[Kafka BC]

Originally Posted by the_frog

Hello kafka bc!

Nice work! Some comments, suggestions:

- historically, the Clemsons emerged into the Towns by "kit bashing" -- which justifies your approach
- some of the RN and RCN Towns (including the Georgetown) were transferred to the SU in '44; consider to add them to the Russian roster
- SH3's 3inchSingle seems modelled after the 3"/45 20 cwt QF HA (= 12 pdr) but has no shield
- GWX came with nice skins for the Towns; to use them, you may set the model to accept external textures / multiple textures
- Ubisoft failed in modelling flushdeckers ...
- fitting splinter shields to objects is possible, some basic skills in 3D editing given. So, if privateer runs out of time, I could offer you some assistance, too.

the Frog

That is a very nice offer. I might take you up on that.

I knew about the transfers to the Soviet Navy and I have considered adding them to the roster.

I was not planning on making it multitexture. I like to keep my mods as lightweight, simple, and modular as I can get, in this case, having one skin only. In the majority of photos that I have seen of the Town class they sport either a "Western Approaches" scheme like the Georgetown above or an "Admiralty Distruptive" scheme, so it will have to be one or the other.

I have tried out the GWX skins and although some have possibilities, I find that most are either too "clean" or too bright for my tastes. I happen to really like the "Atlantic Workhorse" grimy look of the stock skin and I may just use that after some editing and change the skin of the USN Clemson so they won't match.

The mod is being built on a stock installation, so if I ever get it finished and people would like to use it in GWX or other Supermods, it would have to be adapted for them. As it stands now, it is already turning out to be a bigger project for my meager talents than I thought.

As for Ubisoft failing in modelling flushdeckers, that is a definite given. It looks like they consulted a 1919 volume of Jane's Fighting Ships.

Kafka BC


PS. Did you create the guns_USN.dat files in your SH4 US Cruisers Refitted mod or is it from SH4? I would really like to use the USN 21" Triple Torpedo mount, it is a waaay better and more detailed model than the one in SH3.