AI boats mod v2.0

[sergbuto]

Now with some crew on the conning tower. Available for download on my site.

[Gizzmoe]

:o

Cool, thanks!!!!!!

[Captain America]

Now with some crew on the conning tower. Available for download on my site.

wow....good stuff. :up:

[Rubini]

Great Sergei!

I will add they in the Harbour Traffic mod, ok? :up:

Rubini.

[Woof1701]

Great Sergei!

I will add they in the Harbour Traffic mod, ok? :up:

Rubini.

Definitely ok with me. :)

[Oldgold]

When you get report of a convoy will AI boats appear sometimes? Do the AI boats follow random patrol routes? Thanks for the cool mod.

[Commander1980]

nice work, indeed! :)

When you get report of a convoy will AI boats appear sometimes? Do the AI boats follow random patrol routes? Thanks for the cool mod.

To let them cruising, you have to place them with the mission editor in the campaign_scr.mis and/or campaign_rnd.mis.

[sergbuto]

Great Sergei!

I will add they in the Harbour Traffic mod, ok? :up:

Rubini.

It is a static crew on the conning tower which is quite good solution for the harbor traffic, in particular. For the combat situation, one would also want to have crew for the deck and AA guns.

[Commander1980]

It is a static crew on the conning tower which is quite good solution for the harbor traffic, in particular. For the combat situation, one would also want to have crew for the deck and AA guns.

What about using the "20mmGBDouble" or "20mmGBSingle" guns with crew already included? For the deck gun, maybe the 3InchSingle, but - hmmm - with that gun, they would also fire at aircraft :roll:

[sergbuto]

When you get report of a convoy will AI boats appear sometimes? .

As anything else, they would need to be scripted in RND or SCR layers for that.

Do the AI boats follow random patrol routes?

As any AI ship, they will follow defined waypoints. There seems to be no travelling degree of freedom for AI ships in SH3 except when DDs are hunting a sub.

[sergbuto]

It is a static crew on the conning tower which is quite good solution for the harbor traffic, in particular. For the combat situation, one would also want to have crew for the deck and AA guns.

What about using the "20mmGBDouble" or "20mmGBSingle" guns with crew already included? For the deck gun, maybe the 3InchSingle, but - hmmm - with that gun, they would also fire at aircraft :roll:

Yes, I thought about it but did not have time to test that yet. Unfortunately, there are no other guns available in SH3 which look like 88mm deck gun of U-boats.

[Duke of Earl]

This will certainly add more chrome to the Harbor Traffic mod... thnx Serg... :up:

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

[Hartmann]

When you get report of a convoy will AI boats appear sometimes? Do the AI boats follow random patrol routes? Thanks for the cool mod.

this could be nice because could simulate wolfpacks,

doing a radio repport and after that appears some subs attaking the convoy...

i don´t know if this could be done without the sdk pack

[Syxx_Killer]

Would it be possible to take some screenshots? When I gets things back to normal with my comp, I really look forward to using this with the harbor traffic mod.

[sergbuto]

doing a radio repport and after that appears some subs attaking the convoy...

i don´t know if this could be done without the sdk pack

Nobody has experimented with Airbases spawning ships yet. Maybe, it is possible to get it work.

[Duke of Earl]

@Serg... some feedback... the new AI subs w/crew look great in the Harbor mod... just one minor flaw... the bow wave on the AI Type VIIC/41 is a little bit messed up... but, the bow wave on the AI Type IIB looks great...

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

[Scire]

My AI subs crew seems wearing a strange uniform with a kind of lifejacket......... :o
By the way all working at the top with no ctd!!

Screenshot coming soon! :hmm:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

RUBINI FOR ADMIRAL!!!!! :rock: :rock: :rock:

Man... he just keeps on cranking out GREAT stuff.

Thanks again Rubini.

