Wear and tear on uboats?

drakkhen20 · 07-24-10, 12:15 PM

I was glancing through some skins and was thinking... is there any way to make a mod that you know when you first start out its brand new paint and then by the time its a year or whatever its starts to rust on the rivets and such. i don't know if its possible or not to make such a mod but figure i'd through it out there....

papa_smurf · 07-24-10, 01:30 PM

I use Wolfehunters VIIb Bluecammo V1.2, which can be found on the d/l section. Makes your U-boat into a right rust bucket

Sailor Steve · 07-24-10, 02:22 PM

If you have enough skins that you like you can use JSGME to load them at the proper times, or you can use SH3 Commander's Date function to have them change withour your say-so.

The only problem is that a boat usually starts the patrol fresh, and comes back dirty and rusty, and you can't really change skins in the middle of a patrol, so it's kind of useless.

Jimbuna · 07-24-10, 02:47 PM

If it's sub skins your after I have the full set from Fubar (real quality) for every sub type...simply click on my FF account link available from above my sig

ReallyDedPoet · 07-24-10, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

If you have enough skins that you like you can use JSGME to load them at the proper times, or you can use SH3 Commander's Date function to have them change withour your say-so.

Nice option

drakkhen20 · 07-24-10, 08:18 PM

jimbuna, i didn't see what you were talking about.

drakkhen20 · 07-24-10, 08:21 PM

nevermind i found it. but thats not what i was seeking though. just throwing out an idea and see if there was a mod to do that.

Jimbuna · 07-25-10, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by drakkhen20

jimbuna, i didn't see what you were talking about.

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Originally Posted by drakkhen20

nevermind i found it. but thats not what i was seeking though. just throwing out an idea and see if there was a mod to do that.

Rgr that matey

maillemaker · 07-25-10, 03:15 PM

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I use Wolfehunters VIIb Bluecammo V1.2, which can be found on the d/l section. Makes your U-boat into a right rust bucket

I just installed it and I like it alot.

Steve

drakkhen20 · 07-29-10, 06:54 PM

well..... i downloaded all the fubar skins. like a few here and there. tried to install three or four of them at the same time and it didn't turn out like i thought it would. some worked and some didn't, because they were all installed in the same file. so files that were named the same overwritten the other ones. tried putting them in separate files, didn't work. tried renaming a few, didn't work. so my conclusion to this is i guess you cant have them all installed at the same time only for the skin you want on your sub. my reason behind this is that i wanted to have all the subs even the NPCs. so if i cruzed by one in harbor i could see it and when i finally get the d2 sub i wouldn't hae to worry about it. but its all good. my venture played out well. i just love the textures they have for the 9d2 in SH4 and it gave me that idea of wear and tear.

Damo · 07-30-10, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by drakkhen20

well..... i downloaded all the fubar skins. like a few here and there. tried to install three or four of them at the same time and it didn't turn out like i thought it would. some worked and some didn't, because they were all installed in the same file. so files that were named the same overwritten the other ones. tried putting them in separate files, didn't work. tried renaming a few, didn't work. so my conclusion to this is i guess you cant have them all installed at the same time only for the skin you want on your sub. my reason behind this is that i wanted to have all the subs even the NPCs. so if i cruzed by one in harbor i could see it and when i finally get the d2 sub i wouldn't hae to worry about it. but its all good. my venture played out well. i just love the textures they have for the 9d2 in SH4 and it gave me that idea of wear and tear.

I made a very similar suggestion a while back about an SH3 Commander mod that automatically changed uboat skins at random times during it's career. But, with the availability of updated turms and the varying tastes in skins, not to mention the work involved to put a mod together, it's best just to let people choose their skins and swap them out using JSGME.

On your query above, you can only use one skin enabled in JSGME for each U-Boat as they just step all over each other if you enable them all. Also bear in mind that some skins share files for the Antenna, deck gun and flak guns, so in an example experienced by myself, you can be using a VII skin but because you enabled a IXB/C skin as well, you may get the above equipment from that skin as it overwrites the VII.

Basically, your best bet is to only enable the skin you want for the uboat you are using, then swap them out when you upgrade subs.

07-24-10, 12:15 PM	#1
drakkhen20 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 651 Downloads: 363 Uploads: 0	Wear and tear on uboats? I was glancing through some skins and was thinking... is there any way to make a mod that you know when you first start out its brand new paint and then by the time its a year or whatever its starts to rust on the rivets and such. i don't know if its possible or not to make such a mod but figure i'd through it out there....

07-24-10, 01:30 PM	#2
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	I use Wolfehunters VIIb Bluecammo V1.2, which can be found on the d/l section. Makes your U-boat into a right rust bucket __________________

07-24-10, 02:22 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	If you have enough skins that you like you can use JSGME to load them at the proper times, or you can use SH3 Commander's Date function to have them change withour your say-so. The only problem is that a boat usually starts the patrol fresh, and comes back dirty and rusty, and you can't really change skins in the middle of a patrol, so it's kind of useless. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-24-10, 02:47 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If it's sub skins your after I have the full set from Fubar (real quality) for every sub type...simply click on my FF account link available from above my sig __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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07-24-10, 08:18 PM	#6
drakkhen20 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 651 Downloads: 363 Uploads: 0	jimbuna, i didn't see what you were talking about.

07-24-10, 08:21 PM	#7
drakkhen20 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 651 Downloads: 363 Uploads: 0	nevermind i found it. but thats not what i was seeking though. just throwing out an idea and see if there was a mod to do that.

07-29-10, 06:54 PM	#10
drakkhen20 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mississippi Posts: 651 Downloads: 363 Uploads: 0	well..... i downloaded all the fubar skins. like a few here and there. tried to install three or four of them at the same time and it didn't turn out like i thought it would. some worked and some didn't, because they were all installed in the same file. so files that were named the same overwritten the other ones. tried putting them in separate files, didn't work. tried renaming a few, didn't work. so my conclusion to this is i guess you cant have them all installed at the same time only for the skin you want on your sub. my reason behind this is that i wanted to have all the subs even the NPCs. so if i cruzed by one in harbor i could see it and when i finally get the d2 sub i wouldn't hae to worry about it. but its all good. my venture played out well. i just love the textures they have for the 9d2 in SH4 and it gave me that idea of wear and tear.