the life boats are nearly underwater, while the lone survivors with life rings bob about as if they are standing on the water :haha:

Could it be my combination of modules? I'm playing with the following:

GWX - 16km Atmosphere
GWX - Alternative Flotillas
GWX - Enhanced Damage Effects
GWX - Late War Sensors Snorkel Antennas
GWX - Lite Harbor Traffic
GWX - Main movie - 'Das Boot'
GWX - No Medals on Crew
GWX - Open Hatch Mod
GWX - Integrated Orders
LifeBoats&Debris_v4
OLC's Modified Searchlight Beams for GWX3
Q Ship mod GWX3.0
Real Depth Charge
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi V2.3 for GWX3
Waterstream+Exhaust Combi - Single Exhaust for TypeII
GWX 3 - WB News Network
No continuous 'Ship spotted' V1.2 for GWX3
Torpedo damage Final ver2.0
SH3Cmdr Config files for GWX3.0
Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod


Try downloading version 1.1 (I forgot to raise the minimum height of the lifeboat). I am not sure what's wrong with the individual men; they look fine on my install. Have you adjusted wave height with SH3 commander?

[nemchenk]

Have you adjusted wave height with SH3 commander?
Yes -- I've set it to "seasonal" :oops:

[KretschmerU99]

Very nice:yeah:

Best regards:salute:

KretschmerU99

[Herr-Berbunch]

Am I the only one here that is using Google Translate?

Another mod looking good and added to the list, thank you!

[melnibonian]

Am I the only one here that is using Google Translate?


Sorry about that. We got a bit carried away I guess :oops:

tomfon: No worries mate. Anything you need let me know.

[tomfon]

Roger that.:up:

:salute:

[Sailor Steve]

I was experimenting with the 'Happy Times' single mission and finally saw a wooden boat. I do have one request though: is it possible to merge it with the other lifeboats mod? I miss the rowers and different groups in the rafts.

[Magic1111]

is it possible to merge it with the other lifeboats mod? I miss the rowers and different groups in the rafts.

Yes, very good question ! :up:

[nemchenk]

I just installed over the other liferaft mod -- was that wrong? :cry:

[Jimbuna]

From the OP:


It includes wooden lifeboats as well as the existing rafts,

[nemchenk]

Well, yes, I read that, but I assumed that thus installing over the top of the old mod was ok :DL As in -- everything new and shiny would be updated, and anything old would still work...

[mido]

Well, yes, I read that, but I assumed that thus installing over the top of the old mod was ok :DL As in -- everything new and shiny would be updated, and anything old would still work...

Same question here: Can I install it just over the old lifeboat and debris mod or do have to uninstall the old mod first?

[tomfon]

Same question here: Can I install it just over the old lifeboat and debris mod or do have to uninstall the old mod first?

I haven't tried this yet but this mod retains the rafts you see in the lifeboats and debris mod... Also, "iambecomelife" did not say this is an add-on for the "Lifeboats and debris" mod. The conclusions are yours.;)

[LGN1]

Hi,

the original lifeboat mod v4 includes entries in the ships' .val files for the lifeboats. The present mod does not contain any .val files :hmmm:

It would be great if someone could clarify whether the present mod is a stand-alone mod or can (or should) be used in combination with the old mod :06:

Cheers, LGN1

[mido]

Hi,

the original lifeboat mod v4 includes entries in the ships' .val files for the lifeboats. The present mod does not contain any .val files :hmmm:

It would be great if someone could clarify whether the present mod is a stand-alone mod or can (or should) be used in combination with the old mod :06:

Cheers, LGN1

I noticed the same thing. Since nobody answered this question I just tried it both ways and it works both ways.

[LGN1]

Hi mido,

thanks for the reply.

I think a statement of Iambecomelife would be great because running a few tests, IMO, does necessarily mean that the combination of the old and new mod works :hmmm: It might still cause CTDs in some situations.

Cheers, LGN1

[BIGREG]

:salute: Hi

Cool , your mod work in SH5 :yeah: Merci :woot:

[Stormfly]

:salute: Hi

Cool , your mod work in SH5 :yeah: Merci :woot:

:o good find :DL

[Rolf Eschke]

Wow,nice Mod !
Thank You!

[Stormfly]

...but it have some texture overblending in the background (SH5) from bridge and external view, need a bit work to make it compatible i think

http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/pictures/200610141923_SH5_lifeboats.jpg

[Bubblehead1980]

would be possible for someone to do this with SH 4? Would be great, esp a version that works with TMO:arrgh!:

[Sailor Steve]

SH4 already comes with lifeboats. That's where Rubini got the idea for the original mod.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/SH4Img26-3-2007_17-3.jpg

[Captain Nemo]

I appear to have missed this when it first came out, thanks for the mod iambecomelife :up:. Was it ever established whether this was a standalone mod or addition to the other lifeboat mod? From iambecomelife first post I assume it is standalone and will try it that way for now.

Nemo

[Sailor Steve]

The original mod for SH3 was done by Rubini, with animations by Privateer. This version has the wooden lifeboats but not the animations.

[Captain Nemo]

Sailor Steve thanks for the clarification:up:.

