[RELEASE] Type II conning tower with open hatch

[postalbyke]

Get the first one here:

http://bit.ly/S2KHpz
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Edit: Round 2! Introducing typeII interior 2(2)
download here:
http://bit.ly/UFro4Z

I fixed the light and some of the textures! Enjoy!
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Edit: I released my modification of the torpedo room mod by Tomi_99 and MCHALO12 to adapt to this mod here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//showthread.php?t=196139

Enjoy!

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Type II Interior 2 by Postalbyke (with many thanks to LucaGaeta, DivingDuck, and FlakMonkey)

This mod will replace the conning tower with one more closely modeled after design plans for type IIa u-boats and pictures from the finnish submarine Vesikko (which is the design proof for the type II class). I have also included the Diving Duck animation files to make the attack periscope in the conning tower raise and lower, and some trickery to make the internal periscope head turn where the scope is looking!

This mod is JSGME ready!

Warnings:

I modified cameras.dat to work with MaGui. It's not essential to this mod, but I like the effect it has on the bridge view and the "numpad 0" function.

I modified the Commands_en.cfg to move the periscope inside, and for H.sie's V16A3 fix.

I modified DD_interior.anm and DD_interior.dat, this *may* affect you if you have any DivingDuck interiors.

This product is unfinished. I haven't fixed the light to come on, the graphics on the gauges don't line up 100%, and I haven't set any of the camera work inside the conning tower. I highly recommend using control room free camera (shift+f2) to manually go to the conning tower.

This mod is to be freely distributed and never paid for.
If you want to improve it, go ahead, and please PM me cause I can't wait for someone with better skills to fix it!
Finally, please put my name in the credits if you use part of this mod for your own.

[Sailor Steve]

Cool beans! Downloading now. :rock:

[Borgneface]

Very nice work "postalbyke", I intented to stat my next campaign in 1939....with a Type II...;so your mod is really coming at the perfect time...
Merci

[BossMark]

Nice work :yeah:

[postalbyke]

Slight update: taking time off playing the game to fix that bloody light, then maybe try to figure out how to raytrace and implement shadows on wings3d or something...

[Myxale]

Away from Home, and won't be able to try this.

Anyone willing to upload some screens?:D

[postalbyke]

I think I left some here...

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/postalbyke0/CT2.jpg

http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/postalbyke0/CT1.jpg

I have since fixed the red striping and some of the uv on the interior scope head :D Still working on that light and the lightmaps... wings3d imports what I want with no drama, but doesn't move it around the way I like.... I might have to revamp some of the models so they work in wings *ugh*

[postalbyke]

Anyrate! every time I "fix" the light, I get a floating black square between me and the light, or the light is shining through the grating around the light, but not the light itself... Any pointers on how to mount these things? or should I just go lift a light from something else?

[Magic1111]

Nice MOD! :up:

[postalbyke]

Thanks! Right now I'm working on some better uv's and that blasted light bulb... I've got some leads, though, so pretty much all my time not spent playing SH3 or working is going into that :D I made a really pretty CT that the game wouldn't open (all I got was a big empty space above the control room), so I'm going to try to re-make that :P
I also got the light to show up on some objects but not others, so I'm troubleshooting that lol

Thanks for all the support, guys!

[Luno]

A much needed addition, thanks for your work! :woot:

[Victor Schutze]

So it seems that the type II u-boot had an "observation size" periscope in the conning tower? Interesting. Is it historically accurate? :06:

It would make sense. Not much room there! :hmmm:

[postalbyke]

IAW the drawings, the attack scope was a single-piece scope like the obs. scope.

I really wonder if they didn't use the increased turm size for IID to install a larger CT and depth independent scope... Although there still isn't much room belowdecks...

[postalbyke]

Yay! fixed the light bulb...
Boo! broke some textures :P

I would like to release the texture and light bulb fix at the same time.

Any arguments to the contrary? Wishing the AEF would just change the light bulb? I am open to early re-release.

[Wolfstriked]

PostalByke how are you.Just today I was searching for TypeIIa pics and hit a revelation.Amazing pics and even 360 degree panoramas of typeIIa.I seen this post and went to look for the pics and it just took me 1/2 hour(Google and Youtube can be picky if you do not word exactly as before it seems).....but oh so worth it!!! Enjoy:)


http://www.muamshai.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=7


http://www.vesikko.fi/galleries/?session=57837563

360deg

http://www.kolumbus.fi/mika.ajomaa/Panorama_2.html

[postalbyke]

Yeah, dude! This was my second stop after finding a high-quality blueprint of the type IIA somewhere in google images. The interior of the conning tower was based on the panorama and the view up from the CR. I'm poking at doing an engine room/torpedo room for SH3, but it's a pretty big undertaking, and I mostly just love to play the game :P Modding is just a hobby for when I don't want to track tommies for mommy.

PostalByke how are you.Just today I was searching for TypeIIa pics and hit a revelation.Amazing pics and even 360 degree panoramas of typeIIa.I seen this post and went to look for the pics and it just took me 1/2 hour(Google and Youtube can be picky if you do not word exactly as before it seems).....but oh so worth it!!! Enjoy:)


http://www.muamshai.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=7


http://www.vesikko.fi/galleries/?session=57837563

360deg

http://www.kolumbus.fi/mika.ajomaa/Panorama_2.html

[postalbyke]

The light is on and I'm messing with the textures! It's not 100% pretty, but it's improvin'! download 2.2 here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24672842/type_ii_interior_2.2.7z

[Magic1111]

The light is on and I'm messing with the textures! It's not 100% pretty, but it's improvin'! download 2.2 here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24672842/type_ii_interior_2.2.7z

Thx for new version! :yeah:

[Wolfstriked]

Yeah, dude! This was my second stop after finding a high-quality blueprint of the type IIA somewhere in google images. The interior of the conning tower was based on the panorama and the view up from the CR. I'm poking at doing an engine room/torpedo room for SH3, but it's a pretty big undertaking, and I mostly just love to play the game :P Modding is just a hobby for when I don't want to track tommies for mommy.

