U-BOOT_HAHD Official Thread

[reaper7]

@Makman. I've posted some info in our Dropbox in the Information Folder.

Not sure if the following Info is correct - If not ignore

What is of particular Interest is that the TypIIA only had one scope, it wasn't untill the TypIIC that the second was was implemented.
It may be worth doing the User Interface to reflect this - removing the Obs scope from the current Interface.

That way the TyPIIA and TypIIB would have an Interface with only 1 scope.
And then the TypIIC and TypIID would have the Interface as currently is with both scopes.

What do you think.

@Hans Are you creating the sub-variants of the TypII b/c/d.
Model would be the pretty much the same thru all variants.

Small changes like larger saddle tanks for greater range and the second scope :hmmm:

[Hans Witteman]

@Hans : wellcome back...'teacher' !! :DL

@Reaper : very nice this TDC you are preparing ! :up: do you have any pics of the original TDC that UIIA had ?
if yes...are you willing-interested to prepare a TDC like the original for uiia ?

@Wolfstriked : yes...great !! :D now...you miss ALL the torps ! this is the tutorial that you really needed !!

and ...yes ,i have told many times (and to myself) that i am quiting moding ,better say that by quiting i mean...'releasing' becuase there is big difference between making a mod for your private use than making a mod for releasing it...:-? BUT modding is like a .....virus ,it 'hits' me from time to...time...
finally,i never played to other resolutions that the ones i told you so i can't confirm anything but subsimers here, say that the resfix is scaling properly all elements so you will have no problem at manual targeting.(now ,look how are the marks for the RAOBF in the incoming gui)

a pic from the scope of the incoming gui ....exclusively for type UIIA of U-Boot_HAHD (the new-100% designed from scratch-RAOBF rings are showing and also notice the indicators-levers above torp's icons that are showing which tube(s) are open(flooded).at this pic , tubes 1 and 3 are open-flooded and only torp 1 is selected) :
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2330/raobf.png

Hi mate,

What a fantastic piece of art and history top notch work my friend:yeah:

Stay tune i will send you a nice surprise by the end of the day or tomorrow.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

@Makman. I've posted some info in our Dropbox in the Information Folder.

Not sure if the following Info is correct - If not ignore

What is of particular Interest is that the TypIIA only had one scope, it wasn't untill the TypIIC that the second was was implemented.
It may be worth doing the User Interface to reflect this - removing the Obs scope from the current Interface.

That way the TyPIIA and TypIIB would have an Interface with only 1 scope.
And then the TypIIC and TypIID would have the Interface as currently is with both scopes.

What do you think.

@Hans Are you creating the sub-variants of the TypII b/c/d.
Model would be the pretty much the same thru all variants.

Small changes like larger saddle tanks for greater range and the second scope :hmmm:

Hi mate,

Yep affirmative the IIA,B,C,D and there is some good difference with typ IID
more details to follow:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi teammates,

Finally you have 6 new tutorials covering everything you need to know to make your first masterpiece:up:

Close to 4 hours of learning material.

Also i am currently uploading the texture&templates i told you about they are all show in those tutorials.

I made a new folder in tutorial it is call Textures&templates.

And reaper just tell me where you want me to upload the Fletcher?

Also i am uploading new screenies for the media/crew section.

I am uploading since early last night and in 2 hours everything should be in and the tutorials are all in so just grab some popcorn and sit in front:yeah:

A new video will be in by tomorrow and lot of new stuff to come in very soon:rock:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Do you plan on releasing any short teaser videos of new interior? :yeah:

Hi mate,

For sure it will be a video that no one will forget anytime soon so much work went in this interior:salute:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Hi teammates,

Finally you have 6 new tutorials covering everything you need to know to make your first masterpiece:up:

Close to 4 hours of learning material.

Also i am currently uploading the texture&templates i told you about they are all show in those tutorials.

I made a new folder in tutorial it is call Textures&templates.

And reaper just tell me where you want me to upload the Fletcher?

Also i am uploading new screenies for the media/crew section.

I am uploading since early last night and in 2 hours everything should be in and the tutorials are all in so just grab some popcorn and sit in front:yeah:

A new video will be in by tomorrow and lot of new stuff to come in very soon:rock:

Best regards Hans


Yaaaahhh :rock: Feel like its Christmas (Just without all the the new socks :har:)
Gonna get them right now.

As for the fletcher you can put it in the U-Boot_HAHD Restricted Access Folder or upload to Private FTP.
Thanks Mate :up::up:

[Hans Witteman]

Yaaaahhh :rock: Feel like its Christmas (Just without all the the new socks :har:)
Gonna get them right now.

As for the fletcher you can put it in the U-Boot_HAHD Restricted Access Folder or upload to Private FTP.
Thanks Mate :up::up:

Hi mate,

How do i upload in private folder? With the same adress as i did for the tutorials?

And that not all more tutorials to come covering cloning ships and parts, knowing how to clone parts as instances.

Advanced s3d editor for bringing your animation in game and using the statemachines controller.

Making specular reflection maps on ships.

Also i will cover particle system and effects and by the way you can make a new section in media and call it Effects&Pyro because i will modify the fire and explosion more to my own taste:up:

You guys are now having enough material to be occupied until the end of the world:har:

Best regard Hans

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

How do i upload in private folder? With the same adress as i did for the tutorials?

And that not all more tutorials to come covering cloning ships and parts, knowing how to clone parts as instances.

Advanced s3d editor for bringing your animation in game and using the statemachines controller.

Making specular reflection maps on ships.

Also i will cover particle system and effects and by the way you can make a new section in media and call it Effects&Pyro because i will modify the fire and explosion more to my own taste:up:

You guys are now having enough material to be occupied until the end of the world:har:

Best regard Hans


Wow wow wow, that is some amount of tutorials :D Gonna take me 13 Hrs to download :haha: I like it :up::up::up:.
And more to come, Hans if you don't get Best of Subsim 2011 Award I don't know what it would take to get one. :up:

As for the Private FTP: I emailed you previously the username and password - it should be in your u-boot-hahd.com email ;)
Same process as the normal FTP site just with those details :yep:

Almost done with my SH5 Fullsize TDC.
Has anyone any pics etc of the TYPII TDC. I could make one for it.

Here is my VII TDC (This can be converted over for SH3 when we are making the VII User Interface).

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/Screenshot11.jpg

Blanked of dials in pic above is due to no fat/lut torps onboard when the u-boat is carrying them the dials show up like in top pic ;)

[Hans Witteman]

Wow wow wow, that is some amount of tutorials :D Gonna take me 13 Hrs to download :haha: I like it :up::up::up:.
And more to come, Hans if you don't get Best of Subsim 2011 Award I don't know what it would take to get one. :up:

As for the Private FTP: I emailed you previously the username and password - it should be in your u-boot-hahd.com email ;)
Same process as the normal FTP site just with those details :yep:

Almost done with my SH5 Fullsize TDC.
Has anyone any pics etc of the TYPII TDC. I could make one for it.

Here is my VII TDC (This can be converted over for SH3 when we are making the VII User Interface).



Blanked of dials in pic above is due to no fat/lut torps onboard when the u-boat is carrying them the dials show up like in top pic ;)

Hi mate,

Nice work on that TDC i never saw any picture of the one on typ IIA i wonder if any veterans could have a clue on it?

The Fletcher is in:up: path : /u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/Private Files/

By the way all the tutorials done so far are totalizing more than 11 GB !

Best regards Hans

[Hitman]

Nice work on that TDC i never saw any picture of the one on typ IIA i wonder if any veterans could have a clue on it?I can't confirm or deny wether the first IIA had TDC or not (Though I suspect NOT), but I know that the Siemens TDC S3 was very much equal for all Uboats except there was a vertical (Type IX) and a horizontal (Type VII) version of it, for locating it in different places.

In the II it was located behind the stairs to the CT, due to lack of any other available space.

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/9262/post1701248547063.jpg (http://img860.imageshack.us/i/post1701248547063.jpg/)

[Hitman]

Here is my VII TDC (This can be converted over for SH3 when we are making the VII User Interface).

I have been wanting to do that for AGES and even had a basic layout planned, replacing the dials of the original TDC that are not in SH3 with the FAT/LUT ones.

In the real UBoats the FAT/LUTS were however on a different "computer" that was in the bow room. I'll post a pic of it if you want to also reproduce it for SH5 (Where you can actually do that) :up:

Would be nice to have this full screen TDC also in SH4 :03:

[reaper7]

I can't confirm or deny wether the first IIA had TDC or not (Though I suspect NOT), but I know that the Siemens TDC S3 was very much equal for all Uboats except there was a vertical (Type IX) and a horizontal (Type VII) version of it, for locating it in different places.

In the II it was located behind the stairs to the CT, due to lack of any other available space.

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/9262/post1701248547063.jpg (http://img860.imageshack.us/i/post1701248547063.jpg/)

I have been wanting to do that for AGES and even had a basic layout planned, replacing the dials of the original TDC that are not in SH3 with the FAT/LUT ones.

In the real UBoats the FAT/LUTS were however on a different "computer" that was in the bow room. I'll post a pic of it if you want to also reproduce it for SH5 (Where you can actually do that) :up:

Would be nice to have this full screen TDC also in SH4 :03:

Thanks Hitman, So they used the same TDC then - cool. That makes thins easier.
I taking a little bit of poetic licence placing the Fat/lut dials onto the TDC :).
But I think it gives the best flexibility in the use of the TDC rather than opening separate panels for them.
But it could be done if 100% authentic was required ;). Yes please post the Pic - you never know I may just do it (I'm a bugger for wanting things perfect :))


What are your thoughts on it :hmmm:


Ps: What is the very topleft dial on the TDC, I have it as the Impact angle for the Fat/lut torps. - It appears to be that one in the pics I have.

As for SH4 - If anyone wants to convert it for sh3/4 in the meantime they are free to do so. I'll try when I get some time - but I've only used SH5 for UI modding so not familiar with the ini methods of sh3/4.

[reaper7]

Here is my Original Reproduction (100% copy -No Fat/lut in this one) of the TDC if anyone wishes to convert for Sh3/4 in the meantime.

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/Authentic-TDC.jpg

[Wolfstriked]

Wow wow wow, that is some amount of tutorials :D Gonna take me 13 Hrs to download :haha: I like it :up::up::up:.
And more to come, Hans if you don't get Best of Subsim 2011 Award I don't know what it would take to get one. :up:

As for the Private FTP: I emailed you previously the username and password - it should be in your u-boot-hahd.com email ;)
Same process as the normal FTP site just with those details :yep:

Almost done with my SH5 Fullsize TDC.
Has anyone any pics etc of the TYPII TDC. I could make one for it.

Here is my VII TDC (This can be converted over for SH3 when we are making the VII User Interface).

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/Screenshot11.jpg

Blanked of dials in pic above is due to no fat/lut torps onboard when the u-boat is carrying them the dials show up like in top pic ;)

Genius idea there Reaper!!:up: How will you make it work?One click button or a button onscreen?

[Hitman]

Yes please post the Pic - you never know I may just do it (I'm a bugger for wanting things perfect :))Here you go:

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/4937/lutscan.jpg (http://img848.imageshack.us/i/lutscan.jpg/)

The device was placed IIRC in the space between the 4 forward torpedo tube doors, in the torpedo room.

I taking a little bit of poetic licence placing the Fat/lut dials onto the TDC :).
But I think it gives the best flexibility in the use of the TDC rather than opening separate panels for them.
But it could be done if 100% authentic was required ;). Y

What are your thoughts on it :hmmm:
As I already said, the TDC I had designed for my personal use already fitted the FAT/LUT dials in the places where the real dials can't be reproduced in SH3, so yes I agree with the idea. :up:

BTW do you have a version of the wonderful TDC graphic without dial labels?

[reaper7]

Here you go:


The device was placed IIRC in the space between the 4 forward torpedo tube doors, in the torpedo room.

As I already said, the TDC I had designed for my personal use already fitted the FAT/LUT dials in the places where the real dials can't be reproduced in SH3, so yes I agree with the idea. :up:

BTW do you have a version of the wonderful TDC graphic without dial labels?

Chers for that mate, hmm its a big bugger :DL may leave it as is.
Looks like the Torpedo Imapact dial is the one on the TDC and the remaining 3 are on the fat/lut panel.

Sure can do one with out labels - will post in a few mins. :up:

Here ya go Mate: (If you need it at higher resolution drop me a PM) :)

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/Authentic-TDC-Nolabels.jpg

[fitzcarraldo]

Hi teammates,

Finally you have 6 new tutorials covering everything you need to know to make your first masterpiece:up:

Close to 4 hours of learning material.

Also i am currently uploading the texture&templates i told you about they are all show in those tutorials.

I made a new folder in tutorial it is call Textures&templates.

And reaper just tell me where you want me to upload the Fletcher?

Also i am uploading new screenies for the media/crew section.

I am uploading since early last night and in 2 hours everything should be in and the tutorials are all in so just grab some popcorn and sit in front:yeah:

A new video will be in by tomorrow and lot of new stuff to come in very soon:rock:

Best regards Hans

:yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

Downloading now, Kaleun! It´s a complete online SH3 University!

I advance on my little ship, and now go back to class.:woot::woot::woot:

Many thanks, Hans!

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[reaper7]

Genius idea there Reaper!!:up: How will you make it work?One click button or a button onscreen?

For SH5, it shall be brought up via an icon at any station.

:yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

Downloading now, Kaleun! It´s a complete online SH3 University!

I advance on my little ship, and now go back to class.:woot::woot::woot:

Many thanks, Hans!

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Sure is, amazing stuff Hans has created.
Only 2 left to download :D

[Hitman]

Many thanks Reaper, great stuff :up: Dunno when I will have time to get back to Sh3 and implement it, but many thanks :up::up:

[Hans Witteman]

:yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah::yeah:

Downloading now, Kaleun! It´s a complete online SH3 University!

I advance on my little ship, and now go back to class.:woot::woot::woot:

Many thanks, Hans!

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Hi mate,

Glad to see your progress with those tutorials:up:

Since now i can included my own animation the Wilhelmshaven harbor will have life more than never before, i plan to put admiral Doenitz walking with officers on departure and to animate the small crane moving torpedoes.

If the framerate can take it i will made more new animated stuff to bring life in SH3.

Best regards Hans

[makman94]

oh...i see the thread is getting a little.....''warmed up'' !!!

very nice things are coming...

@Hans : if i judge from your previous surprise you made to me (the compass's bearings and center thingy images).... i can't wait to see the next surprise that you are preparing for me !!! i have a ....suspicion....but better to see first !!:D

[fitzcarraldo]

Hi mate,

Glad to see your progress with those tutorials:up:

Since now i can included my own animation the Wilhelmshaven harbor will have life more than never before, i plan to put admiral Doenitz walking with officers on departure and to animate the small crane moving torpedoes.

If the framerate can take it i will made more new animated stuff to bring life in SH3.

Best regards Hans

Yes! I like to see Admiral Raeder and the poor and drunk Philip Thomsen in the ports...And some pinup, too :O: We can make a casting for the pinup model-textures...

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

Dear Teammates:

I uploaded some scans from my books in FTP, folder "General".

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[reaper7]

Dear Teammates:

I uploaded some scans from my books in FTP, folder "General".

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Thanks fitzcarraldo :up:

[makman94]

i have ,additionally, these pics that may help you Reaper .

pic 1: seems to be the same tdc as the one that you have at your pics but if you look closer seems to be a 'stand' version of it

pic 2 : don't know what is this but someone else here may know

pic1:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3893/originaltdc.jpg
pic2:
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/4078/whatisthisb.jpg

[Hans Witteman]

Dear Teammates:

I uploaded some scans from my books in FTP, folder "General".

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Thank mate will have a look at them:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

Just to wet your appetite a bit i made a 3d Kurswinkel so you can used it as you please take note this is only a low res rendering the final will look much better and will be sent in graphic section:up:

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Kurswinkel_test.jpg

[Tuddley3]

Hans, thank you for keeping this sim alive :salute::yeah: I'm besides myself at what you and your talented team are doing so far. I don't care if it takes you 2 years to finish this project, I have a feeling it will be worth waiting for.

Also, good riddance to bin Laden:woot:

[Schwieger]

Low res? That looks good enough to be high res..

[Hitman]

Jesus Hans that picture nearly got me to wet my pants :woot:

[Hitman]

pic 1: seems to be the same tdc as the one that you have at your pics but if you look closer seems to be a 'stand' version of it

pic 2 : don't know what is this but someone else here may know



I also have those pictures, they are from the official inspection of U505 by american navy technicians after being captured.

Picture 2 shows the dials to switch from single shot to salvo, salvo selection and some other options (Fan shot while turning, etc). Those are in the CT, and you can see above to the right the little case with the 6 round lights for the 6 torpedo tubes -lit when tube is ready and blinkig when it shoots, then off when empty.

In the Type VIIs those dials had a repeater in the control room to allow shooting from there (Using the observation scope in low light conditions but not enough for surfaced attack) but in the IXs everything was in the CT as there was enough room and both scopes were there. :salute:

[Wolfstriked]

Hi shipmates,

Just to wet your appetite a bit i made a 3d Kurswinkel so you can used it as you please take note this is only a low res rendering the final will look much better and will be sent in graphic section:up:

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Kurswinkel_test.jpg

:DI am loving your work!!!!!!!!!

[Myxale]

OMG! This is so eye-popping grand!

I want this...for my sub...for my bike and my car...I want also one installed on my wife...:D

Great work!:salute:

[Wolfstriked]

OMG! This is so eye-popping grand!

I want this...for my sub...for my bike and my car...I want also one installed on my wife...:D

Great work!:salute:

LOL it looks so kool I would wear it as a neckchain.

[urfisch]

hans, your 3d work is really astonishing!!!

:salute:

[Wolfstriked]

He also does amazing texture work!!

[foz]

what`s the refection in the center .:salute:

[Hans Witteman]

Hans, thank you for keeping this sim alive :salute::yeah: I'm besides myself at what you and your talented team are doing so far. I don't care if it takes you 2 years to finish this project, I have a feeling it will be worth waiting for.

Also, good riddance to bin Laden:woot:

Hi mate,

After i saw what they did to sh5 i tough that my only choice was to improve sh3 and i can live with sh3 because i went on the Atlantic and the water is not transparent not anywhere close they put it in sh5.

After my recent tweaks to the sea i prefer my water to any other versions because it is more closer to the real thing.

Best regards hans

[Hans Witteman]

Jesus Hans that picture nearly got me to wet my pants :woot:

:har:

[Hans Witteman]

OMG! This is so eye-popping grand!

I want this...for my sub...for my bike and my car...I want also one installed on my wife...:D

Great work!:salute:

Hi mate,

Ahumm where exactly should we send the engineer to adjust it to your wife?

:har:

[Hans Witteman]

hans, your 3d work is really astonishing!!!

:salute:

Hi mate,

Thank for the kind words but it is my only passion in life and i spent the last 15 years practicing and pushing my skills in 3d.

My conclusion after all those years is everything is about the light if you get the light right then you can do almost anything.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

He also does amazing texture work!!

Thank mate:salute:

And wait to see the team work that will soon poured in they are all train the HAHD way:up:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

what`s the refection in the center .:salute:

Hi mate,

It is a pic from a mine shaft :salute:

I just took a lens picture that i had because this part will be removed i just put it there so it would better then a hole .

Best regards Hans

[Wolfstriked]

:stare: its my new wallpaper.

[Fish In The Water]

Thank for the kind words but it is my only passion in life and i spent the last 15 years practicing and pushing my skills in 3d.

The SH3 community is very fortunate to have you here. Thank you for applying all your knowledge and focusing on something that really means a lot to us.

Cheers, much respect and best regards! :salute:

[Hans Witteman]

:stare: its my new wallpaper.

Hi mate,

Glad you like it maybe reaper will make a brand new screen saver from it :up:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

The SH3 community is very fortunate to have you here. Thank you for applying all your knowledge and focusing on something that really means a lot to us.

Cheers, much respect and best regards! :salute:

Hi mate,

It is we the U-BOOT-HAHD team that are very fortunate to have such a wonderful community to support our efforts:up:

Without you guys there would be nothing here so as long as the community live the U-BOOT_HAHD will deliver high quality content:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

I just made some test on the interface i had in mind for typIIA this is a rough design prototype let me know what you think about it:up:

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Interface_2.jpg

[reaper7]

Hi shipmates,

I just made some test on the interface i had in mind for typIIA this is a rough design prototype let me know what you think about it:up:

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Interface_2.jpg


Looks Great but just one issue to use in game the Original scale will not work due to not being linked to a dual stadimeter like on the real thing.
You'll need to use the scale the Makman has in his RAOBF - this is the same one as I use for my RAOBF.

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af168/reaper7_SH5/RAOBF-3.jpg

If you could redo the RAOBF with these scales and those graphics I wouldn't even want to use my one again :haha:.

[Hans Witteman]

Looks Great but just one issue to use in game the Original scale will not work due to not being linked to a dual stadimeter like on the real thing.
You'll need to use the scale the Makman has in his RAOBF - this is the same one as I use for my RAOBF.



If you could redo the RAOBF with these scales and those graphics I wouldn't even want to use my one again :haha:.

Hi mate,

That what i though because the hole in the middle is rather small with the model i made but it is no big deal to rescale it to fit.

one thing also i noticed that some modders are texturing their boat and devices according to museum display and this is not accurate at all because the boat were freshly commissioned and all interior and devices were brand new and also Germans were very strict on cleaning and they took great care of their equipment.

For the exterior it is correct to have worn surface after a couple patrols the sea weathering start to show.

Best regards Hans

[Wolfstriked]

Hi mate,

That what i though because the hole in the middle is rather small with the model i made but it is no big deal to rescale it to fit.

one thing also i noticed that some modders are texturing their boat and devices according to museum display and this is not accurate at all because the boat were freshly commissioned and all interior and devices were brand new and also Germans were very strict on cleaning and they took great care of their equipment.

For the exterior it is correct to have worn surface after a couple patrols the sea weathering start to show.

Best regards Hans

Looks freaking great! I also agree that the boats should look new and that the thick paint is from museum applying lots to preserve the metal from rust.Just slight weathering on outside is perfect....the stock TypeIIA is so covered in rust I laugh everytime.

Two questions,why gold trim and will you redo the air,fuel,O2 and battery dials.

[Hans Witteman]

Looks freaking great! I also agree that the boats should look new and that the thick paint is from museum applying lots to preserve the metal from rust.Just slight weathering on outside is perfect....the stock TypeIIA is so covered in rust I laugh everytime.

Two questions,why gold trim and will you redo the air,fuel,O2 and battery dials.

Hi mate,

It is not gold but brass because early typIIA had lot of brass and i am trying to get that retro brass look.

The gauges are already done here a pic:

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Fuelgauge.jpg

Best regards Hans

[Wolfstriked]

Sweet details!!!!:up: Question....will you also model the Type XXI.I seen you mention it somewhere but on the HAHAD site its not listed under subs in development.Another question,is Makman working still on the GUI?Are you two combining your efforts into one GUI?

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

Remember how frustrating when tracking a ship and when you finally raised the scope to see it is a darn trawler!

At least now it will be a more pleasant experienced:salute:

The fishing net is animated to simulate the wind.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Trawler.jpg

Best regards Hans

[Myxale]

Wow, even though I feel like I have been repeating myself for the last decade, this DOES LOOK COOL!

The trawler is really sweet. Detailed and authentic.
The stock ones look too sterile compared to this new baby!

Does the Kurswinkel have a fitting Night-(red)Mask otherwise it will be to bright...at night?!:88)

Brass-away mates! :rock:

[Hans Witteman]

Wow, even though I feel like I have been repeating myself for the last decade, this DOES LOOK COOL!

The trawler is really sweet. Detailed and authentic.
The stock ones look too sterile compared to this new baby!

Does the Kurswinkel have a fitting Night-(red)Mask otherwise it will be to bright...at night?!:88)

Brass-away mates! :rock:

Hi mate,

Thank for the good words and yes the Kurswinkel will have a mask for night:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Wolfstriked]

Hi shipmates,

Remember how frustrating when tracking a ship and when you finally raised the scope to see it is a darn trawler!

At least now it will be a more pleasant experienced:salute:

The fishing net is animated to simulate the wind.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Trawler.jpg

Best regards Hans

Nice looking trawler.I agree its great to see nice models when you get close to the ship.Really adds the immersion.The Reaper huh?I would sink it just for that......:arrgh!:

[Hans Witteman]

Sweet details!!!!:up: Question....will you also model the Type XXI.I seen you mention it somewhere but on the HAHAD site its not listed under subs in development.Another question,is Makman working still on the GUI?Are you two combining your efforts into one GUI?

Hi mate,

The Type XXI will be done but don't expected to see it anytime soon.

Makeman is still the GUI specialist i am simply proposing the brass konsole as another option and the new Kurswinkel that i will rescale to fit the size of makman.

I am nowhere as good as Makman regarding GUI:salute:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Nice looking trawler.I agree its great to see nice models when you get close to the ship.Really adds the immersion.The Reaper huh?I would sink it just for that......:arrgh!:

Fear the Reaper :haha:

[Wolfstriked]

Hi mate,

The Type XXI will be done but don't expected to see it anytime soon.

Makeman is still the GUI specialist i am simply proposing the brass konsole as another option and the new Kurswinkel that i will rescale to fit the size of makman.

I am nowhere as good as Makman regarding GUI:salute:

Best regards Hans

Gotcha Hans,can't wait!

[Wolfstriked]

Fear the Reaper :haha:


LOL I knew it was you flying that ship....:har::up:

[Hans Witteman]

Just like my team mate was saying you really better be afraid of the reaper!



http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Arm_Trawler.jpg

:har::har::har:

Best regards Hans

[Schwieger]

A bit stern heavy don't you think? lol, might sink it self from gun recoil :har::haha:

[reaper7]

Just like my team mate was saying you really better be afraid of the reaper!



http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Arm_Trawler.jpg

:har::har::har:

Best regards Hans

:har::har::har: I had something bigger in mind :arrgh!:

Something like this maybe:

http://www.skylighters.org/camphero/aberdeen.gif


A bit stern heavy don't you think? lol, might sink it self from gun recoil :har::haha:

Or go from 8 knts to 50 Knts with each round :).

[Myxale]

Or go from 8 knts to 50 Knts with each round :).

Lol, that would give the term 'Cannon Boat' a totally different meaning! :rock::rotfl2:

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

That what i though because the hole in the middle is rather small with the model i made but it is no big deal to rescale it to fit.

one thing also i noticed that some modders are texturing their boat and devices according to museum display and this is not accurate at all because the boat were freshly commissioned and all interior and devices were brand new and also Germans were very strict on cleaning and they took great care of their equipment.

For the exterior it is correct to have worn surface after a couple patrols the sea weathering start to show.

Best regards Hans

Sorry Mate by scale I didn't mean the size of the RAOBF but the scales used for calculations.
You need to use the numbering found in the Pic above of my RAOBF or as in Makmans current RAOBF.

The real ones used on the original RAOBF wont work in the SH3 game ;)

[Wolfstriked]

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Arm_Trawler.jpg



[/URL][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mie9hhQTUM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUO_5EALZoM)

:timeout:More COWBELL!!!

[reaper7]

@Hans, After re-watching your vids I've gone back and redid some of my UV layouts.
I had a seperate UV map for each mast/rig and also for the Life boat support struts.

I've now placed all 4 Masts and wires on to one UV Map.
And for the Life boat struts placed them on to the Lifeboat UV Map.

Hopefully I should be good to go tomorrow to start texturing my Trawler :D

[Bakkels]

Hi again guys, great to see you're all modding your asses of!
I was just wondering, I remember Hans stating before that the hahd mod will not put much extra strain on your pc. Almost like if you can run GWX, than you can also run Hahd. I was just wondering how the hell you managed to do this. By looking at the screens and all the features that'll be incorporated I just wonder how you can still get this mod to run smoothly on older systems?

As usual; keep up the good work! :salute:

[reaper7]

Hi again guys, great to see you're all modding your asses of!
I was just wondering, I remember Hans stating before that the hahd mod will not put much extra strain on your pc. Almost like if you can run GWX, than you can also run Hahd. I was just wondering how the hell you managed to do this. By looking at the screens and all the features that'll be incorporated I just wonder how you can still get this mod to run smoothly on older systems?

As usual; keep up the good work! :salute:

The new model is actually more optimized than the original ;)
So puts less strain on the system and looks a lot better - 2 birds with 1 stone.

[Hans Witteman]

Sorry Mate by scale I didn't mean the size of the RAOBF but the scales used for calculations.
You need to use the numbering found in the Pic above of my RAOBF or as in Makmans current RAOBF.

The real ones used on the original RAOBF wont work in the SH3 game ;)

Hi mate,

Ok now i get it so i will redo another version so makman and you can have it for your own work:up:

But the version i did is going to be used in typIIA periscope interior:salute:

Best regards Hans

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

@Hans, After re-watching your vids I've gone back and redid some of my UV layouts.
I had a seperate UV map for each mast/rig and also for the Life boat support struts.

I've now placed all 4 Masts and wires on to one UV Map.
And for the Life boat struts placed them on to the Lifeboat UV Map.

Hopefully I should be good to go tomorrow to start texturing my Trawler :D

Hi mate,

Glad to see the videos will soon give their fruits can't wait to see your first ships:up:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi again guys, great to see you're all modding your asses of!
I was just wondering, I remember Hans stating before that the hahd mod will not put much extra strain on your pc. Almost like if you can run GWX, than you can also run Hahd. I was just wondering how the hell you managed to do this. By looking at the screens and all the features that'll be incorporated I just wonder how you can still get this mod to run smoothly on older systems?

As usual; keep up the good work! :salute:

Hi mate,

Just like reaper mention our workflow involved a lot of optimization i would say that in 1 model i have 40% of real design work and 60% of optimization.

I also optimize particle system because a lot of them are having way too much particle emit for nothing, when i see 1000 particle emit i drop it to 500 with an adjusted alpha mask and the result is way better than stock with less impact on game engine.

Also i made all my model with in 3 differents version low.medium,high so at the end if everything combined put too much stress we will revert to the lower res version on less important ships and features.

The sub interior is the most optimize piece of all, imagine that each single nuts or valve you will see in it was all instanced and place by hand ask any modder who deal with 3d and you will see the amount of work required to do this.

We also blend Ambient occlusion and specular pass in paint program so it used zero resources on game engine and they even look better.

We optimize each UVW layout so less ram and draw call are made by the engine.

Our workflow is much slower than any other modders but it is the price we have to pay to give you all the amazing features and hours of brand new content.

Best regards Hans

[Myxale]

:rock:

Reading your post is like reading the Bible of U-Sims.

I remember way back when SH3 modding started, that someone mentioned that the whole game was sloppy and unoptimized. From models to textures.
And that it used more resources than necessary.

A legacy that carried on to SH4 and 5:nope:

If you guys ever have time left, could you post a screen of a (HAHD):D Flower Class Corvette? My faw ships that is not a sub! If it's finished!

[Bakkels]

Hi mate,

Just like reaper mention our workflow involved a lot of optimization i would say that in 1 model i have 40% of real design work and 60% of optimization.

I also optimize particle system because a lot of them are having way too much particle emit for nothing, when i see 1000 particle emit i drop it to 500 with an adjusted alpha mask and the result is way better than stock with less impact on game engine.

Also i made all my model with in 3 differents version low.medium,high so at the end if everything combined put too much stress we will revert to the lower res version on less important ships and features.

The sub interior is the most optimize piece of all, imagine that each single nuts or valve you will see in it was all instanced and place by hand ask any modder who deal with 3d and you will see the amount of work required to do this.

We also blend Ambient occlusion and specular pass in paint program so it used zero resources on game engine and they even look better.

We optimize each UVW layout so less ram and draw call are made by the engine.

Our workflow is much slower than any other modders but it is the price we have to pay to give you all the amazing features and hours of brand new content.

Best regards Hans

Thanks for the explanation Hans, really interesting! So actually, you're making way more efficient use of the game engine than Ubi originally did. If they were reading this they'd probably be shamed a bit... and probably offer you a job! :yeah:

[Hitman]

I remember way back when SH3 modding started, that someone mentioned that the whole game was sloppy and unoptimized. From models to textures.
And that it used more resources than necessary. Optimization is usually the last step in developing a program, and as such frequently neglected due to time/budget constraints. Producers hope that hardware will catch up with that after release ...

It is hopeless to pretend to have nowadays dedicated "labour of love" commercial sims, but as long as they are open enough to modding, heroes like Hans or the GWX, NYGM, WAC, LSH etc teams will come to fill the gap :up:

[Hans Witteman]

Thanks for the explanation Hans, really interesting! So actually, you're making way more efficient use of the game engine than Ubi originally did. If they were reading this they'd probably be shamed a bit... and probably offer you a job! :yeah:

Hi mate,

No ubi Romania did a fantastic job at it and i will never bash them down because i know how hard it is to bring such an amount of work under pressure.

Ubi did their best in the amount of time they were allowed but if they had 2 years more to work on it it would have been perfection.

We are just optimizing to the extreme everything that we can and this is really boring and time consuming but essential.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Optimization is usually the last step in developing a program, and as such frequently neglected due to time/budget constraints. Producers hope that hardware will catch up with that after release ...

It is hopeless to pretend to have nowadays dedicated "labour of love" commercial sims, but as long as they are open enough to modding, heroes like Hans or the GWX, NYGM, WAC, LSH etc teams will come to fill the gap :up:

Hi mate,

Yes you are right unfortunately the future of sim is pretty dark because no more company are putting the time and effort to bring us those little marvel from the early days of sim development.

It is all a matter of money and even nowadays they are dumbing down all new game so they can reach more sales.

That why i decided to put the effort in SH3 because i know they won't give us our dream sim anytime soon.

The good old days of small studio doing labor of love is over.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

:rock:

Reading your post is like reading the Bible of U-Sims.

I remember way back when SH3 modding started, that someone mentioned that the whole game was sloppy and unoptimized. From models to textures.
And that it used more resources than necessary.

A legacy that carried on to SH4 and 5:nope:

If you guys ever have time left, could you post a screen of a (HAHD):D Flower Class Corvette? My faw ships that is not a sub! If it's finished!

Hi mate,

Flower Class Corvette are not done yet but now that the team have the knowledge i expected to see them soon:up:

Best regards hans

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

Ok now i get it so i will redo another version so makman and you can have it for your own work:up:

But the version i did is going to be used in typIIA periscope interior:salute:

Best regards Hans

Excellent mate, and I agree original scaled one you have should be used on the scope model :yep:

Hi mate,

Glad to see the videos will soon give their fruits can't wait to see your first ships:up:

Best regards Hans

Hopefully I get some time today to start the export and start on the graphic texturing ;)

[Anvart]

Hi mate,

... a lot of optimization i would say that in 1 model i have 40% of real design work and 60% of optimization.

I also optimize particle system...
Also i made all my model with in 3 differents version low.medium,high ...
The sub interior is the most optimize piece of all, ...
We also blend Ambient occlusion and specular pass...
We optimize each UVW layout so less ram and draw call are made by the engine.

Our workflow is much slower than any other modders but it is the price we have to pay to give you all the amazing features and hours of brand new content.

Best regards Hans
Everything is great ... but I'm already tired of waiting ...
I hope when I will gather a new computer, all work will be ready. :D

[reaper7]

@ Hans. You got mail - sent to you u-boot-hahd mail :up:

[makman94]

Hi shipmates,

Remember how frustrating when tracking a ship and when you finally raised the scope to see it is a darn trawler!

At least now it will be a more pleasant experienced:salute:

The fishing net is animated to simulate the wind.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Trawler.jpg

Best regards Hans

wtf....Hans ! the difference is like 'day and night' !!!! FANTASTIC work...congratulations :up:
....:hmmm:...'the Reaper'...e :D? John...is it you 'behind' this ??
@Hans and John: i have replied to your suggestions at mail,have a look there!

and for the 'lovers' of map plotting ....get this (even more enhanced than the one in MaGui...improved Maloy's ruler):
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4660/ultiruler.png

[reaper7]

wtf....Hans ! the difference is like 'day and night' !!!! FANTASTIC work...congratulations :up:
....:hmmm:...'the Reaper'...e :D? John...is it you 'behind' this ??
@Hans and John: i have replied to your suggestions at mail,have a look there!

and for the 'lovers' of map plotting ....get this (even more enhanced than the one in MaGui...improved Maloy's ruler):


Excellent work on the compass mate :rock:

Ps. Got your mail, will reply later just on way out to work :wah:.
:up:

[Bakkels]

btw, have you guys been able to get rid of that bug with the ruler on the nav-chart? I mean the one were the ruler will give you the wrong distance ( +50 meters)?

[reaper7]

Well now that Hans has supplied the members of the Team with the greatest set of Tutorial videos (11GB's worth of how to of creating the ultimate SH3 ships).

I will need plenty of sustenance to start work on producing my own ship re-texture and optimizations.
So to that effect I've created and ordered (Shipped today) a new Mug to help me through the hours :haha: - Gonna need lots of hot tea down the road.
A bit of a dent to the pocket but will be worth it when I'm sitting in front om my PC creating my masterpiece :har:

http://www.vistaprint.ie/vp/ns/livepreview.aspx?width=436&3drollangle=0&3DRotation=0&doc_id=1190551562

[Wolfstriked]

Great stuff!!! I will watch with pleasure.:up:

A question for the HAHD team.Can we get a better idea of what HAHAD will bring to the SH3 world?What changes will you make to the actual gameplay.Will you guys be willing to make your mod work as a plug-in to GWX or NYGM,LSH5,WAC etc?If you are trying to create a super mod then can we get some ideas of the changes to the core gameplay.

I ask this because I played GWX for a few hours last night and find its a very well made mod.It has all these little tweaks that just add immersion and I find myself wishing to have HAHD added into it.

[postalbyke]

@wolfstriked: I know the thread is now almost 90 pages, but please read it and the dedicated web page
http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/
they cover most topics thoroughly, and have even updated their mission statement considerably since i first stumbled upon this thread way back in january or february.
right now they're making the transition from what i considered to be a simple re-skinning of the type II u-boat to a complete whole-game re-skin, a new GUI, and even some surprises like new interiors, uniforms, etc., and some possible changes to the game itself... so yes, a supermod by almost all definitions...
bob knows i've been patient, lying awake thinking about it almost every night, but if you just read the whole thing, dig through the website, and read the thread every day, you may find that all of your questions will be answered soon enough...
in the meantime, pray for patience like the rest of us, and don't disturb the mad scientists at their work... *shhhhh*

[Schwieger]

@wolfstriked: I know the thread is now almost 90 pages


Wow, been quite a lot of progress from Hans and the team :)

[Wolfstriked]

I am a HAHD member also.:03: I have read the whole thread and been to website many times.There was a post by Hans about the sim part being close to how NYGM is.Just wondering what that means.

[makman94]

There will be in the next days a very important 'meeting' in which the team will decide on which supermod the U-Boot_HAHD will be released as an add-on for it.
as the work has started for the ships (really ...i have to say here that it is really amazing the tutorials and the tools that Hans has uploaded for the team in order to create the 'new age' ships), it is time for this decision to been taken somehow about now.
really guys...you all must come and work for the sh3...this mod is not making for been named as ''U-Boot_Hahd''...this mod is been making for the sh3 itself.Hans will lead you to this 'path'....

it is too early for this mod to be released as stand alone supermod for many reasons but this will happen sooner or later ,have to take part some discussions with some people and if all run 'smooth' at these discussions ....the road will be open and the mod will be finished in less than a month ( i am talking for the core files not for the...ships...these will take as long as need given the amount of work)

note: all the above can 'change' after the meeting ....are only my personal statements (not team's )

[reaper7]

@Makman, Hi mate replied to your u-boot-hahd.com email ;)

[makman94]

@Makman, Hi mate replied to your u-boot-hahd.com email ;)
i got it John ! :up: very pleasant ! will reply asap !

[Wolfstriked]

:woot::DMan you HAHD guys know how to make it feel like Christmas time around here!!!I think its great that its being made as an add-on for a super mod....for now.:up:

Makman,I wonder if I may make some suggestions for HAHD.I have been playing around with the typeXXX.sim files for a few days now and find that the crash dive of the uboats is way off.Crash dive speeds,acceleration and turn radius are the three things that add feel to the differences in uboats.Tweaking of the crash dive times doesn't seem to be done in any mods I have tried.Its a simple change to the ManBT_flood_speed and I have my XXI submerging at 45secs.45secs to submerge feels like a lifetime.:rotfl2:

Am trying adding some weight to the typeIIA also.The extra drag Thomsen's ships mod adds feels better but it can be improved with a bit more mass.Its just a slightly less rocking feel to it that I think is more realistic since its not a 14ft boat out at sea.

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

As i can see some folks are not reading all my posts because i state many time that U-BOOT_HAHD is not an add on for any other supermod it is a supermod all by itself now.

Almost everything as been modify the only work left is the fatigue model and damage model and some few thing.

I mean that we have to decide what kind of damage model we will go for and like i already mention i don't want our mod to be totally focused on hardcore player nor arcade either but i favored a more balanced choice between realism and ultra realism. I want everyone to be able to enjoy the game.

I feel like a parrot repeating this from the beginning, it would be almost impossible to fit our work in any other supermod only simple part would be possible and good luck to any modder who will try to do so because they will soon see that after adding some part of our mod in other supermod that everything will start to CTD and i put enough of my time in that project that i won't start answering all the questions regarding porting some part on other mods.

Every other supermod have their own customized setting and the file structure are all link to some other part of the sim so that modifying a small part would have adverse effects in critical aspect.

There will be scripted campaign, custom mission and all the stuff people expected to see in any other supernod.

It is not because i don't like other supermod it is a technical priority because i balanced everything to work optimally in SH3 so please stop spreading the idea that our mod is just an add on because this statement is totally wrong.

Other supermod that i compared and test FPS to see the difference were not optimize at all and they pull down my system to as low as 13 frame per second and this is not ok for me because i want a minimum of 30 fps on low end system like mine.

So far i managed to do it with lot of optimization everywhere i could.

So if you understand what i mean is that putting part of my work in a non optimize environment will bring you the CTD festival.

Also this discussion is completely irrelevant with multiple sh3 install if you are not happy with one mod then play only the one you prefer and stop bothering people who work their ass out to give you FREE content!

Sorry to sound rude but people have no idea about the amount of work that is required to get to this level.

Best regards Hans

[Bakkels]

Well that all makes perfect sense. In fact, if you see all the contents and changes with this mod, and you know just a little bit about computers, than you know there is no way in hell you can make this work with another supermod. But Hans, your own teammates don't even know this? :hmmm:

By the way, you might also want to place a message saying you're not going to respond to any requests like 'can you program this and this into the mod?' Because I imagine you're going nuts when people are asking for all kind of features when you're already in this state of development...
Anyway, keep up the good work! :salute:

[Hitman]

Funnily enough, I never had thought that it had been conveived as an add-on, except at the very early beginning when it was just a project about the Type II. But as soon as Hans came back and started showing all the work put into environment, models, etc I took for granted that this was the start of a new supermod :woot:

[makman94]

Hi shipmates,

As i can see some folks are not reading all my posts because i state many time that U-BOOT_HAHD is not an add on for any other supermod it is a supermod all by itself now.

Almost everything as been modify the only work left is the fatigue model and damage model and some few thing.

I mean that we have to decide what kind of damage model we will go for and like i already mention i don't want our mod to be totally focused on hardcore player nor arcade either but i favored a more balanced choice between realism and ultra realism. I want everyone to be able to enjoy the game.

I feel like a parrot repeating this from the beginning, it would be almost impossible to fit our work in any other supermod only simple part would be possible and good luck to any modder who will try to do so because they will soon see that after adding some part of our mod in other supermod that everything will start to CTD and i put enough of my time in that project that i won't start answering all the questions regarding porting some part on other mods.

Every other supermod have their own customized setting and the file structure are all link to some other part of the sim so that modifying a small part would have adverse effects in critical aspect.

There will be scripted campaign, custom mission and all the stuff people expected to see in any other supernod.

It is not because i don't like other supermod it is a technical priority because i balanced everything to work optimally in SH3 so please stop spreading the idea that our mod is just an add on because this statement is totally wrong.

Other supermod that i compared and test FPS to see the difference were not optimize at all and they pull down my system to as low as 13 frame per second and this is not ok for me because i want a minimum of 30 fps on low end system like mine.

So far i managed to do it with lot of optimization everywhere i could.

So if you understand what i mean is that putting part of my work in a non optimize environment will bring you the CTD festival.

Also this discussion is completely irrelevant with multiple sh3 install if you are not happy with one mod then play only the one you prefer and stop bothering people who work their ass out to give you FREE content!

Sorry to sound rude but people have no idea about the amount of work that is required to get to this level.

Best regards Hans

...... But Hans, your own teammates don't even know this? :hmmm:

.....

guys...i think that you don't read carefully my post !

i said that it WILL BE decided on which supermond will be released as an add-on ....i didn't said that it is allready decided !!(maybe i must have written that stock is ,also , an option...my bad !)

@Hans : i said that at this state the mod can't be released as a stand alone supermod for many reasons that will be discussed at the 'meeting' . if ,after meeting, your statement is still to go for a stand alone supermod then...ok i agree with you!you are the 'teacher' and the leader ...i will follow you but need to discuss some things first before saying 'officially' that you go for a stand alone supermod!needless to say that you know that you have my deepest respects to your efforts!

i didn't said that it will remain like this(...meaning as an add-on,,,i can 'see' allready the work that is putted on this mod...i saw fletcher ingame...wow..and i can understand that the amount of work is allready unbelievable !no doubt about this)...if you look a little lower at my post you will read that sooner or later it will become a stand alone supermod .

ps: and exactly like the ps at my previous post...i am saying again that these(at my previous post) were my PERSONAL statements and not team's ! if team decides to go for a stand alone supermod ....i will respect that !

ps2: @Hans: i think that allready this 'publicity' is enough ! if you have something to tell me ...do it via pms . there are things that must be discussed and ,of course, the last words and the final decision will be always yours

[Wolfstriked]

So super mod it is.:up:

Please keep us informed of where you are going with things like fatigue and the choice of damage model.We are fans and so we need to be involved a bit with the team.....keeps us happy.:DCarry on.......

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

What i fear the most is starting to happen my old rig is starting to fall apart, this morning i start to have vertical banding on my LCD screen and it seem to get worst by the hour.

Until now i am able to work but i don't know for how long and unfortunately i am not in a position to get a new one anytime soon.

If it come to an unworkable state i will notice you via my son computer.

You can still managed to continue your work without me with the tutorials and when my conditions will improve i will buy a new one.

So far i can still used it i just don't know for how long.

Best regards Hans

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Hi shipmates,

What i fear the most is starting to happen my old rig is starting to fall apart...

Hi Hans.
Speaking from experience, and for your own sanity... make sure you back-up your work on an external device. In many ways, the work itself is more valuable than the computer.

During the construction of GWX, my old PC died. The poor thing was thrashed to death from exhaustion I think. Unfortunately, it seems to be a "cost of doing business" if you know what I mean. It did cost me a great deal to replace that PC... but some important data I lost... was MUCH HARDER to replace.

Hang in there.:arrgh!:

[reaper7]

Hi shipmates,

What i fear the most is starting to happen my old rig is starting to fall apart, this morning i start to have vertical banding on my LCD screen and it seem to get worst by the hour.

Until now i am able to work but i don't know for how long and unfortunately i am not in a position to get a new one anytime soon.

If it come to an unworkable state i will notice you via my son computer.

You can still managed to continue your work without me with the tutorials and when my conditions will improve i will buy a new one.

So far i can still used it i just don't know for how long.

Best regards Hans

Oh no, thats terrible Hans :wah: If you were only close by I could give you one :-?

[mkIpetrucci]

Just in case there are any members here that failed due to various reasons to comprehend the importance, the scale and the proportions of this magnificent project, please just notice a fact: Kpt. Lehmann, the "father" of GWX, the best (in my opinion) to date SH III megamod has posted a message here.

For me at least, this is one of the best possible signs that this project is and it will be supported by many important modders around here.

Any help given to the HAHD team will be appreciated and I am sure that the team is still opened to dedicated active potential members.

[Fubar2Niner]

@mkIpetrucci

Well pointed out shipmate, any help asked for, will be, as far as I'm concerned given, as best I can.

@Hans

From an old friend, the Kapt. offers excellent advice, tho I'm sure you already know this.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Myxale]

Keep beating this dying horse my friend, till you reach safety (aka back-up). Then shoot it!:88)

[Hans Witteman]

Hi Hans.
Speaking from experience, and for your own sanity... make sure you back-up your work on an external device. In many ways, the work itself is more valuable than the computer.

During the construction of GWX, my old PC died. The poor thing was thrashed to death from exhaustion I think. Unfortunately, it seems to be a "cost of doing business" if you know what I mean. It did cost me a great deal to replace that PC... but some important data I lost... was MUCH HARDER to replace.

Hang in there.:arrgh!:

Hi Kpt Lehmann,

Thank for the advice but fortunately i have a triple backup:up:

So far the bars are not getting worst maybe i will be able to work with it for awhile but i don't believe in miracles.

After 3 years of loyal services i can't say a word because i intensively use it and it reach is end of the line.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

guys...i think that you don't read carefully my post !

i said that it WILL BE decided on which supermond will be released as an add-on ....i didn't said that it is allready decided !!(maybe i must have written that stock is ,also , an option...my bad !)

@Hans : i said that at this state the mod can't be released as a stand alone supermod for many reasons that will be discussed at the 'meeting' . if ,after meeting, your statement is still to go for a stand alone supermod then...ok i agree with you!you are the 'teacher' and the leader ...i will follow you but need to discuss some things first before saying 'officially' that you go for a stand alone supermod!needless to say that you know that you have my deepest respects to your efforts!

i didn't said that it will remain like this(...meaning as an add-on,,,i can 'see' allready the work that is putted on this mod...i saw fletcher ingame...wow..and i can understand that the amount of work is allready unbelievable !no doubt about this)...if you look a little lower at my post you will read that sooner or later it will become a stand alone supermod .

ps: and exactly like the ps at my previous post...i am saying again that these(at my previous post) were my PERSONAL statements and not team's ! if team decides to go for a stand alone supermod ....i will respect that !

ps2: @Hans: i think that allready this 'publicity' is enough ! if you have something to tell me ...do it via pms . there are things that must be discussed and ,of course, the last words and the final decision will be always yours

Hi mate,

I think that is simply a matter of language barrier and we don't understand correctly because we deform English.

But i get the point and i understand what you mean so don't worry we will fix everything and everyone will be happy with the choice made:up:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Have, Hans... have...
therefore and worried, that i not will see finished work... may be... :wah:

Hi mate,

Don't worry my friend it will be finish even if i have to put 10 bucks aside in 25 week i will have enough to get another lcd:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Madox58]

Just in case there are any members here that failed due to various reasons to comprehend the importance, the scale and the proportions of this magnificent project, please just notice a fact: Kpt. Lehmann, the "father" of GWX, the best (in my opinion) to date SH III megamod has posted a message here.

For me at least, this is one of the best possible signs that this project is and it will be supported by many important modders around here.

Any help given to the HAHD team will be appreciated and I am sure that the team is still opened to dedicated active potential members.


Rest assured that many do lend a hand when needed.
:03:

[Hans Witteman]

@mkIpetrucci

Well pointed out shipmate, any help asked for, will be, as far as I'm concerned given, as best I can.

@Hans

From an old friend, the Kapt. offers excellent advice, tho I'm sure you already know this.

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

Hi mate,

As long as it doesn't get worst i can still work with it even if the bars are annoying like hell.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Just in case there are any members here that failed due to various reasons to comprehend the importance, the scale and the proportions of this magnificent project, please just notice a fact: Kpt. Lehmann, the "father" of GWX, the best (in my opinion) to date SH III megamod has posted a message here.

For me at least, this is one of the best possible signs that this project is and it will be supported by many important modders around here.

Any help given to the HAHD team will be appreciated and I am sure that the team is still opened to dedicated active potential members.

Hi mate,

Thank for your support you are a true friend:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Rest assured that many do lend a hand when needed.
:03:

Hi mate,

As long as i can see what i am doing i will push this lcd to glory:O:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Got some WIP pics (Ship HAHD retexture) up in the Team Dropbox Hans :- U-Boot_HAHD\Model and Texture\Reaper7\NF_boat_1, if ya wanna check them out see if I'm getting it right ;)
Any suggestions welcome, also can you reupload the 3d model addons you made - I can't find them on the FTP :up:

Cheers Mate :arrgh!:

[Hans Witteman]

Got some WIP pics (Ship HAHD retexture) up in the Team Dropbox Hans :- U-Boot_HAHD\Model and Texture\Reaper7\NF_boat_1, if ya wanna check them out see if I'm getting it right ;)
Any suggestions welcome, also can you reupload the 3d model addons you made - I can't find them on the FTP :up:

Cheers Mate :arrgh!:

Hi mate,

Nice work on that ship surely got the HAHD look keep up the good work and i have upload A zip call Ship_3D_parts in the texture&template folder it included the 3d model plus related texture feel free to modify it as you wish:salute:

I am going back finishing the interior before my system implode:up:

Best regards Hans

[Schwieger]

Are there any plans for any update videos Hans?
http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Binocular.gif
:yep:

[Wolfstriked]

First wanna say that I cured the health regen issue that plagued Stalker community for yrs.I ca't remember exactly what it was but I do remember it being a stat in the main actor.dat file that was worded for health regen but actually had no effect in game at all.The modders tried and tried and got nowhere due to this decoy:down: the devs left in that file.That said I think I ....quite easily fixed the dive times in SH.Seems that no mods have done realistic crash dive times and I would like to see HAHAD or any mod have it.

GWX has way off dive times.I am drinking some brewskis right now while testing so I may be a few secs off but this is what I gather.This is at flank and top speed of sub before I hit crash dive key....then I wait for the bell to ring and start timing.

IIA=25secs......IID=10:o.....IX=25....XXI=25

Should be

IIA=35secs......IID=25........IX=45...XXI=45

I am just posting this so maybe the HAHD team would like to add in real crash dive times to the subs.It could be left as is of course if realism is not really wanted or a simple change to the ballast setting

[Anvart]

Hi mate,

Don't worry my friend it will be finish even if i have to put 10 bucks aside in 25 week i will have enough to get another lcd:salute:

Best regards Hans
:D
My friend, i say this, because in our country nobody confident in tomorrow.

[makman94]

Hi mate,

I think that is simply a matter of language barrier and we don't understand correctly because we deform English.

But i get the point and i understand what you mean so don't worry we will fix everything and everyone will be happy with the choice made:up:

Best regards Hans


^^ :yep:

....your last pm was very very clear ! ....''full ahead chief'' ! :DL

Rest assured that many do lend a hand when needed.
:03:

Privateer...you know that you are a little 'strange' (i am saying it with a good meaning...although it maybe seems as 'bad' ....i ensure you ..it is not) but i can clearly see now your intentions for helping at this effort (and not only at this). surely...your help is valuable and just want to thank you

First wanna say that I cured the health regen issue that plagued Stalker community for yrs.I ca't remember exactly what it was but I do remember it being a stat in the main actor.dat file that was worded for health regen but actually had no effect in game at all.The modders tried and tried and got nowhere due to this decoy:down: the devs left in that file.That said I think I ....quite easily fixed the dive times in SH.Seems that no mods have done realistic crash dive times and I would like to see HAHAD or any mod have it.

GWX has way off dive times.I am drinking some brewskis right now while testing so I may be a few secs off but this is what I gather.This is at flank and top speed of sub before I hit crash dive key....then I wait for the bell to ring and start timing.

IIA=25secs......IID=10:o.....IX=25....XXI=25

Should be

IIA=35secs......IID=25........IX=45...XXI=45

I am just posting this so maybe the HAHD team would like to add in real crash dive times to the subs.It could be left as is of course if realism is not really wanted or a simple change to the ballast setting

....IID=25 seconds ?? really ?? seems it was very very 'fast' !!

@Wolfstriked: as this mod is focused on type ii boat ....sure info like this are in team's interest and yes will be considered for sure

@Reaper : your first attempt at ships ....is really really good mate !!! :up:
when i am done with the gui ....i will try to learn all these stuff at 3d programs and give you a hand at ships . with Hans's so many step by step tutorials seems that i will manage to do this at the end !

