[WIP] Naights UI Workshop

[naights]

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2878/dz8uxut1ba9scav6g.jpg

Preview

This are UI elements that Im working on, I will post new ones and updates when I have more material to show.

Notes:

1: For now this is only a preview so please dont ask for download link or release date.

2: The modern UI look is inspired by Silent Hunter online browser game and SH5 ( "crew designs" are from SHO game).

3: I need volunteers to import UI elements to the game because my knowledge with menu editor is -0.

4: If you are curious, this graphics are made with Photoshop cs6 and Illustrator for vectors, most of them from scratch.

5: I'm open to suggestions, opinions etc...

6: Please, dont steal my works, Thx.

Command Bar 100% Finished

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/86d4/f80f5wj2p6wsa626g.jpg

Message Box 100% Finished

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/931a/ex0n2qnxce4i4dh6g.jpg

Radio Messages 80% Finished

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b6cb/yvnll7slyx8veys6g.jpg

Top right pannel 100% Finished

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/7690/um33rvrj9af7dlc6g.jpg

Dials 70% Finished

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d741/351jnpzoyje7svu6g.jpg

U-jagd chrono 80% Finished

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/af0c/s09dzrucgceybym6g.jpg

All in one preview

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3caf/axfkaoptcvopx7x6g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/view/?axfkaoptcvopx7x)

Hope you like it.

Bye

Naights

[Feuer Frei!]

That looks awesome!
Keeping an eye on this.

You mention ui mod.
So no load screens etc?
Purely a icon and menu mod?

Reason i ask is because i may well continue with my new screens mod and didn't want it to conflict with your work.

:up:

[Captain73]

Great job! :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

I am at your disposal! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Fifi]

Looking good :yeah:

I'm open to suggestions, opinions etc...

Do you plan any scope view like those:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom//downloads/periscopetdc_sge.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9286/zzzyn.jpg

I'd love to see them again, even better with blurred background on sides...

About UI icons, dials etc, would be great to get them disappear/appearing when mousing over :up:

[gap]

Awesome! Looking forward to your progress :up:

[SU-33UB]

looks nice :up:

[gap]

1: For now this is only a preview so please dont ask for download link or release date.

Which UI mods are you going to support?


3: I need volunteers to import UI elements to the game because my knowledge with menu editor is -0.

I am far from an expert on this subject, but I will be glad to help if I can :)


5: I'm open to suggestions, opinions etc...

Since you asked for it... I see you have picked some non-standard officer faces. Can you make a version with stock faces, and another one with MFCM alt faces?

6: Please, dont steal my works, Thx.

Your gfx look so clean and beautiful that they invite theft :03: :D

[volodya61]

Everything looks very nice, especially combined dials and depth bar idea :up:, except this terrible face -
Stock image is much more appropriate.. in my opinion :03:..

http://s19.postimg.org/patok6yf7/um33rvrj9af7dlc6g.jpg

[DieReeperbahn]

Is he holding his breath? :D

[Sjizzle]

wow awesome UI will have real navigation ?

[naights]

That looks awesome!
Keeping an eye on this.

You mention ui mod.
So no load screens etc?
Purely a icon and menu mod?

Reason i ask is because i may well continue with my new screens mod and didn't want it to conflict with your work.

:up:

No loading screens.

Looking good :yeah:



Do you plan any scope view like those:

I'd love to see them again, even better with blurred background on sides...

About UI icons, dials etc, would be great to get them disappear/appearing when mousing over :up:

For now no plan for scope views because first I want to finish the main UI page.

Which UI mods are you going to support?



I am far from an expert on this subject, but I will be glad to help if I can :)



Since you asked for it... I see you have picked some non-standard officer faces. Can you make a version with stock faces, and another one with MFCM alt faces?



Your gfx look so clean and beautiful that they invite theft :03: :D

1: I have designed the graphics taking into mind the TDW UI but I think that the graphics could work in any UI, even in older SH games (for example u-jagd chrono).

2/3: Thx Gap, maybe you want to finish the needles of the dials//u-jagd ? what you want, even alternative new personal officer faces (stock, MFCM..)

Note: This is the original photo of the U-jagd chrono:

http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/4375/ujagd.jpg

Everything looks very nice, especially combined dials and depth bar idea :up:, except this terrible face -
Stock image is much more appropriate.. in my opinion :03:..



Whats the stock image? the small circular one?

wow awesome UI will have real navigation ?

Well, if you are using TDW UI I suppose that yes (this are only alternative UI graphics).

Bye !!

[volodya61]

..Whats the stock image? the small circular one?..

Do you know any other stock image placed in this corner?

[naights]

Do you know any other stock image placed in this corner?

Well, I dont know if you are saying that you dont like the new rectangular shape, that you prefer circular one, or that you dont like the new weather images or only the captain face...

Bye...

:up:

[gap]

1: I have designed the interface taking into mind the TDW UI but I think that the graphics could work in any UI, even in older SH games (for example u-jagd chrono).

I am afraid it is not so simple. Placing correctly your new graphics would require editing menu ini files, and each UI mod got its own version of them :yep:


Thx Gap, maybe you want to finish the needles of the dials//u-jagd ?

What do you want me to do? Cut off the needles and scale them down to fit the size of clock face?


What you want, even alternative new personal officer faces (stock, MFCM..)

Exactly :up:

[gap]

Everything looks very nice, especially combined dials and depth bar idea :up:, except this terrible face -
Stock image is much more appropriate.. in my opinion :03:..

http://s19.postimg.org/patok6yf7/um33rvrj9af7dlc6g.jpg

Well, I dont know if you are saying that you dont like the new rectangular shape, that you prefer circular one, or that you dont like the new weather images or only the captain face...

Do you know any other stock image placed in this corner?

I agree with Volodya here. In my opinion it should look like the the day/night indicator of some clocks:

http://clocksforalzheimers.com/images/day-night-alzheimers-clock2.png

[volodya61]

Well, I dont know if you are saying that you dont like the new rectangular shape, that you prefer circular one, or that you dont like the new weather images or only the captain face...

I think (just my own opinion), there shouldn't be any faces.. it's not SH-online..

I agree with Volodya here. In my opinion it should look like the the day/night indicator of some clocks:

Nice idea too :up:

offtopic
@ Gap

How are our guns feeling? last tests were two months ago :O: :03:

[gap]

How are our guns feeling? last tests were two months ago :O: :03:

:roll:

I am looking for the right motivation yet, and my home is so hot these days (32° C as I am writing) that sometimes I think my brain is going to stew.

But don't worry, our project is definitely not abandonware :03: :D

[naights]

I am afraid it is not so simple. Placing correctly your new graphics would require editing menu ini files, and each UI mod got its own version of them :yep:

What do you want me to do? Cut off the needles and scale them down to fit the size of clock face?

Exactly :up:

Private message :know:

Bye !!

[volodya61]

:roll:

I am looking for the right motivation yet, and my home is so hot these days (32° C as I am writing) that sometimes I think my brain is going to stew.

But don't worry, our project is definitely not abandonware :03: :D

Okay.. wish you to find right motivation finally :D

You think 32° is too hot? :) too hot is 36° and higher.. :O:

[naights]

Okay.. wish you to find right motivation finally :D

You think 32° is too hot? :) too hot is 36° and higher.. :O:

26° here in Bilbao (spain, Basque country) :cool:

Bye !!

[gap]

Okay.. wish you to find right motivation finally :D

Thank you mate, I am sure I will one of these days :up:

You think 32° is too hot? :) too hot is 36° and higher.. :O:

26° here in Bilbao (spain, Basque country) :cool:

Bye !!

32° is not too hot. 36 and more Celsius degrees are not uncommon here in Sicily, during summer. What matters anyway is not external temperature but how well is cohibented your living place, and my home is an hoven :-?

