It must be my deodorant (or lack of it) 😝

...or my bad sense of humor :rotfl2:

I have news about night-triggered halo effects btw, and they are not good.
The ones who have read my previous posts, might remember that I suspected the existence of an hidden flag in the material controller, used for switching between two possible opacity sorting methods: "alpha test" (i.e. either fully opaque or fully transparent) or "alpha blend" (for shaded opacity masks). My hope was that, if I found this flag in SHIII materials, I could look for a similar offset in the texture map controller that must be used in conjunction with the CityLights controller, and I could set it to 'true' for enabling shaded night halo effects at night (and only at anight).
In short, what I have discovered is that there is not such a flag. The material chunk used for translucent objects in SHIII, is separate -though similar- from the regular material chunk. Differerences between the two types of material involve 7 offsets, but I coulnd't find the same sequence nowhere in the texture map material that I wanted to tweak.

https://i.imgur.com/FpXbkO5.jpg

That means no shaded light halos switching on only at nights and no lighthouse flares looking shinier at night than during the day, unless we find a way to use the city lights controller without 'texture map' materials :hmmm:

So, another argument to not use any halo for sectorial lighthouses (like La Vieille) ! :O:

@ VonDos : Could you paint all the rails in white, instead of black, please ? :)

@ gap : I'm waiting for the working lanterns in order to use the node for the portholes i'm going to add to the hull ! BTW, could you create a correct 3D porthole for me, with the light texture I have shown you a few posts before ? (you can find this texture on a transparent background in the .dat file of an enlighted ship of GWX 3.0)

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=109

Easy.
I'm sending you an up-to-date version with improved funnels, reworked lifeboats (there was a bug), repainted rails and with some details repositioned:

https://image.ibb.co/nMv1Y6/SH3_Img_...0_48_1_714.jpg

Note: in wartime gray version, rails will appear gray.
Best regards,
Vd

Hi guys, sorry for the late replies, but RL came into the way :salute:

I have created a simple new model for the sidelights, and I am planning to do the same for masthead and stern lights.
The new sidelights look nice; I have set their minimum rendering dimension to 1 pixel but indeed, without a halo effect, they are hardly visible from a distance.
Today I will make one last attempt at fixing the night-triggered halos. If it wont work, I will scrap them and send you the working lights without halo.

Okay, no problem :up:

Got it :up:

:up:

What do you mean ?

I hope you will succeed !

I have a strange problem : the first funnel is more enlighted, even if the 3D models are the same for each funnel, and light nodes are at the same height compared to the full ... :k_confused:

https://i.imgur.com/Wt2gMbN.png

Hi!
Did you modify materials with different emissions?
Or isn't this Aldo related with tested lights maybe?

@VonDos : I'm going to send you my files by PM. Can you apply your last modifications (white rails, corrected bug, improved funnels ....) to my one files please ?

Hi mate!
I'm sending you a PM.
I've replaced funnels 1 and 2, with updated two, but strange effect is here again.
Could be possible to use a white light instead red\orange on funnels?

Best regards,
Vd

Yes, I agree with you ! What do you think about these (non completly) white lights ? Now, it will be perfect with enlighted portholes !

https://i.imgur.com/FdVexkb.png

Really nice mate!!
Are you repositioning all portholes according to your map? :-)

Best regards,
Vd

I will start this as soon as Gap has sent me the new porthole model I've asked him to create (and he kindly accepted). Then, I will add a dozen of them to the hull, and see if the light is switched on during the night ! :)

@ Gap : if you need the GWX texture with enlighted portholes :

https://i.imgur.com/9GBu6Ue.png

Sorry for the long waiting time guys, I have been busy with other stuff. I hope to upload something related to this mod within the next few days :roll:

Nice light effect on the funnels Kendras, how did you achieve it? :up:

Roger that :up:

Got them, thanks :salute:

Hi mates!

Any news?

While waiting, i'm starting to think about Gray Ghost version:

http://chriscunard.com/wp-content/uploads/qm_home.jpg

Most noticeable modifications includes:
- More lifeboats and rats
- A radar on a turret in front of first funnel
- Degaussing coil running around the outer hull
- Tons of platforms and guns (most of them A\A)

https://image.ibb.co/k2qoCm/qm_home.jpg

Best regards,
Vd

Playing a little with lights at night:

https://image.ibb.co/gG0Gsm/SH3_Img_..._30_47_391.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/gPUWQ6/SH3_Img_..._30_15_513.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/c5Ey56/SH3_Img_..._29_16_138.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/hV5hXm/SH3_Img_..._28_52_505.jpg

Best regards,
Vd

Looking good :cool:

Thanks a lot mate!!

Voilà some news related with "after 1940 Sydney's conversion" timeline:

https://image.ibb.co/k2qoCm/qm_home.jpg

https://image.ibb.co/cYVFub/SH3_Img_..._31_21_206.png

https://image.ibb.co/f5RzLG/SH3_Img_..._32_46_789.png

Does anyone know what kind of guns\searchlights\sensors were fitted on QM, and where exactly those weapons were please?

Best regards,
Vd