Seafloor mod (revisted)

[Vikinger]

Hi.

I did some experiment whit the seafloor mod that original was made by Tankeriv and that comes whit GW mod also.

The seafloor part that illustriate the sand bottom was to boring in my opinion so i tryed to live things up a bit and create a little more dramatic seafloor.

I just look for your opinion in this and if people like it i will try to upload it somewhere for DL.

GW seafloor mod comes in 2 parts. The stone sea floor and the sand seafloor. The stone sea floor is an amazing job so i didnt want to change anything there but i was not happy whit the look of the sand seafloor.

Changes i did was to add a lot more different sea weed and also some rocks.
I worked from real life pictures and took different part of sea weed and copied them into the texture and same whit the stones. Then i shaded the hole area around the seaweed/stones to create a feeling of 3d. ( i dont count all small adjustments i did as well)

But iam quite happy whit the result.

I give you some texture shoots and 1 screenshoot so you can se the difference and then tell me what you think.

1. Is from Tankeriv seafloor that was part of GW 1.0




2. Next one is from GW mod 1.1 where they have done some minor changes to it and it was this one i used to my mod.




3. And this is is the result from my mod , taken from nearly same angle/spot as the second shoot.





4. And this is how it looks ingame, Note that its also dependant on what weather, time of day, deep and water transparenc you use/have how it will show up.
But this shoot is 0800 morning at 80 meters depth and water transparence set to 14.




So tell me what you think. Good or bad or even worse


Vikinger.

EDIT:

Its ready for download now at Filefront

http://files.filefront.com/Improved_.../fileinfo.html

And Rapidshare

http://rapidshare.com/files/5420460/...oor_ISF_V1.rar

Readme text of Improved seafloor ISF v1.


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MOD For Silent Hunter III
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Improved Seafloor ISF Sand Version 1 By Vikinger.
November 28 2006

Original Mod made By Tanker IV Seafloor mod.
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DESCRIPTION:
This mod will improve the Tanker IV seafloor.
It only improve the sand seafloor whit sea weeds, rocks
and minor adjustments like shadow and colour variation for
a 3D illusion.
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INSTALLATION:
Either
Unzip and copy the Data folder over your SHIII data folder.
When windows ask you if you want to overwrite files:
click on yes for all file/files.
This Mod don´t come with a Backup folder
be sure to backup your original files!
Or
Its also JSGME Compatible
Just unzip in your Mod folder and run JSGME.
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PROBLEM:
Non so far and compatible whit other mods.
I havent been able to test it on a medium to slow computer.
So if you notice an increase in choopiness or much lower FPS.
Just roll back to your BackUp folder.
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DISCLAMER:
This is a freeware and may not be distributed in whole or
in part on CD-ROM, disk, or other physical media for a
fee without the permission of the individual authors.
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Note:
I hope you enjoy this little mod and feel free to contact me
if you have any question or problem.
vikinger@bredband.net

Vikinger
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