Officer Icon Mod v1.2 -Final
 

The default officer icon images annoyed me because no matter which crew member you place in there it always displays the same generic portrait. It would have been cool if the portraits actually updated to match the crew member like the 3D models do.

I changed the officer icons to images that portray the station of each officer rather than their portraits. I think its more practical this way and it blends it nice with the existing layout. The icons are modified screenshots from the uboat's interior.

Now Several different options are available:
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2 sets of officer icon backgrounds (OfficerA.tga):
- Semi-Transparent
- Standard
Both sets offer 3 additional options:
- Without Labels
- With English Labels
- With German Labels
Also provided 2 versions of the texture that is used when a station is unoccupied (OfficerB.tga):
- No image (fully transparent)
- A semi-transparent black outline


http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2356/iconmod3td.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3823/screenshot5ts.jpg

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/445...enshot29ja.jpg

You can download it here.

-Captain America

Thats as close to perfect as makes no difference. Thanks Captain America, thats a keeper

hello Captain America
it looks very nice und works just great :up: thanks alot

Captain America, I like it.

KptnLt. Eric,
http://www.dot-whatever.com/U-Boat/page/main.html is a cool link. I wish I knew how to do this kind of stuff but alas, I fear I am too old. Where are you in Ireland? I just spent several weeks in Mullingar and loved it.

Thanks for nice comments. ;)

I just uploaded a newer version. I added an alpha channel to OfficerB.tga. Now if an officer station is unmanned no texture will be displayed rather than the original black outline. Credit goes to Vanagan.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/133/ss29wd.jpg

-Captain America

hello again
good improvement, the looking is now nicer then before, thanks again.

Nice addition, thank you :up: :up: :up: :up:

Good! Stuff!

I've updated the mod one last time....I didn't like not having the empty black boxes when a station was unoccupied because I like to right click on icons even when an officer is not there to quickly jump to that position. So I added an optional file that adds the black boxes again but this time the texture is transparent so it doesn't stand out as much.

Well done, clever solution to those not so wonderful Character Renders. :)

sweet mod!

Very nice mod Captain! :|\ I'm trying the set without labels, the graphics are easy to interpret.

Btw your original post also shows a gun-metal color Observation periscope lens-ring, instead of the default 'black' color. I tried to find a periscope mod just like that, but no luck. Do you happen to remember the name of the mod, or where it was downloaded?

Very nice work on those icons..Definately alot better than the stock faces. :up:

Make that two of us that would like to know what the name of that periscope ring mod is.

Just wanted to say that I've used your officer icon mod for a few days now, and I'm not going back. Thanks!

Oh, and I'm curious about the observation scope as well. It also looks like it's a bit lighter than the standard scope (judging from the lens 'rings'), or am I seeing things?

I know that the observation scope is supposed to be better than the attack scope in low light, but as far as I've understood this is not the case in defualt SH3? A fix for this would be great. Then I might even start using the observation scope from time to time.

Looks great, I'll be using this!

Fantastic, I was looking for this type stuff for long times.
Thanks Captain America!

That little bit of info I would love to know as well, that gun-metal ring around the scope looks great :up:

I like this one a bunch.... Officer faces never did match anyhow.. the transparent effect blends with the other transparent console mods that I use.. a keeper 4sure... :up:

Cordialement, Duke of Earl

Thanks again for all the nice comments; I'm glad people are enjoying it :)

The obs periscope you see in the screenshot is a part of a custom mod I made for myself from Redwine's 'Precision Periscope Mod'. :up: Its pretty cool because this allows a separate texture to be used for the obs periscope so now you feel like you are actually using 2 different scopes. Also, a rig for red mask is added to the uzo at night as well as a more precise bearing indicator. Its listed in the mod list sticky in this forum and I believe its also @ Terrapins site. The only thing is I think it is updated only to sh3 1.3 status. However, with a good amount of editing the menu_1024_768.ini file you can transfer it over to a newer version.

In my version I removed the pin-up girl image; They looked very nice but my uboat already has 2 scopes....a third one would be a crowd. :-j
I tried to give it that “lens� effect by making the inner ring transparent as well as various other changes. I also added my own rid for red masks for the attack scope, obs scope and uzo.

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3918/redobs15mq.th.jpg

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8373/redper17om.th.jpg

http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1614/reduzo11ie.th.jpg

Looks good. :up:

Can you upload it?