[REQ] how to mod the chrono parts of the clock

Ali Fish · 03-12-10, 03:46 PM

i have made a nice kreigsmarine facia for the clock, its a very dark face. the problem is the the chronograph moving parts are always blue. anyone any expereince with this ? need a solution. thx.

Decoman · 03-12-10, 04:02 PM

The blue dial/arm is caused in part by the alpha channel. Somewhere, there is probably a setting that tells that dial to be colored blue. Varying degrees of alpha 50% vs 30% for example, will lead to a different shades of blue.

So the dial/arm is both colored and transparent.

The stopwatch clock texture is the texture file called clock.dds.

I believe I saw a config file that has text that dictates where the dials are positioned, and perhaps how the clock works to some extent.

When firing a torpedo, a red dial/arm will appear indicating time to impact. This dial/arm uses apparantly the same clock.dds texture, just colored with red instead of blue.

Ali Fish · 03-12-10, 04:10 PM

understood!. if anybody happens to find the file. pls let me know if i dont find it first.

WIP

Decoman · 03-12-10, 04:28 PM

This one might be it, but I thought I saw another file yesterday, I am not sure:

D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\cfg\dials.cfg

There are also PY (python?) files lying around.

Decoman · 03-12-10, 05:54 PM

Found it:
D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\Pages\Page Clock.cfg

Example:
[G29 I5]
Name=Chronometer Minute
Type=1031;Stat bmp array
ItemID=0x2902000F
ParentID=0x29020000
Pos=116,-94,8,52
Zone= 840 614 8 52 0 1 0x2902000C 0.5 -0.09 0x2902000F -0.5 0 0 0
Color=0x80FE
Materials=1
Display=5;Linear&rotation
Mat 0=data/menu/skins/american/gui/clock.dds
Crop 0=0.910156,0.410156,0.015625,0.203125
MatFlags=0x9
TexFmt=0x0
Drag=false
BmpState=1
NeedFocus=false
SelOne=false
IdGroup=0
StatesColors=0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF

AVGWarhawk · 03-12-10, 05:57 PM

Quote:

StatesColors=0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF

These are your colors I believe. I think you have to find the correct sequence of letters and number for the color you want.

Decoman · 03-12-10, 06:01 PM

I found the small dials/arms:

D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\Gui\Chrono.dds

The dials/arms are like the blue stopwatch dial/arm, determined by the alpha. Seems like they are colored red.

Here is also a small metal dot, found at the center of the stopwatch.

Ali Fish · 03-12-10, 07:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decoman

Found it:
D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\Pages\Page Clock.cfg

Example:
[G29 I5]
Name=Chronometer Minute
Type=1031;Stat bmp array
ItemID=0x2902000F
ParentID=0x29020000
Pos=116,-94,8,52
Zone= 840 614 8 52 0 1 0x2902000C 0.5 -0.09 0x2902000F -0.5 0 0 0
Color=0x80FE
Materials=1
Display=5;Linear&rotation
Mat 0=data/menu/skins/american/gui/clock.dds
Crop 0=0.910156,0.410156,0.015625,0.203125
MatFlags=0x9
TexFmt=0x0
Drag=false
BmpState=1
NeedFocus=false
SelOne=false
IdGroup=0
StatesColors=0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF

notice the American/gui/clock.dds, my game is reading my mod from the german/gui/clock.dds....?

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

These are your colors I believe. I think you have to find the correct sequence of letters and number for the color you want.

these colours come in the format #000064 this is blue etcetc, not correct format it seems.(#FFFFFF) is red in photoshop...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Decoman

I found the small dials/arms:

D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\Gui\Chrono.dds

The dials/arms are like the blue stopwatch dial/arm, determined by the alpha. Seems like they are colored red.

Here is also a small metal dot, found at the center of the stopwatch.

i have changed this file also, changed to to yellow no change to the ingame end result.

stumped on this one

, they could work like the others, not sure why they dont..

Frederf · 03-12-10, 07:59 PM

Photoshop displays 4-channel images (RGB-A) in not a direct way. It shows Alpha information via a red tint (purely arbitrary choice). Check your channels tab and select/deselect channels to get a feel for what's going on.

#FFFFFF is white #000000 is black, pure red would be #FF0000.

Ali Fish · 03-12-10, 08:44 PM

Sorted !

an extra large cookie for Decoman !

it was this line "Color=C3BD9F" found in the page clock.ini , which makes a whole lot of sense next to those other numers that didnt fall into the photoshop format..

why it says its read from the american GUI though is a complete mystery. why this game is full of Sh4 content is a mystery too.

