[WIP] Diesel room interior

flakmonkey · 01-18-10, 03:28 AM

Since this mod is coming along nicely and has progressed past the idea stage i thought it deserved a proper work-in-progress thread to keep things nice and organised. (original thread-http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159856)

At this point the whole diesel room is up and running in game with no problems, although im still tweaking here and there with textures and lightmaps.

　
Stuff to do:
1. Add animations to engine parts
2. Fix engine telegraph so it works
3. Animate crew (basic idle animations, nothing fancy!) - the crew will not represent those shown in the crew management screen, 8 people in this small space looks stupid!
4. Id like to add a louder diesel engine sound to the room too.
5. Add fixed camera positions and clickspots (fore/aft cams etc)
6. Add a key command (shift+e perhaps) to jump to the diesel room, there is no open hatch since the compartments between the control room and diesel room are not yet modelled and it would look silly to go from the control rooms round aft hatch to the diesel rooms rectangular doorway. (+you can still fly through the rear wall should you choose)
7. Optimize optimize optimize, right now all the textures/lightmaps are 1024*1024 maps, quite a few just dont need to be, i can probably reduce 75% of them to 512*512 and a few to 256*256 or smaller, i`ll keep the detail where its needed though. Apart from the dat file being a little on the large side and an extra 20seconds load time there has been no noticable side effect in terms of framerate, i still get the same fps i did before enabling the mod, which is good since my vid card is rubbish!
8. Im still looking at alternatives to adding this to the control room dat since that is already the biggest dat file in the game and i have no wish to bloat it needlessley! It should be equally possible to add it to the conning tower dat file which is a tiny little thing in comparrison to NSS_Uboat7_CR.dat.
9. If theres anything you really really want to see added to the diesel room or theres anything you see in the screenshots that you absolutely hate, tell me now while it can still be changed!

Issues so far:
Well theres the fog issue. Because the diesel room is an extension of the control room model im stuck with the control room`s fog values which looks great in the control room but i think its a little too dense for the diesel room. Now i can use the fog render controller to just switch the fog off completely for the diesel room meshes but that just doesnt look right either, i dont think there is a happy medium with this one, but hey its personal taste, maybe you like your engine rooms foggy!

Red light:
Now i like the red lighting, i think it looks great but i know that the diesel room would never switch to red light in reality since there was no need for the engine room crew to preserve their night vision. But again because this is parented to the control room you will get the switch to red at dusk wether you like it or not.

　
　
I took about a million screenshots so i`ll only post a couple fullsize, these are all in game, from a single mission with a VIIc.

Reece · 01-18-10, 04:00 AM

I knew this was coming!!

Excellent .... can't wait for this mod!!

Quote:

Well theres the fog issue. Because the diesel room is an extension of the control room model im stuck with the control room`s fog values which looks great in the control room but i think its a little too dense for the diesel room. Now i can use the fog render controller to just switch the fog off completely for the diesel room meshes but that just doesnt look right either, i dont think there is a happy medium with this one, but hey its personal taste, maybe you like your engine rooms foggy!

Diesel fumes!!

danurve · 01-18-10, 10:06 AM

Would be very cool if you can pull this off.

msalama · 01-18-10, 10:28 AM

We-heyyy, an engine room for SH3! Sir, you _ROCK_

java`s revenge · 01-18-10, 10:09 AM

Don`t give up, make our day !!!

Tomi_099 · 01-18-10, 10:24 AM

EXELENT , ..COOL !!! .. I like it ...

Tweety · 01-18-10, 10:28 AM

Looks real good flakmonkey,

Looking forward to the mod.

Tweety

urfisch · 01-18-10, 10:29 AM

PHAT!

Lundo · 01-18-10, 02:05 PM

Very nice

melnibonian · 01-18-10, 02:18 PM

That looks really good.

I can't wait to see it in action

Rapt0r56 · 01-18-10, 04:15 PM

Fantastic work, i love it.
So we maybe can have a diesel room for our lovely SH3 before SHV comes out.

Fubar2Niner · 01-18-10, 05:18 PM

Now where is Jimbuna when you need one of those jaw dropping smilies of his ........... ?

Great work flakmonkey, makes me damn proud to be british

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

robbythesub · 01-18-10, 05:45 PM

At this rate, we wont need SH5- keep it coming matey!

grimes · 01-21-10, 02:58 PM

Please make this with DD All Types OH V.2. I dont really like the look (and all the food) of V. 3.09

totodog · 01-21-10, 03:23 PM

Most beautiful thing I've seen. Truly brings a tear to my eye to see these beautiful engines represented in the game.

