#4 Ships_Reflect and Caustic_Environment Mod 5.1

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 12:51 AM

Hello, Everybody

Got some great news ! my Caustic mod for REAL ENVIRONMENT is COMPLETE and packed up with directions......Now for the BAD news....can sombody tell me how or what I need to do to upload for the masses....never done that before

if sombody can show me I would be greatful.....

The end product is 338 meg zipped and unzipped 1009 meg

yup, you read correct all 107 ship caustic effects are re-done....

Hello, All

Kriller was wondering if I was making an add-on for real enviroment, the answer to that question is yes, not so much an add on as it is in flipping on switches and days of adding numbers totaling about 107 ships in all adding my own tweaks and adjustment to the caustic ship generator effects which were completley disabled in the environment mod 5.0......come to find out when real enviroment was released I tried it with #4 ship reflections from environment mod 5.0, and the result was staggering......so I decided to take it a step further.....the water has been so well done with sharpness and clearness with the sun reflections, there was one major componenet missing, THE SHIP CAUSTICS !.....the mod will be named #4 Ship Reflect and Caustics envionment mod 5.1 this will be an add-on for real enviroment.....I in no way take credit for kriller and W_Clears work, I would just like the recognition for the Amount of time and effort in reactivation of every individual ship including scaf,trigger maru,ops monsun,and original SH4 ships, It is a very complicated process !!!

pictures and more detail will be coming forth soon....This is a work in Progress, but will be well worth the wait

I also heard about file front,

this mod is very big, will be 0.98 Gig unpacked, I will need to zip so mod will be smaller to download, keep in mind every ship 107 at last count have been reconfigured and tweaked to allow the caustics generator to function again with the amazing new real environments mod....I will need to figure out how to upload and what the best new sight is to do that...

Kriller and W_Clear....

what new sight will you be hosting your files on?

stay tuned.....

Here are some screen shots of the current eye candy, ship caustics redone for real enviroment !

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4...2518324981.png

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5...2518330393.png

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6...2518333692.png

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6476/sh42009032518355446f.png

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5...2518372682.png

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5...2518455015.png This picture is worth a thousand words ! when it all works together !!!

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3...2518460342.png

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7...2518480181.png

Enjoy......I will keep you Posted on progress, I have 107 ships completley reconfigured, I am working out tweaks and details and load instructions...

Thanks, All

neosnk35 · 03-26-09, 01:15 AM

whoa taht would be great.. this forum had just opened its DL section.. better contact any moderator here so you can upload your files...

0.98gb thats a major mod add on..

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 01:24 AM

Hello,

Yea, I saw the Now Open words under downloads, But not sure what to do....

Contact Moderator? Help!

Kriller and W_Clear, who will you be using for a new host site, since file front is FOLDING.....Going to miss them, no hassle and free downloads !

W_clear · 03-26-09, 02:07 AM

About Ships Reflect：

It's only semi-finished products in the environment 5.0 of the Ships Reflect.3D MODE required at each node to increase Reflect, then adjust the parameters, is a complete Ships Reflect,so need a lot of time to adjust one ship.
This job is very time consuming, but I will finish it.

This is a complete

This is semi-finished products

Regio Sommergibile · 03-26-09, 03:03 AM

W. are you working night&day on SH4 ???

Btw looks like a great improvement, as the others on water

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 04:36 AM

Hello, W_Clear

It is really fantastic work you guys are doing....Believe me when i say I have a new appreciation for the amount of work that is required...to get things perfect, I now have 6 pages of my new ship parameters for the caustic effects, which are all in this upcoming mod, it was a staggering amount of work to copy down tweak and input all the numbers, but I did it.....take your time on the new ship reflect mod, and once your done then I can add all the updated caustics parameters and adjustments to make it all complete.....I think the new mod coming out for the caustics everybody will be happy with.....I did not get crazy, Cause I am shooting for realism....and it really looks stunning......

By the way, who are you going to use for new file hosting ?

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 05:15 AM

By the way, There is only one ship that I could not re-do

nobody told me there was Ghost ship, The flying dutchman......

in the game, and I have never seen it pop up on my patrols...EVER

you should have seen me trying to figure out why there was no caustic protocal/parameters for this ship

till ten minutes later when it finally dawned on me that if a ghost ship had caustic reflections

then it would not be a ghost ship now would it

.....

though you all might get a kick out of that.......the things we modders have to indure......:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Cheers....

vanjast · 03-26-09, 06:16 AM

Upload all mods to BTS. or contact Onkel Neal Stevens with the new SubSim Vault.
I've found them much easier to download than FF. Tell the truth I've never liked FF, main dig was the download manager blocking. Where I'm situated I have to use a manager otherwise I lose the big downloads halfway

.

Vikinger · 03-26-09, 06:18 AM

Real nice work there Gdc3man. You have putted a lot of effort in that mod.

