[TEC] Adding/Importing new units / SH5 Damage/collision models

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Zedi

This ship is from SH4 or 3? It looks pretty similar to a Hog Island and the modeling is pretty primitive with low count polygons
And why she has only wood textures? Even the rudder is covered with wood...

Is not criticism, but Im a bit worried about how this ship will look like into a generic SH5 convoy.

It's not a Hog Islander; this ship is much smaller and does not look much like one. it is also not very low poly; it is simply a hull with little slope to its cross section; that's how many old fashioned merchant ships were designed.

Hog islanders as built would never have had two lifeboats or the ventilator arrangements of this ship. The bridge looks nothing like a Hog Islander's. There is no wheelhouse above the second bridge wing level (this was added to most Hog Islanders during the interwar years).

Also, the length of the bow and stern islands is totally different from a Hog Islander's.

In addition the hatch arrangements, deckhouses, and cranes are completely different.

Not sure why you said it has wooden textures on the rudder (what feature are you identifying as the rudder, by the way?) The rudder is barely visible in the second shot, but it is covered with a red metal texture.

"the modeling is pretty primitive "

I actually designed all the ventilators, cranes, and deck cargo to be high poly and destructible. Cargo crates and fixtures will catch fire and can be blown off if you hit them with enough deck gun fire. Unlike SH4, where many such parts were integral parts of the ship model, and thus indestructible.

[Zedi]

So how old is this ship? Is from ww1 or earlier? Can you give me a link or real photos where I can see how it looks like for real?

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Zedi

So how old is this ship? Is from ww1 or earlier? Can you give me a link or real photos where I can see how it looks like for real?

No, I can't. It is a generic old fashioned vessel from the WWI era. There was a ship by this name sunk in WWI but no photo was available.