[REL] Sub Flags for SH5

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by gutted

Aye, they do need toning down.

Would be nicer if it was the same animation that the flags on AI ships use. Those look more natural.

Yes, The AI Flags are more natural - Can the same animations be used

The tip from conus00 on getting Alpha working also works in the Historical Missions. Here's a pic:



Hi DW if you want my Images with Alpha channel for this flag Mod your welcome to them (Can redo the Skull and Crossbones instead of the Grim Reaper [My callsign flag])

[TheDarkWraith]

good job you all!! Looking excellent

Yes I did not enable the alpha channel in any of the DDS textures used for the flags. I will enable them in the next version to be released here very soon (I might just release a version with this change just as a bug fix).

I'm working on extracting and rescaling the animations used for the AI flags so they can be used for the player's sub flags animations. I can't just use the animations from the AI flags currently because they are WAY too big. In order to scale them I have to extract the keyframes, scale them, reposition them on origin, re-import the keyframes back into the file. Luckily I wrote an application in SH3 days that does the extracting and re-importing of keyframes for me

Anyone figured out how to add a light map so that the flagstaff will look like the conning tower railing? It's using the same texture as the conning tower railing but without the light map (or normal map) it looks very bland.

Been busy hammering out v1.2.0 of the UI mods currently.

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Anyone figured out how to add a light map so that the flagstaff will look like the conning tower railing? It's using the same texture as the conning tower railing but without the light map (or normal map) it looks very bland.

The Game engine doesn't support this yet.

[Redlance88]

Originally Posted by privateer

The Game engine doesn't support this yet.

as a work around, Modify the flag pole you made to rather be a tube shaped socket welded to the back rail with a dark (wooden?) textured flag pole. its more correct that way any way,
the photo seems to be of a type VIIc but you get the idea. I suspect the "A" is similar. and I can't wait till ya get the mod working for the VIIC ( my current boat)

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by Redlance88

as a work around, Modify the flag pole you made to rather be a tube shaped socket welded to the back rail with a dark wooden textured flag pole. its more correct that way any way, I know I just saw a photo of one some place else here in the forums and I saved it. but am at work so can't post it yet. if some one else has seen that photo and knows where it is let me know. I think it was in a thread on deck color, with some rare color photos of the real thing.

great idea Although it makes more work for me Would like to see this picture of it too.

[conus00]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Yes. That did the trick. Alpha was disabled in the dat file.
Tried taking a Pic to upload the results, but I'm on my laptop and the image files are coming out distorted, will take one on my main PC later and post.
Looks excellent now. Just need slower fluttering - maybe tied to speed.

Glad to be of help.
Please check you PM.

-L

[Anvart]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

...
I'm working on extracting and rescaling the animations used for the AI flags so they can be used for the player's sub flags animations. ...

All is tried for a long time... and it's very simply using S3d and 3ds Max (for example)...
1) Export (from *.dat use S3D) of sequence of 100 frame-meshes...
2) Batch import into 3ds Max...
3) Scale all frame-meshes in 3ds Max...
4) Batch export from Max...
5) Import in *.dat use S3D.
...
* Or create own model of flag and using modifier Cloth create animation of a flag...
* Then using tool Snapshot create sequence of 100 frame-meshes...
* Then scale all frame-meshes and export from Max
* Import into *.dat (S3D)...

[conus00]

I have tried to play around with reaper7's flag a little bit in Photoshop and here is what I came up with:


@TheGarkWraith if you want to I can email you the file to use with your mod (and create any 2nd flag you want to)

@reaper7 i have your "reaper" flag done same way so I can email you both files if interested
looks like this:

[TheDarkWraith]

I'll take whatever flags you all want to give. I'll include them all in the \Flags folder of the mod. Glad to see you all liking this one Hope to have the SH5 AI flags imported into the mod here soon.

[LeBabouin]

Originally Posted by reaper7

Yes, The AI Flags are more natural - Can the same animations be used

The tip from conus00 on getting Alpha working also works in the Historical Missions. Here's a pic:



Hi DW if you want my Images with Alpha channel for this flag Mod your welcome to them (Can redo the Skull and Crossbones instead of the Grim Reaper [My callsign flag])

Well, hum, not the right place for asking but, would I dare, hum, would you share the red one for personal use only ? t's great and I'd be proud to crow with it.

[reaper7]

Originally Posted by conus00

@reaper7 i have your "reaper" flag done same way so I can email you both files if interested
looks like this:

Yes please send them on, they look great. Have sent ya a PM with a request

[ShadowWolf Kell]

The worn flag definitely looks good.

Now all we need are pennants.