Is there an easy way to create and attach an emblem of my own to the boat with no special software or at least any i have to pay for, and study a course in college to complete?
I quite fancy seeing a little piece of my imagination slapped on the side of my boat!

Thanks

Yes it is.

1) Desable the mod ,, a fistfull of emblems''

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

3) go to C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\A Fistful of Emblems v1.51\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

Pick a name of a dds file from this location (ex. 1st-Flotilla.dds)

4) rename your dds file that you just converted from your picture with this name

5)copy

6) go again at the same location C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\MODS\A Fistful of Emblems v1.51\Data\Textures\TNormal\tex

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

8)enable the mod

9) enjoy in game your new emblem:up:

Best regards!:salute:

Gee, that sounds easier than expected...alas i need some more detail on the following:

2) Take a picture that you like and convert that in a dds file (with the exact size of 85.5 KB

How do i convert a picture to a dds file? and how do i ensure the size of 85.5KB?

7) overwritte the file 1st-Flotilla.dds

Lets say i have my new dds file on my desktop, i go to where the original 1st-Flotilla.dds file is (for instance) and overwrite it?? do you mean remove it and replace with my file??

Thanks for your help, i can feel no end of fun watching my U-boat cruise the Atlantic with a huge butt slapped across the conning tower!

http://www.getpaint.net/
download this,open image, save as dds...I don't know about the size. Does it really matter?

Yes it does!:yep:

:yeah:Good lock!:yeah:

Hi !

Step 4 - 7 is not necessary, please read "in red" above from the "ReadMe" on Page #1 !!! :03:

Best regards,
Magic

Hi mate,

I tryed just to add my new emblems to the mod but it did not worked - maybe i have made something wrong - or maybe i must to modify an extra file before enabling the mod:hmmm:- this is the only way that i managed to make things working.

Best regards!:salute:

Hi mate !

That means, that the .dds File from your own emblem must named in:

custom.dds

and then copy to \Data\Textures\TNormal\tex and after this you can choose it at last in the emblem list when you beeing in port !

And note: No other MOD don´t overwrite the two Files that comes with this MOD: Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\equipment.upc and Data\UPCDataGE\UPCUnitsData\UpgradePacks.upc !!!!!!!

Best regards,
Magic:salute:

Ok magic1111,

Now i see. That is the part that i did not know.

Thanks!

Best regards!:salute:

the embles show only in the front of conning tower ?

Depend of the type of your Uboat i think. It can be on a side also!

Salute!

Thanks guy's

I'll have a crack at this soon!!

Guys, im having some problems here!

I downloaded a painting from the net and opened it up in Paint.net. i downsized it to 84.4kb this was as close to 85.5kb as it would scale and made a few design adjustments.

Im totally happy with the job and converted it into a DDS. file. I then dropped it into Ubi/sh5/MODS/A fistfull of emblemsv1.51 / data/tex/Tnormal/tex.

It now sits below the "Custom.dds" file.

Yet i am now back at base and i does not appear in any of the emblem list???


Where have i gone wrong
Thanks

Edit: i've noticed something else...all the other dds emblems show to be 85.4kb yet mine is showing as 10.8kb?? this is strange as when i downsized it in paint.net "resize" it showed it as 84.4kb??

Im clearly needing some guidence here!!

I have not a clue where you are doing the mistake - the size must to be 84.4 kb after you save (and you must see this size all over the places where you move the dds:D)

How many emblems do you want? if not so many - upload the jpegs and i will upload after the dds files for you (i think when you resize you must choose 256x256)

Salute!:salute: