[REL] SH 5 Lifeboats

[Magic1111]

Originally Posted by Rongel

New 1.0 version update! Contains roster entries to all nations, Stoainm's floating tweaks and optional sounds. Feedback is more than welcome.

Hi Rongel !

Thanks for a very nice MOD !

But is this MOD furthermore a "WIP" ? When not, the Moderators can change the Thread Title to [REL], or ?

Best regards,
Magic

[Rongel]

Originally Posted by Magic1111

Hi Rongel !

Thanks for a very nice MOD !

But is this MOD furthermore a "WIP" ? When not, the Moderators can change the Thread Title to [REL], or ?

Best regards,
Magic

Thanks! I think there is coming one update quite soon, TDW did a little more polishing. I'll change this to REL then. The reason why it's WIP was to hear if it's working correctly before I can truly suggest people to use it. But no complaints yet

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Rongel

Thanks! I think there is coming one update quite soon, TDW did a little more polishing. I'll change this to REL then. The reason why it's WIP was to hear if it's working correctly before I can truly suggest people to use it. But no complaints yet

Should be done with update here soon

[Rongel]

New version update! 2.0 is now ready! And we have to thank TDW and Stoainm for this, great work guys

Ps. the mod is now [REL] so if somebody could change the title I would be real happy!

[stoianm]

Originally Posted by Rongel

New version update! 2.0 is now ready! And we have to thank TDW and Stoainm for this, great work guys

Ps. the mod is now [REL] so if somebody could change the title I would be real happy!

You must to wright a PM to CCIP... the admin from workshop section and ask him for that

[Sepp von Ch.]

Originally Posted by Rongel

Changelog:

2.0

-additional animations by TDW

It sounds interesting! I try this mod! Thanks gentlemen!

[gap]

Brilliant work, guys!

[Magic1111]

Originally Posted by Rongel

New version update! 2.0 is now ready! And we have to thank TDW and Stoainm for this, great work guys

Ps. the mod is now [REL] so if somebody could change the title I would be real happy!

Many thanks, will give it a try !

Best regards,
Magic

[SteelViking]

Hey Rongel, I just got done changing this for Zedi's Campaign files, and I got a hunch that maybe the lifeboats had the same thing going on. The .cfg files in the Sea folder is pointing to a .tga for the texture, but the texture you have included in the mod is a .dds. Now, everything still works in game with this setup, but I wonder if we shouldn't go ahead and change it to .dds.

Like I said, I made this change in Zedi's campaign files, and I did not see a difference. But, I would think things might run smoother if we were in fact pointing to the correct texture file.

Just thought I would give you a heads up on this comrade.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SteelViking

Like I said, I made this change in Zedi's campaign files, and I did not see a difference. But, I would think things might run smoother if we were in fact pointing to the correct texture file.

Game engine doesn't care. If it can't find .tga and there is a .dds available (same name) it will use it. If both are available it will use the .dds.

I left the ships with Zedi's campaign as .tga in case someone wanted to use .tgas instead of .dds. Remember .dds is a compressed format that has to be uncompressed. TGA is not.

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Game engine doesn't care. If it can't find .tga and there is a .dds available (same name) it will use it. If both are available it will use the .dds.

I left the ships with Zedi's campaign as .tga in case someone wanted to use .tgas instead of .dds. Remember .dds is a compressed format that has to be uncompressed. TGA is not.

I figured the game engine didn't really have problem with seeing the wrong file extension since it still renders the textures, but I don't see why we should be telling it the wrong one when we know exactly what it is. It is one more operation for the game engine to deal with......

Edit: Also, .dds files only get compressed if you tell GIMP to compress them, otherwise it leaves them uncompressed. Where as Photoshop requires them to be compressed.....just one of the reasons I will never switch to Photoshop.

2nd Edit: Just look at my interior mod, I didn't compress any of the textures because .dds compression damages images.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SteelViking

I figured the game engine didn't really have problem with seeing the wrong file extension since it still renders the textures, but I don't see why we should be telling it the wrong one when we know exactly what it is. It is one more operation for the game engine to deal with......

Not really. All of that is loaded/figured out at game start. If you think it's doing it dynamically then pick a texture and change it while in game. See if the game engine uses the new texture.

[brett25]

thanks for this excellent mod

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Not really. All of that is loaded/figured out at game start. If you think it's doing it dynamically then pick a texture and change it while in game. See if the game engine uses the new texture.

Good point, wasn't thinking about it in terms of program overhead, but still. We know we are dealing with .dds files, why not tell it to look for a .dds? I just don't see an advantage.

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by SteelViking

Good point, wasn't thinking about it in terms of program overhead, but still. We know we are dealing with .dds files, why not tell it to look for a .dds? I just don't see an advantage.

The only advantage I see to leaving them as .tga is so that users who can't make .dds files can still make .tga files for them. Trying to cater to the broadest range of users is why I left them as .tga.