[stljeffbb1]

Hello sergbuto....thank you VERY MUCH for this mod...I'm looking forward to it! I was talking with some of the other people over at the SH3 boards, and some said that this, your creation, wasn't possible....

I now wonder, will you be adding AI to any more subs? Did you basically paste a sub skin on a pre-existing ship like a Flower Corvette, or did you basically do it from scratch?

I read the entire cloning object thread, and I'm interested in learning more....I don't know all that much about hex id editing, but I'm a fast learner!

Thanks for any input!

:D

-Jeff

[sergbuto]

@Serg... some feedback... the new AI subs w/crew look great in the Harbor mod... just one minor flaw... the bow wave on the AI Type VIIC/41 is a little bit messed up... but, the bow wave on the AI Type IIB looks great...

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

Thanks. I'll take a look at that. Probably I have mixed up versions again. Too many on my computer.

[sergbuto]

My AI subs crew seems wearing a strange uniform with a kind of lifejacket......... :o

They are prepared for a suddenly coming tsunami. :D

Seriously, you can always change the corresponding texture if you do not like them. I just used the stock texture plate. The texture is embedded in the conning tower file.

[sergbuto]

I now wonder, will you be adding AI to any more subs?

Quite likely. At least thinking about that.


Did you basically paste a sub skin on a pre-existing ship like a Flower Corvette, or did you basically do it from scratch?


They were stock skins. But texture plates are independent on those for player subs and one can always repaint AI boats separately.

[Commander1980]

What changes to the dat files, excluding the textures, have you done, to make the independant new ships working? Did you use Orzels hex-string editing?

[sergbuto]

What changes to the dat files, excluding the textures, have you done, to make the independant new ships working? Did you use Orzels hex-string editing?

What do you mean by Orzels hex-string editing? As far as I know Orzel have asked me in the past how to clone the model and I am not aware of any other method than changing object's binary IDs to make them unique.

[Commander1980]

yes, i meant that method of cloning (as explained in his thread), "hex-string editing" is the wrong term ;) Puuuhh, that is a lot of work, when doing this to Southampton for making an unique Karlsruhe.... :roll: :)

[Kpt. Lehmann]

sergbuto for admiral! :rock: :rock: :rock:

I wish I could do more than just cheer-lead for you guys.
Seriously, thank you for what you are doing. It is things like these that add LIFE to SH3.

Never stop!

[jasonb885]

Will it engage ships with the deck gun?

:hmm:

[Commander1980]

they also engage aircrafts with the deckgun :o ;)

[sergbuto]

Will it engage ships with the deck gun?

:hmm:

Yes. You can take a look here at the pics of the night AI U-boat attack:
http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=38795&highlight=

Since the deck gun, firing by itself without crew, looks a bit odd, I have also tested the usage of the SH3 3-inch gun and 20mm AA-gun to get them manned, thanks to reminder by Commander1980. Below is a screenie

http://usx218.fysik.uu.se/users/Sergei/files/AI_Uboat05.jpg

[sergbuto]

they also engage aircrafts with the deckgun :o ;)

Why not? I've heard about the case when the aircraft was shut down by the U-boat's deck gun.

[Commander1980]

yes, i read it on uboat.net. I tried my luck in the game, but i never scored a hit ;)

[cunnutazzo]

I installed your mod but I didn't see any AI sub :roll:
I'm on Mediterranean starting from La Spezia.

[Rubini]

cunnutazzo wrote:

I installed your mod but I didn't see any AI sub
I'm on Mediterranean starting from La Spezia

You need to place them on your SCR file or use the Harbour Traffic mod. ;)


Rubini.

[Rubini]

Sergei,

Do you already fix that small bug in the bow wave on the AI Type VIIC/41?

Rubini.

[sergbuto]

The bow wave for Type VIIC/41 has been fixed. The download file has been updated.

[Rubini]

Thanks, download now! :up:


Rubini.

[What A?]

Hmm...Sounds very interesting. Any way to make British and American subs? Who will attack you and German ships?