Yes,its crazy how things pop up in the internet and then you lose them in a flash.Whats crazier is how depressing the TypeIIa interior really is.When HAHD is done I might get sea sick from it.:doh:

Postal I have to ask,why mod something that is being worked on at this moment?This is where the SH3/Sh5 community confuses me.Why have a bunch of people working on the same thing when if you combine and distribute the work a greater thing emerges.Or maybe this is just what the game needs....competition.:hmmm:Ok,just had to vent that.:o

[postalbyke]

I have been following HAHD since 20 Feb last year. It's almost the only reason I have a subsim account. It's definitely the only reason I started modding. At first it was just going to be a graphics mod for type II and some harbor equipment work, and that's what I wanted. Since then, it's grown significantly, and I grew weary of waiting for the type II work. So! I am creating a stopgap for myself until HAHD comes out (since it will be the better product). And why not share what i've made from other people's work? :yeah:

So in short, I did this for myself, I'm releasing it for others, I'm waiting for what's better.

Seriously, have you seen the screenys from Hans' 3d editor? How can I compete?

[Wolfstriked]

Put your energy towards something better.:haha:Sorry just my opinion.

[postalbyke]

Put your energy towards something better.:haha:Sorry just my opinion.

Thanks for the support, teammate.:salute:

[Wolfstriked]

Ouch,was drinking so take my words lightly.:oops: You mod what you want Postal.....as if I am allowing you:damn:I'll shut up now.

[999]

:DLLooking good, thank's :D

[postalbyke]

@Wolfstrike: s'cool, bro. you reminded me to look at the thread about modding from SH4 :O: I had to remember to calm down before writing lol

@everyone else: Thanks for the interest, guys! I'm still gently poking this one, hopefully round three will come out before next month passes.

Anyone want me to get permission to use the torpedo room with this?

[Rickster1]

Yes please the more of the boats inside the better

[Magic1111]

:DLLooking good, thank's :D

:salute::salute::salute:Welcome aboard (back)!!!:salute::salute::salute:

[postalbyke]

:salute::salute::salute:Welcome aboard (back)!!!:salute::salute::salute:

Hey Magic, do you know where to find MCHALO? I seem to be drawing a blank in my attempts to get in touch with him...

[Magic1111]

Hey Magic, do you know where to find MCHALO? I seem to be drawing a blank in my attempts to get in touch with him...

Yes, you´ll find him here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=263029

But I´ve longer nothing heard from him...:hmmm:

Best regards,
Magic

[postalbyke]

Yeah, still no news there, so I'm withholding until I can get in firm touch.

As to the Conning Tower, I still haven't done any more work (been too busy playing the game :oops: lol) just dumped three torps into the same coastal freighter with three torpedo failures (first patrol) after being caught on the surface by airplanes while pursuing damaged escorts (eleventh patrol)... early war is tough! :P

[mikey117us]

I'm going to try this with the type XXIII in the late war, it also had a standing periscope, it is the little things like this mod that keeps me playing! If I had the knowledge I would do more than tweak skins and mod sounds I would pursue the type XXIII full interior. What alot of painful work that would be I am always out on patrol.

[Magic1111]

I'm going to try this with the type XXIII in the late war, it also had a standing periscope, it is the little things like this mod that keeps me playing! If I had the knowledge I would do more than tweak skins and mod sounds I would pursue the type XXIII full interior. What alot of painful work that would be I am always out on patrol.

:salute::salute::salute:Welcome aboard!!!:salute::salute::salute:

[mikey117us]

Thank You, been on for years but never joined untill recently.

[postalbyke]

Welcome aboard, mikey!
Sorry, I've been offline due to playing too much SH3 :P

I've decided to release what I have combining the torpedo room and the CT for type II.
I'm also very passively pursuing a complete interior for type II since I haven't heard anything from tomi in a while, and I'm still chomping at the bit for HAHD :yeah:

hopefully tomorrow I'll get both of my rigs running nothing at the same time so I can move files and post them to the web.

I've still not finished my shading/shadowing in the CT, sorry everyone who is waiting still for that :oops:

[SoCalUboat]

can any one post images of this mod :up::salute:thx







happy hunting u 48 :subsim:

[Migster]

Hi all!

Im new here and enjoy everything about U-boats, just wish i could run SH4 on my pc:wah:

Im looking for FMs interiors but cant seem to find them, the site provided say the file is no longer there?

can someone help me? thanks
Migster

[Sailor Steve]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

The link in this thread works fine.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201502

[Migster]

WELCOME ABOARD! :sunny:

The link in this thread works fine.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201502

Thanks for helping out but i dont see it there, the download is for wide camera views with FM interiors not the FM interiors. Do you think you could guide me to find this :hmm2:

[Sailor Steve]

I'm not sure what you're looking at. Just before the pictures in his first post is a MediaFire link. I just re-downloaded it, and it looks like the new Full Interiors 2.1D to me.

[Migster]

Ok I got it, thanks for the help, the problem was the popups that where coming up, i just hit repair download and i got it. Thank You Mate:yeah:

Just installed it but it doesn't seem to work. Used original stock files, copied all iles in all folders to a folder called "Original Interiors" then put the new files in, start sim and i get as far as the control room then the game shuts down. I bought the Encore version of the sim and tried to put the update patch in but not sure if its already updated on CD. I had this thing all tweaked out till i had to dump pc and start from scratch a while back, now its all the original files that come with it, is there something missing i dont know about???