[REQ] SH5 Water for SH4

Royale-Adio · 06-12-10, 02:41 PM

After seeing the amazing results in the SH5 Water for SH3 mod, I was just wondering if it would be possible to make it for SH4 too.

So? Possible?

convoy hunter · 06-12-10, 02:49 PM

maybe in the future

Sailor Steve · 06-12-10, 04:34 PM

SH4 already has pretty amazing water. All that seems to be missing is the foam, and that wasn't reproduced for SH3 either.

Royale-Adio · 06-12-10, 05:05 PM

I think that the amazing foam trail we see in SH5 has something to to with the graphics engine and therefore, cannot be reproduced in SH4.

Sad indeed...

convoy hunter · 06-13-10, 09:53 AM

sad for sh4 players

Ducimus · 06-14-10, 01:47 PM

SH5 uses different renders. Don't think this is possible.

Royale-Adio · 11-17-11, 02:38 PM

Bump.

It's been more than a year ago!

But is there no way to tweak or modify the shaders? I really don't think shaders are hard coded. One could import shaders from sh5 along with the correct textures and mod them to hell to make it compatible.

But I must admit, it really IS me who is trying to do that right now! I started to think about it again recently, and I think there's definitely a way to do this. History has proven that ANYTHING is modable, provided you have the right tools, of course...

Royale-Adio · 11-17-11, 03:54 PM

Bah! Forget about it!

I just discovered that the renders are in the SimEnv ACT file and since I cannot distribute ACT files without having trouble...

I COULD try it for myself though but I do not know how to modify a ACT file (dlls also). Hex editors are confusing!!!

Anyone care to help?

AVGWarhawk · 11-18-11, 01:02 PM

I would love to drop a fleet boat into the SH5 environment. I like SH4 water/sky but I like SH5 better.

Ducimus · 11-18-11, 01:10 PM

Only thing i REALLY wish would get fixed in SH4, is the transparent crew bug with environmental effects enabled. That's a buzzkill and a half. I can't remember the last time I enabled environmental effects because of it.

Arlo · 11-18-11, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I would love to drop a fleet boat into the SH5 environment. I like SH4 water/sky but I like SH5 better.

Arlo · 11-18-11, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Only thing i REALLY wish would get fixed in SH4, is the transparent crew bug with environmental effects enabled. That's a buzzkill and a half. I can't remember the last time I enabled environmental effects because of it.

*THAT'S* what caused *THAT*? Thanks, D. I, too, would rather have solid crew than pretty waves and crew that's see-through.

(Oy ... my corny poetry gene can be seen.)

Captain J. Borne · 11-23-11, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Royale-Adio

After seeing the amazing results in the SH5 Water for SH3 mod, I was just wondering if it would be possible to make it for SH4 too.

So? Possible?

If it was done to SH3 , it probably already works for SH4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

SH4 already has pretty amazing water. All that seems to be missing is the foam, and that wasn't reproduced for SH3 either.

I think the water on SH4 is the best, that is v1.5 of course. Being able to see the boat in shallow waters (aircraft can too) makes it perfect, yet it doesn't make it impossible to see your boat with the free camera while submerged.

Sailor Steve · 11-23-11, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain J. Borne

If it was done to SH3 , it probably already works for SH4

But, as I said, SH4's water by itself is already better than the SH5 water for SH3. The only thing missing is the foam. If that could be done, great. On the othe hand, the SH5 foam doesn't match the bow and stern wakes. Those are white, and the rest of the foam is a very light grey.

06-12-10, 02:41 PM	#1
Royale-Adio Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 238 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 5	[REQ] SH5 Water for SH4 After seeing the amazing results in the SH5 Water for SH3 mod, I was just wondering if it would be possible to make it for SH4 too. So? Possible? __________________ Lurking In The Dark...

06-12-10, 04:34 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	SH4 already has pretty amazing water. All that seems to be missing is the foam, and that wasn't reproduced for SH3 either. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-12-10, 05:05 PM	#4
Royale-Adio Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 238 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 5	I think that the amazing foam trail we see in SH5 has something to to with the graphics engine and therefore, cannot be reproduced in SH4. Sad indeed... __________________ Lurking In The Dark...

11-17-11, 02:38 PM	#7
Royale-Adio Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 238 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 5	Bump. It's been more than a year ago! But is there no way to tweak or modify the shaders? I really don't think shaders are hard coded. One could import shaders from sh5 along with the correct textures and mod them to hell to make it compatible. But I must admit, it really IS me who is trying to do that right now! I started to think about it again recently, and I think there's definitely a way to do this. History has proven that ANYTHING is modable, provided you have the right tools, of course... __________________ Lurking In The Dark...

11-17-11, 03:54 PM	#8
Royale-Adio Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 238 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 5	Bah! Forget about it! I just discovered that the renders are in the SimEnv ACT file and since I cannot distribute ACT files without having trouble... I COULD try it for myself though but I do not know how to modify a ACT file (dlls also). Hex editors are confusing!!! Anyone care to help? __________________ Lurking In The Dark...

06-12-10, 02:49 PM	#2
convoy hunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: kapandriti, Greece Posts: 576 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	maybe in the future

06-13-10, 09:53 AM	#5
convoy hunter Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: kapandriti, Greece Posts: 576 Downloads: 103 Uploads: 0	sad for sh4 players

06-14-10, 01:47 PM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	SH5 uses different renders. Don't think this is possible.

11-18-11, 01:02 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,277 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I would love to drop a fleet boat into the SH5 environment. I like SH4 water/sky but I like SH5 better. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

11-18-11, 01:10 PM	#10
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Only thing i REALLY wish would get fixed in SH4, is the transparent crew bug with environmental effects enabled. That's a buzzkill and a half. I can't remember the last time I enabled environmental effects because of it.

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