Nemo

[Sailor Steve]

No problem. :sunny:

[Seminole]

:D...Looky here..there be lifeboats....

http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae187/Pullopullo/SH3Img7-7-2010_17242_840.jpg


...and.....dead crewman too.....:shifty:...gruesome....


http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae187/Pullopullo/SH3Img7-7-2010_17355_805.jpg

[Madox58]

The original mod for SH3 was done by Rubini, with animations by Privateer.



That should read:
" with animations by Thunder and Privateer."
I didn't do it alone.
:salute:

[Sailor Steve]

That should read:
" with animations by Thunder and Privateer."
I didn't do it alone.
:salute:
Sorry, I didn't mean to leave anybody out. I didn't know (or didn't remember).

On the other hand, I don't want to see you talking about lifeboats until your fully-animated boats and rafts with rowers mod is in my sweaty little hands! :O:

[McHibbins]

http://www.pictureupload.de/originals/pictures/200610141923_SH5_lifeboats.jpg

Just want to know: is that the famous SH5 to SH3 water effect mod ? Looks great:up:

[Madox58]

Sorry, I didn't mean to leave anybody out. I didn't know (or didn't remember).

Didn't remember is my bet.
At your advanced age it's to be expected.
:yep:

On the other hand, I don't want to see you talking about lifeboats until your fully-animated boats and rafts with rowers mod is in my sweaty little hands! :O:

I was just telling Thunder I may get around to finishing them soon.
The guys jumping out of damaged Aircraft is slowing me down a tad,
and I've not finished the night time effects.
:03:

(You didn't say anything about Typeing!)
:haha:

[Sailor Steve]

(You didn't say anything about Typeing!)
:haha:
:damn:

There's always some loophole! Dang internet lawyers! :D

[steve_lyons]

Link is broken :dead:

[Plissken_04]

Link is broken :dead:


ftp://hartmuthaas.no-ip.org/Volume_1/Sharing/SH3COMMUNITYMODS/IAMBECOMELIFE/


Username & Password in my Signature!!!


So Long

Maik

[Corsair]

Link doesn't work..

[Sailor Steve]

Link doesn't work..
The one in the post directly above yours works just fine.

[steve_lyons]

Thanks lads! Found and working perfectly.. :up:

[urfisch]

in general speaking: its quite impressive how much potential this community here has. really impressive.

thanks a lot to all modders.

:salute:

[Kapitan_Kaput]

has anyone fixed the textures for this to work right in sh5? I get strange reflections with this

[TheDarkWraith]

has anyone fixed the textures for this to work right in sh5? I get strange reflections with this

It's not a texture problem. When using .dat files for objects you cannot have any water reflection controllers being used in the object. Haven't found a way around it yet. If you leave the water reflection controllers you'll see strange artifacts/reflections on horizon and all over the water.

[Leutnant_Werner]

can anyone help me find an active download spot for this mod please?

Greets from Cologne, Werner:arrgh!:

[Plissken_04]

can anyone help me find an active download spot for this mod please?

Greets from Cologne, Werner:arrgh!:



ftp://hartmuthaas.no-ip.org/Volume_2/Sharing/SH3COMMUNITYMODS/RUBINI/


Username & Password in my Signature!!!



So Long

Maik

[Sailor Steve]

Plissken, you're a prince. :salute:

[Plissken_04]

Plissken, you're a prince. :salute:


No problem,mate :salute:


So Long


Maik

[HW3]

Isn't Iambecomelife's version 1.1 wooden lifeboats mod the latest version of this mod?

[Magic1111]

Isn't Iambecomelife's version 1.1 wooden lifeboats mod the latest version of this mod?

This is the definitive latest version of the MOD:

http://www.mediafire.com/?tlmt2nzmazz

Best regards,
Magic:salute:

[gap]

New download link on subsim: :up:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=3911

[ReallyDedPoet]

New download link on subsim: :up:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=3911

Nice :yep:

[Max Stahlklinge]

It looks good ^^ !

[chrysanthos]

nomizete:P yparxei kai allos elinas edw;) den nomizw na yparxei allos pio pwromenos apo mena me ta giapwnezika ploia :D

[Sailor Steve]

I revived this thread rather than start a new one, because I have a question:

Why are my wooden lifeboats underwater? This didn't used to happen.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Silent%20Hunter%20Screenshots/SH3Img5-4-2015_22.13.24_659_zpsracnusup.png (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Silent%20Hunter%20Screenshots/SH3Img5-4-2015_22.13.24_659_zpsracnusup.png.html)

[StarLion45]

Hi everyone . I have the same problems as Steve :o

All my boats in this mod is underwater (lifeboats )

Thanks for all help :woot:

[sublynx]

Do you use Thomsen's Parameter app? If the game engine treats lifeboats are ships, the app might have changed the displacement of the boats as well.

[BigWalleye]

Do you use Thomsen's Parameter app? If the game engine treats lifeboats are ships, the app might have changed the displacement of the boats as well.

