[REQ] Torpedo Texture

[BowfinSS287]

hello

i was wondering if it's possible to match the torpedo you
fire....to the one you see in the water....i already use a
mod for the torpedoes inside the boat

(Nauticalwolf's Damage and Torpedo UI (g) Mod V1.1)....very nice

but all the torpedoes in the water are the same graphic
now if Sh5 only has one exterior torpedo graphic,maybe
it could be modded to look muck better..realistic looking

thanks for your time

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by BowfinSS287

hello

i was wondering if it's possible to match the torpedo you
fire....to the one you see in the water....i already use a
mod for the torpedoes inside the boat

(Nauticalwolf's Damage and Torpedo UI (g) Mod V1.1)....very nice

but all the torpedoes in the water are the same graphic
now if Sh5 only has one exterior torpedo graphic,maybe
it could be modded to look muck better..realistic looking

thanks for your time

Well, it would be possible to make the textures look better for launched torps. But, the problem with matching the torps that are launched with those on board(I assume you mean the ones in the fore torp room) is that you can launch several different kinds of torps. And, only one texture is used to render all of the torps in the fore torp room. In my interior mod, I changed the textures in the fore torp room to match some actual surviving German torpedoes. So, you could check that out, and you could actually just take the texture that I made, rename it for each of the different torp texture files, and overwrite them. That way you could have all your torps look exactly the same, those inside and those outside.

If you need any more advice or guidance on how to do this, I could explain it more in depth. It is really not all that complicated once you know where to look.

[BowfinSS287]

that's a good start....do you know what the files are for
the exterior torpedoes graphic ? (in the water)

with the new sub skin mod and env. mod ,plus many
more SH5 looks great...but when i take exterior screen
shots the torpedo looks like a toy torpedo...i would keep
the interior ones the way they are,but i really nice looking
fish in the water would add the finishing touch

p.s. i use your interior mod.....very nice....torpedoes are
much better that stock...thanks

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by BowfinSS287

that's a good start....do you know what the files are for
the exterior torpedoes graphic ? (in the water)

with the new sub skin mod and env. mod ,plus many
more SH5 looks great...but when i take exterior screen
shots the torpedo looks like a toy torpedo...i would keep
the interior ones the way they are,but i really nice looking
fish in the water would add the finishing touch

p.s. i use your interior mod.....very nice....torpedoes are
much better that stock...thanks

There are a lot of different textures used for the external torps, here are the file names:
Look in the folder Silent Hunter 5/data/Textures/TNormal/tex for the files:
-torpedo02.dds
-torpedo14.dds
-torpedo14_01.dds
-torpedo15.dds
-torpedo15_01.dds
-torpedo16.dds
-torpedo16_01.dds
-torpedo17.dds
-torpedo17_01.dds
-torpedo_body.dds
-torpedo_body_02.dds
-torpedo_head.dds

The files which end in _01.dds are the textures for little accessories on the torps, so you could just pick one of them and rename/overwrite all the others so that they match.

Be advised, this is not all of the textures required to completely re-skin them. I believe that there are several other torpedo heads, but I cannot find them right now.

[BowfinSS287]

thanks.....i'll give it a look this weekend

[BowfinSS287]

i started with your "torpedo_body.dds" and renamed to

Torpedo14.dds
Torpedo15.dds
Torpedo16.dds
Torpedo17.dds

then copied it to both TlowRes and Tnormal....no joy
there was no change for the exterior torpedo...maybe these
files are left over from SH4...mark 14...17 type torpedoes
i can't find the file that depicts the exterior torpedoes for SH5

i did find this,but its for SH4 and the download link is dead
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=135106

[BowfinSS287]

Originally Posted by SteelViking

In my interior mod, I changed the textures in the fore torp room to match some actual surviving German torpedoes. So, you could check that out, and you could actually just take the texture that I made, rename it for each of the different torp texture files, and overwrite them. That way you could have all your torps look exactly the same, those inside and those outside.

i should have taking your advice,i pasted your torpedo head into my
body and the result is much better than version 1.0...going to do some
more work and if all looks good....version 2.0 will look better
thanks again for you input into this mod

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by BowfinSS287

i should have taking your advice,i pasted your torpedo head into my
body and the result is much better than version 1.0...going to do some
more work and if all looks good....version 2.0 will look better
thanks again for you input into this mod

You are more than welcome