SH3/4 ships for SH5
 

Ok so I was bored this Friday night. I made a revised 'tool' to help some people :03: and then I was looking for something else to do. Ealier I figured out how to change skins on the SH5 ships and that got me thinking, why can't we use SH3/4 ships? In about 5 mins I whipped this up:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=2979

Yes, that is the PT Elco boat from SH3! It's missing a lightmap and crew and can't cast shadows but it is a fully working ship from SH3 in SH5. The guns are missing also but that's because I didn't 'move' them over from SH3 into SH5. I was just looking to see if it would even work. Now that I know it works I'll have to dig into this deeper :D

sounds like a GIANT merchant ship mod may be in the works.

YAY:D

It can be done as I showed awhile back.
:03:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=170937

it's VERY possible. Lots of work but definitely possible. Many things have to be verified like zone files, the .dsd file, etc. but that's just a time thing. The 'core' ship works and that's the most important thing.

sure can! Now the most time consuming thing is going to be validating the .dsd file, the .zon file, and the .eqp file. I see many things needing import from SH3 into SH5 for most of these ships to render correctly (lights, guns, etc.)

Guns from the GR2 files work if the eqp is updated.
But they have no one manning them?
:haha:

I've never seen a Gun crew on a Merchant or Warship!
Has anyone?
Any screenshots?
:hmmm:

I've noticed that also. That's why I'm thinking of importing the guns and animations from SH3 and seeing what happens.

in SH5 right?, i haven't either, just had a run in with 4 DD's no one manning the guns, same for a armed merchant i came across 2 days ago:nope:

just to ensure that the PT Elco boat wasn't just a fluke thing I picked a nice big juicy ship from SH3 - the LST. Here is the SH3 LST, the SH3 PT Elco and the SH5 VIIA:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=2980

cool. WEPS properly identified the LST and it appears in the rec manual (although I have it classed wrong but that's an easy fix):
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/pict...pictureid=2981

Hi, im new around here, but thanks TDW for your effords in here... and like Wolfling says: YAY :D

very important projekt, born of boredom :D

long live the Merchant Fleet :yeah:

When using goblin editor what is the ''save as granny ids'' .

Thank you guys !
WOW :yeah: its getting better and better

Greets
Turtle

I can feel something great coming to SH5 here guys, hope you have the time to continue it.
I have memories of the large merchant mod in SH3 that went on and on and on and on.....!

:yeah: