SH5 modding difficulties

[Jeff-Groves]

IF the dat has the Unifiedrender controller?
There is an LOD setting. Try changing those.
If your using an SH3 file? Run SH3 to SH4 on it and it will update the files to SH4 standards.

[Seaowl]

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

IF the dat has the Unifiedrender controller?
There is an LOD setting. Try changing those.
If your using an SH3 file? Run SH3 to SH4 on it and it will update the files to SH4 standards.

Gosh! Jeff, thank you! I had deleted all controllers inside the .dat, because I tought it is necessary to rebuild them separately into a .sim file with granny editor.
But now I took simply the original file and it works. Lighthouse is not fading, fresnel is working.
Have to test a little bit more, how far away the light is visible etc.

[Jeff-Groves]

Originally Posted by Seaowl

Gosh! Jeff, thank you! I had deleted all controllers inside the .dat, because I tought it is necessary to rebuild them separately into a .sim file with granny editor.
But now I took simply the original file and it works. Lighthouse is not fading, fresnel is working.
Have to test a little bit more, how far away the light is visible etc.

You converted the original with SH3 to SH4?

[Seaowl]

No, I took the original SH3 .dat.
Had to extract it from a harborkit respectively I deleted the harborkit around the lighthouse + texture knots.
The converter closed with the error message: list index out of bounds (0)
Probably because the messy way of extraction or because I use only the .dat without any .cfg or roster file?

[Jeff-Groves]

Originally Posted by Seaowl

No, I took the original SH3 .dat.
Had to extract it from a harborkit respectively I deleted the harborkit around the lighthouse + texture knots.
The converter closed with the error message: list index out of bounds (0)
Probably because the messy way of extraction or because I use only the .dat without any .cfg or roster file?

Yes. No support files throws that error.
It's not a perfect Tool for some needs.
S3D you can add the Unifiedrender controller.

[Seaowl]

Thanks again.
Will try to add unifiedrender controller.
Atm I´m starting some night mission to see how far the lighthouse flare is visible.
Scenery is Elbe mouth near Brunsbüttel, Gap`s Ecomod activated.

[gap]

Sorry for the late replies guys

Originally Posted by Seaowl

Yeah, but without enhanced ports the next imported vessel should be some large container ship, painted in weird camouflage patterns.
My captains here are complaining bitterly about this strange drawn-out crates, which
do not fit into the holds of their ships and are blocking the docks unnecessarily.
Tought I have seen recently some nice looking cargo in GR2 format into the library. Could be trying something myself.

I am sorry to disappoint you but I think there were neither intermodal containers nor container ships until late 40s - early 50s, the earliest cointaner ships being T2 tankers converted post WWII

Prior to their advent, general cargo ships and bulk carriers were used instead. The latter category was not very common though as it was mostly limited to coastal traffic.

Originally Posted by Seaowl

It really works!
Great workaround! Thank you a lot!

Originally Posted by Seaowl

Flakmonkeys lighthouse is still looking great now in SH5. Only drawback: the model has obviously the same LOD-trouble like Lange Anna in Helgoland.
Later today I will open up an own lighthouse thread for SH5 and post some screens.

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

IF the dat has the Unifiedrender controller?
There is an LOD setting. Try changing those.
If your using an SH3 file? Run SH3 to SH4 on it and it will update the files to SH4 standards.

Originally Posted by Seaowl

Gosh! Jeff, thank you! I had deleted all controllers inside the .dat, because I tought it is necessary to rebuild them separately into a .sim file with granny editor.
But now I took simply the original file and it works. Lighthouse is not fading, fresnel is working.
Have to test a little bit more, how far away the light is visible etc.

MinRenderDim: that's probably the controller that fixed the too short lighthouse LOD distance. Unfortunately the Unifiedrender controller is not compatible with GR2 objects, but I am going to check if MinRenderDim can be used instead. I think it won't work, but you never know...

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Can you sent me the files for that Unit?

Edit: Never mind. Dl'd the install and found a reference in the roster files that point to a Normals texture that does not exist.
NHOSP does have the normals UV's but no Normals texture is in it's folder.
NSHOS does NOT have Normals UV's so should NOT have a Normals texture pointed to it.

Solution should be to add the normals texture to NHOSP folder and then delete the Roster NSOHP pointer to the Normals texture.

Now a simple way to check ALL dat files for the second or Normals UV mappings?
Run a scan with 010 to find all files that contain TMAP
Searching only .dat files.

Well spotted Jeff. I will check that and inform Vecko as soon as I will see him online