[WIP] Type IX for sh5

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Originally Posted by mkiii

If everything works with this one, and we manage to get it in game, which looks quite likely now, this will be IXB, To be followed by C, C40, AND D2 which I have got all the models for.

the B and C are basically the same, just details a bit different. The C40 and D2 are completely different, although they will be able to share the ct`s from the others, so will be a little less work.

from a quick look through the books, there are only 3 conning tower versions

also I was thinking it would be better using the most closely matching ct versions from the type VII, for flak gun nodes etc then it will be just moving bones around, rather than deleting unnecessary bones, (less you change,less to go wrong)

Sounds like a good plan, though I foresee problems with the interiors, where there are animated parts like the engine room. I have read that the IXD2 was powered by two pairs of 6-cylinder Diesel engines, but we will be probably forced to use type VII's engine room, with the standard engine configuration

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

No hard codeing involved. Just a non-standard GR2 file.

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

There are a lot of ways to whack the GR2 format to avoid tampering.
The early attempts started with editing the check sum. We figured that out so that was dumped by a lot of Game devs. Not just for Silent Hunter.


Next many went to a custom format like in SWTOR. Seems a few people broke that format also.

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Haven't looked close at the sensor file to see what is going on but I'd just rip 3d models and add them to another file that can be opened and worked with easily.

Possiblle: I have already done that many times

That's not just a possibility though. Since one of the limitation of GR2 Editor is that we cannot add new models to a granny file, putting any new sensor in a separate file is also the way to go, unless you want to replace one of the yet existing equipments / equipment upgrades with the new one (a few of them aren't actually used in game).