According to its included help (.chm) file, these are the parameters which can be changed by Thomsen Parameter App:



Engine Power (eng_power), range is 0-100% of original value in the file.
Rudder drag (drag), range is 0.0-0.5. IMPORTANT: THOMSEN PARAMETERS APP determines if the ship is a merchant or a warship by its speed (below 19.5 kts is merchant, above 19.5 kts is warship or liner) and adds automatically an extra 0.01 to the user value when it encounters a ships with a maximum speed above 19.5 kts.
Centre of gravity (gc_height) is 0.0-10.0.
Surface drag (LR), range is 0-0.5.
Displacement is not one of those parameters and, AFAIK, there is no way of using Thomsen Parameter App to change the displacement parameter value in <ship class>.sim.

Also from the .chm:


1. No ship of fewer than 500 tons will have its parameters altered, as originally intended by Thomsen.

Now, I know from testing that the 500-ton limitation refers only to the parameter mass, not displacement. But, IIRC, a non-zero value for mass overrides any value for displacement in either the .sim or .cfg file. So, if the mass parameter value does not exceed 500 tons (and it probably wouldn't for a lifeboat), Thomsen Parameter App will not alter any of the four parameters listed above.

Both the parameters affected and the mass limit could be changed by altering the source code and recompiling. But that would not be done unintentionally.

[Sailor Steve]

I do use Thomsen's Ships v4.4, but the Wooden Lifeboats mod is installed after it. The only mod affecting Lifeboats is a sound mod I installed after.

[sublynx]

Not Thomsen then... I have a recollection of doing something to the ships that made them float deeper in the water and thought it was Thomsen. Sorry about that.

[Jeff-Groves]

You got to many people in the boat. Kick a few out!
:haha:

[BigWalleye]

You got to many people in the boat. Kick a few out!
:haha:

Makes sense!::D

[Jeff-Groves]

Makes sense!::D
:hmmm:
(Starts work on a bailing animation)
:haha:

[BigWalleye]

:hmmm:
(Starts work on a bailing animation)
:haha:


Submersible lifeboats!!!:yeah:

[rowi58]

You got to many people in the boat. Kick a few out!
:haha:

:hmmm: Reminds me on Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Lifeboat" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_%28film%29). Great film!

Greetings
rowi58

[CaptBones]

Not Thomsen then... I have a recollection of doing something to the ships that made them float deeper in the water and thought it was Thomsen. Sorry about that.

IIRC, Rubini's Lifeboats & Debris v4 had an optional Buoyancy and Draft Mod for ships. WB's xtras for GWX 3 Wilhelmshafen, St. Naz, Schluese and xtra ships also included Rubini's L/B mod and optional buoyancy & draft mod. Maybe there's a connection/conflict in one of those? No real evidence or investigation...just a random thought.

[niwo]

:hmmm: Reminds me on Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Lifeboat" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_%28film%29). Great film!

Greetings
rowi58



Just saw that one yersterday! LOL :yeah:

[tbcon]

Hello everyone!

Reviving this for asking a couple of things:

1)Like others I still haven't understood clearly if with this patch is going to spawn wooden as well as the old lifeboats as well. And if a combination of both mods would do the trick or not....

2) As I understand there is no movement involved. So, my question is in the same context as the previous one. If we get both types, will it be motion and motionless boats mixed?

And finally something else I was thinking...

Have anyone noticed any corelation to the LBs and debris appearing with the tonnage and crew survived statistics that are given after a succesfull sinking?


It would be fun and important as well because there is another mod out there (SH3Log) which makes you give the estimate of tonnage to the BdU and accordingly you are getting the renown or not.
I have some questions regarding this mod's usability generally and specifically with others (like SH3C and the MFM) but to be more on topic I would like to ask:

Can we use the lifeboats and debris as a hint of how much we have sunk or the things appearing are just random?


I know...probably is only eyecandy (and it's cool definately!) but I was wondering.

Regards!

[David I]

The Wooden lifeboats replace the others.

None are animated.

You still get rafts, floating bodies, personnel in life preservers. Debris still pop up.

As with most eye-candy mods, try it out and see, pardon the expression, if it floats your boat.

I personally use this mod all the time.

David I

[tbcon]

Thanks David I for the info.

I think I'll stick to the original mod then as it sounds a bit more exciting to me. Haven't tried any of them till now though as I am still trying to set the game.

The real thing I am afraid of is any compatibility issue with other mods.

I'd love to have a table or something similar that demonstrates known incompatibilities between the mods.

Searching in the forum is really difficult, sometimes impossible with so much tonnage of posts!

[Aktungbby]

tbcon!:Kaleun_Salute:

[amerelium]

Dead download link

[Plissken_04]

Dead download link

https://gofile.me/2YNK2/UjB9ysTT3

[johnboy1958]

Yet ANOTHER 404 link :(:doh:

[Plissken_04]

Yet ANOTHER 404 link :(:doh:

The Link works fine. :up:

[johnboy1958]

The Link works fine. :up:
NOT FOR ME :(:(:(:doh::doh:

[FUBAR295]

Try this repository link :


https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/fc30cusfig180no/Wooden_Lifeboats_Mod_1.1.rar/file


If you have problem with this , you had better look at a new internet connection. :hmmm:


:Kaleun_Salute: