[REL] FNS Richelieu

[Karle94]

I`ve completed the Richelieu, added lots and lots of AA guns and changed some other things, and no she`s not playable. She still need testing with OM and in battle conditions. Anyhow here`s some pictures and the download link:

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/Karle94/SH4Img2011-02-27_164543_917.jpg

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/Karle94/SH4Img2011-02-27_164549_611.jpg

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/Karle94/SH4Img2011-02-27_164559_583.jpg

http://www.gamefront.com/files/20048014/FNS_Richelieu.rar

[yamatoforever]

GREAT! :salute: What surprise! Great work! I suppose that I may convert as before also this ship? :up:

Greetings
Molke2005

[Karle94]

GREAT! :salute: What surprise! Great work! I suppose that I may convert as before also this ship? :up:

Greetings
Molke2005

I am sorry...
but you have my blessing for conversion.

[yamatoforever]

Do not need you excuse! If a positive surprise has become! :yeah:
Am curious on other ww2 ships of you.

[Karle94]

Do not need you excuse! If a positive surprise has become! :yeah:
Am curious on other ww2 ships of you.

It was a joke. When I`m done woth the Wichita, the Renown and the Sovetsky Soyuz you can convert them as well.

[yamatoforever]

:yeah:

[keltos01]

she's missing a gun in the aa gun nest port side of the stern isn't she ?

regards

keltos

[Karle94]

she's missing a gun in the aa gun nest port side of the stern isn't she ?

regards

keltos

Don`t know why that is. Everything checks out in the equipment file and in the DAT file.

[sidslotm]

Hi,

good stuff this, should fit in quite nice with a Med mission. was this one of the French Battle ships sunk early in the war

sid

[Karle94]

Hi,

good stuff this, should fit in quite nice with a Med mission. was this one of the French Battle ships sunk early in the war

sid

No, she spent most of her French career in French north african ports. In november 1942 after operation torch, all french forces surrendered, including the Richelieu, She sailed for New York where she was completed and spent 1943 in the atlantic ocean and 44-45 in the pacific. I think you are thinking about the Dunkurque and/or the Strasburg.

[sidslotm]

HI,

Oh right, dam fine looking ship in the posts, must have taken a while to complete. What app you use to model this?

sid

[Karle94]

HI,

Oh right, dam fine looking ship in the posts, must have taken a while to complete. What app you use to model this?

sid

Misfit Model 3D

[RobertoChorizo]

Wow, man! Exactly what I was looking for!

Will it be, in a distant future, playable?
Are the damage displayed?
Are you still working on it? :-D

[Karle94]

Wow, man! Exactly what I was looking for!

Will it be, in a distant future, playable?
Are the damage displayed?
Are you still working on it? :-D

1. I have thought about it
2. Don`t know, the ship hasn`t been tested in battle
3. No

[RobertoChorizo]

2. Don`t know, the ship hasn`t been tested in battle

Tested. Aaaaand... As terrific as the Yamato or the Iowa. X-)

No damages displayed. Or maybe. The fact is that I tried to damage him, but...

-> Richelieu VS Gato class : 4 torpedoes right on side, no visible damage. Gato submarine sunk. >_<

-> Richelieu VS Keltos01's Surcouf Submarine: 4 big torpedoes right in the flank = Not a single scratch ; 203mm twin deck guns : TOTALLY ineffective.
Surcouf sunk. >_< It starts to cost me dear in submarines... NEXT LEVEEEEL!!!

-> Richelieu VS Yamato : Pyrotechnic apocalypse. Dramatic FPS downfall. And, surprisingly, unrealisticly... It's a draw. Not a single scratch on the Yam-Yam, same thing on the Richelieu.
Damn.


3. No
:-(


Oh, and there is a lighting problem on the aftercastle, but I suppose you arleady knew it. ;-p

[Karle94]

Tested. Aaaaand... As terrific as the Yamato or the Iowa. X-)

No damages displayed. Or maybe. The fact is that I tried to damage him, but...

-> Richelieu VS Gato class : 4 torpedoes right on side, no visible damage. Gato submarine sunk. >_<

-> Richelieu VS Keltos01's Surcouf Submarine: 4 big torpedoes right in the flank = Not a single scratch ; 203mm twin deck guns : TOTALLY ineffective.
Surcouf sunk. >_< It starts to cost me dear in submarines... NEXT LEVEEEEL!!!

-> Richelieu VS Yamato : Pyrotechnic apocalypse. Dramatic FPS downfall. And, surprisingly, unrealisticly... It's a draw. Not a single scratch on the Yam-Yam, same thing on the Richelieu.
Damn.



:-(


Oh, and there is a lighting problem on the aftercastle, but I suppose you arleady knew it. ;-p

1. That just shows me that I made her good.

2. Yes I know about the lighting bug. It`s because the aft tower and the hull is two seperate 3D models. Gonna merge them when I`m working on the next version.

[RobertoChorizo]

Oh, a last thing : the rear triple turrets don't seem to work. ^^

[Karle94]

Oh, a last thing : the rear triple turrets don't seem to work. ^^

What do you mean with doesn`t work? Describe.

[RobertoChorizo]

Oops, sorry;
I meant : the three rear 152mm triple turrets don't move, shoot, or anything else. I placed several types of enemy ships just at her rear, and she only attacks with her AA guns. :-/

[Karle94]

Oops, sorry;
I meant : the three rear 152mm triple turrets don't move, shoot, or anything else. I placed several types of enemy ships just at her rear, and she only attacks with her AA guns. :-/

Never heard of such a bug so I don`t have a clue what to do.

[Jan Kyster]

:hmmm: I'm having problems with her...

Guns missing (ghosts) and texture is "two-sided":
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/ScreenShots/Richelieu.jpg

Two top images are port and starboard shot in TMO 2.1 and bottom image is stock SH4.


And after closing Museum and exiting from SH4 (both stock and TMO), it's with an error "SH 4 stopped working"... never happens otherwise.


But it's a darned good looking ship! :up:

[Karle94]

:hmmm: I'm having problems with her...

Guns missing (ghosts) and texture is "two-sided":
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/ScreenShots/Richelieu.jpg

Two top images are port and starboard shot in TMO 2.1 and bottom image is stock SH4.


And after closing Museum and exiting from SH4 (both stock and TMO), it's with an error "SH 4 stopped working"... never happens otherwise.


But it's a darned good looking ship! :up:

Don`t know why it suddenly isn`t two sided in TMO and is the guns missing in both stock 1.5 and TMO or just one or the other?

[Jan Kyster]

Don`t know why it suddenly isn`t two sided in TMO and is the guns missing in both stock 1.5 and TMO or just one or the other?There are no differences on ship between TMO/Stock.

After testing in TMO, I installed her in stock to verify the problem isn't with my TMO 2.1 FTT :D
My stock install is an untouched SH4 UBM Gold Edition btw.

Guns are not missing per se, but appears like "ghost-like".
Seen from above they are invisible, but bringing camera down as in pictures, they show up...

Like sailors on bridge sometimes appears semitransparent... hmm... :hmmm:

...running to make tests with env.setting off... right.

With Environment Effects On and Volumetric Fog Off, high camera and low camera:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/ScreenShots/Rich_Eon_Voff.jpg

With both Environment Effects and Volumetric Fog Off, high and low cam:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/ScreenShots/Rich_Eoff_Voff.jpg

[Jan Kyster]

So, Karle, how are things today? :D

Had a test to verify - but same issues in OM Museum:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/ScreenShots/Rich_OM.jpg

What can I be missing? Do I need to have other ships installed?

Now tested in stock, TMO and OM and no difference? Even with seperate datafolders (SHS, SH4 and SHO)? :88)


Btw. the "different" colours I mentioned above *may* be a matter of seeing the ships sides in sun or shades... :oops:

[Karle94]

So, Karle, how are things today? :D

Had a test to verify - but same issues in OM Museum:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/ScreenShots/Rich_OM.jpg

What can I be missing? Do I need to have other ships installed?

Now tested in stock, TMO and OM and no difference? Even with seperate datafolders (SHS, SH4 and SHO)? :88)


Btw. the "different" colours I mentioned above *may* be a matter of seeing the ships sides in sun or shades... :oops:

I don`t know what is causing you all this trouble as I tested it in both 1,5 and OM and she had her weapons and no transparent areas. You are correct about the sun and shade part.

[analogoldguy]

Hello,

Karle94, A beautiful 3D model! I'm sure that these models require a lot of work!

But I must report, under the heading of "problems", that this model does cause me a black screen crash when I have looked at the Ship and looked at the Recognition Manual (in Museum) and closed it. Then hitting the 'X to get out of the Museum. Black screen crash of SH4 version 1.5 stock.

I've also had crashes to an empty desktop (no wallpaper) after viewing the ship, closing the Museum, and closing SH4.

No other ship (which are all stock from the game), causes this.

Perhaps that missing anti-air gun problem creates a problem? However I do see the big guns, which are really beautifully modeled. I hope to see the ship in action when I learn how to create a mission!

Thanks much, Bob P.

[Karle94]

I have tested the ship against my H-39 in a single mission. I also tested the Sovetsky Soyuz. I know that both ships work but for some reasons the guns doesn`t fire. Do any one of you guys out there know why?

[Mush Martin]

(At risk of Paraphrasing Dumas)

A'las Richelieu, I have found you, En guard.:lurk:

[peabody]

I have tested the ship against my H-39 in a single mission. I also tested the Sovetsky Soyuz. I know that both ships work but for some reasons the guns doesn`t fire. Do any one of you guys out there know why?

On the download I have, in the Library,one wpn_cannon is linked to the 380 but the other wpn_cannon is not linked to the 152mmDP. (actually it is not linked to anything.)
The 380 is linked, is that one firing?

Peabody

[Karle94]

On the download I have, in the Library,one wpn_cannon is linked to the 380 but the other wpn_cannon is not linked to the 152mmDP. (actually it is not linked to anything.)
The 380 is linked, is that one firing?

Peabody

The only weapons she`s firing is the AA guns.

[peabody]

The only weapons she`s firing is the AA guns.

Is it firing the AA at another ship or plane?

According to the Defside.cfg file France is Neutral from 1940 until 1944, possibly the problem? Worth a try.


[SideEntry 33]
Country=France
Side=0
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19390902

[SideEntry 34]
Country=France
Side=1
StartDate=19390903
EndDate=19400625

[SideEntry 35]
Country=France
Side=0
StartDate=19400626
EndDate=19440825

[SideEntry 36]
Country=France
Side=1
StartDate=19440826
EndDate=19451231

Peabody

[Karle94]

Is it firing the AA at another ship or plane?

According to the Defside.cfg file France is Neutral from 1940 until 1944, possibly the problem? Worth a try.


[SideEntry 33]
Country=France
Side=0
StartDate=19380101
EndDate=19390902

[SideEntry 34]
Country=France
Side=1
StartDate=19390903
EndDate=19400625

[SideEntry 35]
Country=France
Side=0
StartDate=19400626
EndDate=19440825

[SideEntry 36]
Country=France
Side=1
StartDate=19440826
EndDate=19451231

Peabody

No she was defenetly hostile. She did fire her AA guns at my H-39. Also when she appeared I got a message that said: "Enemy ship spotted!" Just as you know she`s Free French not Vichy French.

[peabody]

No she was defenetly hostile. She did fire her AA guns at my H-39. Also when she appeared I got a message that said: "Enemy ship spotted!" Just as you know she`s Free French not Vichy French.

After thinking further, of course the AA guns would not fire if it was neutral either. But as for "Free French" the Roster I have lists it in the France folder not "Free French" and the Defside.cfg has separate entry for that. Although not causing the problem it could cause problems at some point.

Peabody

[peabody]

she's missing a gun in the aa gun nest port side of the stern isn't she ?

regards

keltos

Karle94,
Keltos is right, the A04 is missing from the Eqp file.


I just threw it into a Single mission and it didn't fire at the other ship, but the other ship didn't fire at the Richelieu either. Then a CTD on exiting.

Peabody

[Karle94]

After thinking further, of course the AA guns would not fire if it was neutral either. But as for "Free French" the Roster I have lists it in the France folder not "Free French" and the Defside.cfg has separate entry for that. Although not causing the problem it could cause problems at some point.

Peabody

The version I have released is under French flag. The new version I am working on is for the Free French as she was captured in november 1942 and used by the Allies.

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

thank you Karl a beautiful ship, may we convert this for SH III? I am trying to expand the french fleet and so far we have the Strasbourg to add, as well, and this lovely ship of yours would be a great addition.

[Karle94]

thank you Karl a beautiful ship, may we convert this for SH III? I am trying to expand the french fleet and so far we have the Strasbourg to add, as well, and this lovely ship of yours would be a great addition.

Knock your self out. I will reccomend that you use the 3D model and weapons from my playable Richelieu. Weapons work and the ship has an updated 3D model.

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

OK thank you very much...much appreciated. I am trying to assemble as much of a french fleet as possible, now we have two BBs and a DD, just need some BCs and maybe a cruiser or three....

if anyone knows of any more French ships please send me a signal or fire a shot across my bows :)

[Karle94]

OK thank you very much...much appreciated. I am trying to assemble as much of a french fleet as possible, now we have two BBs and a DD, just need some BCs and maybe a cruiser or three....

if anyone knows of any more French ships please send me a signal or fire a shot across my bows :)

BCs, do you mean the Dunkerque? The Richelieu was the only true modern battleship in the French navy. I have the Duquesne class heavy cruiser in storage as well as the Alsace class. I am thinking of making the Richelieu class Clemencau and Gascogne. Bothe were different from each other and the Richelieu and Jean Bart.

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

any would be wonderful..the Duquesne would be GREAT....we have almost enough to do mixed task forces and some of the bombing and naval attacks...

[Karle94]

any would be wonderful..the Duquesne would be GREAT....we have almost enough to do mixed task forces and some of the bombing and naval attacks...

Here she is:

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/Karle94/mm3d2011-08-0203-26-23-21.jpg

http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy51/Karle94/mm3d2011-08-0203-26-32-60.jpg

If you can do 3D stuff or know some one you can add AA guns, aft mast, crane, catapult and torpedo tubes. Depending on if you want the original configuration with aft mast with crane, catapult, torpedo tubes or the refit with the aft mast and crane, catapult, torpedo tubes removed and extra AA guns.

[7499275]

just out of curiosity does all the guns move up and down with the turrent or just one, like on several other of you ships?

[Karle94]

just out of curiosity does all the guns move up and down with the turrent or just one, like on several other of you ships?

Two and two, as on the real ships.

[7499275]

Two and two, as on the real ships.

ok thanks, I was curious because I have used several ships of yours and I thought it just kinda looked historically inaccurate, but I will have to try this one out then! btw nice job on all of your ships especially the USS West Virginia! My home state! Keep it up!

[yann]

Hi , I have problems with gamefront , I can't download the richelieu, when I start to download, it says : This page has not been found, and not only ith the richelieu... with all your ships, you should put the download in the subsim downloads...:/\\!!

[Karle94]

Hi , I have problems with gamefront , I can't download the richelieu, when I start to download, it says : This page has not been found, and not only ith the richelieu... with all your ships, you should put the download in the subsim downloads...:/\\!!

Somethings seriously wrong with Gamefront lately. I think it`s like that will all files.

Here`s the MediaFire link: http://www.mediafire.com/?gz6fs5b8hi47h9d

[Admiral Von Gerlach]

Very nice work, this will join the other units we have of the French fleet, it is getting better and better, you have done well with the details and the overall ship is well formed. Well done.:up:

[yamatoforever]

Very nice work, this will join the other units we have of the French fleet, it is getting better and better, you have done well with the details and the overall ship is well formed. Well done.:up:
Maybe Karle surprises us sometime with more French warships. :hmmm:

[Karle94]

The model is actually not mine, it`s made by Chinese U-47 for one od his SHIII mods. The model is actually wrongly scaled, just noticed it.