[Wolfstriked]

....IID=25 seconds ?? really ?? seems it was very very 'fast' !!

@Wolfstriked: as this mod is focused on type ii boat ....sure info like this are in team's interest and yes will be considered for sure


Its very easy to change as its only the "ManBT_flood_speed" in the individual subs.sim file.I have read where people were trying to fix the dive times by playing with things like the bite of the dive planes.A Uboat though must be filled with water before anything happens as the dive planes are very small and only work when the sub is sinking.

Here is the TypeII stats.....sadly I have not found the other sub types to have such detailed chart.:-?

Edit I will link to page instead as the chart loads wrong in this forum.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7MYzhNmwuTIJ:www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-ii.shtml+type+xxi+crash+dive+time&cd=20&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com

[Hans Witteman]

First wanna say that I cured the health regen issue that plagued Stalker community for yrs.I ca't remember exactly what it was but I do remember it being a stat in the main actor.dat file that was worded for health regen but actually had no effect in game at all.The modders tried and tried and got nowhere due to this decoy:down: the devs left in that file.That said I think I ....quite easily fixed the dive times in SH.Seems that no mods have done realistic crash dive times and I would like to see HAHAD or any mod have it.

GWX has way off dive times.I am drinking some brewskis right now while testing so I may be a few secs off but this is what I gather.This is at flank and top speed of sub before I hit crash dive key....then I wait for the bell to ring and start timing.

IIA=25secs......IID=10:o.....IX=25....XXI=25

Should be

IIA=35secs......IID=25........IX=45...XXI=45

I am just posting this so maybe the HAHD team would like to add in real crash dive times to the subs.It could be left as is of course if realism is not really wanted or a simple change to the ballast setting

Hi mate,

So far i didn't have time playing with the sub behavior and i don't know if diving time can be change but i have doubt about that because no one have mod this part of Sh3 to my knowledge.

I am very busy now at finalizing my interior with animated crew.

But when i will have time i will have a look at this.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

:D
My friend, i say this, because in our country nobody confident in tomorrow.

Hi Anvart,

I know what it is because i am not confident in tomorrow either when everything seem to go perfectly there is always something lurking ahead that we don't want to know.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

^^ :yep:

....your last pm was very very clear ! ....''full ahead chief'' ! :DL



Hi mate,

Glad we sorted out our language barrier i know it is not easy sometime to express our self correctly.

I am glad to see that you will attempt at ships but be warn it is an addictive and time consuming process but the reward is very gratifying at the end when you see your work in game:up:

Also with your amazing graphic skills it would be just great to see it apply to ships:salute:

Just hope for you that you have a comprehensive wife or girlfriend:haha:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Are there any plans for any update videos Hans?
http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Binocular.gif
:yep:

Hi mate,

Surely there is, i am working like a mad man to finish the sub interior and this will make for a couple of movie to show all the new features.

Interior description :

-All sub compartment model
-High quality shadow pass and AO
-Animated engine
-Animated crew in different compartment
-Custom made new crew character
-Highly detail texture
-Animated torpedoes loading sequence
-New interior effects like water drop,water leak, smoke and fire in panels
-Interior flooding when taking damage

And more.

To make all that possible in Sh3 i had to made hours of optimizing and instancing parts one by one re using texture in original way and much more that i don't remember all.

Best regards Hans

[Rickster1]

Thankyou for all your hard work and time, this mod sounds great

[reaper7]

Cheers Hans for the 3D model addons, got them merged and textured onto my WIP Trawler. Looking great now :up:
Suffered a setback - my Laptop PSU died (Ordered a new one) so have to re-download the relevant tutorials to continue working) so can't access the vids I downloaded. :wah:

Ready to start on the Ambient Occlusion pass once I get the tutorial downloads :DL

[reaper7]

Its very easy to change as its only the "ManBT_flood_speed" in the individual subs.sim file.I have read where people were trying to fix the dive times by playing with things like the bite of the dive planes.A Uboat though must be filled with water before anything happens as the dive planes are very small and only work when the sub is sinking.

Here is the TypeII stats.....sadly I have not found the other sub types to have such detailed chart.:-?

Edit I will link to page instead as the chart loads wrong in this forum.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7MYzhNmwuTIJ:www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-ii.shtml+type+xxi+crash+dive+time&cd=20&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source=www.google.com



Cheers Mate just took a look at it in the TypIIA sim file and the ballast flood speed is set at: ManBT_flood_speed = 6000.0

Will have a tinker at it and see what the effect are :up:

[Hans Witteman]

Cheers Hans for the 3D model addons, got them merged and textured onto my WIP Trawler. Looking great now :up:
Suffered a setback - my Laptop PSU died (Ordered a new one) so have to re-download the relevant tutorials to continue working) so can't access the vids I downloaded. :wah:

Ready to start on the Ambient Occlusion pass once I get the tutorial downloads :DL

Hi mate,

Damn computer parts always dying on us when most needed:nope:

Also don't go crazy with the 3d parts on ships because you will need the tutorial for optimizing them when using more than one.

I mean that there is a technique i learn from privateer on instancing 3d parts so the engine will only have to load one object instead of all.

Same technique was used on Fletcher turrets, this tutorial will be a short one around 15 min showing how to do it in S3d editor.

Best regards Hans

[Fubar2Niner]

Hi mate,

Surely there is, i am working like a mad man to finish the sub interior and this will make for a couple of movie to show all the new features.

Interior description :

-All sub compartment model
-High quality shadow pass and AO
-Animated engine
-Animated crew in different compartment
-Custom made new crew character
-Highly detail texture
-Animated torpedoes loading sequence
-New interior effects like water drop,water leak, smoke and fire in panels
-Interior flooding when taking damage

And more.

To make all that possible in Sh3 i had to made hours of optimizing and instancing parts one by one re using texture in original way and much more that i don't remember all.

Best regards Hans

Hi Hans,

Amazing news as always mate :salute: Looking forward to the new vids with baited breath Kaleun. Best wishes as always .

Regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Wolfstriked]

Hi mate,

So far i didn't have time playing with the sub behavior and i don't know if diving time can be change but i have doubt about that because no one have mod this part of Sh3 to my knowledge.

I am very busy now at finalizing my interior with animated crew.

But when i will have time i will have a look at this.

Best regards Hans

Hans,its so easy.:D Just test yourself with Silent Editor

Open up the NSS_Uboat2D.sim file

Then change the ballast tank setting from 9000 to 1000.


Its

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

Damn computer parts always dying on us when most needed:nope:

Also don't go crazy with the 3d parts on ships because you will need the tutorial for optimizing them when using more than one.

I mean that there is a technique i learn from privateer on instancing 3d parts so the engine will only have to load one object instead of all.

Same technique was used on Fletcher turrets, this tutorial will be a short one around 15 min showing how to do it in S3d editor.

Best regards Hans

Cool, Can't wait for that tutorial :up: Used the Tire 8 times so that will be needed so. Also used the Lifeboay - but deleted the nuts as no need for them at that scale :up:.

Well Model is 99% complete now (Just need to texture the prop and rudder using your technique for animated texture parts) .

Well may as well show of some screen-shots of the Completed item :D
So with no furter ado (All due to Hans amazing Tutorials)

I give you the original Trawler: (As seen in Meusem)

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/TrawlerOriginalcopy.jpg

And my First new and HAHD Improved Trawler: I Dedicate this to this wonderful Forum and to Neal and all the subsim moderators for all they do for the Subsim Community. May she sail the seven seas. :)

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Final-Render-1.jpg

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Final-Render-3.jpg

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Final-Render-2.jpg

A little bit of an Improvment :haha:

[Wolfstriked]

:woot:Great stuff Reaper.......can't wait to sink it:O:

A question.....why is the lifeboat not round?IS it because you have a limit of how many polygons you are allowed?

[reaper7]

:woot:Great stuff Reaper.......can't wait to sink it:O:

A question.....why is the lifeboat not round?IS it because you have a limit of how many polygons you are allowed?

Thanks Mate, The lifeboat is the same model as on the original one just re textured.
As far as I know most Fishing boats of that size would not have had Inflatable dingy s anyway. The wooden boat would have been cheaper and more available for use on commercial trawlers of that time ;).

[Hans Witteman]

Cool, Can't wait for that tutorial :up: Used the Tire 8 times so that will be needed so. Also used the Lifeboay - but deleted the nuts as no need for them at that scale :up:.

Well Model is 99% complete now (Just need to texture the prop and rudder using your technique for animated texture parts) .

Well may as well show of some screen-shots of the Completed item :D
So with no furter ado (All due to Hans amazing Tutorials)

I give you the original Trawler: (As seen in Meusem)



And my First new and HAHD Improved Trawler: I Dedicate this to this wonderful Forum and to Neal and all the subsim moderators for all they do for the Subsim Community. May she sail the seven seas. :)

A little bit of an Improvment :haha:

Hi mate,

Nice work on that fishing boat the difference is like day and night:up:

With the AO pass it will shine even more.

The ugly ships will be a thing of the past very soon:woot:

Since i didn't made the tutorials on more complex ships take note that a lot of ships have a sinking 3d model counter part so when doing those ship you have to replace the ship half with your new one so when someone sink it it wont show the old texture model underwater.

Since makman will attempt at ships also and other potential modder like Bakkel might join us then the new HAHD ships will start to pop up quite fast:yeah:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

:woot:Great stuff Reaper.......can't wait to sink it:O:

A question.....why is the lifeboat not round?IS it because you have a limit of how many polygons you are allowed?

Hi mate,

I have redone a better version of those lifeboat you can see them on the Fletcher video.

Also @Reaper feel free to used them if you want you might have to do slight modification on it but the visual will be a lot better than those stock one:up:

Best regards Hans

[Myxale]

:yeah:
Love this Boat.

Guys Beatles anyone? My yellow Trawler! :arrgh!:

'Great work reaper' :salute:

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

I have redone a better version of those lifeboat you can see them on the Fletcher video.

Also @Reaper feel free to used them if you want you might have to do slight modification on it but the visual will be a lot better than those stock one:up:

Best regards Hans

Nice, the more improved models the better. :up:
Maybe you could create a folder in FTP for those models as addons to theWIP models the team will be working on.

Got the Ambient Occlusion Maps done and layered into the Textures :)
Cheer's Hans. :up:

:yeah:
Love this Boat.

Guys Beatles anyone? My yellow Trawler! :arrgh!:

'Great work reaper' :salute:

Thanks Mate, Got it Imported into SH3 thanks to Hans tutorials.

(Not the Finished Item, will rework the Lifeboat with Hans improved model.)

But here it is displayed in the Meusem :salute:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Ingame.jpg

[Hans Witteman]

Nice, the more improved models the better. :up:
Maybe you could create a folder in FTP for those models as addons to theWIP models the team will be working on.
Cheer's Hans. :up:



Thanks Mate, Got it Imported into SH3 thanks to Hans tutorials.

(Not the Finished Item, will rework the Lifeboat with Hans improved model.)

But here it is displayed in the Meusem :salute:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Ingame.jpg

Hi mate,

Good work i didn't expected less from you because i know you are a perfectionist nut like me:haha:

But for the next screenie force your antialias on your video card it will look ten time better:up:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

Good work i didn't expected less from you because i know you are a perfectionist nut like me:haha:

But for the next screenie force your antialias on your video card it will look ten time better:up:

Best regards Hans

Thanks Hans, :oops: Totally forgot to enable antialias :doh:
And was in windowed mode to top it all off :haha:

Hans any chance you making a tutorial on how you do animated parts for the ships ;). :salute:

[Schwieger]

Will all that rust make the ship easier to sink? :har::haha:

[Anvart]

Hans, you're talking about video-lessons... where do you put them? :hmmm:
I would like to see them... :o
Maybe i missed something?

[MG Mike]

hello,

at first one thing:

Wow, Wow, Wow and only wow !!!!:yeah::yeah::yeah:

What are you people doing here ???

That looks very great, very fantastic !!!! I´m really looking forward it.:up:

and now the question: how long have we to wait until the relase comes ?


end of 2011, later, earlier ???

very great work ! :yeah:
regards
MG Mike

[reaper7]

Hans, you're talking about video-lessons... where do you put them? :hmmm:
I would like to see them... :o
Maybe i missed something?

There only available for now to the HAHD Team members.
Once the Mod is released they will be made available for everyone's use :up:.

On another note how do you force Antialiasing in SH3. All the options I set for SH3 under Nvidia Control Panel for the SH3 Profile seen to be ignored :wah:

[pelucho25]

Hi friends, there is a specific date of release of this magnificent work?
I have plans to return to play Silent Hunter 3 and I wonder if there is any particular date. LSH What about the 5 to be tested? Or the Operation Mosun for Silent Hunter IV?

[Schwieger]

Hi friends, there is a specific date of release of this magnificent work?

The U-BOOT_HAHD team will bring history to a desktop near you soon.

As for the other two, I'd wait for U-Boot_HAHD, unless you want to play both :hmmm: and OM is good too.

[Hans Witteman]

Thanks Hans, :oops: Totally forgot to enable antialias :doh:
And was in windowed mode to top it all off :haha:

Hans any chance you making a tutorial on how you do animated parts for the ships ;). :salute:

Hi mate,

Affirmative there will be one on animation and how to integrated in game but we don't want to go nut with animation because it is an all new ball game for the game engine, this is taking way more resources on engine then static mesh.

I will show how to optimize the animation loop by reducing the amount of animation frames without loosing too much quality.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hans, you're talking about video-lessons... where do you put them? :hmmm:
I would like to see them... :o
Maybe i missed something?

Hi Anvart,

They will be available soon to everyone but at your level and seeing your past work you wont learn very much from them.

You are already a master at your art:up:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

hello,

at first one thing:

Wow, Wow, Wow and only wow !!!!:yeah::yeah::yeah:

What are you people doing here ???

That looks very great, very fantastic !!!! I´m really looking forward it.:up:

and now the question: how long have we to wait until the relase comes ?


end of 2011, later, earlier ???

very great work ! :yeah:
regards
MG Mike

Hi mate,

Thank for the good words and welcome aboard we appreciated every bit of support we can get because it is a lot of work and without you guys we would have quit a long time ago:salute:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

There only available for now to the HAHD Team members.
Once the Mod is released they will be made available for everyone's use :up:.

