Queston in regards to Previewer for U-boot Models

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Thanks for your reply. But...

S3D is a wonderful tool however it doesn't give you a preview or rather a real-time updated view of the edited image.

What i mean to say is, when you're working on a tga file, when making changes to it there are no previews of the editing, unlike nifscope in skyrim, where you could over-write the currently-edited tga file and preview your changes.

The tga file linked to a mesh file.

In SH 3, when making texture changes, you have to fire up the game to view any changes made to the tga file.

I wanted to ask if its feasable to come up with a utility that allows you to view changes to texture files as you are making changes.

Not fire up the game after every single change to see if its what you want.

Are you certain? Remember the .tga files in the Textures folder overwrite those that are attached to the 3d models in the .dat files. Try placing your textures in the Textures folder and importing them into S3D. Then close the preview window and reopen it. Changes should take effect.

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by clausewitz

Are you certain? Remember the .tga files in the Textures folder overwrite those that are attached to the 3d models in the .dat files. Try placing your textures in the Textures folder and importing them into S3D. Then close the preview window and reopen it. Changes should take effect.

It does work.

I guess i didn't make my first post clear enough, which of course is my fault.

It would be great to have a preview of the whole U-boot, rather than the 1 section at a time.

In other words, view the whole U-boot in a preview window, and as you edit, say the turm, after editing, over-write orig file which then in turn updates the preview window to show that section of the sub in the preview window.

Does that make sense?

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

It does work.

I guess i didn't make my first post clear enough, which of course is my fault.

It would be great to have a preview of the whole U-boot, rather than the 1 section at a time.

In other words, view the whole U-boot in a preview window, and as you edit, say the turm, after editing, over-write orig file which then in turn updates the preview window to show that section of the sub in the preview window.

Does that make sense?

Do you understand which turms are connected to which boats? It's listed in the .eqp files of each Submarine folder.

Other than that, use blank SCR RND and LND files and create a simple single mission to load up your subs quickly in single mission mode.

[Feuer Frei!]

Thanks for your replies.

In a nutshell, would be nice to not have to fire up the game every single time you want to check something.
That was my point really.

Ok, it only takes a few seconds but still...annoying.

And yes, turms connections etc all good.

[Hans Witteman]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Thanks for your replies.

In a nutshell, would be nice to not have to fire up the game every single time you want to check something.
That was my point really.

Ok, it only takes a few seconds but still...annoying.

And yes, turms connections etc all good.

Hi mate,

As a suggestion and depending on what 3D software you use, you can simply paint in the 3d view directly on your model with a graphic tablet and you just install directx shader mode.

This give you real time preview of your painting and the directx shader is what is use in every game engine and can display all map in viewport like diffuse, Ambient occlusion, Normal map, specular.

Best regards Hans

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Hans Witteman

Hi mate,

As a suggestion and depending on what 3D software you use, you can simply paint in the 3d view directly on your model with a graphic tablet and you just install directx shader mode.

This give you real time preview of your painting and the directx shader is what is use in every game engine and can display all map in viewport like diffuse, Ambient occlusion, Normal map, specular.

Best regards Hans

Ah, this is more what i'm looking for.
Thanks for your response. Very helpful.
I use Blender

[Hans Witteman]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Ah, this is more what i'm looking for.
Thanks for your response. Very helpful.
I use Blender

Then you should be good to go and happy painting!
Best regards Hans