[REL]New and improved Large Lifeboat!

[Madox58]

I've spent several days just getting it right.
So here it is!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=2966
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/privateer_2006/Improved_Lifeboat_SH4.jpg

If you have the Oar colors fix?
Get rid of it as it is included with this mod.

Files changed:
Secondary.dat
Lifeboat_Sailors.dat
And most all files in NLifeboat_02

Software used:
3DS Max 2008 - 3D model work and UV mapping
SoftImage 2010 - AO burning
S3D - of course!
XVI32 Hex Editor - adjusting what S3D could not
Njob (a great tool for creating the N0? textures)
Gimp 2.6.11 - Texture work and inverting the N0? texture

Credits:
Me
Coors Brewing Company (gotta have something to ease the back pain!)
skwasjer (for S3D)
Vlad from the SH5 Team (Pointers on SoftImage)
and of course our favorite, elanaiba!:rock:(Go between for Vlad and me)

[Sailor Steve]

:rock:

But...get rid of the new oars? I just got them. :wah:

[Madox58]

Cry Baby!
:nope:
It's in this new Mod so you'll still have the fix!
:yep:

And when I upgrade this mod?
You'll whine then to won't you?
:haha:

[Hitman]

:up:

We are proffesional whinners :haha:

[Jan Kyster]

But... where's the First Aid Kit? :hmmm:

And blankets, bilge pump, masts and sails, provisions, signal flags, tiller, water containers, fishing kits and... and...



No, only kidding :D - it looks very good! :up:

Just found this "Lifeboat Regulations": http://www.usmm.org/lifeboat.html

[keltos01]

I would love to ... erm no.. that sure means warcrimes tribunal ;)

[Fish40]

Looks great! Compatable with RFB?

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice :up:

[Madox58]

I'll be updateing this Unit along with the other liferaft soon.
More guys on board, gear and stuff so it does not look so empty.
Webster's Real Lifeboat fix will be rolled in also.
The only thing needing changed in his sim is the draught.
That's due to the different size of the Stock compared to new model.

This mod should be compatible with all major and minor Mods.
As Webster told me,
We seem to be the only ones messing with Life boats.
:shucks:

I'm also messing with zoneing them for the potental War Criminals amongst us.
:haha:

[keltos01]

I'm also messing with zoneing them for the potental War Criminals amongst us.
:haha:

:arrgh!: maybe they could fire back ? ;)

[Sailor Steve]

Cry Baby!
:nope:
Yup, that's me. :yep:

Nothing better to do at the moment. :D

It's in this new Mod so you'll still have the fix!
:yep:
I knew dat! :shifty:

And when I upgrade this mod?
You'll whine then to won't you?
:haha:
Of course. It's fun.

We are proffesional whinners :haha:
Since when?:stare: I never got paid! :wah:

I do it for fun. :D

[AVGWarhawk]

That is very nice Privateer! :up:

[LGN1]

Looks very nice, Privateer :up:

Any plans for a GWX3/SH3 version :oops:

Cheers, LGN1

[General Tso]

Thanks privateer, looks like a definite improvement.

[skwasjer]

S3D - of course!
This... made me chuckle, considering how long it took you to adopt it. :D

Nice job on the lifeboat!

[Donner]

Excellent work, privateer! :up:

[seaplate hitman]

Good Job ! Thanks a lot ! I love it

[Madox58]

:arrgh!: maybe they could fire back ? ;)
I don't believe the Hard Code will allow that.
I did add an A01 node and gave it a Gun.
Even when I fired on it? It just Rowed along never even aiming at me.

[Webster]

I don't believe the Hard Code will allow that.
I did add an A01 node and gave it a Gun.
Even when I fired on it? It just Rowed along never even aiming at me.


have you thought about retexturing a small gunboat to look like a lifeboat?

it would be set up to fire on things so it might be easier to equipt it the way you want and the texture could make it look like a lifeboat.

just something to ponder :hmmm:

[keltos01]

have you thought about retexturing a small gunboat to look like a lifeboat?

it would be set up to fire on things so it might be easier to equipt it the way you want and the texture could make it look like a lifeboat.

just something to ponder :hmmm:

imagine the surprise of a sub being fired at with small caliber if they attack !!!

keltos

[joegrundman]

great work, but to me that degree of water transparency looks badly wrong. I have been on boats before. Can something be done about that?

[Madox58]

@joegrundman
That's Stock SH4 water in the screen shot.

@Webster
We could change the Unit type and create a gun that looks like a Guy no problem.
(In the K-Ship We have a Guy with bino's in the lookout position.
He does look and point at enemy Units.)
:03:

But it would not spawn when a ship sinks.

[Ducimus]

Nice job. :salute:

[Madox58]

Thanks Ducimus.
:yep:
And I really mean that!
It's kind of a preview of some stuff several people and I are doing right now.
We do have a certain Goal that most have ignored.
I'm sure you, and many others, will agree with the Goal once we're far enuff along to post more information.
:cool:

[TheBeast]

The Liferaft really does look good. I had to rush out and sink a few big boats just to see it bouncing around.:up:

The lookouts randomly pointing when there is nothing there always makes me look that way. Then I get PO'd that the lookout is doing that.:-?

The lookout should only point at something on a trigger of "Smoke on the Horizon", "Aircraft Spotted" or "Ship Spotted".:hmmm:

I hope that this is something we may be able to correct in the future?:06:

@joegrundman
That's Stock SH4 water in the screen shot.

@Webster
We could change the Unit type and create a gun that looks like a Guy no problem.
(In the K-Ship We have a Guy with bino's in the lookout position.
He does look and point at enemy Units.)
:03:

But it would not spawn when a ship sinks.

[Madox58]

I've never played enuff to test what the lookouts do when a Ship is sunk and a LB is around.
Do the lookouts spot them?
:hmmm:

[TorpX]

Very nice. Very detailed.

I take it they are destructable?

I tried to make a training mission, using lifeboats, bunkers and a landing craft for gunnery practice. It didn't work of course. Any chance of having a target barge, perhaps towed by a tug or something?

[Madox58]

The details are in the textures actually.
It is a bit higher in 3D model work sure.
But you really don't see them that often.
I also see I can cut faces now that I viewed it in Game.

As for different Units?
It can be done if you can give an example.

[Armistead]

Doe's it just spawn off sinking ships?

[Madox58]

Yes. It spawns when a ship sinks.
It can be added in the Campaign files also.
That's how I tested it.
However, it's classed as a type 105 no matter how you put it in Game.
Type 105 Units will not take or give damages.
Now, if we modify the SH3 Lifeboats and debris mod?
There may be a way to include the unknown factor.

The demise of GWX 4 left many WIP never fully followed through.
I can only try to revive what I was working on.
And most of that is worthless without key files others were working on.

[Webster]

Yes. It spawns when a ship sinks.
It can be added in the Campaign files also.
That's how I tested it.
However, it's classed as a type 105 no matter how you put it in Game.
Type 105 Units will not take or give damages.
Now, if we modify the SH3 Lifeboats and debris mod?
There may be a way to include the unknown factor.

The demise of GWX 4 left many WIP never fully followed through.
I can only try to revive what I was working on.
And most of that is worthless without key files others were working on.


while you are working on this, maybe you would be willing to try to fix a spawning bug from sinking ships?

lots of cargo ships spawn lifeboats and no debris / boxes and many warships spawn debris / boxes and no lifeboats


IMO it would probably be too much work to go ship by ship and check all this but if you were willing to have a look at it, maybe just have ALL ships spawn just lifeboats since i doubt many cargo crates would or should be floating around anyways.

it really looks stupid to sink a carrier and see just cargo crates floting and no lifeboats