[THE_MASK]

Its nice here :yeah: I might go for a swim this afternoon .
http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=1315&state=QLD&t=7:54:53 AM&camName=Surfers Paradise High

[Fifi]

Its nice here :yeah: I might go for a swim this afternoon .
http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=1315&state=QLD&t=7:54:53 AM&camName=Surfers Paradise High

Hey, you're on Gold Coast?...going there in 2 weeks with my family for one week rest :up:
if i recall well, we'll stay at Mari Court resort...but we are going to be frozen!
At 24° C, we are already cold here :haha:

[makman94]

very very good work Naights ,
professional level work :up:

[conus00]

Very impressive Naights! The UI might finally look like WWII sub simulator rather than some (too modern looking) nuclear submarine...
:up:

I have already been playing with the idea of changing the sidebar icons (surface, periscope depth... etc) myself. they still look too "industrial/modern" to me... If you would like some help with this, it is definitely project I would like to get involved in...

-LJ

[gap]

U-Jagd needles, full resolution:

http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/7509/qitj.png

The same, but scaled to fit the U-Jagd face texture posted @ post #1:

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3182/siby.png

I have added screwless needles as optional, as screw reflections spinning with the needles would look odd (using them, the screw should be placed directly on clock face).

For the same reason, I have not used shadowing effects on needles (shdows would be static, following needle's rotation instead of light position).

Hope you like them. Later today I will work on the day/night/weather gauge as I had suggested yesterday :)

[naights]

Very impressive Naights! The UI might finally look like WWII sub simulator rather than some (too modern looking) nuclear submarine...
:up:

I have already been playing with the idea of changing the sidebar icons (surface, periscope depth... etc) myself. they still look too "industrial/modern" to me... If you would like some help with this, it is definitely project I would like to get involved in...

-LJ

Sure Conus, if you want other icons why not to get involved? all we have different tastes, more options, much better :yep:

U-Jagd needles, full resolution:

The same, but scaled to fit the U-Jagd face texture posted @ post #1:

I have added screwless needles as optional, as screw reflections spinning with the needles would look odd (using them, the screw should be placed directly on clock face).

For the same reason, I have not used shadowing effects on needles (shdows would be static, following needle's rotation instead of light position).

Hope you like them. Later today I will work on the day/night/weather gauge as I had suggested yesterday :)

Thx Gap, better with no shadows, looks perfect.

[Delta Wolf]

This UI looks really nice, great job looking forward to this one :up:

[gap]

@ naights

Day/night indicator, to be used in place of the captain face with the horizon on the background:

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5236/s7f8.png

Likewise the clock needles posted below, the image is png format with transparent RBG channel, but if you prefer I can send you the psd file with separate layers. :up:

P.S: can anyone using MFCM Alt faces send me frontal portraits of the officers, preferably against neutral backgrounds :)

[volodya61]

Day/night indicator, to be used in place of the captain face with the horizon on the background..

Don't you think they are too cartoonish?? :hmmm:

[Fifi]

P.S: can anyone using MFCM Alt faces send me frontal portraits of the officers, preferably against neutral backgrounds :)

I will as soon as my internet gets better...have currently some trouble accessing mediafire...stay tuned:)

[gap]

Don't you think they are too cartoonish?? :hmmm:

cartoonish? :hmmm:

I have made them as close as possible to the real thing:

http://images.europeanwatch.com/images/12/12994-3.jpg

I don't know if they had such a thing aborad U-boats, but I think it is anyway better that the round backgrounds seen in stock UI and New UI's.

What do you suggest? making sun and moon in plain color, removing color shading or what else?

I will as soon as my internet gets better...have currently some trouble accessing mediafire...stay tuned:)

Thank you Fifi :)

[Fifi]

Gap, here it is : http://www.mediafire.com/download/91xnnpw07arhp5d/Officer_faces.zip

My sub interior isn't that clear...but hope it's clear enough.
The hydroman is impossible to get stand up and frontal, though, so i made 2 screens and you choose the better one (as for watch officer - with or without hat)
If not good, tell me exact requirements please :up:

[gap]

Gap, here it is : http://www.mediafire.com/download/91xnnpw07arhp5d/Officer_faces.zip

My sub interior isn't that clear...but hope it's clear enough.
The hydroman is impossible to get stand up and frontal, though, so i made 2 screens and you choose the better one (as for watch officer - with or without hat)
If not good, tell me exact requirements please :up:

Thank you Fifi, but I need for help with the identification of the officers. Some are obvious, but some others ore not :doh: :D

[Fifi]

1 watch officer
2 hydro man
3 radio man
4 chief
5 navigator
6 XO
7 bosun
8 cook
9 motor chief
10 torpedo chief
11 hydro man
12 watch officer

:up:

[naights]

Hi gap:

Gap has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space !!

Bye !!

[gap]

1 watch officer
2 hydro man
3 radio man
4 chief
5 navigator
6 XO
7 bosun
8 cook
9 motor chief
10 torpedo chief
11 hydro man
12 watch officer

:up:

Thank you very much :salute:

[Fifi]

Maybe this one is better for hydro man (finally get him frontal :haha:)
http://img15.hostingpics.net/thumbs/mini_176083Hydroman.jpg (http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=176083Hydroman.jpg)

[gap]

Another nice idea (if possible) would be replacing the practical but ugly digital clock featured by New UI, with something more appropriate like one of these clocks:

http://www.wrecksite.eu/img/wrecks/u_boote_uhr.gif http://www.ulricofengland.com/media/gbu0/prodsm/g007031-1.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l72/spellcaster69/German%20ships%20clock/20120316_095721.jpg

[Aktungbby]

cartoonish? :hmmm:

I have made them as close as possible to the real thing:

http://images.europeanwatch.com/images/12/12994-3.jpg

I don't know if they had such a thing aborad U-boats, but I think it is anyway better that the round backgrounds seen in stock UI and New UI's.

What do you suggest? making sun and moon in plain color, removing color shading or what else?



Thank you Fifi :)
As a horologist with an extensive watch collection, no one would serve aboard any vessal much less a uboat with a Jaeger Lecoultre reverso with the true 29 day moonphase complication. The watch has two dials which can be switched in the watch case, hence its name, and generally any uboat commander would invest in 4 better eels. I recently acquired and refurbished a gold 1957 Lecoultre which I am lucky to own and leave it behind mit der frou for expenses" in case the war turns against the fatherland." Good work on the dial faces though.

[gap]

As a horologist with an extensive watch collection, no one would serve aboard any vessal much less a uboat with a Jaeger Lecoultre reverso with the true 29 day moonphase complication. The watch has two dials which can be switched in the watch case, hence its name, and generally any uboat commander would invest in 4 better eels. I recently acquired and refurbished a gold 1957 Lecoultre which I am lucky to own and leave it behind mit der frou for expenses" in case the war turns against the fatherland." Good work on the dial faces though.

Do you mean that Germans didn't have a cheaper version of that watch by WWII? I remember I once "won" (it was for a promotional offer IIRC) a pocket watch with a similar feature, but it was worth just little more than the tinplate of its casing obviously :D

Anyway my day/night indicator grahics weren't meant for realism and I didn't strive to replicate any particular watch model. I conceived them just as a part of the UI, i.e. as a possible replacement for the absurd porthole open against an open sea landscape that we can see even at twenty thousand leagues under the sea. If someone else gets a better idea, he is invited to share it :up:

[iambecomelife]

Very impressive Naights! The UI might finally look like WWII sub simulator rather than some (too modern looking) nuclear submarine...
:up:

I have already been playing with the idea of changing the sidebar icons (surface, periscope depth... etc) myself. they still look too "industrial/modern" to me... If you would like some help with this, it is definitely project I would like to get involved in...

-LJ

I agree completely. One of the biggest issues I had with default SH5 was the "cold" interface, more suited to modern naval simulations - this looks like it will make the game come alive.