Type XXI Skins?

[LukeFF]

I don't think Fubar ever released a type XXI skin to go along with his superb II, IX, and VII skins. Are there any good ones out there? If not, might someone be up to the challenge of this?

[Marhkimov]

Search for the ones made by Type941. It was the all black skins.

Check the sticky mod thread.

[Ducimus]

Theres only two that i know of.

- type 941's modern type 21 skin
- U-2540

Personnaly i didn't like either of them very much. The modern skin just looks too modern for my taste (looks like a russian attack sub, probably the intent), and the other one just doesnt quite get close to Fubar's. Still has a rough texture feel to it where as fubars acutaly looks like steel.

Other than those two, there are no type21 skins that im aware of.

[LukeFF]

Theres only two that i know of.

- type 941's modern type 21 skin
- U-2540

Personnaly i didn't like either of them very much. The modern skin just looks too modern for my taste (looks like a russian attack sub, probably the intent), and the other one just doesnt quite get close to Fubar's. Still has a rough texture feel to it where as fubars acutaly looks like steel.

Other than those two, there are no type21 skins that im aware of.

Right, I knew about Type941's skins. Something along the lines of U-2540's paint scheme or this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v258/LukeFF/U-2540-TypeXXIModel.jpg

[fubar]

Hi all

I'm in the process of working on this skin but I'm trying to find the
snorkel tga file does anyone know what dat file its inside.
Here's afew pics
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5643/top8pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6563/mid2gp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Ducimus]

WOW, up to his usual high quality standards no less!


As for the snorkel, if i were to guess, i would guess its inside the coning tower files., and unfortunatly its the one conning tower that isnt declaried with named files like the rest of the conning towers. :(

So that is defniatly a good question.

[LukeFF]

Woohoo! Good to see you back, Fubar! That skin is looking really good!

[Kriechbaum]

Fubar , where can i find ALL your modified skins for Uboots?

It s not so easy to find them.

Thx

[CWorth]

Get them here....

http://mpgtext.net/u-boot/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

[Marhkimov]

Snorkel is in sensors.dat?

[Ducimus]

Snorkel is in sensors.dat?

Thats a good guess.

What im wondering is where are the XXI's conning towers data iis being stored?

If fubar releases this skin i might give up on doing a campagin in a VII/42 and go for the XXI again and see if i can get past KapitanLt in rank and score massive tonnage.

At any rate ive discovered what i did wrong and got the XXI to work from 42-45 (i wont play any game before 12Dec41 .. boooorrriinnnnnggg).

Only thing i cant figure out now is the 0 patrol grid "bug". Theres something about the 11th flotilla and 1943 that is "magical" in this reguard. Gonna need to vivisect that entry in the floatilla.cfg to see whats different about it.


BTW, you try that XXI recharge fix yet? Hows it working for ya?

[Marhkimov]

BTW, you try that XXI recharge fix yet? Hows it working for ya?
I need to try it more in detail...


I went into the "XXI" single mission, but CB's crazy destroyers wouldn't get off my tail... And I was too tired to lose them, so I went to bed.

[Mast]

Fubar...outstanding work as usual! :up:

Does anybody know if that large Type XXI model's camo is based off a real XXI? Would be interesting.

Mast

[Kpt. Lehmann]

WOW FUBAR IS AT IT AGAIN!!! :rock: :rock: :rock:

I love your stuff man. :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

[Crop-Duster]

Wow Fubar!

I just downloaded your Type VIIB camo skin :|\

Outstanding!! :up:

[Mast]

Come to think of it. Seems that the makers really didn't care for the Type XXI with all the problems/incorrect equipment. Ie. - batteries don't fully charge, radar warning gear problems, and so on. Is there more? :-?

Mast

[Ducimus]

bat recharge and snorkel mast were the only bugs im aware of.

Bat recharge we can (and have) fix. Snorkel mast requires a schitt hot 3d modeler i think.

Only other thing i can thnk of is the dive planes not rigging out. But i suspect this is purely an asthetic issue, i seriously doubt the game is modled to such detail that it will differentiate between bow planes being rigged out or not.

[Mast]

Thanks Ducimus. :up:

Been debating if I want to try my hand at skinning some camo jobs on some of the U-boots. I have an old version of photoshop. Is there a website with some tips on making skins?

Mast

[Sturm]

Only other thing i can thnk of is the dive planes not rigging out. But i suspect this is purely an asthetic issue, i seriously doubt the game is modled to such detail that it will differentiate between bow planes being rigged out or not.

You mean this?
http://koti.mbnet.fi/sh3/images/xxi_dp1.jpg
http://koti.mbnet.fi/sh3/images/xxi_dp2.jpg
http://koti.mbnet.fi/sh3/images/xxi_dp3.jpg

@ Fubar
http://koti.mbnet.fi/sh3/images/xxi_snorkel.jpg

conning_stuff.tga

[Mast]

The dive planes work for me. They're folded/not in use on the surface but the minute I give the order to dive, they come out just like in Sturm's pictures.

Mast

[Kriechbaum]

thx CWorth for the link.

