The Flying Dutchman

Fahnenbohn · 05-21-14, 08:29 AM

My mod, called 74' ghost ship, is available at this address : ftp://hartmuthaas.no-ip.org/public/S...DS/FAHNENBOHN/
(User : Maik -- Password : Woelfe)

The mod contains the ship with her 74 guns (

) and a little surprise ...

README :

This mod is JSGME ready. If you don't have this tool (JSGME), you have to place manually the files into the appropriate folders.

For the historical background, the 74' ship (74 guns) was created by french engineers around the 1740s. At the time, that was a huge technical advance.

I didn't create the ship from scratch. I found her in LSH3_V5 supermod (NFD, for Flying Dutchman). But she had only 10 guns and there was a bug with them. It took me very big efforts and time, but with stubbornness and analysis of different files types' structure, i finally managed to make them work. And then, i decided to add as many guns that a real 74' ship had !

So, the ship is capable of firing a full broadside (37 shells) with three different types of guns (16 inch - 8 inch - 4 inch). As the ship is a ghost, her capabilities are formidable : high navigation speed, high rate of fire, huge firing power, and she's unsinkable ! Her default name is " L'Invincible ".

... and something else in the original readme ....

Cheers

F

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OLD POST

I have a strange story to tell.

In the middle of the North Sea, I was navigating in a heavy storm at night. Suddenly, I crossed the road of the Flying Dutchman himself ! I started to fire against him, but one moment later, he began to shoot me ! I was very surprised ! But I quickly found that there was something wrong. I was never damaged ! I approached the ship and I saw THIS :

dutsh-nav.JPG

I left the game and opened Silent 3ditor :

Attachment 970

Everything seems normal ! The guns are well placed !

Does anyone know how to solve the problem ??

Postscript : The flying Dutchman was in the LSH3 v5 mod. And I opened the mission with GWX v3.

Horst Degen · 05-21-14, 08:15 PM

Nope, I think you've found really a...."ghost"

.....

Admiral Halsey · 05-21-14, 08:22 PM

I thought the Dutchman was an SH4 Easter Egg or was that another thing the devs took from SH3 and imported over to SH4?

HW3 · 05-21-14, 10:33 PM

The Dutchman is a mod for SH3 titled NFD. My version of the mod has no name in the readme, so I can not say for certain who made it.

Red Devil · 05-22-14, 01:48 AM

The FD travels the straits of Luzon in SH4; he is regularly attacked by Japanese destoyers who cant seem to understand that its 'not there'. It has been well documented in SH4 section

Horst Degen · 05-22-14, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Devil

The FD travels the straits of Luzon in SH4; he is regularly attacked by Japanese destoyers who cant seem to understand that its 'not there'. It has been well documented in SH4 section

Yeah, thats right!, I do recall now playing with SH4, found,em as well, tried to chase,em..... I said what the heck is that thing?...but they just dissapear in the horizon....so that,s the famous ghost then....

Red Devil · 05-22-14, 09:22 AM

I ran an intercept course once in a Balao class, I got it right and passed alongside, nobody waved at me!!!!

Admiral Halsey · 05-22-14, 10:00 AM

I've actually got a funny story involving the Dutchman. I was playing with my normal setup of TMO+RSRDC and was heading to that Atoll south of Hawaii that serves as a refueling depot and my crew spotted what I though was a destroyer patrolling the Atoll. Well I went to bridge view and what do I see? The Flying Dutchman sailing right in front of me! No idea why she was patrolling the Atoll but I figured it must've been a one time thing and figured that next patrol she'd be gone. Well I was dead wrong as it seems that navy enlisted her to serve throughout the war as I could always find her patrolling that Atoll. I've still yet to see her in the Luzon Straits though.

Horst Degen · 05-22-14, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Devil

I ran an intercept course once in a Balao class, I got it right and passed alongside, nobody waved at me!!!!

Red Devil That,s a good one!....

......

Red Devil · 05-22-14, 10:53 AM

Admiral, good to see you again, been a while. It was the Johnson Atoll. Only seen by me at the Luzon Strait though

Admiral Halsey · 05-22-14, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red Devil

Admiral, good to see you again, been a while. It was the Johnson Atoll. Only seen by me at the Luzon Strait though

I thought it was Johnston Atoll but I wasn't sure.

Fahnenbohn · 05-22-14, 07:31 PM

The only way I've found to restore their normal shape to the barrels' guns is to delete the parent id of the guns in NFD.sim file.

Attachment 976

So, the guns are well placed and the barrels correctly displayed (compare with the previous picture), but they don't fire any more ...

Attachment 975

It's a pity ! It could be funny if the ghost ship was able to attack you ! But maybe is there a solution ... The gun could be placed into another files (dat and sim) as the guns.dat and guns.sim. In NFD.dat, the node "Flying_Dutchman_can01" should be replaced with "cfg#M01_NFD" for example. And in NFD.eqp, one should specify all the nods which have to be connected to the gun.dat !

Jimbuna · 05-24-14, 12:34 PM

A couple of pictures from a GWX installation...I can post a download link to a video if anyone is interested.

Horst Degen · 05-24-14, 02:18 PM

Yes! please do

Jimbuna · 05-25-14, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horst Degen

Yes! please do

Link:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/11...g_Dutchman.rar

05-21-14, 08:29 AM	#1
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	The Flying Dutchman My mod, called 74' ghost ship, is available at this address : ftp://hartmuthaas.no-ip.org/public/S...DS/FAHNENBOHN/ (User : Maik -- Password : Woelfe) The mod contains the ship with her 74 guns () and a little surprise ... README : This mod is JSGME ready. If you don't have this tool (JSGME), you have to place manually the files into the appropriate folders. For the historical background, the 74' ship (74 guns) was created by french engineers around the 1740s. At the time, that was a huge technical advance. I didn't create the ship from scratch. I found her in LSH3_V5 supermod (NFD, for Flying Dutchman). But she had only 10 guns and there was a bug with them. It took me very big efforts and time, but with stubbornness and analysis of different files types' structure, i finally managed to make them work. And then, i decided to add as many guns that a real 74' ship had ! So, the ship is capable of firing a full broadside (37 shells) with three different types of guns (16 inch - 8 inch - 4 inch). As the ship is a ghost, her capabilities are formidable : high navigation speed, high rate of fire, huge firing power, and she's unsinkable ! Her default name is " L'Invincible ". ... and something else in the original readme .... Cheers F -------------------- OLD POST I have a strange story to tell. In the middle of the North Sea, I was navigating in a heavy storm at night. Suddenly, I crossed the road of the Flying Dutchman himself ! I started to fire against him, but one moment later, he began to shoot me ! I was very surprised ! But I quickly found that there was something wrong. I was never damaged ! I approached the ship and I saw THIS : dutsh-nav.JPG I left the game and opened Silent 3ditor : Attachment 970 Everything seems normal ! The guns are well placed ! Does anyone know how to solve the problem ?? Postscript : The flying Dutchman was in the LSH3 v5 mod. And I opened the mission with GWX v3. Last edited by Fahnenbohn; 05-01-15 at 11:47 AM.

05-21-14, 08:15 PM	#2
Horst Degen Seaman Join Date: May 2014 Location: "somewhere in the Atlantic" Posts: 38 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Nope, I think you've found really a...."ghost" ..... ..... __________________ Be more aggressive...

05-21-14, 10:33 PM	#4
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	The Dutchman is a mod for SH3 titled NFD. My version of the mod has no name in the readme, so I can not say for certain who made it. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

05-22-14, 01:48 AM	#5
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	The FD travels the straits of Luzon in SH4; he is regularly attacked by Japanese destoyers who cant seem to understand that its 'not there'. It has been well documented in SH4 section __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

05-22-14, 09:22 AM	#7
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	I ran an intercept course once in a Balao class, I got it right and passed alongside, nobody waved at me!!!! __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

05-21-14, 08:22 PM	#3
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	I thought the Dutchman was an SH4 Easter Egg or was that another thing the devs took from SH3 and imported over to SH4?

05-22-14, 10:00 AM	#8
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	I've actually got a funny story involving the Dutchman. I was playing with my normal setup of TMO+RSRDC and was heading to that Atoll south of Hawaii that serves as a refueling depot and my crew spotted what I though was a destroyer patrolling the Atoll. Well I went to bridge view and what do I see? The Flying Dutchman sailing right in front of me! No idea why she was patrolling the Atoll but I figured it must've been a one time thing and figured that next patrol she'd be gone. Well I was dead wrong as it seems that navy enlisted her to serve throughout the war as I could always find her patrolling that Atoll. I've still yet to see her in the Luzon Straits though.

05-22-14, 10:53 AM	#10
Red Devil The Old Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sutton Coldfield England Posts: 1,540 Downloads: 305 Uploads: 0	Admiral, good to see you again, been a while. It was the Johnson Atoll. Only seen by me at the Luzon Strait though __________________ > > Captain!, there's a destroyer on the por........ periscope is flooded Sir! > Darkness is only the absence of Light; Ignorance is only the absence of knowledge © www.worldwartwo.uk www.captainwalker.uk

05-22-14, 07:31 PM	#12
Fahnenbohn Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: France Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 155 Uploads: 0	The only way I've found to restore their normal shape to the barrels' guns is to delete the parent id of the guns in NFD.sim file. Attachment 976 So, the guns are well placed and the barrels correctly displayed (compare with the previous picture), but they don't fire any more ... Attachment 975 It's a pity ! It could be funny if the ghost ship was able to attack you ! But maybe is there a solution ... The gun could be placed into another files (dat and sim) as the guns.dat and guns.sim. In NFD.dat, the node "Flying_Dutchman_can01" should be replaced with "cfg#M01_NFD" for example. And in NFD.eqp, one should specify all the nods which have to be connected to the gun.dat ! Last edited by Fahnenbohn; 07-13-14 at 03:31 PM.

05-24-14, 12:34 PM	#13
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A couple of pictures from a GWX installation...I can post a download link to a video if anyone is interested. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-24-14, 02:18 PM	#14
Horst Degen Seaman Join Date: May 2014 Location: "somewhere in the Atlantic" Posts: 38 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Yes! please do __________________ Be more aggressive...