[WIP] I-400 American Refit Fleet Boat

[ThatZenoGuy]

V6 Released, and now the mod has a DOUBLE BARRELED FOUR INCH DECK GUN!

Which I made by ripping up the vanilla one and modifying it a little. ;D

It even has proper animations!

Hope you enjoy.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/geslahquaavofde/AACXZHso_I7nsLVZk5QVgE7Ea?dl=0

[FurphyForum]

Show us your awesome mod with some pics pls :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[ThatZenoGuy]

Show us your awesome mod with some pics pls :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

I uh, sure! I'll post some pictures.

https://imgur.com/a/0MNwzwB (Outdated images, V1 of the mod)

As I said, it's not perfect, but she works, and I'll probably work on her some more.

I just need some help with the nitty gritty bits, I'm not a 3d modeller, but I did manage to edit the model a little without trouble.

I mostly need textures done.

[FurphyForum]

I uh, sure! I'll post some pictures.

https://imgur.com/a/0MNwzwB

As I said, it's not perfect, but she works, and I'll probably work on her some more.

I just need some help with the nitty gritty bits, I'm not a 3d modeller, but I did manage to edit the model a little without trouble.

I mostly need textures done.

That, ZenoGuy, is awesome! welldone. You can only improve on it and you can never go backwards. :up:

[ThatZenoGuy]

That, ZenoGuy, is awesome! welldone. You can only improve on it and you can never go backwards. :up:

Eyup!

Although uh.

Are you able to help in any way? XD

[FurphyForum]

Sry mate, I sincerely have no knowledge on that subject.

I'm sure one of the skilled modders will pick up this thread and be able to assist you. :yeah:

[ThatZenoGuy]

Sry mate, I sincerely have no knowledge on that subject.

I'm sure one of the skilled modders will pick up this thread and be able to assist you. :yeah:


Darn!

Curious, could you please download it, and point out any issues? I'd love to have some feedback with some actual testing.

As far as I am aware of, it should have a working hitbox, periscope depth, etc.

[FurphyForum]

I'm actually in a Campaign - Battle for the Baltic / Soviet Seaways, don't think it would show up?

[ThatZenoGuy]

I'm actually in a Campaign - Battle for the Baltic / Soviet Seaways, don't think it would show up?

I uh, doubt it will there. XD

I'm planning on doing a revamp of the model, and properly learn how to texture and such, to make it look nicer. ^_^

[ThatZenoGuy]

Okay, so a productive day has resulted in a perfected texture of the I-400!

I finally learned how to unwrap/wrap, and apply the vanilla texture properly.

Now there's some drawbacks, in making the wrapping more complex (Proper shadows and such), I needed a larger texture size, so you might experience it taking a little while to load in to start, but I did not notice any performance loss at all.

The link is the same, but I'll post it again anyway.

This new version also comes with more flotilla starts (all vanilla ones).

I need to texture the rudder, propellers, and try making the rear diveplane and fore diveplanes animated (Jurying rigging the vanilla ones to them, sorry, I am not an animator!)

I would greatly appreciate any feedback and advice!

[Cybermat47]

Amy screens hits of the new I-400?

Also, does this mod change the German torpedoes to Japanese ones?

[ThatZenoGuy]

Amy screens hits of the new I-400?

Also, does this mod change the German torpedoes to Japanese ones?

This is more of a "What if America decided to refit their captured I-400's which they captured in 1941 for some reason" mod, it adds the I-400 on the US side. Sorry!

I could easily make a variant for the Germans.

It does not change any vanilla torpedo.

I'll post some screenshots in a sec!

[ThatZenoGuy]

https://imgur.com/a/bAEPr7S

The I-400 (Refit) Class, as of V3 of my mod!

[ThatZenoGuy]

I just realised my damned download link doesn't even have the god damned Submarine folder in it.

Sorry! I'll fix it ASAP!

[ThatZenoGuy]

V3.1 released! Download link in the top post.

Fixed the missing files (Oops), and removed the rear and forward diveplanes, they will be added back in the next version with some other goodies!

[ThatZenoGuy]

V3.2, now with rear diveplane animation! (Copied from Balao Class) Also some fixes to make it less 'shiny', due to specular maps and such being off. (As far as I can tell, the I400 is pretty much made of one material, vanilla ships have wood, metal, etc).

[ThatZenoGuy]

V4 finally out! V4 being a 'now complete animations for fore and aft planes' update!

Link will be on the front page as usual!

I wish you guys would talk a bit more! But ahh well. I hope someone enjoys it!

Current "To do" list is...Sparse...It's literally a fully animated and working submarine now...

I really suck at ADDING to a model significantly, so I am afraid I cannot add working tubes. ;(

I could always try, but...I dunno...

I guess next update V5 will be a significant change to the UPC file, to increase crew, inner workings, etc.

[ThatZenoGuy]

V5 Released.

Unit speeds, displacement, and range updated to historical I-400 specs.

Engine and rear torpedo room now has more crew members.

Torpedo loadouts differ in different years now.

[ThatZenoGuy]

Decided to kitbash a double barrel 4 inch gun for use with it, as I feel 2 deck guns just isn't enough. >;D

[ThatZenoGuy]

V6 Released, and now the mod has a DOUBLE BARRELED FOUR INCH DECK GUN!

Which I made by ripping up the vanilla one and modifying it a little. ;D

It even has proper animations!

Hope you enjoy.

Feel free to rip out anything I make and add it to your own mod if you'd like too. I'll post some pics of the double barreled gun in a bit!

[ThatZenoGuy]

https://imgur.com/a/G5qnWmi

Here we are! A couple pics.

Just note you mayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy get a crash on occasion, there's nothing I can really do about it. I'd suggest ensuring the game can use as much memory as possible.

And don't try to use it with time sped up.

[ThatZenoGuy]

;( I'd appreciate it if I had some form of feedback, but ahh well...

I guess the forum isn't particularly huge...

[ThatZenoGuy]

Ooooooooooookay so somehow I messed up, BUT where there's failure there's knowledge!

I will be revamping this from the beginning, the link in the first page sadly is a broken mod.

[burntham113]

Hello!

Did you ever get this to work? I'm dying to play the I-400 under a fictional "captured by USA" type of situation.

[Aktungbby]

burntham113!:Kaleun_Salute:after a long silent run.:salute:

[burntham113]

burntham113!:Kaleun_Salute:after a long silent run.:salute:

Thanks :)