01-18-10, 03:28 AM	#1
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	[WIP] Diesel room interior Since this mod is coming along nicely and has progressed past the idea stage i thought it deserved a proper work-in-progress thread to keep things nice and organised. (original thread-http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=159856) At this point the whole diesel room is up and running in game with no problems, although im still tweaking here and there with textures and lightmaps. 　 Stuff to do: 1. Add animations to engine parts 2. Fix engine telegraph so it works 3. Animate crew (basic idle animations, nothing fancy!) - the crew will not represent those shown in the crew management screen, 8 people in this small space looks stupid! 4. Id like to add a louder diesel engine sound to the room too. 5. Add fixed camera positions and clickspots (fore/aft cams etc) 6. Add a key command (shift+e perhaps) to jump to the diesel room, there is no open hatch since the compartments between the control room and diesel room are not yet modelled and it would look silly to go from the control rooms round aft hatch to the diesel rooms rectangular doorway. (+you can still fly through the rear wall should you choose) 7. Optimize optimize optimize, right now all the textures/lightmaps are 10241024 maps, quite a few just dont need to be, i can probably reduce 75% of them to 512512 and a few to 256256 or smaller, i`ll keep the detail where its needed though. Apart from the dat file being a little on the large side and an extra 20seconds load time there has been no noticable side effect in terms of framerate, i still get the same fps i did before enabling the mod, which is good since my vid card is rubbish! 8. Im still looking at alternatives to adding this to the control room dat since that is already the biggest dat file in the game and i have no wish to bloat it needlessley! It should be equally possible to add it to the conning tower dat file which is a tiny little thing in comparrison to NSS_Uboat7_CR.dat. 9. If theres anything you really really want to see added to the diesel room or theres anything you see in the screenshots that you absolutely hate, tell me now while it can still be changed! Issues so far:* Well theres the fog issue. Because the diesel room is an extension of the control room model im stuck with the control room`s fog values which looks great in the control room but i think its a little too dense for the diesel room. Now i can use the fog render controller to just switch the fog off completely for the diesel room meshes but that just doesnt look right either, i dont think there is a happy medium with this one, but hey its personal taste, maybe you like your engine rooms foggy! Red light: Now i like the red lighting, i think it looks great but i know that the diesel room would never switch to red light in reality since there was no need for the engine room crew to preserve their night vision. But again because this is parented to the control room you will get the switch to red at dusk wether you like it or not. 　　 I took about a million screenshots so i`ll only post a couple fullsize, these are all in game, from a single mission with a VIIc. __________________ Last edited by flakmonkey; 01-18-10 at 12:50 PM.

01-18-10, 10:06 AM	#3
danurve The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,481 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 3	Would be very cool if you can pull this off. __________________

01-18-10, 10:09 AM	#5
java`s revenge Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: at periscope depth Posts: 1,204 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	Don`t give up, make our day !!! __________________

01-18-10, 10:24 AM	#6
Tomi_099 The Old Man Join Date: May 2007 Location: München / Germany Posts: 1,486 Downloads: 426 Uploads: 0	EXELENT , ..COOL !!! .. I like it ... __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com

01-18-10, 10:29 AM	#8
urfisch Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Deep down in Germany Posts: 1,969 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	PHAT! __________________

01-18-10, 10:28 AM	#4
msalama Samurai Navy Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In an octopus's garden Posts: 565 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	We-heyyy, an engine room for SH3! Sir, you _ROCK_

01-18-10, 10:28 AM	#7
Tweety Planesman Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 188 Downloads: 157 Uploads: 0	Looks real good flakmonkey, Looking forward to the mod. Tweety

01-18-10, 02:05 PM	#9
Lundo Swabbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Denmark Posts: 5 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Very nice

01-18-10, 02:18 PM	#10
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	That looks really good. I can't wait to see it in action __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

01-18-10, 04:15 PM	#11
Rapt0r56 Commodore Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia — Germany Posts: 601 Downloads: 391 Uploads: 0	Fantastic work, i love it. So we maybe can have a diesel room for our lovely SH3 before SHV comes out. __________________ “The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. ” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea My modifications for Ubisoft's SHIII can currently be found in Maik's comprehensive archives found via the Silent Hunter 3 Tab on his website: https://maikhaas.synology.me/joomla/index.php?lang=de/

01-18-10, 05:18 PM	#12
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,175 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Now where is Jimbuna when you need one of those jaw dropping smilies of his ........... ? Great work flakmonkey, makes me damn proud to be british Best regards. Fubar2Niner

01-18-10, 05:45 PM	#13
robbythesub Captain Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Somewhere under the ocean Posts: 504 Downloads: 302 Uploads: 0	At this rate, we wont need SH5- keep it coming matey!

01-21-10, 02:58 PM	#14
grimes Bosun Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 66 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Please make this with DD All Types OH V.2. I dont really like the look (and all the food) of V. 3.09

01-21-10, 03:23 PM	#15
totodog A-ganger Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 77 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Most beautiful thing I've seen. Truly brings a tear to my eye to see these beautiful engines represented in the game.

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