[WIP] Uboats, SH4 enhancements

othr · 11-05-09, 08:59 PM

I love eye candy...

This is one reason why I prefer SH4 over SH3. On the other hand, I prefer to play the German side of things and, sadly, Sh4 was severely lacking in that department till Ops Monsoon.

With OM I get SH4 and the Atlantic campaign but the boats ported over from SH3 lack in the eye candy department. So I decided to take the matters into my own hands and convert the boats from scratch and while doing so add all the missing features SH4 offers and get the SH3 boats to , more or less, fully support the enhanced graphical experience.

The boats support ambient occlusion and are completely converted to SH4 standards.

So far I have a VIIC nearly completed and here are some screenshots

Sledgehammer427 · 11-05-09, 10:52 PM

oh man

that's some sweet stuff othr!

Can't wait to try it!

Sgtmonkeynads · 11-06-09, 04:24 AM

I too love the Eye Candy. This is great stuff. I'v been trying to do the same thing, but, It never works. Either the right Conning tower and wrong hull, or vice versa. I cant wait to see how you've done it.
Thank you in advance.

EgoApocalypse · 11-06-09, 11:12 AM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..............Eye candy.

Looks great.

Faamecanic · 11-06-09, 11:52 AM

Sweet! Keep it going mate

Te Kaha · 11-06-09, 02:28 PM

What a improvement!

vickers03 · 11-07-09, 09:02 AM

@othr
do you know a way to get caustics on the conning tower

othr · 11-07-09, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vickers03

@othr
do you know a way to get caustics on the conning tower

SH4 supports ambient occlusion + specular maps. It seems to work quite well even with my lousy specular maps!

I found excellent information here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ient+occlusion

othr · 11-07-09, 10:17 AM

Is there anyone willing to retexture the VIIC so that it follows the same style as SH4 boats? There are too many textures and each requires an AO map. This adds up and eats up memory and lowers FPS (it's not noticeable really but still). That and there really is no good reason to have so many textures with so little detail on them.

I got stuck on rudders/props/dive planes, because they are not part of the model my ambient occlusion map causes them to be completely black. The map needs to be updated to include those spots and new UV maps need to be done for them. I'm not sure how to do this, as I said before my 3D skills are very limited. I know how to generate an AO map for a single model but when a situation like this occurs I'm in a corner. Can anyone help with this?

Other than those issues the boat is done, not optimized though, it really can't be until there is a single texture for the hull and one texture for the conning tower.

Sailor Steve · 11-07-09, 08:34 PM

Looks gorgeous!

othr · 11-13-09, 11:54 PM

Is there anyone who can give me some pointers on how to, hmm, merge a UV map with the main model? Is this even possible?

SH3 conning towers have a UV mapping for conning_stuff, this UV mapping intersects with the rest of the textures and causes me some serious grief with ambient occlusion maps. I just don't know how to deal with this...

Any help appreciated!

11-05-09, 08:59 PM	#1
othr Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 54 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	[WIP] Uboats, SH4 enhancements I love eye candy... This is one reason why I prefer SH4 over SH3. On the other hand, I prefer to play the German side of things and, sadly, Sh4 was severely lacking in that department till Ops Monsoon. With OM I get SH4 and the Atlantic campaign but the boats ported over from SH3 lack in the eye candy department. So I decided to take the matters into my own hands and convert the boats from scratch and while doing so add all the missing features SH4 offers and get the SH3 boats to , more or less, fully support the enhanced graphical experience. The boats support ambient occlusion and are completely converted to SH4 standards. So far I have a VIIC nearly completed and here are some screenshots Last edited by othr; 11-06-09 at 02:09 AM.

11-05-09, 10:52 PM	#2
Sledgehammer427 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	oh man that's some sweet stuff othr! Can't wait to try it! __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

11-06-09, 04:24 AM	#3
Sgtmonkeynads Ships Secretary Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MilesCity Montana Posts: 583 Downloads: 614 Uploads: 0	I too love the Eye Candy. This is great stuff. I'v been trying to do the same thing, but, It never works. Either the right Conning tower and wrong hull, or vice versa. I cant wait to see how you've done it. Thank you in advance. __________________ Just help someone.....it makes a difference

11-06-09, 11:12 AM	#4
EgoApocalypse Lieutenant Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The system might fail you. But dont fail youself................... Posts: 252 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..............Eye candy. Looks great. __________________

11-06-09, 02:28 PM	#6
Te Kaha Navy Dude Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Austrian landlubber Posts: 178 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 2	What a improvement! __________________ "E hoa, ka whawhai tonu mātou, Āke! Āke! Āke!" (Friend, we will fight on forever, forever and forever!) Rewi Maniapoto's reply to British calls for surrender, Orakau, 1864

11-06-09, 11:52 AM	#5
Faamecanic Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: Off your Stb side with good solution Posts: 1,065 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Sweet! Keep it going mate

11-07-09, 09:02 AM	#7
vickers03 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2007 Location: germany Posts: 1,001 Downloads: 712 Uploads: 37	@othr do you know a way to get caustics on the conning tower

11-07-09, 10:17 AM	#9
othr Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 54 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	Is there anyone willing to retexture the VIIC so that it follows the same style as SH4 boats? There are too many textures and each requires an AO map. This adds up and eats up memory and lowers FPS (it's not noticeable really but still). That and there really is no good reason to have so many textures with so little detail on them. I got stuck on rudders/props/dive planes, because they are not part of the model my ambient occlusion map causes them to be completely black. The map needs to be updated to include those spots and new UV maps need to be done for them. I'm not sure how to do this, as I said before my 3D skills are very limited. I know how to generate an AO map for a single model but when a situation like this occurs I'm in a corner. Can anyone help with this? Other than those issues the boat is done, not optimized though, it really can't be until there is a single texture for the hull and one texture for the conning tower.

11-07-09, 08:34 PM	#10
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Looks gorgeous! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

11-13-09, 11:54 PM	#11
othr Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 54 Downloads: 83 Uploads: 0	Is there anyone who can give me some pointers on how to, hmm, merge a UV map with the main model? Is this even possible? SH3 conning towers have a UV mapping for conning_stuff, this UV mapping intersects with the rest of the textures and causes me some serious grief with ambient occlusion maps. I just don't know how to deal with this... Any help appreciated!