Send Neal a PM about hosting the files and iam sure he get back to you.

I must ask. Have you changed anything in the .Val file? That handle the wake?

Only reason i ask is cuz iam trying to do an longer wake mod but if you have allready done it i can skip the time consuming work ( even thou its fun to do) But 150 ships and subs to go through takes some time

Vikinger.

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 12:01 PM

Hello, Vikinger

Nope, go ahead with your plan, my mod strictly deals with all the ship caustic effects dealing with reflection on the hulls.....

I also got with neal and he has set me up to upload, but this is a very large mod and need the extra access for large mods FTP protocal or somthing like that...Thanks so it won't be long before everybody will be able to download the huge mod.....

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 04:32 PM

After some learning curves with FTP, upload is in progress !! won't be long now !!

rcjonessnp175 · 03-26-09, 04:34 PM

Sweet brother look forward to this

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 06:15 PM

Hello, All

File is still in upload process, not working yet, FTP keeps kickin me out, saying server timed out at about 176 MB

might be my wifi....I will keep working on it.....Stay Tuned

[16:08:39] 421 No Transfer Timeout (300 seconds): closing control connection.
[16:08:39] Server closed connection

I keep getting this.....

anybody got idea, might have to upload from land line....tomorrow

rcjonessnp175 · 03-26-09, 06:23 PM

ahhh technology at its greatest no worries mate like they say patience is a virtue. If im correct in my thinking this is just the caustics on the hull of ships correct, so the reflection maps for all the ships are not included?

Jonesy

gdc3man · 03-26-09, 06:43 PM

actually it includes W_Clears environment 5.0 reflect work, as he stated above thats not totally complete....he is working on this, this includes ship reflect and all the new caustics work

03-26-09, 12:51 AM	#1
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	#4 Ships_Reflect and Caustic_Environment Mod 5.1 Hello, Everybody Got some great news ! my Caustic mod for REAL ENVIRONMENT is COMPLETE and packed up with directions......Now for the BAD news....can sombody tell me how or what I need to do to upload for the masses....never done that before if sombody can show me I would be greatful..... The end product is 338 meg zipped and unzipped 1009 meg yup, you read correct all 107 ship caustic effects are re-done.... Hello, All Kriller was wondering if I was making an add-on for real enviroment, the answer to that question is yes, not so much an add on as it is in flipping on switches and days of adding numbers totaling about 107 ships in all adding my own tweaks and adjustment to the caustic ship generator effects which were completley disabled in the environment mod 5.0......come to find out when real enviroment was released I tried it with #4 ship reflections from environment mod 5.0, and the result was staggering......so I decided to take it a step further.....the water has been so well done with sharpness and clearness with the sun reflections, there was one major componenet missing, THE SHIP CAUSTICS !.....the mod will be named #4 Ship Reflect and Caustics envionment mod 5.1 this will be an add-on for real enviroment.....I in no way take credit for kriller and W_Clears work, I would just like the recognition for the Amount of time and effort in reactivation of every individual ship including scaf,trigger maru,ops monsun,and original SH4 ships, It is a very complicated process !!! pictures and more detail will be coming forth soon....This is a work in Progress, but will be well worth the wait I also heard about file front, this mod is very big, will be 0.98 Gig unpacked, I will need to zip so mod will be smaller to download, keep in mind every ship 107 at last count have been reconfigured and tweaked to allow the caustics generator to function again with the amazing new real environments mod....I will need to figure out how to upload and what the best new sight is to do that... Kriller and W_Clear.... what new sight will you be hosting your files on? stay tuned..... Here are some screen shots of the current eye candy, ship caustics redone for real enviroment ! http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4...2518324981.png http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/5...2518330393.png http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6...2518333692.png http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6476/sh42009032518355446f.png http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/5...2518372682.png http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5...2518455015.png This picture is worth a thousand words ! when it all works together !!! http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/3...2518460342.png http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7...2518480181.png Enjoy......I will keep you Posted on progress, I have 107 ships completley reconfigured, I am working out tweaks and details and load instructions... Thanks, All Last edited by gdc3man; 03-26-09 at 01:18 AM.

03-26-09, 01:15 AM	#2
neosnk35 A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 78 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	whoa taht would be great.. this forum had just opened its DL section.. better contact any moderator here so you can upload your files... 0.98gb thats a major mod add on.. __________________ MODS I USE: Real Environment~Run Silent Run Deep~NSM4 Light~GATO HI-RES V2~Map Colour Scheme~MetalHudKit Graybars HELP!!!! I'M A NON-MODDER, MOD USER.....

03-26-09, 01:24 AM	#3
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	HMMMM !!!! Contact Moderator HELP !!! Hello, Yea, I saw the Now Open words under downloads, But not sure what to do.... Contact Moderator? Help! Kriller and W_Clear, who will you be using for a new host site, since file front is FOLDING.....Going to miss them, no hassle and free downloads !

03-26-09, 03:03 AM	#5
Regio Sommergibile Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: patrolling CN-69 Posts: 244 Downloads: 181 Uploads: 0	W. are you working night&day on SH4 ??? Btw looks like a great improvement, as the others on water __________________

03-26-09, 04:36 AM	#6
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	Stunning Work !!! Hello, W_Clear It is really fantastic work you guys are doing....Believe me when i say I have a new appreciation for the amount of work that is required...to get things perfect, I now have 6 pages of my new ship parameters for the caustic effects, which are all in this upcoming mod, it was a staggering amount of work to copy down tweak and input all the numbers, but I did it.....take your time on the new ship reflect mod, and once your done then I can add all the updated caustics parameters and adjustments to make it all complete.....I think the new mod coming out for the caustics everybody will be happy with.....I did not get crazy, Cause I am shooting for realism....and it really looks stunning...... By the way, who are you going to use for new file hosting ?

03-26-09, 02:07 AM	#4
W_clear Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 111 Uploads: 0	About Ships Reflect： It's only semi-finished products in the environment 5.0 of the Ships Reflect.3D MODE required at each node to increase Reflect, then adjust the parameters, is a complete Ships Reflect,so need a lot of time to adjust one ship. This job is very time consuming, but I will finish it. This is a complete This is semi-finished products

03-26-09, 05:15 AM	#7
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	A Ghost Ship ? By the way, There is only one ship that I could not re-do nobody told me there was Ghost ship, The flying dutchman...... in the game, and I have never seen it pop up on my patrols...EVER you should have seen me trying to figure out why there was no caustic protocal/parameters for this ship till ten minutes later when it finally dawned on me that if a ghost ship had caustic reflections then it would not be a ghost ship now would it ..... though you all might get a kick out of that.......the things we modders have to indure......:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Cheers....

03-26-09, 06:16 AM	#8
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	Upload all mods to BTS. or contact Onkel Neal Stevens with the new SubSim Vault. I've found them much easier to download than FF. Tell the truth I've never liked FF, main dig was the download manager blocking. Where I'm situated I have to use a manager otherwise I lose the big downloads halfway .

03-26-09, 06:18 AM	#9
Vikinger Captain Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 514 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 6	Real nice work there Gdc3man. You have putted a lot of effort in that mod. Send Neal a PM about hosting the files and iam sure he get back to you. I must ask. Have you changed anything in the .Val file? That handle the wake? Only reason i ask is cuz iam trying to do an longer wake mod but if you have allready done it i can skip the time consuming work ( even thou its fun to do) But 150 ships and subs to go through takes some time Vikinger. __________________

03-26-09, 12:01 PM	#10
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	Go Ahead with your PLAN !!!! Hello, Vikinger Nope, go ahead with your plan, my mod strictly deals with all the ship caustic effects dealing with reflection on the hulls..... I also got with neal and he has set me up to upload, but this is a very large mod and need the extra access for large mods FTP protocal or somthing like that...Thanks so it won't be long before everybody will be able to download the huge mod.....

03-26-09, 04:32 PM	#11
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	Upload In Progress ! Won't be long now After some learning curves with FTP, upload is in progress !! won't be long now !!

03-26-09, 04:34 PM	#12
rcjonessnp175 Weps Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panzer barracks, Germany Posts: 363 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Sweet brother look forward to this __________________ The mother ship,Coolermaster HAF, I7 intel overclock 4ghz, , 6gb mem, 5870 crossfire, soundblaster Xfi titanium , Oh and 52 inch samsung 750 120hz. 7.1 onkyo 1200 wattss system

03-26-09, 06:15 PM	#13
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	Having Trouble with big file ! Hello, All File is still in upload process, not working yet, FTP keeps kickin me out, saying server timed out at about 176 MB might be my wifi....I will keep working on it.....Stay Tuned [16:08:39] 421 No Transfer Timeout (300 seconds): closing control connection. [16:08:39] Server closed connection I keep getting this..... anybody got idea, might have to upload from land line....tomorrow

03-26-09, 06:23 PM	#14
rcjonessnp175 Weps Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Panzer barracks, Germany Posts: 363 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	ahhh technology at its greatest no worries mate like they say patience is a virtue. If im correct in my thinking this is just the caustics on the hull of ships correct, so the reflection maps for all the ships are not included? Jonesy __________________ The mother ship,Coolermaster HAF, I7 intel overclock 4ghz, , 6gb mem, 5870 crossfire, soundblaster Xfi titanium , Oh and 52 inch samsung 750 120hz. 7.1 onkyo 1200 wattss system

03-26-09, 06:43 PM	#15
gdc3man Bosun Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 63 Downloads: 335 Uploads: 2	Includes Both actually it includes W_Clears environment 5.0 reflect work, as he stated above thats not totally complete....he is working on this, this includes ship reflect and all the new caustics work