The download section was dead.But it looks ok now

[Mast]

Thanks Sturm for the conning tower picture, I'm sure fubar will contact you soon.

Grabbing "Ubootwaffe, Marine - Kleinkampfverbünde" by Waldemar Trojca. Going to check out some of the color profiles.

Mast

[fubar]

Thanks for the info on the snorkel file guys
I,ve done the XXI skin but I need somewhere to upload it as
the Uboat.Realsimulation.com site doesn't seem to be getting
updated, any ideas?

[Marhkimov]

Have you ever tried filefront?

You need an account, but if you don't want to deal with that, you could rapidshare the XXI skin to me and I'll host it on my filefront account.

[Ducimus]

. Is there a website with some tips on making skins?

Mast

Not to my knowledge but this should get you started:
http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=47658


The dive planes work for me. They're folded/not in use on the surface but the minute I give the order to dive, they come out just like in Sturm's pictures.

Mast


Bow planes get stuck in retracted position in campaign when you save the game while submerged, and reload the campaign later on. Not always, but often enough .

[Mast]

Thanks Ducimus for the info on your post.

Mast

[fubar]

Thanks Marhkimov I've uploaded the XXI skin at filefront heres the
link
files.filefront.com/FUBARS_XXIrar/;4664583;;/fileinfo.html

[Ducimus]

Thanks Marhkimov I've uploaded the XXI skin at filefront heres the
link
files.filefront.com/FUBARS_XXIrar/;4664583;;/fileinfo.html

Oh damn, i might have to try an XXI career for once :rotfl:

[Mast]

Downloading now! Thanks fubar!! :up:

Mast

[Mast]

Ok fubar...here's a request for two skins (when you get the time). Checkout this 1/72 scale U-boat type VIIC. http://hsfeatures.com/features04/u552cw_1.htm
The work this guy does is amazing. These are the colors he used: "The decks of the hull and conning tower were painted with a mix of 60% Tamiya XF-24 Dark Grey and 40% XF-64 Red Brown. The conning tower and hull sides were painted with a 50/50 mix of Gunze H324 Flat Light Grey and Tamiya Gloss White. Unusually for Gunze acrylics, the light grey was genuinely flat, and in fact the Gloss White did not effect the flat final finish."

You think you could do a type VIIC with this scheme? and/or another Type XXI with that same color, like the large model XXI in an earlier post? That would be awesome.

Mast

[fubar]

Hi Mast

I'l give the type VIIC a try but there will be problems with adding
so much detail because theres a texture repeat issue with these
files I'l keep you posted.

[Crop-Duster]

hey Fubar have a look at the cammo in the close-up shots of this type VII/C-41

http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/artikel.php?id=1689

Think you can do those fine sqiggles?

[Kpt. Lehmann]

THANKS FUBAR!!!

YOU ROCK!!! :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

Now I can only imagine what you can do with ship skins.

I don't suppose.... that you'd re-texture EVERYTHING would ya?

(A modder's work is never done lol)

Seriously though... Sincere thanks for all you have done and for finishing the collection.

Long live FUBAR!!!

:up: :up: :up:

Three thumbs up!

[Mast]

Thank you very much fubar.
there will be problems with adding
so much detail because theres a texture repeat issue with these
files
I was more interested in the lighter color grey/white on the conning tower and upper hull sides than all the detail but will wait to see your outstanding work. Thanks again!

Mast

[LukeFF]

Fubar, the XXI skin is great!

That camo pattern Crop-Duster linked to would look very cool. ;) Might you give it a try?

[Average Joe]

Ditto...! Thanks Fubar for releasing the XXI skin. Very nice. :|\

File-size is smaller than most of your other hi-res sub-paints, and it seems the XXI uses less frame-rate than other paints (I dunno maybe not?).

[Sturm]

Great work Fubar. :up: Now I have full collection of your skins and not going to change them before you make better ones (if that's even possible anymore :|\ ). :rock:

[Ducimus]

I hope he makes some IX camo that was mentioned in the "sub skinning for dummies" thread, but with the recent rash of requests he's gotton im gonna leave it alone . I love his med camo on an VII boat, and have been using his med camo for the IX boat, but it doesnt have quite the same flare.

[Marhkimov]

We don't have quite the amount of skinners as some other simulators do. Combat Flight Simulator has plenty of skinners, and so does IL2 Sturmovik.

But hey, at least we have one SUPER skinner! :D :up:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

We don't have quite the amount of skinners as some other simulators do. Combat Flight Simulator has plenty of skinners, and so does IL2 Sturmovik.

But hey, at least we have one SUPER skinner! :D :up:

I'll drink (my coffee) to that! :yep: :yep: :yep:

[pierreandre]

Great work Thank you! :rock:

[Hartmann]

I hope he makes some IX camo that was mentioned in the "sub skinning for dummies" thread, but with the recent rash of requests he's gotton im gonna leave it alone . I love his med camo on an VII boat, and have been using his med camo for the IX boat, but it doesnt have quite the same flare.

No you aren´t alone :roll: :oops: :oops:

I love this skin too

I hope that somebody made this skin some day

the med camo is a great job, but the stripped pattern looks especial for a ix or Vii in the atlantic. :yep: