New Shipping in SHIV Add-On?

[AG124]

I actually haven't picked up the new SHIV add-on yet, and I was curious as to what new ships are included (I am particularly interested in new merchants). I have already seen the screenshots in the screenshot thread, but I was wondering if someone had a comprehensive list including both new names and nation rosters. I am already aware of the following new ships:

UK:
- Fiji class CL
- J class DD
- V/W class DD
- Flower class corvette
- River class frigate

Germany:
- Graf Spee class CA

Merchants:
- Generic large tanker that actually looks like a T3 kitbash.
- UK Hog Island Type A freighter.
- Medium Modern Passenger/Cargo vessel (rather ugly, I might add:p).

Most of these I have seen in Rolf Eschke's screenshots, although some of those were of ships already included in stock SHIV (such as the GE auxiliary cruiser, armed trawler and tugboat). I would just like to know what other new ships there are, and to what nations they have been assigned (also, the exact nations of the above ships would be greatly appreciated). Thanks.

[GerritJ9]

There's also a British Medium Old Tanker included with the addon, but it would be far more accurate to call it Dutch Medium Old Tanker! (Anybody know how to alter this????) "Paula" was one of a class of four, but three served under the Dutch flag- "Paula" herself was scuttled in Tandjong Priok harbour in March 1942, salved by the Japanese and subsequently entered the Tenno's service; she was found sunk in shallow waters in Singapore harbour at the end of the war, raised and returned to her owners. I've made a small mod which corrects the British roster, adds "Paula" and her two sisters to the Dutch roster and also adds an entry to the Japanese roster for the period "Paula" was in Japanese hands.

[Paajtor]

Ok...wat dacht je van een link?

[LukeFF]

The German tanker is the Charlotte Schliemann. It's to the left in this picture:

[GerritJ9]

Link for "Paula" and sisters:
http://files.filefront.com/British+M.../fileinfo.html

[Gezoes]

Thanks!

[AG124]

Thank you for the information. But does anyone have a comprehensive list of all new shipping in the add-on?

[skwasjer]

From the readme:

New warships

• Graf Spee Pocket Battleship
• Black Swan Class Sloop
• River Class Frigate - with a correct 3d model this time
• J Class Destroyer
• V&W Destroyer
• Flower Class Corvette
• Fiji class light cruiser

New Merchant Ships

• Hog Island type A Freighter
• Charlotte Schliemann supply ship
• California Express Passenger Freighter
• War Melody
• Paula medium tanker

New Aircraft

• Ar-196
• Sunderland Patrol Plane
• Beaufighter fighter bomber

Plus this note:

Added more Generic unit types improving campaign editing and unit appearance control. Iowa and Yamato are now "Super Battleship" class and won't spawn as "Generic Battleship".

[tater]

I haven't gotten my disk yet, but what does the names.cfg in Roster look like? I'd be interested in the new ship types.

The ship types are at the top of that file.

tater

[AG124]

Originally Posted by skwasjer

....War Melody....

What type of ship is this?:hmm: I've never heard the name before. Also, does someone here have a screenshot of the medium tanker Paula?

It's too bad though that they didn't convert the Small Coastal Vessel, Small Tanker (actually Patapsco class) and Armed Merchants Cruiser (which would have made a good converted transport) from SHIII while they were adding those SHIII warships. Those three would have been good additions, as they are useful to the Allied rosters and are also quite good models. However, I wouldn't bother adding the SHIII T2 (bad model), C2, C3 (also a very bad model), Passenger Liner, Fishing Boat, or Trawler.

[M. Sarsfield]

However, I wouldn't bother adding the SHIII T2 (bad model), C2, C3 (also a very bad model), Passenger Liner, Fishing Boat, or Trawler.

Probably left-overs from that poor excuse of a game called SH2.

[skwasjer]

The War Melody is linked as follows:

KMSSWarMelody=Old Raked Bow Split Merchant

Part from it's cfg:

ClassName=KMSSWarMelody
3DModelFileName=data/Sea/NKMSS_WarMelody/NKSSS_British
UnitType=102
MaxSpeed=11
Length=120
Width=15
Mast=28
Draft=4.7
Displacement=6450
DisplacementVariation=250



And here are all types:

;Warships
Type0=Patrol Craft
Type1=Corvette
Type2=Frigate
Type3=Destroyer Escort
Type4=Destroyer
Type5=Minesweeper
Type6=Light Cruiser
Type7=Heavy Cruiser
Type8=Escort Carrier
Type9=Fleet Carrier
Type10=Battlecruiser
Type11=Battleship
Type12=Minelayer
Type13=Auxiliary Cruiser
Type14=Special OPS Boat
Type15=Landing Craft
Type16=Elite Patrol Craft
Type17=Elite Destroyer escort
Type18=Elite Escort Carrier
Type19=Super Fleet carrier
Type20=Super Battleship

;Merchant ships
Type100=Replenishment
Type101=Tanker
Type102=Cargo
Type103=Troop Transport
Type104=Coastal Vessel
Type105=Life Raft
Type106=Survivor
Type107=Rare tanker
Type108=Rare Cargo ship
Type109=Rare Troop Transport
Type110=Environmental

;Submarine
Type200=Submarine
Type201=Replenishment Submarine
Type202=Missile Submarine
Type203=Environmental

;Air
Type300=Fighter
Type301=Bomber
Type302=Dive Bomber
Type303=Torpedo Bomber
Type304=Patrol
Type305=Helicopter
Type306=Environmental
Type307=Elite Patrol aircraft
Type308=Elite Naval aircraft

;Land
Type400=Vehicle
Type401=Tank
Type402=Armored Personnel Carrier
Type403=Artillery
Type404=Antiaircraft
Type405=Missile
Type406=Airbase
Type407=Naval Base
Type408=Environmental

;Ordnance
Type500=Mine
Type501=AntiSub Net

[M. Sarsfield]

Type202=Missile Submarine

That one is interesting. Little bit of a Cold War hint there...

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

Probably left-overs from that poor excuse of a game called SH2.

...what?

[AG124]

@ Kapitan Phillips - I think M. Sarsfield was just joking about the poor quality of a few SHIII models by comparing them to SHII, which was actually a pretty lousy game in and of itself. However, ironically, SHII had a more accurate T2 tanker model than SHIII, although the poly count was lower.

However, if one looks at the stock SHIII Small Merchant (NKSs) one will see that it is a higher-poly version of the Small Cargo from SHII.

Originally Posted by skwasjer

...Type107=Rare tanker
Type108=Rare Cargo ship
Type109=Rare Troop Transport...

This was a very good idea to add to the .cfg - many times have I wished for something similar for SHIII when working on GWX or on my own installations.

Originally Posted by M. Sarsfield

That one is interesting. Little bit of a Cold War hint there...

Maybe. That was left over from SHIII.

BTW - Still no screenshot of the War Melody?