On another note how do you force Antialiasing in SH3. All the options I set for SH3 under Nvidia Control Panel for the SH3 Profile seen to be ignored :wah:

Hi mate,

Not in Sh3 you cannot you have to force it via the control panel of your video card and it will apply to sh3.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi friends, there is a specific date of release of this magnificent work?
I have plans to return to play Silent Hunter 3 and I wonder if there is any particular date. LSH What about the 5 to be tested? Or the Operation Mosun for Silent Hunter IV?

Hi mate,

Welcome aboard and for release it hard to fix an exact date because thing sometime go awkward without warning but to put more precise indication i have to finish the interior of typIIA and everything should be fine for our first release:up:

Since the last couple of week i was pretty busy setting workflow for our team but now i can concentrated on the interior so thing should go faster.

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

Affirmative there will be one on animation and how to integrated in game but we don't want to go nut with animation because it is an all new ball game for the game engine, this is taking way more resources on engine then static mesh.

I will show how to optimize the animation loop by reducing the amount of animation frames without loosing too much quality.

Best regards Hans

Understood ;) Look forward to trying it :up:.

One other, I don't seem to have Alpha working on my Anchor system :hmmm: I created the Alpha Ok and saved as 32bit targa. Alpha texture displays ok in Silent3ditor but ingame I'm getting the background colour and not transparency. Is there another item I need to enable :hmmm:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Anchor.jpg

[Hans Witteman]

Will all that rust make the ship easier to sink? :har::haha:

Hi mate,

Waisting a fish on a trawler what a shame i will call BDU and inform them on your practice:haha:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Understood ;) Look forward to trying it :up:.

One other, I don't seem to have Alpha working on my Anchor system :hmmm: I created the Alpha Ok and saved as 32bit targa. Alpha texture displays ok in Silent3ditor but ingame I'm getting the background colour and not transparency. Is there another item I need to enable :hmmm:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Anchor.jpg

Hi mate,

Yep you have to activated in your material node type 2 just click the Disable Z-buffer write option and you will get the alpha working in game:up:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Still no luck with the Alpha.

I have a Material Chunk Type 2 (Disable Z-Buffer is checked). Enable explicit Texture is checked and point to the tga texture
That has a child node Type 3 Embedded Image with the texture Imported into it. (This displays the Alpha Ok in both Argb and Alpha selections)
Also have a child node type 8 Label

Then Under the 3D model node I created the following:
A child chunk Type 4/100
With a Child chunk Type 1 3D model Pointing at the Anchor texture
With a final child chunk type 8 label

Looking at the Model preview of the 3D Model node the texture is not transparent but black background just as it is ingame.

Don't know where I've gone wrong. Any chance you could shed some light on the situation :)

[Hans Witteman]

Still no luck with the Alpha.


I have a Material Chunk Type 2 (Disable Z-Buffer is checked). Enable explicit Texture is checked and point to the tga texture



That has a child node Type 3 Embedded Image with the texture Imported into it. (This displays the Alpha Ok in both Argb and Alpha selections)



Also have a child node type 8 Label


Then Under the 3D model node I created the following:

A child chunk Type 4/100



With a Child chunk Type 1 3D model Pointing at the Anchor texture



With a final child chunk type 8 label


Looking at the Model preview of the 3D Model node the texture is not transparent but black background just as it is ingame.

Don't know where I've gone wrong. Any chance you could shed some light on the situation :)

Hi mate,

It seem your alpha might be inverted just check if the chain mask is white.

For the rest everything seem ok to me but if you still have problem with it just upload the .dat in our ftp and i will have a look at it:up:

Also never work while on the influence of alcohol:har:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

It seem your alpha might be inverted just check if the chain mask is white.

For the rest everything seem ok to me but if you still have problem with it just upload the .dat in our ftp and i will have a look at it:up:

Also never work while on the influence of alcohol:har:

Best regards Hans

Yup Alpha is white ok, I'm uploading it to General Folder in FTP :up:

[Hans Witteman]

Yup Alpha is white ok, I'm uploading it to General Folder in FTP :up:

Hi mate,

You give me a good laugh tonight:haha:

Your ship is ok an your alpha is working fine what you see is the dark shadow from your AO pass just go in your paint program and erase the dark shadow and use your chain to make a soft shadow underneath .

I told you not to drink and work:har:

Sometime we have to manually tweak our AO because of minor stuff like that the reason is the mesh representing the chain is render as the way it look in 3d software the AO do not take in account alpha.

Also your cabin texture look wash out try to adjust your contrast in paint program:salute:


Best regards Hans

[Myxale]

LoL. You rule with an iron...bottle Herr Witteman. :D

[reaper7]

Hi mate,

You give me a good laugh tonight:haha:

Your ship is ok an your alpha is working fine what you see is the dark shadow from your AO pass just go in your paint program and erase the dark shadow and use your chain to make a soft shadow underneath .

I told you not to drink and work:har:

Sometime we have to manually tweak our AO because of minor stuff like that the reason is the mesh representing the chain is render as the way it look in 3d software the AO do not take in account alpha.

Also your cabin texture look wash out try to adjust your contrast in paint program:salute:


Best regards Hans

:har: That one drove me mad, kept redoing it over and over in s3editor thinking I was doing something wrong :haha:

Thanks mate never considered it was the Ambient occlusion, cheers for the tips - will make the Adjustments :up:

:arrgh!:

[Anvart]

Hi, Hans, my friend.
I'm late, as always... :haha: ... language barrier...
At last i understood, that for optimization, you are using simple objects with alpha blending (unlike full 3D objects)...
Have you thought about why Devs did not use this technique anywhere?
... because there are some limitations...
If object (with alpha blending) interacts with the particles (particle generator), for example, with sprays of water, alpha blending effect may disappear... :yep:

[Hans Witteman]

Hi, Hans, my friend.
I'm late, as always... :haha: ... language barrier...
At last i understood, that for optimization, you are using simple objects with alpha blending (unlike full 3D objects)...
Have you thought about why Devs did not use this technique anywhere?
... because there are some limitations...
If object (with alpha blending) interacts with the particles (particle generator), for example, with sprays of water, alpha blending effect may disappear... :yep:

Hi Anvart,

Yes my friend i am aware that alpha blend cannot be used everywhere but it work fine on thing like chains for anchor, radar on battle ship and other place.

I also used it in harbor to make hand rail with chain.

Also fog effect like underwater will interact with alpha.

We used it only where it is possible.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

:har: That one drove me mad, kept redoing it over and over in s3editor thinking I was doing something wrong :haha:

Thanks mate never considered it was the Ambient occlusion, cheers for the tips - will make the Adjustments :up:

:arrgh!:

Hi mate,

You are welcome my friend and this is good because now you are starting to see how AO work and what we have to do to correct it:up:

Best regards Hans

[reaper7]

Well did a wee video for anyone Interested ;)

Mind you my Video Production Skills leave a lot to be desired :har:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Title.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKg5k7tBcKg)

Still a bit of work left on her, need to redo the Lifeboat with Hans Improved version ;)

[fitzcarraldo]

Well did a wee video for anyone Interested ;)

Mind you my Video Production Skills leave a lot to be desired :har:


Still a bit of work left on her, need to redo the Lifeboat with Hans Improved version ;)

Looks very well and also the video. My ship-test is a little more big than this, but it needs some work. :D

HAHD in progress :woot::woot::woot::woot:

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[Schwieger]

Yes, it looks very good :) Good job Reaper!
http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Cheers.gif

[Wolfstriked]

Awesome Reaper!!! Keep it up.:up: Love the detailed tires and Anchor.

[Hans Witteman]

Well did a wee video for anyone Interested ;)

Mind you my Video Production Skills leave a lot to be desired :har:



Still a bit of work left on her, need to redo the Lifeboat with Hans Improved version ;)

Hi mate,

Fantastic work:woot:

But i will sink it because of the color:haha:

By the way i made those small ships destroyable by flak no more spy disguise as fishermen :har:

Great first vid keep up the good work finally i won't be alone anymore doing all those ships:yeah:

I am pretty busy animating our new crew members totally new custom character that look like humans!

I am making different loop for crew so they will have many movements type trigger by statemachines controller based on order.

Screenies to follow soon and also vid.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Looks very well and also the video. My ship-test is a little more big than this, but it needs some work. :D

HAHD in progress :woot::woot::woot::woot:

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

Hi mate,

Looking forward to see your first ships but make sure no team members are working on the same ships:salute:

Best regards Hans

[clouclou]

Why is there never any sailors on the decks of SH3?
This is not a criticism but an observation.
Nice work the whole team.
Claude.

[Myxale]

Why is there never any sailors on the decks of SH3?
This is not a criticism but an observation.
Nice work the whole team.
Claude.

This is difficult to implement, if at all, and would probably take toooo long!

[clouclou]

I suspected a little!
Thank you.
Maybe one day ...??

[makman94]

Why is there never any sailors on the decks of SH3?
This is not a criticism but an observation.
Nice work the whole team.
Claude.

That is very nice idea Claude !

the discussions-investigations between Hans , Privateer and DivingDuck on animation themes have lead to very good discoveries and the 'road' has open for creating new animations in sh3 so i believe that will be no problem for Hans to create animations for crew on ships but better wait his reply on this theme (i suspect that the main problem would be that this kind of stuff are 'heavy' for sh3's engine resources)

in the meantime i was looking at the details of Hans's 'Fletcher' and took some pics for you ! here you are :

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/526/40539252.png

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/4504/88843127.png

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/9420/71308639.png

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1311/25032624.png

[makman94]

Well did a wee video for anyone Interested ;)

Mind you my Video Production Skills leave a lot to be desired :har:

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/NF-Boat_HAHD-1/Title.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKg5k7tBcKg)

Still a bit of work left on her, need to redo the Lifeboat with Hans Improved version ;)

....John if this is your first(:o) ship:up: ....i can't imagine what will come next mate :D

[Anvart]

@reaper7
:up:
...
For video making:
Add to _Dummy_Cam_FreeCamera Optical parameters...
I've got ZoomLevels 1x and 7x ...
... and may be for other cameras...

... and in Command_xx.cfg:
...
[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,cR,"CTRL + M.Wheel"
...
(;)[Cmd73]
;Name=Cam_wheel_zoom
;Ctxt=1
;Key0=0x05,R,"M.Wheel"

CTRL + M.Wheel - it's for smooth zoom from 1x (min)... to 10x (max), default values...

[Hans Witteman]

Why is there never any sailors on the decks of SH3?
This is not a criticism but an observation.
Nice work the whole team.
Claude.

Hi Claude,

Maybe you read in my mind because i already made a small loop of sailor opening door on ship and walking to ballustrade i also made one for walking on deck and climbing stairs.

It was part of my list of surprised features on release but now i spoil it:haha:

For the engine i didn't notice any frame drop but that for sure i wont add 100 of them on deck.

The engine can take it if you know how to correctly optimize your animation i mean that i made small loop with few frames but they still look good.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

That is very nice idea Claude !

the discussions-investigations between Hans , Privateer and DivingDuck on animation themes have lead to very good discoveries and the 'road' has open for creating new animations in sh3 so i believe that will be no problem for Hans to create animations for crew on ships but better wait his reply on this theme (i suspect that the main problem would be that this kind of stuff are 'heavy' for sh3's engine resources)

in the meantime i was looking at the details of Hans's 'Fletcher' and took some pics for you ! here you are :



Hi mate,

Beautiful shot you took on the Fletcher you have the camera man skills your shots are way better than the one i first did:up:

An i confirm for animated crew on ships just another HAHD features:yeah:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

@reaper7
:up:
...
For video making:
Add to _Dummy_Cam_FreeCamera Optical parameters...
I've got ZoomLevels 1x and 7x ...
... and may be for other cameras...

... and in Command_xx.cfg:
...
[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,cR,"CTRL + M.Wheel"
...
(;)[Cmd73]
;Name=Cam_wheel_zoom
;Ctxt=1
;Key0=0x05,R,"M.Wheel"

CTRL + M.Wheel - it's for smooth zoom from 1x (min)... to 10x (max), default values...

Hi Anvart,

Thank mate nice tip to get smoother camera move a must know when recording video in game:up:

Best regards Hans

[fitzcarraldo]

@reaper7
:up:
...
For video making:
Add to _Dummy_Cam_FreeCamera Optical parameters...
I've got ZoomLevels 1x and 7x ...
... and may be for other cameras...

... and in Command_xx.cfg:
...
[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,cR,"CTRL + M.Wheel"
...
(;)[Cmd73]
;Name=Cam_wheel_zoom
;Ctxt=1
;Key0=0x05,R,"M.Wheel"

CTRL + M.Wheel - it's for smooth zoom from 1x (min)... to 10x (max), default values...

Only for videos? I´ll test this combination for gaming! Any conflict with the cameras in FM Interiors - and possibly in HAHD Interiors?

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

Hi mate,

Looking forward to see your first ships but make sure no team members are working on the same ships:salute:

Best regards Hans

Uhmmm....I think my ship is "exclusive": It´s the VonDos Titanic...I know this isn´t an stock SH3 ship, but I started with the Titanic. For the moment only for test and practice. I like the Olympic camo skin, also working on that...Difficult but progressing...

Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[Myxale]

:wah:
What a beauty, that Fletcher.
Richly detailed and awesome...how the hell do you expect me to sink such a piece of art anyway????:wah:Don't have the heart!

Seems most of us will spent more time in the Museum in SH3, than simming.:arrgh!:

[Anvart]

Only for videos?...
Best regards.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:
Not only...
I use it since 2005.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112401

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

Just to tease you a bit with the new interior here the diesel throttle control in typIIA engine room.

I redone a new high resolution dial with all correct type font.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Throttle.jpg

More to come soon:up:

Best regards Hans

[fitzcarraldo]

Not only...
I use it since 2005.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112401

Glup!:damn:

Unknown for me...Testing now.

Many thanks.

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[fitzcarraldo]

Hi shipmates,

Just to tease you a bit with the new interior here the diesel throttle control in typIIA engine room.

I redone a new high resolution dial with all correct type font.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Throttle.jpg

More to come soon:up:

Best regards Hans

Superb, superb...:woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:

SH5??? :dead::dead::dead::dead::dead:

Many thanks!

