[WIP] Playable South Dakota & Montana

[Karle94]

I am making both the South Dakota and Montana. Both are career playable. I know that the Montana has been made a couple of times before, but I have always wanted a Montana that looked more like how the Montana was supposed to look like.

If there`s any questions, just ask.

South Dakota Class:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_D...ttleship_(1939)




Montana Class
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Class






Here are the download links

South Dakota V 1.2:
http://www.filefront.com/17458912/South_Dakota_V1.2.rar

Montana V 1.1:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/20577...ntana_V1.2.rar

[Karle94]

Here`s a couple of pictures:







Any changes will be based on the comments I get, so please comment.

[Senor_Droolcup]

Can't wait for this; please keep up the good work!

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Senor_Droolcup

Can't wait for this; please keep up the good work!

Maybe you won`t have to wait very long couse the Montana is pretty much finished.

[Marka Ragnos]

Looks really really good love those textures

[Senor_Droolcup]

I wish someone could build a realistic battleship fire control system interface for use in SH4. It would be great to have a real battleship simulator with these gorgeous SH4 graphics/textures.....

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Here`s a couple of pictures:







Any changes will be based on the comments I get, so please comment.

That's beautiful!

Im taking a liking to playing BB in SHIV, nothing better than cruising round the pacific blasting convoys not one or two ships but the whole convoy!

[Karle94]

Just got the South Dakota ready to sail. Here`s some pictures:

[kiwi_2005]

That ship is a beauty, can't wait to try it out.

[Overkill]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!! Great work on them.

[rada660]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Just got the South Dakota ready to sail. Here`s some pictures:

im sorry to say but you make a mistake with the south dakota ( or maybe im just very blind or its the camera angle which fail me ) but the south dakota only have 4 dual 5" turret on each side not 5, and they are set that way '. .' ( the ' is a turret over the . which is another turret 1 stage lower ) and if im not mistaken you set 5 turret this way '. '.-

so let me quote from wikipedia as in the secondary armement ( the dual 5" im talking about ) :
Because South Dakota was built as a fleet flagship, the extra command and control space needed for these duties necessitated that the secondary battery be limited to sixteen 5-in (127 mm) 38 caliber Mark 12 guns in eight Mark 28 Mod 0 dual mounts, four on either side of the superstructure.

Its was the USS massachusetts, USS Alabama and USS indiana which had 5 turret, but those where late version, the USS South Dakota was basicly made for Flagship operation so needed space for their control that why only 4 turret but correct me if im wrong no personnal harm intend :P

or if you want to keep 5 turret youll have to compact them a bit :P
here 1 linik to picture of the USS massachusetts secondary armement :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28BB-59%29.jpg
and one of the indiana:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28BB-58%29.jpg

but if you cant make them more compact its nto a big deal, i dotn want too look like a nerd knowing everything, and i dont know how to mod, its was onyl some fact i was saying there

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by rada660

im sorry to say but you make a mistake with the south dakota ( or maybe im just very blind or its the camera angle which fail me ) but the south dakota only have 4 dual 5" turret on each side not 5, and they are set that way '. .' ( the ' is a turret over the . which is another turret 1 stage lower ) and if im not mistaken you set 5 turret this way '. '.-

so let me quote from wikipedia as in the secondary armement ( the dual 5" im talking about ) :
Because South Dakota was built as a fleet flagship, the extra command and control space needed for these duties necessitated that the secondary battery be limited to sixteen 5-in (127 mm) 38 caliber Mark 12 guns in eight Mark 28 Mod 0 dual mounts, four on either side of the superstructure.

Its was the USS massachusetts, USS Alabama and USS indiana which had 5 turret, but those where late version, the USS South Dakota was basicly made for Flagship operation so needed space for their control that why only 4 turret but correct me if im wrong no personnal harm intend :P

or if you want to keep 5 turret youll have to compact them a bit :P
here 1 linik to picture of the USS massachusetts secondary armement :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28BB-59%29.jpg
and one of the indiana:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28BB-58%29.jpg

but if you cant make them more compact its nto a big deal, i dotn want too look like a nerd knowing everything, and i dont know how to mod, its was onyl some fact i was saying there

Actually, the entire ship is modelled after the Massachusets.

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by rada660

im sorry to say but you make a mistake with the south dakota ( or maybe im just very blind or its the camera angle which fail me ) but the south dakota only have 4 dual 5" turret on each side not 5, and they are set that way '. .' ( the ' is a turret over the . which is another turret 1 stage lower ) and if im not mistaken you set 5 turret this way '. '.-

so let me quote from wikipedia as in the secondary armement ( the dual 5" im talking about ) :
Because South Dakota was built as a fleet flagship, the extra command and control space needed for these duties necessitated that the secondary battery be limited to sixteen 5-in (127 mm) 38 caliber Mark 12 guns in eight Mark 28 Mod 0 dual mounts, four on either side of the superstructure.

Its was the USS massachusetts, USS Alabama and USS indiana which had 5 turret, but those where late version, the USS South Dakota was basicly made for Flagship operation so needed space for their control that why only 4 turret but correct me if im wrong no personnal harm intend :P

or if you want to keep 5 turret youll have to compact them a bit :P
here 1 linik to picture of the USS massachusetts secondary armement :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28BB-59%29.jpg
and one of the indiana:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...28BB-58%29.jpg

but if you cant make them more compact its nto a big deal, i dotn want too look like a nerd knowing everything, and i dont know how to mod, its was onyl some fact i was saying there

Nothing wrong to look like a nerd. Also you are correct about the secondary guns. That is why I made some big changes to the South Dakota. I have posted a few pics to present the changes I have made. Now she`s as compact as I could possibly make her without loosing any resemblance to the real thing.













The original Massachusetts compared to mine

As always feedback is wanted for any improvement.