Decoman · 03-13-10, 03:44 AM

Did you not c that clock up, or is that a part of the original texture. It eh sort of stands out abit.

Ali Fish · 03-13-10, 08:03 AM

not sure what u mean ...?

Decoman · 03-13-10, 08:39 AM

I dare you to open your window and yell out "not c" as loud as you can.

I was listening to a youtube video of a lecture in physics, and the professor was solving some algebra, and then he in said something like.

A is not B, B is not A, and B is not C. And then it struck me how funny it was.

Ali Fish · 03-13-10, 05:41 PM

emm... ok. youve lost me. lol

"or is that a part of the original texture. It eh sort of stands out abit.

"

what stands out a bit ?

Decoman · 03-13-10, 05:49 PM

That swastika symbol, it just occurred to me, is it glued to the moving dial/arm?

03-12-10, 03:46 PM	#1
Ali Fish Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	[REQ] how to mod the chrono parts of the clock i have made a nice kreigsmarine facia for the clock, its a very dark face. the problem is the the chronograph moving parts are always blue. anyone any expereince with this ? need a solution. thx.

03-12-10, 08:44 PM	#10
Ali Fish Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Sorted ! an extra large cookie for Decoman ! it was this line "Color=C3BD9F" found in the page clock.ini , which makes a whole lot of sense next to those other numers that didnt fall into the photoshop format.. why it says its read from the american GUI though is a complete mystery. why this game is full of Sh4 content is a mystery too. Last edited by Ali Fish; 03-12-10 at 09:01 PM.

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03-12-10, 04:02 PM	#2
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	The blue dial/arm is caused in part by the alpha channel. Somewhere, there is probably a setting that tells that dial to be colored blue. Varying degrees of alpha 50% vs 30% for example, will lead to a different shades of blue. So the dial/arm is both colored and transparent. The stopwatch clock texture is the texture file called clock.dds. I believe I saw a config file that has text that dictates where the dials are positioned, and perhaps how the clock works to some extent. When firing a torpedo, a red dial/arm will appear indicating time to impact. This dial/arm uses apparantly the same clock.dds texture, just colored with red instead of blue.

03-12-10, 04:10 PM	#3
Ali Fish Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	understood!. if anybody happens to find the file. pls let me know if i dont find it first. WIP

03-12-10, 04:28 PM	#4
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	This one might be it, but I thought I saw another file yesterday, I am not sure: D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\cfg\dials.cfg There are also PY (python?) files lying around.

03-12-10, 05:54 PM	#5
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Found it: D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\Pages\Page Clock.cfg Example: [G29 I5] Name=Chronometer Minute Type=1031;Stat bmp array ItemID=0x2902000F ParentID=0x29020000 Pos=116,-94,8,52 Zone= 840 614 8 52 0 1 0x2902000C 0.5 -0.09 0x2902000F -0.5 0 0 0 Color=0x80FE Materials=1 Display=5;Linear&rotation Mat 0=data/menu/skins/american/gui/clock.dds Crop 0=0.910156,0.410156,0.015625,0.203125 MatFlags=0x9 TexFmt=0x0 Drag=false BmpState=1 NeedFocus=false SelOne=false IdGroup=0 StatesColors=0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFF

03-12-10, 06:01 PM	#7
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I found the small dials/arms: D:\Games\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5\data\Menu\Gui\Chrono.dds The dials/arms are like the blue stopwatch dial/arm, determined by the alpha. Seems like they are colored red. Here is also a small metal dot, found at the center of the stopwatch.

03-12-10, 07:59 PM	#9
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	Photoshop displays 4-channel images (RGB-A) in not a direct way. It shows Alpha information via a red tint (purely arbitrary choice). Check your channels tab and select/deselect channels to get a feel for what's going on. #FFFFFF is white #000000 is black, pure red would be #FF0000.

03-13-10, 03:44 AM	#11
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Did you not c that clock up, or is that a part of the original texture. It eh sort of stands out abit.

03-13-10, 08:03 AM	#12
Ali Fish Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	not sure what u mean ...?

03-13-10, 08:39 AM	#13
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I dare you to open your window and yell out "not c" as loud as you can. I was listening to a youtube video of a lecture in physics, and the professor was solving some algebra, and then he in said something like. A is not B, B is not A, and B is not C. And then it struck me how funny it was.

03-13-10, 05:41 PM	#14
Ali Fish Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	emm... ok. youve lost me. lol "or is that a part of the original texture. It eh sort of stands out abit. " what stands out a bit ?

03-13-10, 05:49 PM	#15
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	That swastika symbol, it just occurred to me, is it glued to the moving dial/arm?