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[reaper7]

That is very nice idea Claude !

the discussions-investigations between Hans , Privateer and DivingDuck on animation themes have lead to very good discoveries and the 'road' has open for creating new animations in sh3 so i believe that will be no problem for Hans to create animations for crew on ships but better wait his reply on this theme (i suspect that the main problem would be that this kind of stuff are 'heavy' for sh3's engine resources)

in the meantime i was looking at the details of Hans's 'Fletcher' and took some pics for you ! here you are :

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/526/40539252.png

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/4504/88843127.png

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/9420/71308639.png

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/1311/25032624.png

I still keep drooling every time I see this ship, what a beauty :D.

Ok I'm gonna take a little break from doing the ships to work on the TDC as promised mate :up:

[reaper7]

@reaper7
:up:
...
For video making:
Add to _Dummy_Cam_FreeCamera Optical parameters...
I've got ZoomLevels 1x and 7x ...
... and may be for other cameras...

... and in Command_xx.cfg:
...
[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,cR,"CTRL + M.Wheel"
...
(;)[Cmd73]
;Name=Cam_wheel_zoom
;Ctxt=1
;Key0=0x05,R,"M.Wheel"

CTRL + M.Wheel - it's for smooth zoom from 1x (min)... to 10x (max), default values...

Nice one Mate, will make them changes. Was annoying not being able to pan around smoothly ;)

[reaper7]

Hi Claude,

Maybe you read in my mind because i already made a small loop of sailor opening door on ship and walking to ballustrade i also made one for walking on deck and climbing stairs.

It was part of my list of surprised features on release but now i spoil it:haha:

For the engine i didn't notice any frame drop but that for sure i wont add 100 of them on deck.

The engine can take it if you know how to correctly optimize your animation i mean that i made small loop with few frames but they still look good.

Best regards Hans


Yes, oh yes, oh yes :woot: :woot:


Hi shipmates,

Just to tease you a bit with the new interior here the diesel throttle control in typIIA engine room.

I redone a new high resolution dial with all correct type font.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Throttle.jpg

More to come soon:up:

Best regards Hans


Amazing looking, your work always Impresses me. :)

[Fubar2Niner]

@reaper

Just saw the video clip and I'm gobsmacked. Excellent work mate, I particularly like the tyres, coupled with the anchor it seems to give the hull much more depth. If this is just a taster I can't wait to see the battlewagons :salute:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Bakkels]

Hi Claude,

Maybe you read in my mind because i already made a small loop of sailor opening door on ship and walking to ballustrade i also made one for walking on deck and climbing stairs.

It was part of my list of surprised features on release but now i spoil it:haha:

For the engine i didn't notice any frame drop but that for sure i wont add 100 of them on deck.

The engine can take it if you know how to correctly optimize your animation i mean that i made small loop with few frames but they still look good.

Best regards Hans

Hans, you continue to impress me. Animated crew walking around on the deck? You gotta be friggin' kidding me!! :o :rock::yeah:
Also the Fletcher looks incredible. Imo the Hahd team should collectively be nomitated for one of those SubSim awards. You're all doing a fantastic job. Keep up the great work guys!

[Fubar2Niner]

Hans, you continue to impress me. Animated crew walking around on the deck? You gotta be friggin' kidding me!! :o :rock::yeah:
Also the Fletcher looks incredible. Imo the Hahd team should collectively be nomitated for one of those SubSim awards. You're all doing a fantastic job. Keep up the great work guys!


Subsim award !!!!!!!!!
A bloody Nobel Prize more like ! Great work Hans and team :rock:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Gunter Prien]

Hi shipmates,

Just to tease you a bit with the new interior here the diesel throttle control in typIIA engine room.

I redone a new high resolution dial with all correct type font.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Throttle.jpg

More to come soon:up:

Best regards Hans

Wow, this is very cool...Excellent work!:rock::rock::rock:

So keep Hans!

[Hans Witteman]

Subsim award !!!!!!!!!
A bloody Nobel Prize more like ! Great work Hans and team :rock:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

We the U-BOOT_HAHD team are very modest folks we will work for beer

http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Cheers.gif

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Wow, this is very cool...Excellent work!:rock::rock::rock:

So keep Hans!

Hi Gunther,

Thank for the good words and it is nice to see you here in thread don't be shy and come more often we appreciated all the critics and support we have from the community.

http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Salute.gif

Best regards Hans

[Anvart]

Hi shipmates,

Just to tease you a bit with the new interior here the diesel throttle control in typIIA engine room.

I redone a new high resolution dial with all correct type font.
...
More to come soon:up:

Best regards Hans
:yeah:
Super master!
Unfortunately this beauty will look much more modest in the game...

[Schwieger]

:yeah:
Super master!
Unfortunately this beauty will look much more modest in the game...

Or so we shall see....
http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Salivating.gif

[Hans Witteman]

:yeah:
Super master!
Unfortunately this beauty will look much more modest in the game...

Hi Anvart,

Yes indeed the game engine shader is pretty basic but i have some trick that i used in the 3d program to fake some part of a more advanced shader.

Best regards Hans

[Anvart]

:up:
Great Super Master!

[Hans Witteman]

:up:
Great Super Master!

Hi Anvart,

For godsake leave the super master for Ghandi or mother Theresa:har:

I am just an old history freak with no life, no cash, no wife and a falling computer:haha:

Best regards Hans

[Anvart]

No! Hans.
You are deeply respected person... and i'm watching your work with great interest... maybe for the first time in 6 years.
:()1:

[Hans Witteman]

No! Hans.
You are deeply respected person... and i'm watching your work with great interest... maybe for the first time in 6 years.
:()1:

Hi Anvart,

Cheer mate,

http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Cheers.gif

You have inspired me a lot my friend you and all the others fantastic modders here without the first spark seeing you doing amazing stuff i would probably be here but only as a post reader instead of full swing modding to the edge of sanity:up:

Best regards Hans

[makman94]

@reaper7
:up:
...
For video making:
Add to _Dummy_Cam_FreeCamera Optical parameters...
I've got ZoomLevels 1x and 7x ...
... and may be for other cameras...

... and in Command_xx.cfg:
...
[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x05,cR,"CTRL + M.Wheel"
...
(;)[Cmd73]
;Name=Cam_wheel_zoom
;Ctxt=1
;Key0=0x05,R,"M.Wheel"

CTRL + M.Wheel - it's for smooth zoom from 1x (min)... to 10x (max), default values...

@anvart and all: try this : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1942
it works perfectly to sh3 too (i am,currently, using it). just drop the camera.cam in your library folder and that is all ....no need to do anything else !
by default it has three zoom levels x1/x10/x20 but all these can be adjusted to your 'zoom' tastes through s3d

Hi shipmates,

Just to tease you a bit with the new interior here the diesel throttle control in typIIA engine room.

I redone a new high resolution dial with all correct type font.

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/ac68/Hans_Witteman/Throttle.jpg

More to come soon:up:

Best regards Hans

you see why i call Hans the 'Oleg for sh3' ?? amazing Hans...your professionalism is just.....shining (and...showing) !:up:

.....

Ok I'm gonna take a little break from doing the ships to work on the TDC as promised mate :up:

very nice 'break' John !
files are on their way....:yep:

[urfisch]

keep up the good work!!!

:arrgh!:

[Anvart]

... all: try this : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/downloads.php?do=file&id=1942
...

:o
Didn't see anything new...
Obviously comrade didn't understand indeed...
Read carefully my post...
...
1) It's SH3, not SH4... different work of the same commands...
2) For the first part...
You proposed the same thing ... only with other parameters and Optical controller is placed in separate file *. cam...
3) For the second part...
My editing of the Command_xx.cfg file, provides the smooth zooming from MinZoom to MaxZoom in SH3...
:haha:

[Anvart]

Hi Anvart,

Cheer mate,
...
i would probably be here but only as a post reader instead of full swing modding to the edge of sanity:up:

Best regards Hans
Hans, my friend.
It's sufficient you showed to everyone where and how...

:salute:

[brett25]

keep up the good work!!!

+!:yeah:

[reaper7]

:rock: My Mug arrived today in the Post. :woot:

http://www.vistaprint.ie/vp/ns/livepreview.aspx?width=200&3drollangle=0&3DRotation=0&pf_id=A0Y&studio_mini_preview=1&page=1&render_tech=HybridGdipWpf&unique=1305181509265&mini_preview_data_id=A0Y-5b8c103b909242d8a41b2bf9b5f9be03

Gonna help me with Insperation :haha: with all my modding tasks ;)

This is the print fullsize:

http://www.vistaprint.ie/vp/ns/livepreview.aspx?Log=0&doc_id=1200418729&page=1&width=402&renderMode=3

[Wolfstriked]

:rock: My Mug arrived today in the Post. :woot:

http://www.vistaprint.ie/vp/ns/livepreview.aspx?width=200&3drollangle=0&3DRotation=0&pf_id=A0Y&studio_mini_preview=1&page=1&render_tech=HybridGdipWpf&unique=1305150057351&mini_preview_data_id=A0Y-4e8ea3e93a6342eb8fb9cb56dee3277c

Gonna help me with Insperation :haha: with all my modding tasks ;)

This is the print fullsize:

http://www.vistaprint.ie/vp/ns/livepreview.aspx?Log=0&doc_id=1200418729&page=1&width=402&renderMode=3

Dang....very kool Reaper....Now fill it with the strongest coffee/tea you can find and keep it going:D

Question,how will we manuever around the sub.I am not against the free roaming around the sub ala SHIFT-F2 but find it kinda annoying and so prefer to click to new sections.Will we still be able to click from one end of the boat to the other?

Also,how about making a reason for us to travel the boat.The beauty that I know is coming should be seen alot.Just to travel the sub to observe is kool but we can also have a reason.


Fore and aft Torpedo guy=Weapons management screen and no other way to bring this up.This way you travel the full length of sub.Another is the Captain's quarters.This could have a small book that when clicked on could bring up the Captains log and no other way.I was thinking that crew management could be linked to crew quarters but I feel many will not like it.

One more thing Hans.:DAnyway to mod in that Rmouse backs out of every scene.Right now it doesn't back out of the scopes and so if your in the conning tower you have to transport to bridge or command room.

[Hans Witteman]

:rock: My Mug arrived today in the Post. :woot:

http://www.vistaprint.ie/vp/ns/livepreview.aspx?width=200&3drollangle=0&3DRotation=0&pf_id=A0Y&studio_mini_preview=1&page=1&render_tech=HybridGdipWpf&unique=1305150057351&mini_preview_data_id=A0Y-4e8ea3e93a6342eb8fb9cb56dee3277c

Gonna help me with Insperation :haha: with all my modding tasks ;)

This is the print fullsize:



Hi mate,

I am jealous now!
http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Goofy.gif
Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

Let's welcome Bakkels as our new team mate he will skin ships and probably other stuff after seeing the tutorials.

@reaper can you setup account and password for our new team mate thank in advanced my friend:up:

Our team will benefit from is great graphic skills so let's the party begin

http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Party.gif

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Dang....very kool Reaper....Now fill it with the strongest coffee/tea you can find and keep it going:D

Question,how will we manuever around the sub.I am not against the free roaming around the sub ala SHIFT-F2 but find it kinda annoying and so prefer to click to new sections.Will we still be able to click from one end of the boat to the other?

Also,how about making a reason for us to travel the boat.The beauty that I know is coming should be seen alot.Just to travel the sub to observe is kool but we can also have a reason.


Fore and aft Torpedo guy=Weapons management screen and no other way to bring this up.This way you travel the full length of sub.Another is the Captain's quarters.This could have a small book that when clicked on could bring up the Captains log and no other way.I was thinking that crew management could be linked to crew quarters but I feel many will not like it.

One more thing Hans.:DAnyway to mod in that Rmouse backs out of every scene.Right now it doesn't back out of the scopes and so if your in the conning tower you have to transport to bridge or command room.

Hi mate,

For the interior you will have free roaming as usual and also different cameras from crew members perspective in each compartments.

You will also have very good reason to go in each compartment but this i wont spoil:har:

There will be a lot of never before seen features :yeah:

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

you see why i call Hans the 'Oleg for sh3' ?? amazing Hans...your professionalism is just.....shining (and...showing) !:up:


Hi mate,

Thank for the kind words but you also have amazing skills my friend:up:

All our team members are perfectionist freaks like me:haha:

Best regards Hans

[Wolfstriked]

Hi mate,

For the interior you will have free roaming as usual and also different cameras from crew members perspective in each compartments.

You will also have very good reason to go in each compartment but this i wont spoil:har:

There will be a lot of never before seen features :yeah:

Best regards Hans

No words just a :D

[Gunter Prien]

Hi mate,

For the interior you will have free roaming as usual and also different cameras from crew members perspective in each compartments.

Best regards Hans

Hans in each compartment will be the crew?

Or as it was, in a central, and the radio room?!

[Hans Witteman]

Hans in each compartment will be the crew?

Or as it was, in a central, and the radio room?!

Hi Gunther,

Yes each compartement will have crew according to duty diesel room will have 1 mechanic and 1 battery operator plus 2 crew sleeping or reading in stern quarter.

Command room is something i wont spoil:O:

torpedo room will have crew in bed and 3 others servicing a torp gyro before a loading animated sequence will start.

Best regards Hans

[Wolfstriked]

Hi Gunther,

Yes each compartement will have crew according to duty diesel room will have 1 mechanic and 1 battery operator plus 2 crew sleeping or reading in stern quarter.

Command room is something i wont spoil:O:

torpedo room will have crew in bed and 3 others servicing a torp gyro before a loading animated sequence will start.

Best regards Hans

So kool!! Hans do the deck crew act as the diveplane men when a dive is called for and will you have it this way?

[Gunter Prien]

Hi Gunther,

Yes each compartement will have crew according to duty diesel room will have 1 mechanic and 1 battery operator plus 2 crew sleeping or reading in stern quarter.

Command room is something i wont spoil:O:

torpedo room will have crew in bed and 3 others servicing a torp gyro before a loading animated sequence will start.

Best regards Hans

It's great:yeah:, can not wait to already see how everything will look...:arrgh!:

[Hans Witteman]

Hi shipmates,

I forgot to mention that everything i will add in interior will depend on impact on game engine if the frame rate suffer too much some features will have to be drop but i will see that when everything is set.

I plan ahead of that with low resolution compartments in the worst case, but even with low res compartments it will look good enough to enjoy:up:

The reason why it is so long to finish is the optimizing process but like i mention earlier it is the only way to have all those features in game.

Best regards Hans

[Salvadoreno]

Man this mod just sounds amazing! Cannot wait for it to come out! So good to see modders still hard at work for Sh3!

I just started reading more about the mod and the environments and uboot interiors look great. Great attention to detail and realism. I wanted to know more about the gameplay side of things, are we looking at uber realism? General Realism? Is it going to be more along the lines of NYGM gameplay or GWX or how about WAC?

[Myxale]

Man this mod just sounds amazing! Cannot wait for it to come out! So good to see modders still hard at work for Sh3!

I just started reading more about the mod and the environments and uboot interiors look great. Great attention to detail and realism. I wanted to know more about the gameplay side of things, are we looking at uber realism? General Realism? Is it going to be more along the lines of NYGM gameplay or GWX or how about WAC?

I cannot speak for the HAHA Team, but i think it's still a bit early to tell.:88)

[Depesz]

Hi I'm new to the community , just started playing sh3 for the first time in my life. Never thought that this game is so damn good. Playing GWX as base now and few other mods. Just started my first serious campaign, after a long time of studies how to determine speed, range and other stuff manually :). I'm really looking forward to see how HAHD will turn out, it looks just super awesome and I'm giving my full support for this :)

[Schwieger]

Hi I'm new to the community , just started playing sh3 for the first time in my life. Never thought that this game is so damn good. Playing GWX as base now and few other mods. Just started my first serious campaign, after a long time of studies how to determine speed, range and other stuff manually :). I'm really looking forward to see how HAHD will turn out, it looks just super awesome and I'm giving my full support for this :)

Glad to see more folks supporting HAHD mate. :DL Hans and team are doing a splendid job with this mod :yep:

[Hans Witteman]

Man this mod just sounds amazing! Cannot wait for it to come out! So good to see modders still hard at work for Sh3!

I just started reading more about the mod and the environments and uboot interiors look great. Great attention to detail and realism. I wanted to know more about the gameplay side of things, are we looking at uber realism? General Realism? Is it going to be more along the lines of NYGM gameplay or GWX or how about WAC?

Hi mate,

Welcome aboard and thank for the good words.

My philosophy regarding gameplay is that i don't want to focus only on uber realism because a lot of people will be left out and i don't want it either to be Hollywood style or arcade, i am aiming at a balanced choice between the 2 or i also consider making 1 version for hardcore player and another one for casual player.

I just start recently to test some damage model to see how thing will turn out.

Also i am not alone in that decision our team will soon have a good discussion on this matter.

Best regards Hans

[Hans Witteman]

Hi I'm new to the community , just started playing sh3 for the first time in my life. Never thought that this game is so damn good. Playing GWX as base now and few other mods. Just started my first serious campaign, after a long time of studies how to determine speed, range and other stuff manually :). I'm really looking forward to see how HAHD will turn out, it looks just super awesome and I'm giving my full support for this :)


Hi mate,

Welcome aboard and thank for your support.

Starting to play SH3 can become addictive really fast make sure you don't have any girlfriends and stock food for a month call your boss and say you are sick and fired up Sh3 and sink them all:har:

Best regards Hans

[urfisch]

any news on the progress yet?

:hmmm:

[bojan811]

Hi mate,

Welcome aboard and thank for your support.

Starting to play SH3 can become addictive really fast make sure you don't have any girlfriends and stock food for a month call your boss and say you are sick and fired up Sh3 and sink them all:har:

Best regards Hans

Like a words of a prophet....all is true.
Btw can wait for the premiere of mod.

B811

[Bakkels]

Like a words of a prophet....all is true.
Btw can wait for the premiere of mod.

B811

Now now, there be no prophets here.
For clarification, see the following clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqq3e03EBQ

:haha:

[makman94]

:o
Didn't see anything new...
Obviously comrade didn't understand indeed...
Read carefully my post...
...
1) It's SH3, not SH4... different work of the same commands...
2) For the first part...
You proposed the same thing ... only with other parameters and Optical controller is placed in separate file *. cam...
3) For the second part...
My editing of the Command_xx.cfg file, provides the smooth zooming from MinZoom to MaxZoom in SH3...
:haha:

you get me wrong mate ... i didn't posted it as something 'new'

about:
1) the camera.cam that is in there is working excellent at BOTH sh3 and sh4
2) yea...it is exactly the same thing . i didn't posted it as something 'new' but as something more...'comfort'. believe it or not , there are people here that are unable to make that kind of edits at camera.dat BUT ,on the other hand, everybody can drop the camera.cam in his library folder and have the same result. so....same results with simpler way= better.
3) i know what these edits do and i had my reasons that didn't say a word about it . the mouse wheel is also used for toggling the magnifications at scopes and with these edits at commands you are 'ruinning' the scope's levels . maybe this effect is nice at free camera (and i agree) but it is not acceptable for the scope's levels . if you could find a solution to this issue would be,indeed, a nice addition .

Hi shipmates,

Let's welcome Bakkels as our new team mate he will skin ships and probably other stuff after seeing the tutorials.

@reaper can you setup account and password for our new team mate thank in advanced my friend:up:

Our team will benefit from is great graphic skills so let's the party begin

http://www.u-boot-hahd.com/ubootwebsite/wp-content/plugins/phpfreechat/data/public/themes/zilveer/smileys/Kaleun_Party.gif

Best regards Hans

very very nice news !!

wellcome to team Bakkels :yeah:

[Anvart]

...
yea...it is exactly the same thing ...
the mouse wheel is also used for toggling the magnifications at scopes and with these edits at commands you are 'ruinning' the scope's levels...
... http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/4669/hahalz9.gif
Standard: For step-switching of zoom use "Tab" key...
Additional: For smooth zooming use "Ctrl + M.Wheel"...
:haha:

... very very nice...
I see the guy still does not understands...?
... or he badly knows features of SH3...?
... and so he is trying to impose his view about the game... his arguments are completely meaningless.
... but i don't think he's such obtuse ... therefore what is it? yes, vulgar ambition and ill-will toward me... :woot:

P.S.
Hans, sorry for reply (offtopic) to unfriendly guy.
End of discussion.

[bojan811]

Now now, there be no prophets here.
For clarification, see the following clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqq3e03EBQ

:haha:

OMG!!!:har::har:
Where did you find this...
You don`t need to follow anybody...:haha:
Yeah!!! (altogether).
You are all individuals!
Yeah!!!(altogether).

This is awesome mate.

Best Reg B811

[Bakkels]

very very nice news !!

wellcome to team Bakkels :yeah:

Thanks Makman! :D I'm busy watching the tutorials now. They're very interesting. Can't wait to get cracking on those ships!


OMG!!!:har::har:
Where did you find this...
You don`t need to follow anybody...:haha:
Yeah!!! (altogether).
You are all individuals!
Yeah!!!(altogether).

This is awesome mate.

Best Reg B811

It's from Monty Python's "The Life of Brian". A true must-see. IMO the best comedy ever to appear on screen. Go watch it now!!! :D

[reaper7]

Thanks Makman! :D I'm busy watching the tutorials now. They're very interesting. Can't wait to get cracking on those ships!


There very well made, you'll be creating masterpieces in no time :up:
There are a couple more UV unwrap Tutorials that are not in the FTP site but are in the Dropbox folder.
These still need to be uploaded to FTP ;)



It's from Monty Python's "The Life of Brian". A true must-see. IMO the best comedy ever to appear on screen. Go watch it now!!! :D

Yes an all time classic :yeah:

[Schwieger]

How'd Friday the 13th go over with U-Boot_HAHD team? :ping:

[reaper7]

How'd Friday the 13th go over with U-Boot_HAHD team? :ping:


Ah that it explains it, Just lost all my work for my SH5 User Interface I was working on (Lost the last 4 weeks worth).
Clicked the wrong button in JGSME and it removed all my files and overwrote them with the originals :wah:

Bloody Friday the 13TH claims another victim :cry:

[Wolfstriked]

Ah that it explains it, Just lost all my work for my SH5 User Interface I was working on (Lost the last 4 weeks worth).
Clicked the wrong button in JGSME and it removed all my files and overwrote them with the originals :wah:

Bloody Friday the 13TH claims another victim :cry:

Man that sucks....been there so I can relate Reaper,sorry dude.I say stick with HAHD for now as it seems to have less bad luck.:up:

Maybe this talking dog video might cheer you up which reminds me of how silly dogs are.I had a dog once who started to blow the nastiest farts EVER and who himself knew how bad they were.At first he would try to walk away from the area like all us humans would.Over time he realized it was his own butt that was the culprit.He then started to chase his own butt around barking like crazy at it everytime he farted.:rotfl2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nGeKSiCQkPw

[makman94]

There very well made, you'll be creating masterpieces in no time :up:
There are a couple more UV unwrap Tutorials that are not in the FTP site but are in the Dropbox folder.
These still need to be uploaded to FTP ;)


plus that Hans has upload 'tones' of usefull stuf as ship's references ,wood-metal-scratches-rust textures ...etc !!!

yes ....guys when i am done with the gui ...i want to 'take' the NOTM T2 (T2 tanker) and try to improve it ! this ship was always one of the ships i like most !

Ah that it explains it, Just lost all my work for my SH5 User Interface I was working on (Lost the last 4 weeks worth).
Clicked the wrong button in JGSME and it removed all my files and overwrote them with the originals :wah:

Bloody Friday the 13TH claims another victim :cry:

thats very bad news John ! i am not guru at pcs but did you try to undo your pc at a previous save point ?? maybe will do the tric ...don't know

[reaper7]

plus that Hans has upload 'tones' of usefull stuf as ship's references ,wood-metal-scratches-rust textures ...etc !!!

yes ....guys when i am done with the gui ...i want to 'take' the NOTM T2 (T2 tanker) and try to improve it ! this ship was always one of the ships i like most !


Shes all your mate, look forward to seeing her sailing the 7 seas :up:


thats very bad news John ! i am not guru at pcs but did you try to undo your pc at a previous save point ?? maybe will do the tric ...don't know

Tried everything even Harddrive recovery software. But JGSME wroth over my files with the originals and alas there gone.

[TheBeast]

Sounds like the team needs a Source Safe Server to store all work in common location.
Then you just check out the files you need to work on.
Then check the files back in with updates/changes when done.

This would also ensure other team member changes are always in place when you check out the file to MOD.

[reaper7]

Hi Mate just like to welcome you to the HAHD Team :woot:
Never heard of Source Safe Server, is it easy to set up also does it need to be on a personal server of is it web enabled :06:

Also there are a few more Tutorials that have to be uploaded from our Dropbox account up to FTP, but the first half of them are up in FTP to check out and get started with.

Also Hans has uploaded some great Texture packs and 3D models to help with the Ship Rebuilds :up:

[TheBeast]

I have never setup a Source Safe Server, I've only used them, so not really sure about web access.
I did work from home and accessed these servers to check out files for projects I worked on using PPTP connection to Corporate Proxy Gateway.
Client Software is required to access the Source Safe Server.

When you check out a file, it is D/L to your PC and the File on the server is locked until you check the file in again.
When you check the file back in, any changes you have made are U/L to the server and the file is unlocked allowing others to check those files out.
A history record of all changes made is kept for at least 14 days so changes can be rolled back if required.
Rollback can be done at the individual file level.

The Source Safe Server can also be setup to create scheduled backups. Typically keeping backups of the last 35 days at 7 day increments.

Some of the DEV types around may know more about it.

[reaper7]

Redone the Lifeboat and added a Fishing net on top of the wheelhouse.

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/Random/NFBoat1.jpg

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x477/U-Boot_HAHD/Random/NFBoat2.jpg

[Schwieger]

Nice!

[fitzcarraldo]

Nice!

Nice, yes!

Good job, Reaper!

Fitzcarraldo :salute:

[Anvart]

Redone the Lifeboat and added a Fishing net on top of the wheelhouse.

:up:
Excellently, reaper7.
Lifeboat - super.
...
may be i'm wrong... but fishing net on top of the wheelhouse is not good..? i think. :hmmm:
... because in the future on this place will be animated skipper, i guess. :DL

[Volk2]

Redone the Lifeboat and added a Fishing net on top of the wheelhouse.

The colors of the whole boat are too saturated, don't you think? With such colors it looks more like a toy. Like Hans said - I would sink it for the color alone :03:

[reaper7]

:up:
Excellently, reaper7.
Lifeboat - super.
...
may be i'm wrong... but fishing net on top of the wheelhouse is not good..? i think. :hmmm:
... because in the future on this place will be animated skipper, i guess. :DL

Thanks Mate, That's where the Nets were stored on those boats when not in use - Skipper was in the wheelhouse drinking his Tea :haha:

The colors of the whole boat are too saturated, don't you think? With such colors it looks more like a toy. Like Hans said - I would sink it for the color alone :03:

Yes they could do with the brightness factor turning down ;). Will Alter them for Final version :)

[Anvart]

Thanks Mate, That's where the Nets were stored on those boats when not in use - Skipper was in the wheelhouse drinking his Tea :haha:
...

No problem, buddy. :woot:
I will move the net myself ...

[reaper7]

@ All HAHD TeamMates

Hi Guys I've sent a Group email to you all. You'll find it in you u-boot-hahd email accounts.
Please Read RE Ship Conversion :up:

[Tuddley3]

To the Uboot HAHD team!!! Please make any precautions necessary to the Dropbox...
http://networkedblogs.com/i13V2

[foz]

GREAT , like every thing on the net just have it . closing account now , opened it in the idea to help , but same as all social networking things. its not for you and me . it`s for every ..................
should .
just do it .
l don`t know . foz out .

[makman94]

wait for Reaper's reply . he is the one 'behind' the dropbox and he will tell you more about it but ,as far i know, dropbox is not used anymore by the team .

ps: come on Foz....you don't really believe that files are 'safe' when uploaded on internet ,do you ?

[reaper7]

It no real big concern to us really. Dropbox is just used a a basic fileshare for our supporters really.
Also the security concern is when 2 people upload the same file that one can get the short key for account access. That not going to happen as only one of us uploads a file to dropbox at any time and there not the same ;)